English words for 'Alternative spelling of horsefly.'
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noun
- (zoology, slang) A dragonfly; so named due to its resemblance to a helicopter (sense 1).
- A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
- (botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
- (aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.
- A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
- (dance) A breakdance move in which the dancer spins on the floor while extending the legs to resemble the blades of a helicopter.
- an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
verb
noun
- (specifically) The common horsetail or field horsetail (Equisetum arvense).
- (specifically, US) The desert trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum) which has a straight stem with a swollen portion; formerly some Native American tribes in the Las Vegas Valley area turned such stems into pipes for smoking by removing the stem at the base and cutting the swollen portion in half to serve as a bowl.
- (smoking) Tobacco prepared for smoking in a pipe; also, the leaves of herbs or other plants prepared for such use.
- Any of a number of plants having thin and straight stems resembling pipes, often hollow or lacking branches.
noun
- (zoology, slang) A dragonfly; so named due to its resemblance to a helicopter (sense 1).
- A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
- (botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
- (aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.
- A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
- (dance) A breakdance move in which the dancer spins on the floor while extending the legs to resemble the blades of a helicopter.
- an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
verb
noun
- (specifically) The common horsetail or field horsetail (Equisetum arvense).
- (specifically, US) The desert trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum) which has a straight stem with a swollen portion; formerly some Native American tribes in the Las Vegas Valley area turned such stems into pipes for smoking by removing the stem at the base and cutting the swollen portion in half to serve as a bowl.
- (smoking) Tobacco prepared for smoking in a pipe; also, the leaves of herbs or other plants prepared for such use.
- Any of a number of plants having thin and straight stems resembling pipes, often hollow or lacking branches.
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