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• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
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• with resolute determination
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• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
Example sentence • Several firms are competing for the contract.
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• A member of the family Psychidae of the Lepidoptera.
Example sentence • The infestation of bagworms is causing severe defoliation in the forest.
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Example sentence • He carefully beworms his pet cat every three months.
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• small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
Example sentence • These blindworms feed on small insects, slugs, and worms.
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• a segmented marine worm with bright red body; often used for bait
Example sentence • The fish in the tank feed on bloodworms .
9 2 noun n noun
• any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
Example sentence • Farmers are using biological control methods to manage bollworms .
9 2 noun n noun
• a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
Example sentence • Some bookworms prefer reading physical books, while others prefer e-readers.
10 2 noun n noun
• terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
Example sentence • Gardening can be improved by the presence of earthworms in the soil.
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• A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
Example sentence • I can't get rid of these earworms stuck in my head.
8 2 noun n noun
• any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms
Example sentence • The farmer used a pesticide to control the eelworms infesting his crops.
9 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
Example sentence • He used fishworms as bait for fishing.
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• parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
Example sentence • Some flatworms are parasitic and can infect humans and animals.
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• the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly
Example sentence • The forest at night is illuminated by thousands of glowworms .
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Example sentence • The gardener used a pesticide to get rid of the grubworms in the lawn.
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Example sentence • The presence of hairworms in the host can cause behavioral changes.
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• A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, the roundworm Dirofilaria immitis.
Example sentence • Preventing heartworms through regular medication is essential for the health of your pet.
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• parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
Example sentence • The symptoms of hookworms include abdominal pain and diarrhea.
9 2 noun n noun
• A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process.
Example sentence • Gardeners often have to deal with hornworms destroying their crops.
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• small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
Example sentence • Yesterday, I saw several inchworms crawling on the tree branches.
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• larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
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Example sentence • The farmer found several leafworms on his tomato plants.
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• marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait
Example sentence • The angler bought a container of lobworms from the bait shop.
8 2 noun n noun
• marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait
Example sentence • Many fishermen use lugworms as bait.
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• the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae
Example sentence • I accidentally spilled a container of mealworms in my kitchen.
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Example sentence • The garden was infested with muckworms , damaging the crops.
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• small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
Example sentence • The most common symptom of pinworms is itching around the anal area.
9 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches
Example sentence • She went to the doctor to get treatment for her ringworms .
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Example sentence • The sandworms in this desert can grow to huge sizes.
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• The larva of the fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World screwworm) or Chrysomya bezziana (Old World screwworm). The larvae are parasitic in humans and animals and are distinctive in eating living flesh of mammals, unlike most maggots, which eat only dead flesh.
Example sentence • The screwworms infested the wound and caused severe infection.
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• wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
Example sentence • The shipworms were causing extensive damage to the submerged wooden pier.
9 2 noun n noun
• the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk
Example sentence • The life cycle of silkworms involves several stages.
9 2 noun n noun
• small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
Example sentence • These slowworms primarily feed on slugs, insects, and worms.
10 2 noun n noun
• larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris
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• small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
Example sentence • The most common symptom of threadworms is an itchy anus.
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Example sentence • The bird eagerly ate the waxworms from my hand.
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• several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
Example sentence • The infestation of webworms caused significant damage to the crops.
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• small roundworm parasitic on wheat
Example sentence • Infestation of wheatworms can lead to poor harvests.
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• Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
Example sentence • Infestation of whipworms can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea.
9 2 noun n Example sentence • The wooden table is infested with woodworms .
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• terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
Example sentence • Anglers use angleworms as bait for fishing.
9 3 noun n noun
• noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
Example sentence • The armyworms have consumed nearly all the leaves on the corn plants.
10 3 noun n noun
• any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth
Example sentence • The arrowworms are known for their translucent bodies and elongated shape.
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• A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
Example sentence • Poultry farmers often use deworming medications to prevent gapeworms .
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Example sentence • Farmers often struggle with controlling palmerworms in their fields.
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• ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
Example sentence • The best way to prevent tapeworms in pets is through regular deworming.
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• Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.
Example sentence • The deep-sea is home to many species of tubeworms .
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• wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants
Example sentence • Farmers often struggle with wireworms damaging their potato crops.
7 2 verb v verb
• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Example sentence • She affirms her commitment to the team by always being the first to arrive at practice.
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9 2 verb, adverb v, adv Example sentence • His speech reaffirms his commitment to environmental protection.
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