canker
21canker — noun Canker is used before these nouns: ↑sore …
22canker — Synonyms and related words: abscess, adulterate, alloy, aposteme, bed sore, blain, blast, bleb, blight, blister, boil, break up, bubo, bulla, bunion, cancer, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, cheapen, chilblain, coarsen, cold sore,… …
23canker — can|ker [ˈkæŋkə US ər] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old North French; Origin: cancre, from Latin cancer; CANCER] 1.) an evil influence that spreads quickly among people and is difficult to destroy ▪ the canker of violence in modern society 2.) …
24canker — noun (C, U) 1 an evil influence that spreads quickly and is difficult to destroy: the canker of violence in modern society 2 a disease that affects trees or plants cankerous adjective cankered adjective …
25canker — a poisonous fungus, resembling a mush room. Glou. Likewise the dog rose. Devon. Called also the canker rose …
26canker of the mouth — Canker Can ker (k[a^][ng] k[ e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. ? excrescence on tree, ? gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer. See …
27Canker blossom — Can ker blos som That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] O me! you juggler! you canker blossom! You thief of Love! Shak. [1913 Webster] …
28Canker-bit — Can ker bit , a. Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
29Canker bloom — Can ker bloom The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog rose. [1913 Webster] …
30Canker fly — Can ker fly A fly that preys on fruit. [1913 Webster] …