Phrase Hound found 182 phrases and 208 compound words that contain worm. The most common are listed below. Open worm in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 182
- measuring wormThe larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
- worm and wheelSynonym of worm drive: A gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel (the worm wheel) to turn the direction of drive through a right angle, typically with a large (1:10 to 1:60) speed reduction …
- worm driveA gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel (the worm wheel) to turn the direction of drive through a right angle, typically with a large (1:10 to 1:60) speed reduction and similar torque …
- arrow wormAlternative form of arrowworm: A transparent predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha, found in plankton.
- ear-wormAlternative form of earworm: A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
- guinea-wormA long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin.
- worm gearSynonym of worm wheel (“the wheel in a worm drive”).
- horsehair wormAny of the Nematomorpha, a parasitic worm found throughout the world.
- worm foodOne or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.
- common glow-wormA European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca.
- worm lizardAny of many small limbless burrowing tropical squamate reptiles, of the family Amphisbaenidae or of the superfamily or suborder Amphisbaenia, that resemble worms.
- maw-wormAny of several parasitic worms which infest the mammalian stomach and intestines, especially a nematode.
- the early bird gets the wormWhoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are available only to the first competitors.
- apple wormThe larva of the codling moth (Cydia pomonella).
- blood wormA larva of any chironomid midge in the (family Chironomidae).
- clam wormA polychete worm, Nereis succinea.
- sea wormA marine annelid.
- worm castSoil excreted by a worm and carried to the surface.
- Gordian wormA horsehair worm (Nematomorpha) that fatally parasitizes insects and crustacea in its larval stage.
- cabbage wormAny of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.
- peacock wormA particular species of worm, Sabella pavonina.
- stoor wormA giant sea serpent or sea dragon in Orcadian folklore, which had putrid breath, probably an Orkney version of Jörmungandr.
- worm-eatenOf fruit or other food, eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside.
- book wormAlternative form of bookworm: Any of various insects that infest books.
- worm wheelThe gear wheel component in a worm drive.
Compound words 208
- bookwormAny of various insects that infest books.
- wormwoodAn intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
- earthwormA worm that lives in the ground.
- silkwormAny of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.
- ringwormA contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterized by ring-shaped discolored patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
- wormholeA hole burrowed by a worm.
- heartwormA parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, of species Dirofilaria immitis of roundworms.
- tapewormAny parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
- flatwormAny of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
- earwormA tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.