1. Acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
   - murine typhus, rat typhus, endemic typhus

Type of: typhus, typhus fever

• whiptail
• whiptail lizard
• whir
• whirl
• whirl around
• Whirlaway
• whirler
• whirligig
• whirligig beetle
• whirling
• whirling dervish
• whirlpool
• whirlwind
• whirlybird
• whirr
• whirring
• whish
• whisht
• whisk
• whisk away
• whisk broom
• whisk by
• whisk fern
• whisk off
• whisker