Real Dictionary

bacteria
a complex construction or entity [...]
a person or thing that survives, such as a custom [...]
a very large group of microorganisms comprising one of the three domains of living organisms. They are prokaryotic, unicellular, and either free-living in soil or water or parasites of plants or animals [...]
an interruption or temporary revocation [...]
an isolated person or group [...]
any agent that can cause disease [...]
any of the taxonomic groups into which a genus is divided, the members of which are capable of interbreeding: often containing subspecies, varieties, or races. A species is designated in italics by the genus name followed by the specific name, for example
something that is carried; load [...]
something to be borne or conveyed; weight [...]
the act of counting or reckoning [...]
the act of putting together or making up by combining parts or ingredients [...]
the exterior face of an object or one such face [...]
the people living in one locality [...]
the process or an instance of clearing [...]
the quality of being virulent [...]
the quality or condition of sticking together or holding fast [...]
the state or quality of being different or varied [...]
the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action [...]
to send colonists to or establish a colony in (an area) [...]
plural noun: Bacteria are very small organisms. Some bacteria can cause disease.