Definitions for bacillus

bacillus ba·cil·lus

Spelling: [buh-sil-uh s]
IPA: /bəˈsɪl əs/

Bacillus is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 223 anagrams from letters in bacillus (abcillsu).

Definitions for bacillus

noun

  1. any rod-shaped or cylindrical bacterium of the genus Bacillus, comprising spore-producing bacteria.
  2. (formerly) any bacterium.

Origin of bacillus

1880-85; Late Latin, variant of Latin bacillum (diminutive of baculum) staff, walking stick

Examples for bacillus

There wasn't a trace of the bacillus typhosus in any of them.

Anthrax, or bacillus anthracis, is spore-forming bacteria found in soil that most commonly affects cattle.

The bacterium of splenic fever is called bacillus Anthracis.

I found the story of the bacillus, the curse that killed Darmstetter, that killed Helen.

The bacillus is a cheat; every woman to her lover is the most beautiful!

"The bacillus is in Ludlow," I said in a curiously small voice.

Might Stevens have encountered spores of bacillus anthracis during a recent hike through woods in North Carolina?

I shall see that your name is coupled with the bacillus as that of its discoverer.

They have succeeded in isolating the bacillus leprae and studying it.

If you think my sorrow could have been avoided, offer the bacillus as a wedding gift to—.

Word Value for bacillus
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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