Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 26 compound words that contain lice. The most common are listed below. Open lice in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- head liceplural of head louse: A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.
- beggar's-liceAny of various plants, including Galium aparine and (US) Hackelia virginiana, which stick to clothing.
- bark liceplural of bark louse: Any insect of the family Coccidae, that infest the bark of trees and vines.
- bee liceplural of bee louse: Any of the wingless parasitic flies in the family Braulidae
- body liceplural of body louse: A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus humanus (syn. Pediculus humanus corporis), that infests the body and clothes of humans and feeds on blood.
- carp liceplural of carp louse: A small crustacean of the family Argulidae, parasitic on fishes.
- chewing liceplural of chewing louse: Any true louse that is not a sucking louse; a mallophagan.
- crab liceplural of crab louse: A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.
- fish liceplural of fish louse: Any aquatic crustacean which is a parasite of fish, typically attached to the skin or gills
- gate licePassengers who crowd around the boarding gate in hopes of being the first in their boarding group or outright attempt to board a plane before their assigned time to do so.
- plant liceplural of plant louse: An aphid.
- sea liceplural of sea louse: Any copepod within the family Caligidae (order Siphonostomatoida); a kind of marine ectoparasite that feeds on the mucus, epidermal tissue and blood of fishes.
- sheep liceplural of sheep louse: A kind of parasitic insect, of genus Bovicola, that infests sheep.
- sucking liceplural of sucking louse: Any louse of the suborder Anoplura.
- water liceplural of water louse: A species of crustacean, Asellus aquaticus
- whale liceplural of whale louse: A parasitic amphipod crustacean of the family Cyamidae found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostrils and eyes of marine mammals of the order Cetacea, i.e. whales, dolphins and porpoises.
- wood liceplural of wood louse: Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of the suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp …
- jumping plant liceplural of jumping plant louse: Any of the host-specific plant-feeding insects of the family Psyllidae, which feed on plant juices.
- chicken liceplural of chicken louse: A louse of species Menopon pallidum
- flea-liceplural of flea-louse: Any of various jumping plant lice of the family Psyllidae.
- grape-liceplural of grape-louse: The phylloxera.
- green liceplural of green louse: An aphid or greenfly.
- leaf liceplural of leaf louse: aphid
- lens liceplural of lens louse: A person who tries to get into photographs for the sake of publicity.
- clover liceplural of clover louse: Any of species Acyrthosiphon pisum of insects that feed on plants of family Fabaceae.
Compound words 26
- deliceDelight, pleasure, especially sensual pleasure.
- licelessWithout lice.
- liceyContaining or infested with lice (the insect).
- licecideA lousicide: a substance that kills lice.
- licenseA legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- chaliceA large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
- timesliceAlternative form of time slice: The period of time for which a process is allowed to run in a preemptive multitasking system.
- headliceplural of headlouse: A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.
- bookliceplural of booklouse: Any of the small insects that feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocodea.
- barkliceplural of barklouse: Any insect of the family Coccidae, that infest the bark of trees and vines.