Mites Synonyms

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specks
A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
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jots
The smallest bit; iota.
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pinches
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
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tinges
A slight trace, flavor, odor, etc.; smack; touch
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hints
A small, barely detectable amount of.
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touches
A suggestion, hint, or tinge:
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ticks
A light mark used to check off or call attention to an item.
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particles
A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something. [from 14th c.]
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parasites
(Biology) an organism that lives on or in another organism, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
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motes
(Obsolete) A meeting for discussion.
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molecules
A small particle; a tiny bit.
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minutes
A unit of time equal to1 /60 of an hour or 60 seconds. &diamf3; A sidereal minute is1 /60 of a sidereal hour, and a mean solar minute is1 /60 of a mean solar hour.
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iotas
The definition of iota is the ninth letter in the Greek alphabet, or a tiny bit of something.
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insects
Any of numerous arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having one or two pairs of wings. Insects include the flies, crickets, mosquitoes, beetles, butterflies, and bees.
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bugs
An electronic intercept device
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bits
An entertainment routine given regularly by a performer; an act.
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atoms
(Now historical) The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second. [from 10th c.]
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spots
(Chiefly British) A small amount; a bit:
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trifles
Something of little value or importance; trivial thing, idea, etc.; paltry matter
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shreds
A very small piece or amount; fragment; particle
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scruples
A feeling of hesitancy, doubt, or uneasiness arising from difficulty in deciding what is right, proper, ethical, etc.; qualm or misgiving about something one thinks is wrong
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scraps
A bit of something written or printed; brief extract
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ounces
A tiny bit:
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grains
A tiny bit; slightest amount
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fragments
An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit:
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drops
The definition of a drop is a small amount of something, especially a liquid.
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drams
A small amount; a bit:
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dots
A tiny spot, speck, or mark, esp. one made with or as with a pointed object
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dashes
The definition of a dash is a quick movement or a small amount of an ingredient.
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dabs
A small, soft or moist bit of something
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crumbs
The definition of a crumb is a tiny bit of something.
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vermin
(Countable or uncountable) Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance. [from c. 1300]
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  • A great variety of deformations and growths produced by insects and mites as well as by fungi have been described.

  • While the majority of the Thysanoptera are thus vegetarian in their diet, and are frequently injurious in farm and garden, some species, at least occasionally, adopt a predaceous habit, killing aphids and small mites (so-called "red-spiders") and sucking their juices.

  • On patting their carrier or some passing ant, the mites are supplied with food, no service being rendered by them in return for the ants' care.

  • Zukal has considered that the lichen acids protect the lichen from the attacks of animals; the experiments of Zopf, however, have cast doubt on this; certainly lichens containing very bitter acids are eaten by mites though some of the acids appear to be poisonous to frogs.

  • Among the simplest examples of the former are the hairs which follow the irritation of the cells by mites.

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