galls
Gets one's goat
Galls has two sources.
From one: a gall is a sore caused by rubbing, especially on a horse from ill-fitting tack.
To gall is to chafe or irritate, literally or figuratively: It galls me that he got the promotion.
From the other: galls are abnormal growths on plants caused by insects, fungi, or bacteria—the oak gall was historically used to make ink.
Quercus genus member
- waspNarrow-bodied stinging insect
- larvaImmature feeding stage
- insectSix-legged invertebrate
- aphidSap-sucking garden pest
tannic · tannin · ink · dye · swelling · deformity · tumor · leaf
Signal-carrying body fiber
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- effronteryShameless, insolent boldness
- temerityReckless audacity
- cheekAudacity or facial side
chutzpah · brass · impudence · presumption · brazenness · boldness · insolence · shamelessness
Cause mild irritation
- vexTo irritate persistently
- exasperateAnnoy to frustration
- aggravateMake more severe
- irkTo mildly vex
provoke · rankle · chafe · nettle · rile · peeve · miff · infuriate
oak
Quercus genus member
aphid · tannic · tannin · ink · dye · swelling · deformity · tumor · leaf · stem
nerve
Signal-carrying body fiber
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- effronteryShameless, insolent boldness
- temerityReckless audacity
cheek · chutzpah · brass · impudence · presumption · brazenness · boldness · insolence · shamelessness · impertinence
annoy
Cause mild irritation
- vexTo irritate persistently
- exasperateAnnoy to frustration
- aggravateMake more severe
irk · provoke · rankle · chafe · nettle · rile · peeve · miff · infuriate · grate
resentment
Persistent bitter displeasure
bile · spite · malice · venom · chagrin · umbrage · vexation · indignation · wrath · scorn
sore
Painful or annoyed
friction · rub · wound · lesion · skin · irritation · harness · ulcer · scrape · abrade
- galls
- crop problemsblight, drought damage, crop disease, root rot, wilting
- insect ecologypollination, herbivory, mutualism, coevolution, symbiosis
- microhabitatsmicrohabitat, tree hollows, tide pool, rock crevices, leaf litter
- plant diseasesblight, wilt, rot, canker, root rot
- oakswhite oak, English oak, red oak, black oak, live oak
- gall bladdersOrgans storing bile
- gall stonesHardened bile deposits
- gallbladder painDiscomfort from bile organ
- gallbladder diseasePathology of bile-storing organ