thiobacillus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any bacillus that is capable of metabolising sulfur, especially members of the genus Thiobacillus
Etymology
From thio- + bacillus.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: thio