Phrase Hound found 35 phrases and 12 compound words that contain plague. The most common are listed below. Open plague in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 35
- bubonic plagueA contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea …
- Plague of JustinianThe first major pandemic outbreak of bubonic plague in the 6th century.
- plague doctorA physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off …
- plague ratA rat which acts as a vector of the plague; a sewer rat.
- Black PlagueThe Black Death.
- avoid like the plagueTo evade or shun, if at all possible.
- pneumonic plagueA severe lung infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- plague spotA spot on the skin that is characteristic of the plague or of a similar disease.
- plague-riddenExperiencing an epidemic or epidemics of bubonic plague or another illness. (of a place or community)
- cattle plaguerinderpest
- pig plagueswine fever, caused by Pestivirus C (CSFV)
- plague crossA cross marked on a building occupied by victims of plague, as a warning of contagion.
- purple plagueThe brittle, bright-purple intermetallic compound AuAl₂, formed when gold and aluminium are heated while in direct contact (for instance, if a gold wire is bonded to an aluminium contact pad and experiences heating due to electrical …
- red plaguesmallpox
- white plagueTuberculosis, especially of the lungs.
- Siberian plagueSynonym of anthrax: An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- capacitor plaguePremature failure of an electrolytic capacitor, especially when several are beginning to fail at the same time in a piece of equipment (due, for example, to high demands imposed by the circuit design, such as in a switchmode power supply) …
- plague soldier beetleA black and orange cantharid beetle, Chauliognathus lugubris, endemic to Australia, that can swarm in the hundreds of thousands.
- Pahvant Valley plaguetularemia
- Australian plague locustA species of acridid locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, native to Australia; a significant agricultural pest.
- a plague on both your housesAlternative form of a plague o' both your houses: Used to express displeasure at both sides of a pointless or long-running dispute.
- plague crossesplural of plague cross: A cross marked on a building occupied by victims of plague, as a warning of contagion.
- plague doctorsplural of plague doctor: A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled …
- plague ratsplural of plague rat: A rat which acts as a vector of the plague; a sewer rat.
- plague spotsplural of plague spot: A spot on the skin that is characteristic of the plague or of a similar disease.
Compound words 12
- plagueyCausing annoyance or bother; irritating.
- antiplagueCountering plague
- nonplagueNot of or pertaining to plague.
- plaguerSomeone or something that plagues or annoys.
- superplagueA very dangerous and infectious plague.
- bioplagueA biologically engineered plague.
- plaguelessFree from plague.
- plaguelikeLike a plague.
- plaguesomeThat is a plague.
- plaguishSynonym of plaguey: Causing annoyance or bother; irritating.