| ACARICIDE | • acaricide n. Any substance which kills acarids (mites and ticks). • ACARICIDE n. a substance that kills mites and ticks. |
| FOETICIDE | • foeticide n. Alternative form of feticide. • fœticide n. Archaic form of foeticide. • FOETICIDE n. the killing of a foetus, also FETICIDE. |
| FUNGICIDE | • fungicide n. A substance used to kill fungus. • FUNGICIDE n. an agent that kills fungi. |
| GERMICIDE | • germicide n. An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant. • GERMICIDE n. a substance that kills germs. |
| HERBICIDE | • herbicide n. A substance used to kill plants. • HERBICIDE n. a weedkiller. |
| LARVICIDE | • larvicide n. Any pesticide that attacks the larval stage of an insect. • larvicide v. (Transitive) To treat with larvicide. • LARVICIDE v. to kill larvae. |
| MATRICIDE | • matricide n. The killing of one’s mother. • matricide n. A person who kills his or her mother. • MATRICIDE n. the killing of a mother. |
| MENTICIDE | • menticide n. Brain-washing, conditioning people to abandon their beliefs. • menticide n. Efforts to destroy the mind or the will of an individual or group of people. • MENTICIDE n. the systematic undermining of a person's beliefs, attitudes, and values. |
| MULTICIDE | • multicide n. The killing of multiple people; mass murder or serial killing. • MULTICIDE n. mass murder. |
| PARRICIDE | • parricide n. Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent. • parricide n. Someone who commits treason. • parricide n. The killing of a relative, especially a parent. |
| PATRICIDE | • patricide n. Murder of one’s father. • patricide n. A murderer of his/her own father. • PATRICIDE n. the killing of a father, also PARRICIDE. |
| PESTICIDE | • pesticide n. Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium… • PESTICIDE n. a substance for killing pests. |
| PROLICIDE | • prolicide n. (Uncountable) The crime of destroying one’s offspring, either in the womb or after birth. • prolicide n. (Countable) One who commits prolicide. • PROLICIDE n. killing of offspring; killing of the human race. |
| SPORICIDE | • sporicide n. A substance that kills spores. • SPORICIDE n. a substance that kills spores. |
| UXORICIDE | • uxoricide n. One who murders his or her wife. • uxoricide n. The murdering of one’s own wife. • UXORICIDE n. the murder of a wife by her husband. |
| VERBICIDE | • verbicide n. The destruction or elimination of a word. • verbicide n. One who destroys or eliminates a word. • VERBICIDE n. destruction of the meaning of a word. |
| VERMICIDE | • vermicide n. Any substance used to kill worms, especially parasitic intestinal worms. • VERMICIDE n. a substance that kills worms. |
| VULPICIDE | • vulpicide n. Someone who kills foxes other than by hunting them with hounds. • vulpicide n. The killing of a fox. • VULPICIDE n. the killing of a fox. |
| WEEDICIDE | • weedicide n. Weedkiller. • WEEDICIDE n. something that kills weeds. |