Synonyms of the word

louse

• n. A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Phthiraptera.
• n. (colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who has recently taken…
• v. To remove lice from the body of a person or animal; to delouse.

homopteran

• n. Any insect (a true bug) of the order Homoptera.

insect

• n. An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
• n. (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc.
• n. (derogatory) A contemptible or powerless person.

worm

• n. A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
• n. More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them,…
• n. (archaic) A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent.
• n. (fantasy, science fiction) Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless), a gigantic sea serpent, or…
• n. A contemptible or devious being.
• n. (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network.
• n. (cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.
• n. Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
• n. (obsolete) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
• n. (figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
• n. (mathematics) A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
• v. (transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
• v. (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To work one's way by artful or devious means.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
• v. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out.
• v. (transitive, figuratively, in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant…
• v. (transitive, nautical) To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.
• v. (transitive) To deworm (an animal).
• v. (transitive) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking…
• v. (transitive) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.