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Definition: Head Louse |
Head LouseNoun1. Infests the head and body of humans. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Head LouseSynonym: Pediculus capitis (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Head Louse |
| English words defined with "head louse": common louse ♦ Pediculus humanus. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Unhatched nit of head louse, Pediculus humanus var capitis. Note red eyespots of developing embryo. Parasite, egg.Credit: CDC. |  | Female head louse, Pediculus humanus var capitis. Parasite.Credit: CDC. |
 | Nymph of head louse, Pediculus humanus var capitis, about to emerge from egg. Note missing egg cap. Parasite.Credit: CDC. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It looks like an adult head louse, but is smaller. (references) | |
Pediculus humanus capitis, the head louse, is an insect of the order Anoplura and is an ectoparasite whose only host are humans. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
head louse | 1,692 |
head louse treatment | 104 |
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head louse home remedy | 62 |
head louse information | 42 |
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| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "head louse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ι θ± (head lice). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | γγγΎγγγΏ (head lice). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eadhay ouselay huvudlus. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-h-l-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: alehouse, houseled. | |
-2 letters: delouse, elodeas, leashed, shauled, shoaled. | |
-3 letters: aholds, aldose, dholes, elodea, eludes, haloed, haloes, haoles, hauled, healed, housed, housel, lashed, leased, lehuas, leudes, loused, lushed, sealed, shaled, should, souled. | |
-4 letters: aedes, ahold, aloes, aloud, ashed, dahls, dales, deals, deash, deles, dhals, dhole, doles, douse, duals, duels, dulse, eased, easel, elude, hades, haled, hales, halos, haole, hauls, heads, heals, heeds, heels, helos, holds, holed, holes, hosed, hosel, house, hulas, lades, lased, lauds, leads, lease, leash, lehua, leuds, loads, lodes, louse, ludes, ousel, sadhe, sadhu, selah, shade, shale, shaul, sheal, sheol, shoal, shoed, slued, soled, suede. | |
-5 letters: ados, alee, ales, aloe, also, auld, dahl, dahs, dale, dals, dash, deal, dees, dele, dels, dhal, does, dole, dols, dose, dual, duel, dues, duos, ease, edhs, eels, elds, else, hade, haed, haes, hale, halo, haul, head, heal, heed, heel, held, helo, hods, hoed, hoes, hold, hole, hols, hose, hued, hues, hula, lade, lads, lase, lash, laud, lead, leas, lees, leud, load, lode, lose, loud, lude, lues, lush, odea, odes, ohed, olds, olea, oles, ouds, sade, sale, saul, seal, seed, seel, shad, shea, shed, shod, shoe, shul, sled, sloe, slue, soda, sola, sold, sole, soul, sued, udos, used. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-h-l-o-s-u" | |
+3 letters: housecleaned, overslaughed. | |
+4 letters: doubleheaders. | |
+5 letters: stoutheartedly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 61 64 4C 6F 75 73 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01100001 01100100 00100000 01001100 01101111 01110101 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e a d   L o u s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0061 0064 004C 006F 0075 0073 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4271677024681878571 |
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