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English Definitions
pest
N
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
pest
N
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
pest
N
a persistently annoying person
pest
N
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
pester
V
annoy persistently
pestered
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
N
a persistently annoying person
pestering
causing irritation or annoyance
N
a breeding ground for epidemic disease
N
hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
N
a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
N
toxic condition resulting from ingesting or inhaling a pesticide
pestiferous
contaminated with infecting organisms
pestiferous
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
pestiferous
tending to corrupt or pervert
pestiferous
causing irritation or annoyance
pestilence
N
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
pestilence
N
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
pestilence
N
a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
pestilent
exceedingly harmful
pestilent
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
pestilential
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
N
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
N
a mild form of bubonic plague
N
the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person
pestle
N
machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
pestle
N
a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
pestle
N
a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
pestle
V
grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
N
a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil
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