| ACROTERIUM | • acroterium n. (Architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at… • acroterium n. One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade. • ACROTERIUM n. a pedestal or ornament at the angle of a pediment, also ACROTER, ACROTERION. |
| APODYTERIUM | • apodyterium n. (Architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed. • APODYTERIUM n. an undressing-room at a Roman bath. |
| APTERIUM | • apterium n. (Ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird. • APTERIUM n. a bare patch on a bird's skin. |
| ARCHAEBACTERIUM | • archaebacterium n. Any primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea. • archæbacterium n. (Rare) Alternative spelling of archaebacterium. • ARCHAEBACTERIUM n. any of the microorganisms comprising the archaea. |
| BACTERIUM | • bacterium n. (Microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles. • BACTERIUM n. a class of unicellular or filamentous microorganisms. |
| CORYNEBACTERIUM | • corynebacterium n. Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic. • Corynebacterium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Mycobacteriaceae – gram-positive bacteria, including the species… • CORYNEBACTERIUM n. a bacterium that causes e.g. diphtheria. |
| CRITERIUM | • criterium n. (Cycling) A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length… • criterium n. Alternative form of criterion. • CRITERIUM n. a kind of cycling race. |
| CYANOBACTERIUM | • cyanobacterium n. (Biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once… • CYANOBACTERIUM n. a blue-green alga. |
| DEUTERIUM | • deuterium n. (Physics) An isotope of hydrogen formed of one proton and one neutron in each atom - 21H. • deuterium n. An atom of this isotope. • DEUTERIUM n. heavy hydrogen, an isotope of hydrogen of double mass. |
| ELATERIUM | • elaterium n. Synonym of elaterin. • Elaterium prop.n. (Obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – species reassigned principally to genera… • ELATERIUM n. a substance contained in the juice of the fruit of the squirting cucumber, producing the purgative elaterin. |
| ENTEROBACTERIUM | • enterobacterium n. (Microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae… • ENTEROBACTERIUM n. any of a family of bacteria that includes salmonella and shigella. |
| EUBACTERIUM | • eubacterium n. (Microbiology) Any bacterium considered to be within the obsolete taxonomic subkingdom Eubacteria. • Eubacterium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Eubacteriaceae. • EUBACTERIUM n. a member of the Eubacteriales; any typical bacterium. |
| MAGISTERIUM | • magisterium n. The teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church. • magisterium n. An authoritative statement. • magisterium n. (Alchemy) The philosopher’s stone. |
| MINISTERIUM | • ministerium n. An association of ministers from various religious groups who come together to work for a specific purpose… • MINISTERIUM n. (Latin) a ministry. |
| MYCOBACTERIUM | • mycobacterium n. (Bacteriology) Any of many rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Mycobacterium, that cause diseases… • Mycobacterium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Mycobacteriaceae – certain rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, that cause… • MYCOBACTERIUM n. any of a genus of bacteria that includes the pathogens causing tuberculosis and leprosy. |
| NITROBACTERIUM | • nitrobacterium n. Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium… • NITROBACTERIUM n. a bacterium that convert ammonium compounds into nitrites, and esp. those that convert nitrites into nitrates. |
| OSMETERIUM | • osmeterium n. (Zoology) One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies. • OSMETERIUM n. a forked process behind the head of certain caterpillars, giving out a foul smell. |
| PSALTERIUM | • psalterium n. An omasum. • psalterium n. A psaltery (zither-like musical instrument). • PSALTERIUM n. (Latin) the third stomach of ruminants. |
| SERICTERIUM | • sericterium n. (Zoology) A silk gland, as in the silkworms. • SERICTERIUM n. a silk spinning gland. |