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  • noun Alternative form of dust mite.

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Examples

  • After 10 years, a regular innerspring mattress will weigh twice what it did when you bought it, because it will be full of dust and debris and dustmites and dustmite droppings.

    Of Beds and Writing at SF Novelists 2009

  • Hmmm. Suddenly my heavy dustmite infested mattress/book is looking a lot better.

    Of Beds and Writing at SF Novelists 2009

  • The whole universe reflects God's purpose and intent; so when you go searching for it in the details, its like you are a dustmite with a microscope looking for subtle hints of God when you are living within the groove of his fingerprint.

    Courting the Theists 2005

  • The whole universe reflects God's purpose and intent; so when you go searching for it in the details, its like you are a dustmite with a microscope looking for subtle hints of God when you are living within the groove of his fingerprint.

    Courting the Theists 2005

  • The other found that after six months of use, new polyester pillows contained about eight times as many dustmite allergens as new feather pillows—a significant difference.4 Do not use foam rubber pillows, which can support the growth of mold, further aggravating allergies.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Likewise, anyone who has an infant or child in the home may wish to be careful about dustmite allergens so as to avoid sensitizing h im or her, or aggravating the symptoms of any child already sensitized.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Likewise, anyone who has an infant or child in the home may wish to be careful about dustmite allergens so as to avoid sensitizing h im or her, or aggravating the symptoms of any child already sensitized.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • The other found that after six months of use, new polyester pillows contained about eight times as many dustmite allergens as new feather pillows—a significant difference.4 Do not use foam rubber pillows, which can support the growth of mold, further aggravating allergies.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • The other found that after six months of use, new polyester pillows contained about eight times as many dustmite allergens as new feather pillows—a significant difference.4 Do not use foam rubber pillows, which can support the growth of mold, further aggravating allergies.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Likewise, anyone who has an infant or child in the home may wish to be careful about dustmite allergens so as to avoid sensitizing h im or her, or aggravating the symptoms of any child already sensitized.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

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