American Heritage Dictionary
(1)
Century Dictionary
(2)
GNU Webster's 1913
(1)
WordNet
(1)
Elsewhere on the web
He found out quickly enough that he had a bottle of cimex lectularius, or bedbugs; oval, nocturnal creatures less than one fifth of an inch long, little devils who are always hungry.— Long Island Business News Products
Presently a little man behind the coffee-urn at the far end of the table, whom I had heard was a bit of a scientist, piped up: "Perhaps the Professor doesn't know that in England, when we talk about bugs, we mean that cimex which makes intolerable even the most comfortable bed."— The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe
Nec cimex neque araneus neque ignis,— The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus
From runnin 'off with Cunnle Wright, -- 't wuz jest a common _cimex lectularius_.— The Biglow Papers
[121] Among these he found, with great delight, a very curious new cimex or _bug_, p. 129.— Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time
American Heritage Dictionary (1)
Century Dictionary (1)
Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year
Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed
We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.
Recently looked upfavor · tribute · Vo · transact · favourable |
Recent Favoritespygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms |
Recent Pronunciationsqualms · poofter · oh for heaven's sake · embodies · silence |
Ninjawords
The Free Dictionary
Online Etymology Dictionary
OneLook
Bartleby All Books
Dictionary.com
Urban Dictionary
Wikipedia
Google Define
Amazon Book Search
Thesaurus.com
Forvo pronunciation
Word Navigator
Tags
Stats
