Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 9 compound words that contain canker. The most common are listed below. Open canker in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- canker soreAn ulcer in the mouth, called an aphthous ulcer, caused by a break in the mucous membrane.
- canker soresplural of canker sore: An ulcer in the mouth, called an aphthous ulcer, caused by a break in the mucous membrane.
- black cankerAny of several plant diseases causing the formation of dark cankers.
- canker flyA fly that feeds on fruit.
- canker fliesplural of canker fly: A fly that feeds on fruit.
- canker rashA disease, possibly a kind of scarlet fever, characterized by ulceration or the mouth or throat.
Compound words 9
- cankeryFull of canker (plant disease); diseased and decaying.
- cankerwormEither of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
- cankerlikeResembling or characteristic of a canker.
- cankerweedSynonym of white rattlesnake root: Nabalus albus, an asteraceous plant native to Canada and the eastern United States.
- cankerwortThe plant Taraxacum officinale.
- encankerTo canker (corrode or corrupt).
- cankerousInfected with canker; ulcerous.
- cankerrootAlternative form of canker root
- cankerwormsplural of cankerworm: Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.