Words ending in -BIRD, -BUG, -FISH, -FLY, or -WORM with definitions
335 total entries across 5 section(s)
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| — | BIRD | S | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to hunt birds «winged, warm-blooded vertebrates» / ----- { bird birdseye § birds birdseyes § bird birded birding birds § bird birdseye } |
| — | BOOBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a fan who boos players of the home team |
| — | CATBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a songbird |
| — | COWBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a blackbird |
| — | FATBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a wading bird |
| — | JAYBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a jay «a corvine bird» / ----- { jay jaybird § jaybirds jays } |
| — | MAYBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a bobolink |
| — | OILBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a tropical bird |
| — | REDBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a bird with red plumage |
| — | SEABIRD | S | [n. -S] · a bird frequenting the ocean or seacoast |
| — | SUNBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a tropical bird |
| — | WARBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a vintage military aircraft |
| — | BELLBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a tropical bird |
| — | BLUEBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a songbird |
| — | FIREBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a brightly colored bird |
| — | GAOLBIRD | S | [n. -S] · jailbird «a prisoner «one that is imprisoned»» |
| — | HANGBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a type of bird |
| — | JAILBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a prisoner |
| — | KINGBIRD | S | [n. -S] · an American~ bird |
| — | LADYBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a ladybug «a small beetle» / ----- { ladybird ladybug § ladybirds ladybugs } |
| — | LOVEBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a small parrot |
| — | LYREBIRD | S | [n. -S] · an Australian~ bird |
| — | OVENBIRD | S | [n. -S] · an American~ songbird |
| — | PUFFBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a stocky tropical American~ bird |
| — | RAILBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a racing enthusiast |
| — | RAINBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a type of bird |
| — | REEDBIRD | S | [n. -S] · the bobolink |
| — | RICEBIRD | S | [n. -S] · the bobolink |
| — | SNOWBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a small bird |
| — | SONGBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a bird that utters a musical call |
| — | SURFBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a shore bird |
| — | YARDBIRD | S | [n. -S] · an army recruit |
| — | BLACKBIRD | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · a common European~ thrush, Turdus~ merula~, in which the male has a black plumage and yellow bill and the female is brown |
| — | BOWERBIRD | S | [n. -S] · any of various songbirds of the family Ptilonorhynchidae~, of Australia~ and New Guinea. The males build bower-like display grounds in the breeding season to attract the females |
| — | CEDARBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a type of waxwing tree spread over North America~ |
| — | DOLLYBIRD | S | [n. -S] · (informal) an attractive and fashionable girl, esp~ one who is considered to be unintelligent |
| — | FRIARBIRD | S | [n. -S] · any of various Australian~ honeyeaters of the genus Philemon~, having a naked head |
| — | HEATHBIRD | S | [n. -S] · the black grouse |
| — | MOOSEBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a North American~ grey jay, Perisoreus~ canadensis~ |
| — | MOUNDBIRD | S | [n. -S] · a megapode |
| — | MOUSEBIRD | S | [n. -S] · coly |
| — | RIFLEBIRD | S | [n. -S] · © any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia~ and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris~ and Craspidophora~, allied to the paradise birds |
| — | SHOREBIRD | S | [n. -S] · bird that lives close to the water |
| — | SNAKEBIRD | S | [n. -S] · © any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus~. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills |
| — | WATERBIRD | S | [n. -S] · any aquatic bird, including the wading and swimming birds |
| — | WIDOWBIRD | S | [n. -S] · whydah / ----- { whidah whyda whydah widowbird § whidahs whydahs whydas widowbirds } |
| — | TAILORBIRD | S | [n. -S] · any of several tropical Asian~ warblers of the genus Orthotomus~, which build nests by sewing together large leaves using plant fibres |
| — | WATTLEBIRD | S | [n. -S] · © any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochaera~ and allied genera of the family Meliphagidae~. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia~ and adjacent islands |
| — | WEAVERBIRD | S | [n. -S] · any small Old World passerine songbird of the chiefly African~ family Ploceidae~, having a short thick bill and a dull plumage and building covered nests: includes the house sparrow and whydahs |
| — | WHIRLYBIRD | S | [n. -S] · an informal word for helicopter |
| — | HUMMINGBIRD | S | [n. -S] · any very small American~ bird of the family Trochilidae~, having a brilliant iridescent plumage, long slender bill, and wings specialized for very powerful vibrating flight: order Apodiformes~ |
| — | MOCKINGBIRD | S | [n. -S] · (Australian~) any American~ songbird of the family Mimidae~, having a long tail and grey plumage: noted for their ability to mimic the song of other birds |
| — | THUNDERBIRD | S | [n. -S] · © an Australian~ insectivorous singing bird «Pachycephala~ gutturalis~». The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher |
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| — | BUG | S | [v. BUGGED, BUGGING, BUGS] · to annoy |
| — | DEBUG | S | [v. -BUGGED, -BUGGING°, -BUGS] · to remove bugs from |
| — | BEDBUG | S | [n. -S] · a bloodsucking insect |
| — | DORBUG | S | [n. -S] · a dor «a black European~ beetle» / ----- { dor dorbeetle dorbug dorr § dorbeetles dorbugs dorrs dors } |
| — | HUMBUG | S | [v. -BUGGED, -BUGGING, -BUGS] · to deceive |
| — | MUDBUG | S | [n. -S] · a crayfish |
| — | REDBUG | S | [n. -S] · a chigger |
| — | SOWBUG | S | [n. -S] · a wood louse |
| — | ANTIBUG | — | [a.] · effective against bugs |
| — | BILLBUG | S | [n. -S] · a weevil |
| — | FIREBUG | S | [n. -S] · an arsonist |
| — | GOLDBUG | S | [n. -S] · a gold beetle |
| — | LADYBUG | S | [n. -S] · a small beetle / ----- { ladybird ladybug § ladybirds ladybugs } |
| — | LOVEBUG | S | [n. -S] · a small black fly that swarms along highways |
| — | PILLBUG | S | [n. -S] · a wood louse that can roll up into a ball |
| — | GREENBUG | S | [n. -S] · a green aphid |
| — | MEALYBUG | S | [n. -S] · a destructive insect |
| — | PINCHBUG | S | [n. -S] · a large beetle |
| — | STINKBUG | S | [n. -S] · an insect that emits a foul odor |
| — | SUPERBUG | S | [n. -S] · a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics |
| — | CROTONBUG | S | [n. -S] · species of cockroach |
| — | DOODLEBUG | S | [n. -S] · the V-1 |
| — | JITTERBUG | S | [v. -BUGGED, -BUGGING, -BUGS] · a fast jerky American~ dance, usually to a jazz accompaniment, that was popular in the 1940s |
| — | LITTERBUG | S | [n. -S] · Derivative of litter lout «(slang) a person who tends to drop refuse in public places» |
| — | POTATOBUG | S | [n. -S] · Colorado beetle |
| — | TUMBLEBUG | S | [n. -S] · © see Tumbledung~ |
| — | SHUTTERBUG | S | [n. -S] · (US, slang) an enthusiastic photographer |
| — | SPITTLEBUG | S | [n. -S] · Derivative of spittle insect «other names for the froghopper» |
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| — | FISH | Y | [v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to catch or try to catch fish «cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates» |
| S | ELFISH | — | [a.] · resembling an elf «a small, often mischievous fairy» - ELFISHLY [b.] / ----- { elfish elvish § elfishly elvishly } |
| — | OAFISH | — | [n. OAFS or OAVES] · a clumsy, stupid person - OAFISH [a.] OAFISHLY [b.] |
| — | OFFISH | — | [a.] · aloof «distant in interest or feeling» - OFFISHLY [b.] |
| — | BATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a batlike fish |
| — | BOXFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | CATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a scaleless, large-headed fish |
| — | CODFISH | — | [n. -ES] · the cod «a marine food fish» |
| — | COWFISH | — | [n. -ES] · an aquatic mammal |
| — | DEAFISH | — | [a.] · somewhat deaf |
| — | DOGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a small shark |
| — | FINFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a true fish |
| — | FOXFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a large shark |
| — | GARFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | HAGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · an eellike fish |
| — | HOGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a tropical fish |
| — | HUFFISH | — | [a.] · sulky «sullenly aloof or withdrawn» |
| — | ICEFISH | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to fish through holes in the ice on a lake or river |
| — | JEWFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a large marine fish |
| — | MUDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish found in mud or muddy water |
| B | OARFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | OUTFISH | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to surpass in fishing |
| — | PANFISH | — | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to fish for any small fish that can be fried whole (=panfished panfishing) |
| — | PIGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | PINFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a small marine fish |
| — | PUPFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a small, freshwater fish |
| D | RAFFISH | — | [a.] · tawdry «gaudy» |
| — | RATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish / ----- { rattail § ratfish ratfishes rattails } |
| — | REDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · an edible rockfish |
| — | SAWFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | SELFISH | — | [a.] · concerned chiefly or only with oneself |
| — | SERFISH | — | [a.] · characteristic of a serf / ----- { serfish serflike } |
| — | SUNFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | WAIFISH | — | [a.] · waiflike «resembling a waif «a homeless child»» / ----- { waifish waiflike } |
| — | WOLFISH | — | [a.] · wolflike «resembling a wolf» / ----- { wolfish wolflike } |
| — | BAITFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish used as bait |
| — | BILLFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish with long, slender jaws |
| — | BLOWFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | BLUEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | BOARFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | BONEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a slender marine fish |
| — | BURRFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish with erect spines |
| — | CAVEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a sightless fish |
| — | COALFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a blackish fish |
| — | CRAWFISH | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to back out or retreat |
| — | CRAYFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a crustacean |
| — | DEALFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | DRAFFISH | — | [a.] · draffy «worthless» / ----- { draffier draffiest draffish draffy } |
| — | DRUMFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish that makes a drumming sound |
| — | DWARFISH | — | [a.] · resembling a dwarf «an extremely small person» |
| — | FALLFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | FILEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | FLATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any of an order of marine fishes |
| — | FOOLFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | FROGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | GAMEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish caught for sport |
| — | GOATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a tropical fish |
| — | GOLDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | GRAYFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a dogfish «a small shark» |
| — | GRUFFISH | — | [a.] · somewhat gruff |
| — | HEADFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | JACKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a food fish |
| — | KELPFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish that lives among seaweed |
| — | KINGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine food fish |
| — | LADYFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a bonefish |
| — | LIONFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a tropical fish |
| — | LUMPFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | LUNGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a type of fish |
| — | MILKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine food fish |
| — | MONKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | MOONFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | NUMBFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish capable of emitting electric shocks |
| — | OVERFISH | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to deplete the supply of fish in an area by fishing to excess |
| — | PIPEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a slender fish |
| — | ROCKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish living around rocks |
| — | ROSEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine food fish |
| — | SAILFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a large marine fish |
| — | SANDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | SNIFFISH | — | [a.] · haughty «arrogant» / ----- { sniffier sniffiest sniffish sniffy } |
| — | SOAPFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a tropical fish that produces toxic mucus |
| — | STARFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a star-shaped marine animal |
| — | STIFFISH | — | [a.] · somewhat stiff |
| — | STUDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a freshwater fish |
| — | SUCKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a remora |
| — | SURFFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | TILEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine food fish |
| — | TOADFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | WEAKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | WOLFFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | ANGELFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any of various small tropical marine percoid fishes of the genus Pomacanthus~ and related genera, which have a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae~ |
| — | BLACKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © a small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus~, of several species. The most common is G. melas~. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size |
| — | BLINDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © a small fish «Amblyopsis~ spelaeus~» destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky~. Related fishes from other caves take the same name |
| — | CLINGFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any small marine teleost fish of the family Gobiesocidae~, having a flattened elongated body with a sucking disc beneath the head for clinging to rocks, etc~. |
| — | CRAMPFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © the torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock |
| — | DEVILFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © a huge ray «Manta birostris~ Cephaloptera~ vampyrus~» of the Gulf of Mexico~ and Southern Atlantic~ coasts. Several other related species take the same name |
| — | FROSTFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © the tomcod; -- so called because it is abundant on the New England~ coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost |
| — | GIRAFFISH | — | [a.] Resembling or characteristic of a giraffe. |
| — | GLOBEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © a plectognath~ fish of the genera Diodon~, Tetrodon~, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog |
| — | GOOSEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © see Angler |
| — | JELLYFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © any one of the acalephs, esp~. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance |
| — | JEWELFISH | — | [n. -ES] · an African~ cichlid, Hemichromis~ bimaculatus~: a beautifully coloured and popular aquarium fish |
| — | KILLIFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © any one of several small American~ cyprinodont~ fishes of the genus Fundulus~ and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish |
| — | PILOTFISH | — | [n. -ES] · Derivative of pilot fish «a small carangid fish, Naucrates~ ductor~, of tropical and subtropical seas, marked with dark vertical bands: often accompanies sharks and other large fishes» |
| — | PLATYFISH | — | [n. -ES] Certain fish of the genus Xiphophorus~ lacking a sword-like extension of… / ----- { platies platy platyfish platyfishes platys § platier platiest platy } |
| — | SABLEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a dark-skinned fish of the family Anoplopomatiae~, esp~ Anoplopoma~ fimbria, found off the western coast of North America~ |
| — | SHEATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © a European~ siluroid fish «Silurus~ glanis~» allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe~, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length |
| — | SHELLFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs |
| — | SNAKEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © the band fish |
| — | SPADEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © an American~ market fish «Chaetodipterus~ faber~» common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy |
| — | SPEARFISH | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · marlin |
| — | SQUAWFISH | — | [n. -ES] · (old-fashioned) any of several types of predatory N American~ fish (genus Ptychocheilus~) of the carp family, with elongated bodies |
| — | STOCKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © salted and dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried without being salted |
| — | STONEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a venomous tropical marine scorpaenid fish, Synanceja~ verrucosa~, that resembles a piece of rock on the seabed |
| — | SWELLFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © any plectognath~ fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon~ |
| — | SWORDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © a very large oceanic fish «Xiphias~ gladius~», the only representative of the family Xiphiidae~ |
| — | TOOTHFISH | — | [n. -ES] Either of the two fish species of the genus Dissostichus~. |
| — | TRUNKFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © any one of several species of plectognath~ fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion~, or the family Ostraciontidae~, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish |
| — | UNSELFISH | — | [a.] · not selfish + / ----- { selfless unselfish } |
| — | VIPERFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a predatory deep-sea fish of the family Chauliodontiae~, with long, sharp, needle-shaped teeth |
| — | WHITEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © any one of several species of Coregonus~, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons |
| — | ZEBRAFISH | — | [n. -ES] · an Indian~ tropical fish with dark blue and silvery stripes |
| — | ANGLERFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a bony fish with a growth on its head which can be wiggled to attract prey |
| — | ARCHERFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any freshwater percoid fish of the family Toxotidae~ of S and SE Asia~ and Australia~, esp~ Toxotes~ jaculatrix~, that catch insects by spitting water at them |
| — | BUTTERFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © a name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus~ triacanthus~ of the Atlantic~ coast, the Epinephelus~ punctatus~ of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand~ |
| — | CANDLEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © a marine fish «Thaleichthys~ Pacificus~», allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it |
| — | CUTTLEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © a cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate~ cephalopods generally |
| — | DAMSELFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any small tropical percoid fish of the family Pomacentridae~, having a brightly coloured deep compressed body |
| — | DRAGONFISH | — | ! [n. -ES] Any of several long. |
| — | GROUNDFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish that lives close to the bottom of the sea |
| — | GUITARFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any marine sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae~, having a guitar-shaped body with a stout tail and occurring at the bottom of the sea |
| — | MUTTONFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any of several species of fish native to Caribbean~ and Western Atlantic~ waters whose cooked flesh tastes of mutton, esp~ the mutton snapper (Lutjanus~ analis~) |
| — | NEEDLEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © the European~ great pipefich~ «Siphostoma~, Syngnathus~, acus~»; -- called also earl, and tanglefish~ |
| — | PADDLEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © a large ganoid fish «Polyodon~ spathula~» found in the rivers of the Mississippi~ Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon |
| — | PARROTFISH | — | [n. -ES] Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae~ known for… |
| — | PUFFERFISH | — | [n. -ES] Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae~ that have the ability to… |
| — | RIBBONFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any of various soft-finned deep-sea teleost fishes, esp~ Regalecus~ glesne~ (see oarfish), that have an elongated compressed body. They are related to the opah and dealfishes |
| — | SILVERFISH | — | [n. -ES] · © the tarpum~ |
| — | BUFFALOFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any of several freshwater North American~ hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus~: family Catostomidae~ (suckers) |
| — | DOLPHINFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a small family of ray-finned marine fish, unrelated to dolphins |
| — | STANDOFFISH | — | [a.] · reserved, haughty, or aloof |
| — | SURGEONFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any tropical marine spiny-finned fish of the family Acanthuridae~, having a compressed brightly coloured body with one or more knifelike spines at the base of the tail |
| — | TRIGGERFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any plectognath~ fish of the family Balistidae~, of tropical and temperate seas. They have a compressed body with erectile spines in the first dorsal fin |
| — | SQUIRRELFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any tropical marine brightly coloured teleost fish of the family Holocentridae~ |
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| — | FLY | — | [a. FLIER°, FLIEST] · clever / ----- [v. FLEW°, FLOWN, FLYING°, FLIES] · to move through the air / ----- [v. FLIED, FLYING°, FLIES] · to hit a ball high into the air in baseball |
| — | REFLY | — | [v. -FLEW, -FLOWN, -FLYING, -FLIES] · to fly again + |
| — | BARFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a drinker who frequents bars |
| — | BOTFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a type of fly |
| — | DAYFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a mayfly «a winged insect» |
| — | DEAFLY | — | [b.] · in a deaf manner |
| — | GADFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a biting fly |
| — | LIEFLY | — | [a. LIEFER, LIEFEST] · willing «inclined or favorably disposed in mind» - LIEFLY [b.] / ----- { lief liefer liefest lieve liever lievest § lief liefer liefest liefly liever } |
| — | MAYFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a winged insect |
| — | MEDFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a Mediterranean fruit fly |
| — | OUTFLY | — | [v. -FLEW, -FLOWN, -FLYING, -FLIES] · to surpass in speed of flight |
| G | RUFFLY | — | [a. -FLIER, -FLIEST] · not smooth |
| — | SAWFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a winged insect |
| — | WAFFLY | — | [a. -FLIER, -FLIEST] · indecisive «© not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer» |
| — | ALOOFLY | — | [a.] · distant in interest or feeling - ALOOFLY [b.] |
| — | BLOWFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a type of fly |
| — | BLUFFLY | — | [a. BLUFFER°, BLUFFEST] · having a broad front - BLUFFLY [b.] / ----- [v. -ED -ING -S] · to mislead |
| — | BRIEFLY | — | [b.] · in a brief manner |
| — | CHIEFLY | — | [b.] · above all |
| — | DEERFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a bloodsucking fly |
| — | FIREFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a luminous insect |
| — | GALLFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a small insect |
| — | GLOWFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a firefly |
| — | GRUFFLY | — | [b.] · in a gruff manner |
| H | OVERFLY | — | [v. -FLEW, -FLOWN, -FLYING, -FLIES] · to fly over |
| — | SANDFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a biting fly |
| — | SHADFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a winged insect |
| — | SHOOFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a child's rocker |
| — | SNIFFLY | — | [a. -LIER, -LIEST] · that sniffles (=snifflier sniffliest) |
| — | SNUFFLY | — | [a. -FLIER, -FLIEST] · tending to snuffle |
| — | STIFFLY | — | [b.] · in a stiff manner |
| — | ALDERFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a winged insect |
| — | BLACKFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a biting fly |
| — | CATCHFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · an insect-catching plant |
| — | GREENFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a green aphid |
| — | HORSEFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a large fly |
| — | HOUSEFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a common fly |
| — | HOVERFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a fly noted for hovering |
| — | STONEFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a winged insect |
| — | SUPERFLY | — | [a.] · showily pretentious |
| — | WHITEFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a small whitish insect |
| — | BUTTERFLY | — | [v. -FLIED, -FLYING, -FLIES] · any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera that has a slender body with clubbed antennae and typically rests with the wings (which are often brightly coloured) closed over the back Compare moth related adjective lepidopteran |
| — | CADDISFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera~, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms) |
| — | DAMSELFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · any insect of the suborder Zygoptera~ similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata |
| — | DOBSONFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · (US & Canadian~) a large North American~ neuropterous insect, Corydalis cornutus~: the male has elongated horn-like mouthparts and the larva (a hellgrammite or dobson) is used as bait by anglers: suborder Megaloptera~ |
| — | DRAGONFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · any predatory insect of the suborder Anisoptera~, having a large head and eyes, a long slender body, two pairs of iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, and aquatic larvae: order Odonata |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | WORM | SY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to rid of worms «small, limbless invertebrates» |
| — | BEWORM | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to infest with worms |
| — | DEWORM | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to rid of worms |
| — | BAGWORM | S | [n. -S] · the larva of certain moths |
| — | BUDWORM | S | [n. -S] · a caterpillar that eats buds |
| — | CUTWORM | S | [n. -S] · a caterpillar |
| — | EARWORM | S | [n. -S] · a bollworm |
| — | EELWORM | S | [n. -S] · a small roundworm |
| — | ICEWORM | S | [n. -S] · a small worm found in glaciers |
| — | LOBWORM | S | [n. -S] · a lugworm «a burrowing marine worm» |
| — | LUGWORM | S | [n. -S] · a burrowing marine worm |
| — | PINWORM | S | [n. -S] · a parasitic worm |
| — | RAGWORM | S | [n. -S] · an aquatic worm |
| — | WAXWORM | S | [n. -S] · a moth that infests beehives |
| — | WEBWORM | S | [n. -S] · a web-spinning caterpillar |
| — | ARMYWORM | S | [n. -S] · a destructive moth larva |
| — | BOLLWORM | S | [n. -S] · the larva of a certain moth |
| — | BOOKWORM | S | [n. -S] · an avid book reader |
| — | CASEWORM | S | [n. -S] · an insect larva |
| — | CLAMWORM | S | [n. -S] · a marine worm |
| — | FIREWORM | S | [n. -S] · a glowworm |
| — | FISHWORM | S | [n. -S] · a worm used as bait |
| — | FLATWORM | S | [n. -S] · a flat-bodied worm |
| — | GAPEWORM | S | [n. -S] · a worm that causes a disease of young birds |
| — | GLOWWORM | S | [n. -S] · a luminous insect |
| — | GRUBWORM | S | [n. -S] · the larva of some insects |
| — | HAIRWORM | S | [n. -S] · a parasitic worm |
| — | HOOKWORM | S | [n. -S] · a parasitic worm |
| — | HORNWORM | S | [n. -S] · the larva of a hawkmoth |
| — | INCHWORM | S | [n. -S] · a type of worm |
| — | LEAFWORM | S | [n. -S] · a moth larva that feeds on leaves |
| — | LUNGWORM | S | [n. -S] · a parasitic worm |
| — | MEALWORM | S | [n. -S] · the destructive larva of certain beetles |
| — | MUCKWORM | S | [n. -S] · a worm found in manure |
| — | RINGWORM | S | [n. -S] · a skin disease |
| — | ROOTWORM | S | [n. -S] · a beetle whose larvae feed on the roots of crop plants |
| — | SANDWORM | S | [n. -S] · a sand-dwelling worm |
| — | SHIPWORM | S | [n. -S] · a wormlike mollusk |
| — | SILKWORM | S | [n. -S] · a caterpillar that spins a cocoon of silk fibers |
| — | SLOWWORM | S | [n. -S] · a European~ lizard having no legs |
| — | SPANWORM | S | [n. -S] · an inchworm |
| — | TAPEWORM | S | [n. -S] · a parasitic worm |
| — | TUBEWORM | S | [n. -S] · a marine worm that builds and lives in a tube |
| — | WHIPWORM | S | [n. -S] · a parasitic worm |
| — | WIREWORM | S | [n. -S] · a wirelike worm |
| — | WOODWORM | S | [n. -S] · a wood-boring worm |
| — | ANGLEWORM | S | [n. -S] · © a earthworm of the genus Lumbricus~, frequently used by anglers for bait |
| — | ARROWWORM | S | [n. -S] · © a peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta~, living at the surface of the sea |
| — | BLINDWORM | S | [n. -S] · © a small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard «Anguis~ fragilis~», with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder |
| — | BLOODWORM | S | [n. -S] · the red wormlike aquatic larva of the midge, Chironomus~ plumosus~, which lives at the bottom of stagnant pools and ditches |
| — | EARTHWORM | S | [n. -S] · © any worm of the genus Lumbricus~ and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe~ and America~ is L. terrestris~; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm~ |
| — | FRUITWORM | S | [n. -S] The larva of any of several moths |
| — | GLASSWORM | S | [n. -S] · a gnat larva |
| — | HEARTWORM | S | [n. -S] · a parasitic nematode worm, Dirofilaria~ immitis~, that lives in the heart and bloodstream of vertebrates |
| — | JOINTWORM | S | [n. -S] · © the larva of a small, hymenopterous fly «Eurytoma~ hordei~», which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America~ it does great damage to the crop |
| — | ROUNDWORM | S | [n. -S] · © a nematoid~ worm |
| — | SCREWWORM | S | [n. -S] · the larva of a dipterous fly, Callitroga~ macellaria~, that develops beneath the skin of living mammals often causing illness or death |
| — | STRAWWORM | S | [n. -S] · © a caddice worm |
| — | WHEATWORM | S | [n. -S] · © a small nematode worm «Anguillula~ tritici~» which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm |
| — | CADDISWORM | S | [n. -S] · the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etc~. Also called: caseworm, strawworm |
| — | CANKERWORM | S | [n. -S] · © the larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms |
| — | PALMERWORM | S | [n. -S] · © any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects |
| — | THREADWORM | S | [n. -S] · © any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria |
| — | BRISTLEWORM | S | †! [n. -S] Alternative form of bristle worm. |
| — | CABBAGEWORM | S | [n. -S] · (US) any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp~ that of the cabbage white |
Copyright © 2026 Mitch Bayersdorfer · AGPL-3.0 · Thanks to Joe Petree for his definitions for these lists. · Detailed Attributions