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noun
noun
- A kind of stonefly.
- (slang, drugs, Canada, US) The crystalline or powdered form of MDA.
- (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
- A wren.
- A willow.
- An object made from the wood of a willow.
- Any tree that resembles a willow.
- A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
- A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
- An excursion or side trip.
- A sudden rushing forth.
- (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- a venture off the beaten path
- witty remark
verb
noun
- the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly
- The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
noun
- A dragonfly.
- A cranefly.
- A stick insect.
- Clematis virginiana, a vine native to the United States.
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
- common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
- blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
- Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.
- an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
- A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, and Physalia utriculus, the Pacific man-of-war; a man-of-war.
- (UK, Australia, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A police officer.
- A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia.
- A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium, also called triangles, etc.
noun
- (coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
- A muscle spindle.
- Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A sleep spindle.
- (cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- The fusee of a watch.
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
verb
noun
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Microgomphus.
- Any of various kinds of fish with forked tails, as the bluefin driftfish (Psenes pellucidus) or a devilfish (genus Assessor)
- A scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).
- grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
- (military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
- (mining, historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
- (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
- a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
adj
noun
- A mayfly (genus Ephemera).
- (library science) Published single-sheet or single-page documents which are meant to be thrown away after one use.
- plural of ephemeron
- (by extension) Transitory audiovisual matter not intended to be retained or preserved.
- Especially, such ephemera that are collectibles, such as (originally) cheap publications (e.g., pamphlets, brochures), single-use packaging from packaged goods, and giveaway or throwaway trinkets.
- something transitory; lasting a day
noun
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Brachythemis.
- (fantasy) A member of a race that lives primarily underground, such as a dwarf.
- (Abrahamic religions) Adam, before eating the apple of knowledge of good and evil (emphasizing his creation from the ground).
- (military, slang) A soldier who fights on the ground or serves as ground crew, as opposed to a seaman, pilot, etc.
- The spined loach (Cobitis taenia), weather loach (Misgurnus fossilis), or other member of the loaches.
- The ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.
- (by extension) A person of uncultivated or uncultured taste.
- One who is confined to the ground, especially:
- Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially:
- An audience member in the cheap section (usually standing; originally in Elizabethan theater).
- A moth of the genus Condica
- in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section
noun
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Plathemis.
- Any of the white-tailed spiders of genus Lampona (Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina) native to eastern and southern Australia.
- A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
- common North American deer; tail has a white underside
noun
- (old) mayfly
- (fantasy, not universal) lesser draconic creature
- A male duck.
- (poetic) dragon
- (historical) small piece of artillery
- a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)
- beaked galley, or Viking warship
- a mayfly used as fishing bait
- adult male of a wild or domestic duck
noun
- a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
- (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
- a voluptuously beautiful young woman
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.
- (entomology) The larva of certain insects.
- A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
verb
noun
- A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A needle used for darning.
- a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
noun
- Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.
- A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
- Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
- someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
noun
- A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.
- (anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
- (figuratively) A person who changes residence frequently.
- (figuratively) Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.
- (figuratively, sports) A player who changes teams frequently.
- a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
adj
noun
- (US, regional) A dragonfly.
- (US, regional) A crane fly (US) / daddy longlegs (UK), a large, mosquito-like insect in the suborder Tipulomorpha
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Micromidia, endemic to eastern Australia.
- mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
noun
- a smoky fire to drive away insects
- a blemish made by dirt
- (US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
- A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
- (paganism, especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
- Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
verb
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- (paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
- To soil or smear with dirt.
- To obscure by blurring; to smear.
- To stifle or smother with smoke.
- To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
- (paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
noun
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A king-sized bed.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
verb
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
- To rule over as king.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To perform the duties of a king.
noun
noun
- A kind of stonefly.
- (slang, drugs, Canada, US) The crystalline or powdered form of MDA.
- (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
- A wren.
- A willow.
- An object made from the wood of a willow.
- Any tree that resembles a willow.
- A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
- A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
- An excursion or side trip.
- A sudden rushing forth.
- (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- a venture off the beaten path
- witty remark
verb
noun
- the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly
- The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
noun
- A dragonfly.
- A cranefly.
- A stick insect.
- Clematis virginiana, a vine native to the United States.
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
- common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
noun
noun
noun
noun
noun
- blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
- Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.
- an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
- A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, and Physalia utriculus, the Pacific man-of-war; a man-of-war.
- (UK, Australia, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A police officer.
- A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia.
- A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium, also called triangles, etc.
noun
- (coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
- A muscle spindle.
- Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A sleep spindle.
- (cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- The fusee of a watch.
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
verb
noun
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Microgomphus.
- Any of various kinds of fish with forked tails, as the bluefin driftfish (Psenes pellucidus) or a devilfish (genus Assessor)
- A scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).
- grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
- (military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
- (mining, historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
- (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
- a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
adj
noun
- A mayfly (genus Ephemera).
- (library science) Published single-sheet or single-page documents which are meant to be thrown away after one use.
- plural of ephemeron
- (by extension) Transitory audiovisual matter not intended to be retained or preserved.
- Especially, such ephemera that are collectibles, such as (originally) cheap publications (e.g., pamphlets, brochures), single-use packaging from packaged goods, and giveaway or throwaway trinkets.
- something transitory; lasting a day
noun
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Brachythemis.
- (fantasy) A member of a race that lives primarily underground, such as a dwarf.
- (Abrahamic religions) Adam, before eating the apple of knowledge of good and evil (emphasizing his creation from the ground).
- (military, slang) A soldier who fights on the ground or serves as ground crew, as opposed to a seaman, pilot, etc.
- The spined loach (Cobitis taenia), weather loach (Misgurnus fossilis), or other member of the loaches.
- The ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.
- (by extension) A person of uncultivated or uncultured taste.
- One who is confined to the ground, especially:
- Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially:
- An audience member in the cheap section (usually standing; originally in Elizabethan theater).
- A moth of the genus Condica
- in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section
noun
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Plathemis.
- Any of the white-tailed spiders of genus Lampona (Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina) native to eastern and southern Australia.
- A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
- common North American deer; tail has a white underside
noun
- (old) mayfly
- (fantasy, not universal) lesser draconic creature
- A male duck.
- (poetic) dragon
- (historical) small piece of artillery
- a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)
- beaked galley, or Viking warship
- a mayfly used as fishing bait
- adult male of a wild or domestic duck
noun
- a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
- (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
- a voluptuously beautiful young woman
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.
- (entomology) The larva of certain insects.
- A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
verb
noun
- A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A needle used for darning.
- a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
noun
- Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.
- A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
- Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
- someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
noun
- A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.
- (anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
- (figuratively) A person who changes residence frequently.
- (figuratively) Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.
- (figuratively, sports) A player who changes teams frequently.
- a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
adj
noun
- (US, regional) A dragonfly.
- (US, regional) A crane fly (US) / daddy longlegs (UK), a large, mosquito-like insect in the suborder Tipulomorpha
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Micromidia, endemic to eastern Australia.
- mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
noun
- a smoky fire to drive away insects
- a blemish made by dirt
- (US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
- A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
- (paganism, especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
- Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
verb
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- (paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
- To soil or smear with dirt.
- To obscure by blurring; to smear.
- To stifle or smother with smoke.
- To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
- (paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
noun
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A king-sized bed.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
verb
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
- To rule over as king.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To perform the duties of a king.
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