Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
actinomycete | a filamentous microorganism like both bacteria and fungi. |
actinomycetous | of or like an actinomycete, a filamentous microorganism like both bacteria and fungi. |
aerobium | (Lat.) an aerobe. |
aeroplankton | minute organisms carried in the air. |
agamont | in protozoans, a mature trophozoite about to reproduce by schizogony. |
ameba | (Lat.) a single-celled aquatic protozoan, characterized by a constantly changing shape. |
ameban | relating to an ameba. |
amebean | relating to an ameba. |
amebic | relating to an amoeba. |
amoeba | (Lat.) a single-celled aquatic protozoan, characterized by a constantly changing shape. |
amoebaean | relating to an ameba. |
amoeban | relating to an amoeba. |
amoebic | relating to an amoeba. |
amoeboid | resembling an amoeba; changing in shape like an amoeba. |
animalcule | a small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. |
animalculum | a microscopic animal. |
archaea | an order of prokaryootic microorganisms. No -S. |
archaeal | relating to the archaea, an order of prokaryootic microorganisms. |
archaean | any member of the archaea, an order of prokaryootic microorganisms. |
archaeon | relating to the archaea, an order of prokaryootic microorganisms. |
archean | relating to the archaea, an order of prokaryootic microorganisms. |
chlamydia | any microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia, resembling bacteria and viruses. |
ciliate | possessing cilia (noun) a member of the Ciliata, a subclass of Protozoa |
ciliately | (Adv.) CILIATE, possessing cilia. |
coccidium | a parasitic protozoan of the order Coccidia. |
coenocyte | a multinucleate unicellular organism in slime molds, fungi and algae. |
coenocytic | of or like a coenocyte, a multinucleate unicellular organism in slime molds, fungi and algae. |
crithidial | relating to the flagellate genus Crithidia. |
cryptosporidium | any of a genus of protozoans parasitic in the gut of vertebrates including humans and sometimes causing diarrhea. |
endameba | (Lat.) a parasitic amoeba. |
endamebic | like an endameba, a parasitic amoeba. |
endamoeba | (Lat.) a parasitic amoeba. |
endamoebic | like an endamoeba, a parasitic amoeba. |
endozoon | an internal parasite. |
entameba | (Lat.) an amoeba that causes amoebic dysentery. |
entamoeba | (Lat.) an amoeba that causes amoebic dysentery. |
entoproct | any of a phylum of animals related to Bryozoans. |
entozoan | an internal parasite. |
entozoon | an internal parasite. |
euglena | a photosynthesizing, motile protozoan. |
euglenid | a photosynthesizing, motile protozoan. |
euglenoid | any member of the Euglenia, a genus of aquatic unicellular organisms. |
foram | one of the Rhizopoda, amoebae and rotarians moving and taking in food with pseudopods. |
foraminifer | a unicellular microorganism with a calcareous shell through which pseudopods project. |
foraminifera | an order of rhizopod protozoa. |
foraminiferal | of or like a foraminifer. |
gastrotrich | any minute aquatic multicellular animal of the phylum Gastrotricha. |
giardia | a species of parasite. |
gonococcal | relating to gonococci. |
gonococcic | relating to gonococci. |
gregarine | a member of the Gregarinida, a group of parasitic insects, molluscs and crustaceans. |
gregarinian | of or like a gregarine. |
haematozoon | any microorganism, esp a protozoan, that is parasitic in the blood. |
heliozoan | related to the Heliozoa, sun-animalcules, an order of Protozoa; (noun) a member of the Heliozoa. |
heliozoic | relating to the Heliozoa, sun-animalcules, an order of Protozoa. |
hematozoon | a protozoan that is parasitic in the blood. |
infusoria | a class of protozoa found in stagnant water. |
infusorial | composed of or containing infusoria. |
infusorian | an obsolete term for small aquatic organisms, rotifers, algae etc. |
infusory | composed of or containing infusoria; (noun) an infusion. |
leishmania | any protozoon of the genus Leishmania. |
leishmanial | of or like leishmania, any protozoon of the genus Leishmania. |
leptospire | any of a genus of slender aerobic spirochetes. |
mastigophoran | any protozoan having one or more flagella. |
mastigophore | any protozoan having one or more flagella. |
mastigophoric | like a mastigophoran; whip-bearing. |
mastigophorous | like a mastigophoran; whip-bearing. |
merozoite | a young trophozoite resulting from the division of a schizont. |
mesozoan | a type of parasite. |
microbe | a minute life form. |
microbial | of or like a microbe. |
microbian | of or like a microbe. |
microbic | of or like a microbe. |
microbiome | the microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, which inhabit the human body in a symbiotic relationship. |
microfilaria | the minute larval form of a filaria. |
microfilarial | of or like a microfilaria. |
moner | a hypothetical simplest protozoan, the organism on which Hackel's version of the evolution theory is based. |
moneran | a hypothetical simplest protozoan, the organism on which Hackel's version of the evolution theory is based. |
moneron | a hypothetical simplest protozoan, the organism on which Hackel's version of the evolution theory is based. |
nanobe | a microbe that is smaller than the smallest known bacterium. |
paramaecium | a microscopic unicellular ciliate protozoa. |
paramecium | a genus of tiny animals including the slipper animalcule. |
paramoecium | any freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body covered with cilia. |
pneumocystis | any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia. |
protist | one of the Protista, protozoans, algae, bacteria, and other forms not readily classified as plant or animal. |
protistan | one of the Protista, protozoans, algae, bacteria, and other forms not readily classified as plant or animal. |
protistic | of or like a protist. |
protozoal | of or pertaining to the Protozoa. |
protozoan | any member of the Protozoa. |
protozoic | of or pertaining to the protozoa. |
protozoon | any member of the Protozoa. |
psammon | (Greek) a group of microorganisms living in waterlogged sand. |
radiolarian | any member of an order of marine Protozoa, or unicellular animals, with fine radial tentacles for feeding and movement. |
rhizopod | one of the Rhizopoda, amoebae and rotarians moving and taking in food with pseudopods. |
rhizopodan | one of the Rhizopoda, amoebae and rotarians moving and taking in food with pseudopods. |
rhizopodous | relating to a rhizopod. |
rotifer | (Lat.) a microscopic, multicellular, fresh-water creature with rotating cilia at one end. |
rotiferal | relating to a rotifer, a microscopic, multicellular, freshwater creature with rotating cilia at one end. |
rotiferan | a rotifer. |
rotiferous | relating to a rotifer, a microscopic, multicellular, freshwater creature with rotating cilia at one end. |
sarcocystis | a sporozoan of the genus Sarcocystis, parasitic in muscles of mammals. |
schizomycete | any microscopic organism of the class Schizomycetes. |
schizomycetic | of or like a schizomycete, any microscopic organism of the class Schizomycetes. |
schizomycetous | of or like a schizomycete, any microscopic organism of the class Schizomycetes. |
schizont | in protozoans, a mature trophozoite about to reproduce by schizogony. |
scyphistoma | the fixed polypoid stage in the life cycle of a scyphozoan, which reproduces asexually by budding or strobilation. |
serotype | a group of related microorganisms related by their antigens; (verb) to assign to a particular serotype. |
spirochaete | a slender, twisted, non-flagellated microorganism causing malaria, relapsing fever, yaws, and other maladies. |
spirochete | a spirally coiled bacterium lacking a rigid cell wall, the cause of syphilis and other diseases. |
sporozoal | related to sporozoa. |
sporozoan | any parasitic protozoan of the class Sporozoa, including the causal organisms of malaria and pebrine. |
sporozoic | related to sporozoa. |
sporozoon | any parasitic protozoan of the class Sporozoa, including the causal organisms of malaria and pebrine. |
streptomyces | any of a genus of mostly soil streptomycetes, including some that form antibiotics. |
testacean | a microscopic animal with a hard shell. |
tetrahymena | any of a genus of ciliate protozoans. |
torula | (Lat.) a yeastlike microorganism. |
trichomonad | any of various flagellate protozoans occurring in the digestive and urogenital tracts of vertebrates. |
trichomonadal | of or like a trichomonad, a kind of flagellate protozoans. |
trichomonal | of or like a trichomonad, a kind of flagellate protozoans. |
vibracular | of or like a vibraculum, one of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. |
vibraculoid | of or like a vibraculum, one of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. |
vibraculum | (Lat.) one of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. |
volvox | (Lat.) a genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. |
vorticella | a sessile protozoan of the genus Vorticella, which has a long contractile stalk and a ciliated body shaped like an inverted bell. |