nigua
/ˈnɪɡwə/Now rare
noun
The chigger or sand flea, Tunga penetrans.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Eden (c1520–1576), translator. From Spanish nigua from Taino nigua.
- compressive
- compressive strength
- compressor
- comprise
- compromise
- compromiser
- compromising
- compte rendu
- Comptes Rendus
- Compton, Arthur Holly
- Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy
- Compton, Denis
- Compton effect
- comptroller
- comptroller-general
- comptrollership
- comptrollery
- compulsion
- compulsive
- compulsively
- compulsiveness
- compulsorily
- compulsoriness
- compulsory
- compulsory purchase