bacterium
Definitions
Noun
- (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "bacterium".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | byzantium | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | barbarism | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | beanblossom | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | biosystem | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | blomstrom | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | boosterism | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | borgstrom | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | botulism | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | brittenham | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "bacterium".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | bacterial | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | bacteria | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | barium | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | tedium | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | byzantium | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | beryllium | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | atrium | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | atriums | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | bacteria's | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | ankerium | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | tellurium | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | mysterium | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | lacter | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | herbarium | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | deuterium | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | cesium | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | celium | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | bracer | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | blacketer | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | bergum | 2 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "bacterium" in a sentence.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "bacterium".
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Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 9
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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