A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

LICE

Sun, 20 Jul '25
One of the 10 plagues of Egypt
Fri, 14 Mar '25
Some epizoa
Fri, 7 Feb '25
Some sources of typhus
Thu, 11 Apr '24
Head-scratchers?
Thu, 29 Sep '22
Pet peeves?
Wed, 21 Apr '21
Problems that come to a head?