dust-louse
1dust louse — noun : book louse …
2louse — n. /lows/; v. /lows, lowz/, n., pl. lice /luys/ for 1 3, louses for 4, v., loused, lousing. n. 1. any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse), parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking,… …
3chewing louse — ▪ insect also called biting louse, any of about 2,900 species of small, wingless insects (order Phthiraptera), worldwide in distribution, that have chewing mouthparts, a flattened body, and shortened front legs used to transport food to… …
4typhus — typhous, adj. /tuy feuhs/, n. Pathol. an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.… …
5knid-, k̂nid-, sknid- — knid , k̂nid , sknid English meaning: louse, nit Deutsche Übersetzung: “Laus, Ei der Laus, Nisse” Note: often distorted taboo; compare above S. 437 ghnīdü ds. Root knid , k̂nid , sknid : “ louse, nit “ derived from Root ghen :… …
6infectious disease — Introduction in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… …
7North American Indian languages — Introduction those languages that are indigenous to the United States and subarctic Canada and that are spoken north of the Mexican border. A number of language groups within this area, however, extend as far south as Central America. The… …
8Plankton — For other uses, see Plankton (disambiguation). Photomontage of planktonic organisms Plankton (singular plankter) are any drifting organisms (plants …
9Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …
10Gudang dialect — Gudang Spoken in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Native speakers ?  (date missing) Language family Pama–Nyungan Paman …
