English words for 'Transmitted by rats.'
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adj
- Infested with rats.
- dirty and infested with rats
- of or characteristic of rats
- Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
- (originally British) Annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.
- In poor condition or repair.
- (Australia) Crazy, mad; ridiculous; slightly strange, eccentric; also (followed by about, on, or over), attracted to, infatuated with.
- showing signs of wear and tear
noun
adj
- of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse.
- More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea, most often with reference to mice and rats of the subfamily Murinae.
noun
verb
- catch rats, especially with dogs
- give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
- give away information about somebody
- take the place of work of someone on strike
- employ scabs or strike breakers in
- desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
- (of a dog, etc.) To hunt or kill rats.
- (informal, intransitive) To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
- (regional) To scratch or score.
- (chiefly US) To backcomb (hair).
- (intransitive) To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
- Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
- (intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.
noun
- one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
- a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
- someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
- A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
- (military, slang) A ration.
- (UK, north-west London, slang, vulgar) Vagina, vulva.
- (nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
- (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
- (informal) A person who is known for betrayal.
- (informal) An informant or snitch.
- (informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
- (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
- (chiefly informal) Ellipsis of muskrat.
- (regional) A scratch or a score.
- A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
noun
noun
- Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them.
- any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats
- A rat dog.
- A pirate miner, a miner who digs out ore or paydirt clandestinely and runs
- A rat terrier.
- One who rats; a traitor; a deserter.
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
noun
noun
- 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
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- a persistently annoying person
- any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
- An invasive weed.
- An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
- Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
- An annoying person, a nuisance.
noun
- 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
- a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
noun
- 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
- a swarm of insects that attack plants
- any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- an annoyance
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- (figurative) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
- A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- (ornithology) A group of common grackles.
- (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
verb
noun
noun
- a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
- a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
- The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.
- (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
noun
noun
noun
- The spread or transmission of such a disease.
- A disease spread by contact.
- The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
- (finance) A recession or crisis developed in such manner.
- (finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
- any disease easily transmitted by contact
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
noun
noun
- Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them.
- any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats
- A rat dog.
- A pirate miner, a miner who digs out ore or paydirt clandestinely and runs
- A rat terrier.
- One who rats; a traitor; a deserter.
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
noun
noun
- 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
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- a persistently annoying person
- any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
- An invasive weed.
- An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
- Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
- An annoying person, a nuisance.
noun
- 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
- a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
noun
- 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
- a swarm of insects that attack plants
- any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- an annoyance
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- (figurative) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
- A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- (ornithology) A group of common grackles.
- (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
verb
noun
noun
- a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
- a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
- The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.
- (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
noun
noun
noun
- The spread or transmission of such a disease.
- A disease spread by contact.
- The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
- (finance) A recession or crisis developed in such manner.
- (finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
- any disease easily transmitted by contact
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
verb
- catch rats, especially with dogs
- give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
- give away information about somebody
- take the place of work of someone on strike
- employ scabs or strike breakers in
- desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
- (of a dog, etc.) To hunt or kill rats.
- (informal, intransitive) To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
- (regional) To scratch or score.
- (chiefly US) To backcomb (hair).
- (intransitive) To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
- Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
- (intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.
noun
- one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
- a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
- someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
- A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
- (military, slang) A ration.
- (UK, north-west London, slang, vulgar) Vagina, vulva.
- (nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
- (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
- (informal) A person who is known for betrayal.
- (informal) An informant or snitch.
- (informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
- (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
- (chiefly informal) Ellipsis of muskrat.
- (regional) A scratch or a score.
- A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
adj
- Infested with rats.
- dirty and infested with rats
- of or characteristic of rats
- Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
- (originally British) Annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.
- In poor condition or repair.
- (Australia) Crazy, mad; ridiculous; slightly strange, eccentric; also (followed by about, on, or over), attracted to, infatuated with.
- showing signs of wear and tear
noun
adj
- of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse.
- More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea, most often with reference to mice and rats of the subfamily Murinae.