1. Minute organisms in decomposition; organic bodies.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• baecteria,
• bacteri,
• baceria,
• bacterica,
• bacteris,
• bactria,
• batteri,
• bacterias,
• bactirial,
• bacteril,
• bactira,
• bactiera,
• bactieria,
• bacteriul,
• bactirian,
• bateria,
• becteria,
• bacteia,
• batterie,
• bactrim

• bacterium,
• basketeer,
• bacteremic,
• bacteroid,
• baster,
• bacterial,
• bacterioid,
• bacterise,
• bastarache,
• bacterially,
• backwater,
• bastardy,
• basseterre,
• bacteremia,
• bacterize,
• bacteroides,
• bastardize,
• bacteroidal,
• Baxter,
• bacteriemia,
• bastardized,
• bastardised,
• bastard,
• bactericide,
• bastardise.

The adjective form of the word "bacteria" is "bacterial".