bacillus
(noun) aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bacillus (plural bacilli)
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
(figurative, by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.
• subcalli
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*cil"lus, n.; pl. Bacilli (. Etym: [NL., for L. bacillum. See Bacillarle.] (Biol.)
Definition: A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
