New Crossword Solver
New Crossword Solver
Start typing and press "Enter" or "ESC" to close
Solver
Assistant
Anagram
Word Meaning
Find the meaning or definition of a word or phrase in English
Search
x
Meaning of kermes
- The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used in medicine.
- A small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds.
Latest view
inept
abruptness
geeks
instal
bedtick
transpeciate
transmigrate
woe
shelduck
minge
stimulant
blood money
roes
leads
fatten
preambulatory
indigitating
biga
retainer
monocular
Popular word
waft
shipless
cicero
diablerie
thwite
hunk
stonish
lite
preceptive
scarab
bids
slaving
prononce
casts
cannicula
podiatrists
runningriot
disinheriting
dubiosities
henparties
Random Words
Pantheology
Depure
Amputated
Pipping
Afoam
Gonophore
Tepefied
Tackle
Random
Cirrus
Plano-convex
Interaction
Mareschal
Demideify
Ragamuffin
Relumining
Connexive
Metaphoric
Formed
Grecize