A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
A problem that needs fixing.
A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
HIV.
A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
A young apprentice jockey.
A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device.
A trilobite.
A semi-automated telegraph key.
An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
Synonym of union bug.
Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
To annoy.
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)