Chemical Affecting The Incidence Of Lice Crossword Clue

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	noun • any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) verb • treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
	37%	12		Lice and bark lice are examples of this insect group
	noun • subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis
	37%	11		Family of parasitic insects that includes head lice and body lice
	noun • true lice: human lice and related forms

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The Guardian Cryptic08 Jan 2008	Across 16
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