noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
head
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How do I know if my child has head lice ?
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So scratching the scalp is usually the first sign that a child has head lice .
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How can I get rid of head lice ?
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And head lice can cause other, more serious infections if they are left untreated.
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What's the treatment for head lice ?
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Keep a look out for head lice and treat if necessary.
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What can I do to avoid catching head lice ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the children huddled under an old coat made of animal skins, which was full of lice .
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Body lice and bacteria and fleas were dying by the billions.
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Inside a decade it grew into a national organization with an affluent governing board and a Washington lobbying of lice .
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Never before have I seen lice by the bushel.
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Residual scenes from dreadful other memories play like lice inside veins I hardly dare look on as mine.
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The insecticidal and bactericidal properties of aromatic plants helped ward off disease by killing air-borne bacteria and deterring fleas and lice .
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The same Southern private wrote graphically of another problem he and his comrades had to contend with, that of body lice .
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Tropical fish lice are sometimes found in fish tanks - higher temperatures kill native lice.