Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
acanthocephalan | belonging to the Acanthocephala, a division of parasitic worms with spiny proboscis. |
angledug | an earthworm. |
angleworm | a earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. |
annelid | a member of the Annelida, red-blooded worms. |
annelidan | a member of the Annelida, red-blooded worms. |
annulate | (Obs.) an annelid. |
ascarid | any nematode worm of the parasitic genus Ascaris, infesting the small intestines. |
ascaris | (Greek) any nematode worm of the parasitic genus Ascaris, infesting the small intestines. |
bardie | (Aborig.) a white wood-boring grub of Australia. |
bonamia | a parasite that causes bonamiasis. |
brandling | a striped earthworm used as fishing bait. |
carbora | a wood-boring worm. |
cercaria | (Lat.) the final larval stage of many trematode worms. |
cercarial | relating to a cercaria, the larval form of a trematode worm. |
cercarian | relating to a cercaria, the larval form of a trematode worm; (noun) a cercaria. |
cestode | any parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda, that includes tapeworms. |
cestoid | a ribbon-like cestode, or parasitic flatworm. |
cestoidean | of or like a cestode, a tapeworm; (noun) a tapeworm. |
coenure | the larval stage of a tapeworm. |
coenurus | (Lat.) the larval stage of a tapeworm. |
cootie | (US sl.) a body louse. |
cysticercus | the larval stage of many tapeworms. |
digenetic | of or relating to a subclass of trematode worms. |
diplozoon | a flatworm that lives in pairs fused together on the gills of minnows. |
distome | a parasitic flatworm. |
earthworm | the common worm. |
eelworm | a kind of nematode. |
epizoan | an animal that lives on the surface of another, esp as a parasite. |
epizoon | an animal that lives on the surface of another, esp as a parasite. |
filander | a threadlike intestinal worm in hawks. |
filaria | (Lat.) a parasitic worm. |
filarial | relating to a filaria, a parasitic worm. |
filarian | relating to a filaria, a parasitic worm. |
filariid | a parasitic worm. |
flatworm | a tapeworm or other member of the Platyhelminthes. |
fleshworm | (Arch.) a worm or maggot that feeds on flesh. |
gapeworm | the parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. |
hairworm | a nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. |
heartworm | a filarial worm that is a parasite esp in the hearts of dogs. |
helminth | a parasitic intestinal nematode. |
helminthic | of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; (noun) a drug for expelling worms. |
hirudinean | relating to the leech family; (noun) a member of the leech family. |
hirudinoid | like a leech. |
hookworm | an intestinal parasite. |
horseleech | a large species of leech, supposed to fasten on horses. |
hydatid | a fluid-filled cyst, esp one containing tapeworm larva. |
hydatidiform | having the shape of a hydatid, a fluid-filled cyst, esp one containing tapeworm larva. |
iceworm | a small worm found in glaciers. |
kutu | (Maori) a body louse, a cootie. |
leech | a bloodsucking annelid worm; (verb) to cling to and feed upon or drain. |
leechlike | like a leech. |
lobworm | a polychaete worm of the genus Arenicola, which burrows in sandy beaches and is much used as fishing bait. |
lugworm | a polychaete worm of the genus Arenicola, which burrows in sandy beaches and is much used as fishing bait. |
lumbriciform | shaped like a worm. |
lumbricoid | wormlike. |
lumbricus | (Lat.) a genus of annelids including the common earthworm. |
lungworm | a kind of parasitic worm. |
metacercaria | a parasitic trematode in encysted form. |
metacercarial | of or like a metacercaria. |
miracidial | relating to a miracidium, the ciliated first-stage larva of a trematode. |
miracidium | the ciliated first-stage larva of a trematode. |
monogenean | a monogenetic trematode, a kind of parasitic flatworm. |
muckworm | a larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; a person who acquires money by mean devices. |
nema | a nematode, a parasitic worm with an unsegmented, cylindrical body. |
nemathelminth | a member of the Nemathelminthes, a phylum of worms including nematodes. |
nemathelminthic | of or like a nemathelminth, a member of the Nemathelminthes, a phylum of worms including nematodes. |
nematode | a parasitic worm with an unsegmented, cylindrical body. |
nematodirus | any of a genus of parasitic nematode worms found in the intestines of mammals. |
nematoid | of or pertaining to the Nematoidea, the class of nematodes. |
nematological | relating to nematology. |
nematology | the study of nematodes. |
nemertean | any of a phylum of wormlike animals, mostly marine, ciliated, often brightly coloured. |
nemertian | any of a phylum of wormlike animals, mostly marine, ciliated, often brightly coloured. |
nemertine | any of a phylum of wormlike animals, mostly marine, ciliated, often brightly coloured. |
oligochaete | any worm of the Oligochaeta, chaetopods in which the locomotor organs are reduced to bristles, eg earthworms, etc. |
peripatus | a member of the genus Peripatus, having both arthropod and annelid characteristics. |
pillbug | a wood louse that can roll itself into a ball. |
pinworm | a small nematoid worm, parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. |
planaria | a kind of aquatic flatworm. |
planarian | a kind of aquatic flatworm. |
planula | (Lat.) a free-swimming, two-layered, often flattened larva of coelenterates etc. |
planular | of or like a planula, a free-swimming, two-layered, often flattened larva of coelenterates etc. |
planuloid | of or like a planula, a free-swimming, two-layered, often flattened larva of coelenterates etc. |
plerocercoid | the infective larva of tapeworms. |
procercoid | the solid first parasitic larva of some tapeworms. |
ragworm | any polychaete worm of the family Nereidae, found in sand or under stones and often used as bait. |
rhabdocoele | a turbellarian worm with an unbranched intestine. |
roundworm | a nematoid worm. |
sandworm | any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore. |
schistosomal | of or like a schistosome, a disease-causing blood fluke. |
schistosome | a disease-causing blood fluke. |
scolecid | a worm of the Scolecida, the class of tapeworms. |
strawworm | a caddice worm. |
strongyl | (Greek) a blunt rhabdus; a parasitic threadworm. |
strongyle | (Greek) a blunt rhabdus; a parasitic threadworm. |
strongyloid | a strongyl, a parasitic threadworm. |
tapeworm | a parasitic worm. |
tardigrade | an arthropod with eight legs living in water or damp moss. |
threadworm | any long, slender nematode worm, esp the pinworm and filaria. |
trematode | a kind of parasitic flatworm. |
trematoid | a kind of parasitic flatworm. |
triclad | any member of the order Tricladida of turbellarian flatworms. |
tubeworm | an undersea worm. |
tubifex | a freshwater tubicolous worm used as bait. |
tubificid | a tubifex, a freshwater tubicolous worm used as bait. |
turbellarian | a kind of flatworm. |
uncinaria | hookworm. |
vermian | relating to worms. |
vermicular | resembling a worm in form or motion. |
vermicularly | (Adv.) VERMICULAR, resembling a worm in form or motion. |
wheatworm | a small nematode worm which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. |
whipworm | a kind of nematode worm often found parasitic in the human intestine. |
worm | a small, limbless invertebrate (verb) to rid of worms |
wormcast | a spiral heap of earth left by a burrowing worm. |
wormish | like a worm. |