[koo-tee] 
| a louse, esp. one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse. |
[koo-tee] | a wooden container, esp. a wooden bowl, for storing or serving food or drink. |
[wil-yuh
mz] | 1. | Ben Ames [eymz] , 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. |
| 2. | Bert (Egbert Austin Williams), 1876?–1922, U.S. comedian and songwriter. |
| 3. | Betty (Smyth) [smith] , born 1943, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel peace prize 1976. |
| 4. | Charles Melvin (Cootie), 1910–85, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader. |
| 5. | Daniel Hale, 1858–1931, U.S. surgeon and educator: performed first successful heart surgery 1893. |
| 6. | Elizabeth (Betty), born 1943, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel prize 1976. |
| 7. | Em⋅lyn [em-lin] , born 1905, Welsh playwright and actor. |
| 8. | Eric Eustace, 1911–81, Trinidadian politician: first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago 1962–81. |
| 9. | G. Men⋅nen [men-uhn] , born 1911, U.S. politician and diplomat. |
| 10. | Hank, 1923–53, U.S. country-and-western singer, musician, and composer. |
| 11. | John Towner, born 1932, U.S. composer and conductor. |
| 12. | Ralph Vaughan. Vaughan Williams, Ralph. |
| 13. | Roger, 1603?–83, English clergyman in America: founder of Rhode Island colony 1636. |
| 14. | Serena, born 1981, U.S. tennis player (sister of Venus Williams). |
| 15. | Tennessee (Thomas Lanier Williams), 1911–83, U.S. dramatist. |
| 16. | Theodore Samuel (Ted), born 1918, U.S. baseball player. |
| 17. | William, 1731–1811, U.S. merchant and revolutionary statesman. |
| 18. | William Car⋅los [kahr-lohs] , 1883–1963, U.S. poet and novelist. |
| coo·tie (kōō'tē) n. Slang A body louse. [Probably from Malay kutu.] |
