any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network

screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

a family of worms

rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails

poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies

gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion

a genus of worms

a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail

any of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United States

wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes

small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States

gear with the thread of a worm

infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms

resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical

cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm

fossil trail of a worm

hole made by a burrowing worm

any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones

totally submissive

rank-smelling tropical American pigweed

slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic

any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium

a dark bitter oil obtained from wormwood leaves; flavors absinthe liqueurs

silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets

infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms

totally submissive