Term: rickettsia: any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: bessera: small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: mealie: an ear of corn
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: bantamweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: plectophera: in some former classifications: name for the Ephemeroptera
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: concession: a point conceded or yielded
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: cryptacanthodes: a genus of Stichaeidae
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: shirtwaist: a blouse with buttons down the front
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: motorcycle cop: a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: solomon's-seal: any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: bodkin: formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head