Words ending in -BIRD, -BUG, -FISH, -FLY, or -WORM with definitions
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| — | BIRD | S | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to hunt birds / [x] { bird birdseye § birds birdseyes § birded birding birds } |
| — | 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 / [x] { 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» |
| — | 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 / [x] { 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 «an African bird» |
| — | 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 «an African bird» / [x] { 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] · australian~ honeyeater with wattles |
| — | WEAVERBIRD | S | [n. -S] · tropical bird that weaves elaborate nests |
| — | 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.] a mythological bird |
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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 / [x] { 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 / [x] { 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 |
| — | POTATOBUG | S | [n. -S] · colorado beetle |
| — | TUMBLEBUG | S | [n.] a dung beetle |
| — | SHUTTERBUG | S | [n. -S] · (US, slang) an enthusiastic photographer |
| — | SPITTLEBUG | S | [n. -S] · derivative of spittle insect |
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| — | FISH | Y | [v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to catch or try to catch fish |
| S | ELFISH | — | [a.] · resembling an elf - ELFISHLY [b.] / [x] { elfish elvish § elfishly elvishly } |
| — | OAFISH | — | < OAF, [n. OAFS or OAVES] · a clumsy, stupid person - OAFISH [a.] OAFISHLY [b.] |
| — | OFFISH | — | [a.] · aloof - OFFISHLY [b.] |
| — | BATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a batlike fish |
| — | BOXFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | CATFISH | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · a scaleless, large-headed~ fish |
| — | CODFISH | — | [n. -ES] · the cod |
| — | 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 |
| — | 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 |
| — | RATFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | 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 / [x] { serfish serflike } |
| — | SUNFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a marine fish |
| — | WAIFISH | — | [a.] · waiflike «resembling a waif» / [x] { waifish waiflike } |
| — | WOLFISH | — | [a.] · wolflike «resembling a wolf» / [x] { 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» / [x] { draffier draffiest draffish draffy } |
| — | DRUMFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish that makes a drumming sound |
| — | DWARFISH | — | [a.] · resembling a dwarf |
| — | 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 |
| — | 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 / [x] { 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] · brightly colored tropical fish |
| — | 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 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 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.] any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae~. |
| — | 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.] any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontiformes~ order of ray-finned~ fish |
| — | PILOTFISH | — | [n. -ES] · derivative of pilot fish |
| — | PLATYFISH | — | [n.] certain fish of the genus Xiphophorus~ lacking a sword-like~ extension of the lower tailfin / [x] { platies platy platyfish platyfishes platys § platier platiest } |
| — | 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 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 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, the only representative of the family Xiphiidae~ |
| — | TOOTHFISH | — | [n. -ES] either of the two fish species of the genus Dissostichus~. |
| — | TRUNKFISH | — | [n.] species of genera Lactophrys~ and Rhinesomus~ (in boxfish family Ostraciidae~) |
| — | UNSELFISH | — | [a.] · not selfish + / [x] { 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] · smooth slippery fish |
| — | CANDLEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · oily food fish |
| — | CUTTLEFISH | — | [n. -ES] · marine mollusk with eight arms and internal shell |
| — | 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 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] · a tropical fish with beak-like~ teeth for scraping algae |
| — | PUFFERFISH | — | [n. -ES] · a fish that inflates itself when threatened |
| — | 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 |
| — | DEAFLY | — | [b.] · in a deaf manner |
| — | GADFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a biting fly |
| — | LIEFLY | — | < LIEF, [a. LIEFER, LIEFEST] · willing - LIEFLY [b.] / [x] { lief liefer liefest lieve liever lievest § 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 |
| — | ALOOFLY | — | < ALOOF, [a.] · distant in interest or feeling - ALOOFLY [b.] |
| — | BLOWFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · a type of fly |
| — | BLUFFLY | — | < BLUFF, [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] · to split open / ----- † [n. BUTTERFLIES] · insect with colorful wings |
| — | 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] · large winged insect with biting jaws |
| — | DRAGONFLY | — | [n. -FLIES] · large predatory insect with long body and four wings |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | WORM | SY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to rid of worms |
| — | 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, 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.] a worm that lives in the ground |
| — | 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.] the larva of a hymenopterous insect |
| — | 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] · grain pest larva |
| — | 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] · destructive caterpillar |
| — | 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