MICROBE

microbe, bug, germ

(noun) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

microbe (plural microbes)

(microbiology) Any microorganism, but especially a harmful bacterium.

Synonyms

• See also microorganism

Anagrams

• Crombie

Source: Wiktionary


Mi"crobe, Mi*cro"bi*on, n. Etym: [NL. microbion, fr. Gr. (Biol.)

Definition: A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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