| worm | (noun) any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae | - |
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| (noun) screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack | - |
| (noun) a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network | - |
| (noun) a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect | Synonyms: dirt ball, insect, louse |
| (verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | Synonyms: squirm, twist, wrestle, wriggle, writhe |
| wormcast | (noun) fossil trail of a worm | - |
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| (noun) cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm | - |
| wormhole | (noun) hole made by a burrowing worm | - |
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| wormlike | (adjective) totally submissive | Synonyms: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormy |
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| wormseed | (noun) rank-smelling tropical American pigweed | Synonyms: American wormseed, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Mexican tea, Spanish tea |
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| wormwood | (noun) any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium | - |
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| wormy | (adjective) totally submissive | Synonyms: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike |
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| (adjective) infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms | Synonyms: vermiculate, worm-eaten |