itch

itch has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. i.. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.
• v. i.. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.
• n.. An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.
• n.. Any itching eruption.
• n.. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.
• n.. A constant irritating desire.
• n.. an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
• n.. a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?"
• n.. a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation; "he has a bad case of the itch"
• v.. have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
• v.. scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"
• v.. have or perceive an itch; "I'm itching--the air is so dry!"