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8 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• bacillus n. Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
• bacillus n. Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
• bacillus n. (Figurative, by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.

— International convention —

• Bacillus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillaceae – certain rod-shaped bacteria.
• Bacillus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillidae – certain stick insects.

— English word, defined in French —

• bacillus n. Bacille.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• bacillus s. Bacilo.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• bacillus s. (Biologia) (medicina) bacillo.

33 English words from 5 English definitions

aerobic Any bacilliform Bacillus bacteria bacterial bacterium by␣extension cause certain disease extension family Figurative forming genus infection insects like rod rod-shaped shaped some Something spore spreads stick stick␣insects taxonomic the various which within

5 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

Bacille bacillo Bacilo Biologia medicina

14 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

colibacillus thiobacillus coccobacillus comma␣bacillus diplobacillus Koch's␣bacillus lactobacillus microbacillus actinobacillus Eberth's␣bacillus streptobacillus alicyclobacillus Döderlein's␣bacillus Klebs-Löffler␣bacillus

17 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ACI bac BAC -bac- Baci CIL cill ill ILL 'ill I'll Ill. illus. LLU lus Lus LUs

14 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

cab Cab CAB ICA -ica lic Lic LIC lic. Lic. Sul sull sulli 'ull

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Cubillas subcalli

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

biclausal clubtails

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

abulics Ciullas

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