Louse

Wedgwood.] [Footnote 51: Louse is in English in 1530 ’Louse, a beest -- _pov.

Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

And thirdly, if we consider that Nature does always appropriate the instruments, so as they are the most fit and convenient to perform their offices, and the most simple and plain that possibly can be; this we may see further verify'd also in the foot of a Louse which is very much differing from those I have been describing, but more convenient and necessary for the place of its habitation, each of his leggs being footed with a couple of small claws which he can open or shut at pleasure, shap'd almost like the claws of a

Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669

You can rearrange those letters to spell Louse L-O-U-S-E, which sounds like Laos, the country.

Creature Double Feature 2010

You can rearrange those letters to spell Louse L-O-U-S-E, which sounds like Laos, the country.

Creature Double Feature 2010

You can rearrange those letters to spell Louse L-O-U-S-E, which sounds like Laos, the country.

Creature Double Feature 2010

According to Louse Kasekende, the Bank of Uganda deputy governor, the new economic policy management is also expected to rein in the depreciating local currency, when inflation starts easing.

Uganda Tries to Calm Inflation Outrage Nicholas Bariyo 2011

Nonetheless, here are the insects, spiders, and other horrors, featured in my book "Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects," you should most fear on your summer vacation:

10 Bugs That Will Ruin Your Summer Vacation (PHOTOS) 2011

The "Harry and Louse" ad campaign showing a typical American couple concluding that the Clinton plan was just a big government health care plan is the symbol of the insurance lobby's successful effort.

Bryant Welch: Framing the Health Care Reform Debate: Who Do You Hate? Or, Who Do You Hate More? 2009

But Burns used a poem about this vermin ( "To a Louse, On Seeing One on a Lady's Bonnet in Church") to make a fundamental observation about our inability to be objective about ourselves:

Roy M. Pitkin: Happy Birthday, Robert Burns 2009

I was trying to decide whether they meant House or Louse.

This one's for you, William. Angry Professor 2009