ACARIDANS Synonyms

• a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

• mite or tick

• air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

• bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

• small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans

• larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

• any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

• small air-breathing arthropod

• a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

• a slight but appreciable amount

• any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

• predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey

• a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine

• a skillet made of cast iron

• a metallic tapping sound

• any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

• a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

• a light mattress

• make a clicking or ticking sound

• make a sound like a clock or a timer

• sew

• put a check mark on or near or next to