louse
Nit's adult form
A louse is a small wingless parasitic insect that lives on the bodies of mammals and birds, feeding on blood or skin.
Head lice infest human hair; body lice inhabit clothing.
The plural is lice.
As slang, a louse is a contemptible person: That louse cheated his own brother.
To louse up is to botch or ruin something: Don't louse this up for me.
Parasite egg or quibble
- pediculosisInfestation of body lice
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
hexapod · entomology · nymph · molting · ectoparasite · bloodsucker · wingless · segmented
One receiving guests
- ectoparasiteOrganism feeding on host externally
- bloodsuckerOrganism feeding on plasma
- feedingGiving food to
- attachmentConnection or fondness
symbiosis · parasitism · vector · transmission · disease · typhus · life cycle · eggs
Stealthy, slow movement
- jerkAbrupt pulling motion
- scoundrelDishonest, unscrupulous person
- lowlifeDisreputable, despicable person
- wretchPitiable or base person
rat · sleazeball · scumbag · deadbeat · good-for-nothing · villain · rogue · cad
Lice before hatching
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- infestOccupy harmfully en masse
- swarmMass of moving insects
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
invasion · proliferation · overrun · contamination · breeding · teeming · spread · epidemic
nit
Parasite egg or quibble
- pediculosisInfestation of body lice
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
arthropod · hexapod · entomology · nymph · molting · ectoparasite · bloodsucker · wingless · segmented · mandible
host
One receiving guests
- ectoparasiteOrganism feeding on host externally
- bloodsuckerOrganism feeding on plasma
- feedingGiving food to
attachment · symbiosis · parasitism · vector · transmission · disease · typhus · life cycle · eggs · hatching
creep
Stealthy, slow movement
- jerkAbrupt pulling motion
- scoundrelDishonest, unscrupulous person
- lowlifeDisreputable, despicable person
wretch · rat · sleazeball · scumbag · deadbeat · good-for-nothing · villain · rogue · cad · heel
nits
Lice before hatching
colonization · invasion · proliferation · overrun · contamination · breeding · teeming · spread · epidemic · plague
spoil
Damage or overindulge
mess up · foul up · wreck · sabotage · screw up · blow it · mishandle · fumble · blunder · mangle
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- blood feedersmosquito, tick, flea, bedbug, bed bug
- urban wildlifepigeon, house mouse, brown rat, house sparrow, rat
- wingless insectssilverfish, firebrat, flea, bristletail, springtail
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- arthropodsarthropod, arthropods, Arthropoda, insects, insect
- feeling lousyMildly sick or miserable
- louse upRuin through incompetence
- head louseParasitic scalp insect
- lousy withAbundantly supplied with
- wood louseTerrestrial isopod crustacean
- body louseClothing-inhabiting human parasite
lousy, louse up, louses, loused, delousing, delouse, deloused, delouses