ARGAS

Definition: ARGAS

ARGAS

Noun

1. A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "ARGAS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1664. (references)

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ARGAS	English	Arabian Geophysical and Survey Company	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Crosswords: ARGAS

English words defined with "ARGAS": spider mite. (references)

Expressions using "ARGAS": Argas Persicus ♦ Argas reflexus ♦ Argas Talaje. Additional references.
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Derivations
	Words ending with "ARGAS": teargas. (additional references)
	Words containing "ARGAS": sargasso, sargassos, sargassum, sargassums, teargases, teargassed, teargasses, teargassing. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "ARGAS" (pronounced 'Ar"gas'): Cayugas, Onondagas. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: agars, ragas.
	Words within the letters "a-a-g-r-s"
	-1 letter: agar, agas, gars, raga, rags, saga.
	-2 letters: aas, aga, ars, gar, gas, rag, ras, sag.
	-3 letters: aa, ag, ar, as.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-g-r-s"
	+1 letter: agoras, agrias, argals, gazars, graals, gramas, jagras, saggar, sangar.
	+2 letters: agarics, agarose, agrafes, airbags, alegars, angoras, argalas, argalis, garages, gastral, gastrea, grahams, grappas, hangars, jaguars, laagers, margays, parangs, ragbags, raglans, ragtags, ratbags, ravages, saggard, saggars, saguaro, sangars, sangria, savager, smaragd, tagrags, teargas, washrag.
	+3 letters: acreages, agaroses, aggrades, agraffes, agrestal, algebras, anagrams, anergias, angarias, angaries, arginase, arraigns, arranges, arugolas, arugulas, astragal, averages, bargains, barrages, brassage, carnages, cartages, cragsman, damagers, diagrams, drayages, farragos, gabbards, gabbarts, garbages, garlands, gasalier, gastraea, gastreas, gastrula, gearcase, gharials, gradates, graduals, grammars, grandads, grandams, grandmas, grandpas, granitas, granolas, gravidas, gravitas, gravlaks, graylags, guaranis, haggards, laggards, managers, massager, megabars, megastar, organzas, pangrams, paragons, parasang, piraguas, podagras, rampages, ravagers, raygrass, realgars, regattas, sagamore, saggards, saggared, saguaros, salvager, sangaree, sangrias, sargasso, sastruga, savagery, shagbark, skiagram, smaragde, smaragds, staggard, staggart, stargaze, stravage, stravaig, tanagers, tangrams, trangams, vagaries, vagrants, warpages, washrags, yardages, zastruga.
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