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Wormy: Definition and part of speech

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Wormy

  1. superl. Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.
  2. superl. Containing a worm; abounding with worms.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wormseed: Definition and part of speech

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Wormseed

  1. n. Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wormil: Definition and part of speech

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Wormil

  1. n. See 1st Warble, 1 (b).
  2. n. Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Worm: Definition and part of speech

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Worm

  1. n. A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below.
  2. n. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.
  3. n. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.
  4. n. Any helminth; an entozoon.
  5. n. Any annelid.
  6. n. An insect larva.
  7. n. Same as Vermes.
  8. n. An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
  9. n. A being debased and despised.
  10. n. Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm
  11. 1n. 1 A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below.
  12. 1n. 1 A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.