Word Meanings - AMYLOBACTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A microörganism which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg.

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• MICRODONT
  Having small teeth.
• MICRO-; MICR-
  A combining form signifying: Small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm, microscope. A millionth part of; as, microfarad, microohm, micrometer.
• DURAMEN
  The heartwood of an exogenous tree.
• MICROPHOTOGRAPH
  1. A microscopically small photograph of a picture, writing, printed page, etc. 2. An enlarged representation of a microscopic object, produced by throwing upon a sensitive plate the magnified image of an object formed by a microscope or other
• MICROPHYLLOUS
  Small-leaved.
• MICRONOMETER
  An instrument for noting minute portions of time.
• MICROSTHENE
  One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata.
• MICROSPECTROSCOPE
  A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of any substance.
• MICROPHYTE
  A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algæ, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be.
• DURIO
  A fruit tree of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.
• MICROCOULOMB
  A measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part of one coulomb.
• MICROTASIMETER
  A tasimeter, especially when arranged for measuring very small extensions. See Tasimeter.
• MICROSEME
  Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to Ant: megaseme.
• MICROHM
  The millionth part of an ohm.
• DUROUS
  Hard.
• MICROBAROGRAPH
  An instrument for recording minor fluctuations of atmospheric pressure, as opposed to general barometric surges.
• TISSUED
  Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as, tissued flowers. Cowper. And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled at the clarion's call. T. Warton.
• MICROCRYSTALLINE
  Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline.
• DURANTE
  During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.
• DURANCY
  Duration. Dr. H. More.
• REVERDURE
  To cover again with verdure. Ld. Berners.
• PODURA
  Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail. Podura scale , one of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope. (more info) podo`s,
• OBDURATION
  A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
• ORDURE
  1. Dung; excrement; fæces. Shak. 2. Defect; imperfection; fault. Holland.
• BORDURE
  A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.