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One skilled in bacteriology.

The science relating to bacteria.

Chemical decomposition brought about by bacteria without the addition of oxygen.

Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination.

One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations.

The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water.

A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.

Voting by ballot. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

The act of bathing. [R.]

The act of imparting balsamic properties.

A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin.

A solution used as a vehicle in applying bronze pigments. In addition to acetote, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it contains amyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas.

The act of expulsion.[Obs.] Abp. Laud.

Baptism. [Obs.] Their baptizations were null. Jer. Taylor.

An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- Bar`æs*the`si*o*met"ric, Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric (#), a.

An Italian marble of which the principal varieties occur in the neighborhood of Carrara and in Corsica. It commonly shows a dark gray or bluish ground traversed by veins.

colonized by Spain, a village, ward, or district outside a town or city to whose jurisdiction it belongs.

See Bass viol.

A large subdivision of fungi coördinate with the Ascomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc.

A spore borne by a basidium. -- Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous (, a.