Phrase Hound found 118 phrases and 142 compound words that contain worms. The most common are listed below. Open worms in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 118
- can of wormsA complex, troublesome situation, which produces (or whose resolution will produce) many problems.
- Diet of WormsA diet (a council or assembly) held in Worms, Germany in 1521.
- cans of wormsplural of can of worms: A complex, troublesome situation, which produces (or whose resolution will produce) many problems.
- worms and wheelsplural of worm and wheel: 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 …
- arrow wormsplural of arrow worm: A transparent predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha, found in plankton.
- blood wormsplural of blood worm: A larva of any chironomid midge in the (family Chironomidae).
- brain wormsplural of brain worm: A neurotropic nematode parasite (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis).
- buffalo wormsplural of buffalo worm: An edible larva of the beetle Alphitobius diaperinus.
- glow-wormsplural of glow-worm: The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
- guinea-wormsplural of guinea-worm: A long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin.
- ice wormsplural of ice worm: any of several worms, of the genus Mesenchytraeus, that inhabit glacial ice
- jumping wormsplural of jumping worm: Any species of worms (Megascolecidae) that jump and thrash wildly when handled, especially:
- ribbon wormsplural of ribbon worm: Synonym of proboscis worm (Nemertea).
- rope wormsplural of rope worm: An intestinal worm, purported to cause various conditions but especially autism; typically identified with strands of intestinal mucus flushed during an enema.
- sea wormsplural of sea worm: A marine annelid.
- slow-wormsplural of slow-worm: A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.
- tongue wormsplural of tongue worm: Any of the Pentastomida, a group of parasitic invertebrates.
- tube wormsplural of tube worm: Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.
- velvet wormsplural of velvet worm: Any of the phylum Onychophora of wormlike invertebrates, characterized by velvety skin texture, numerous stubby legs, and the ability to eject sticky slime to capture prey.
- white wormsplural of white worm: Any annelid of the genus Enchytraeus, especially Enchytraeus albidus.
- spoon wormsplural of spoon worm: Any annelid worm of the subclass Echiura, formerly considered to be its own phylum.
- peanut wormsplural of peanut worm: A sipunculid worm; any member of phylum Sipuncula.
- beard wormsplural of beard worm: Any annelid worm of the family Siboglinidae, particularly those with beard-like protrusions.
- jaw wormsplural of jaw worm: gnathostomulid
- spaghetti wormsplural of spaghetti worm: Worms with either their whole bodies or filaments attached to their bodies looking like spaghetti
Compound words 142
- earthwormsplural of earthworm: A worm that lives in the ground.
- bookwormsplural of bookworm: Any of various insects that infest books.
- tapewormsplural of tapeworm: Any 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.
- roundwormsplural of roundworm: An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla. Many species of roundworms are parasites.
- mealwormsplural of mealworm: The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle.
- silkwormsplural of silkworm: Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.
- heartwormsplural of heartworm: A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, of species Dirofilaria immitis of roundworms.
- flatwormsplural of flatworm: Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
- cutwormsplural of cutworm: The larva of any of the many moths of the family Noctuidae, considered an agricultural pest.
- pinwormsplural of pinworm: Any of several nematode worms, of the family Oxyuridae, that are parasitic to mammals