long-legged fly
Any of the predatory flies in the family Dolichopodidae, which tend to have long and slender legs.

louse flies
plural of louse fly

louse fly
A ked (parasitic fly of the family Hippoboscidae).

luncheteria
A cafeteria where lunch is served.

lysdexia
Dyslexia; proneness to metathesis in reading, writing, or speech due to (real or imagined) dyslexia.

mancia
tip, gratuity

mandella
A decorative Native American object, derived from a traditional ceremonial shield.

mandellas
plural of mandella

manges
plural of mange

mapinguari
Alternative form of mapinguary.

mapinguaris
plural of mapinguari

march fly
Alternative form of March fly.

marchflies
plural of marchfly

marchfly
Alternative form of March fly.

margines
plural of margo

margo
border, margin

margos
plural of margo

marsupia
plural of marsupium

marsupion
Archaic form of marsupium.

marsupium
The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young.
A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.

marsupiums
plural of marsupium

medflies
plural of medfly

medfly
Synonym of Mediterranean fruit fly.

medina
The traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town.

medinas
plural of medina

meniscus midge
A midge in the family Dixidae, whose larva lives in standing water just under the surface.

meniscus midges
plural of meniscus midge

menophania
The onset of menstruation at puberty; menarche.

mesodiplosis
The repetition of terms within successive sentences

metaadenohypophysis
Synonym of pars intermedia.

metadrama
The appearance of a play within another play as part of its plot.

metaphragma
The hindmost phragma of the thorax in an insect

metaphragmata
plural of metaphragma

midge
Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.
A small, short or insignificant person.
Any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge.

midges
plural of midge

midgey
Swarming with midges.

midgeys
plural of midgey

midgie
Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”).

midgies
plural of midgie
plural of midgy

midgy
Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”).

minge
The pubic hair and vulva.

miscellanea
A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.

morphodites
plural of morphodite

mosketoe
Obsolete spelling of mosquito.

mosquito
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

mosquitoes
plural of mosquito.

mosquitohawk
Alternative spelling of mosquito hawk.

mosquitohawks
plural of mosquitohawk.

mosquitos
plural of mosquito

moth fly
A fly of the subfamily Psychodinae of the nematoceran family Psychodidae.

musca
Ellipsis of musca volitans.

muscae
plural of musca

musketo
Archaic form of mosquito.

musketoes
plural of musketo

musketos
plural of musketo

musketto
Obsolete spelling of mosquito.

muskito
Obsolete spelling of mosquito.

musqueto
Obsolete form of mosquito.

musquetoes
plural of musqueto

musquetos
plural of musqueto

neurochaeta
Any fly of the genus Neurochaeta
A chaeta found on the neuropodium of an annelid.

neurochaetae
plural of neurochaeta

neurochetae
plural of neurocheta

non-biting midges
plural of non-biting midge

nonanthrax
Not anthrax.

notochaeta
Any phlomis of the genus Notochaete
A chaeta found on the neuropodium of annelids.

notochaetae
plural of notochaeta

oestri
plural of oestrus

oestrus
A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.
A bite or sting.
A passion or frenzy.
A female animal's readiness to mate.

oestruses
plural of oestrus

olive fruit fly
Synonym of olive fly (Bactrocera oleae).

orange-spotted drone fly
Eristalis anthophorina, a species of dronefly.

ortho
An isomer of a benzene derivative having two substituents adjacent on the ring.
A certain type of flat eyepiece.
An orthochromatic plate.
Clipping of orthography.
Clipping of orthophoto.
Clipping of orthopedics.

orthos
plural of ortho

osmina
An old Russian dry measure, approximately 105 litres; half of a tchetvert.

osminas
plural of osmina

ostentator
a boaster, ostentatious person

ostentators
plural of ostentator

osteoclasia
osteoclasis

ovogonia
plural of ovogonium

pales
third-person singular simple present indicative of pale

palillogia
Alternative form of palilogia.

palilogia
Deliberate repetition of a word or a phrase for the sake of emphasis.

pantarbes
plural of pantarbe

par
Abbreviation of paragraph.
Abbreviation of parenthesis.
Abbreviation of parish.

paramenia
disordered menstruation

paraphasia
A symptom of aphasia in which the sufferer substitutes a spoken word different from the one intended.

paraphasias
plural of paraphasia

paraphrasia
Alternative form of paraphasia.

paraphrasias
plural of paraphrasia

pararthria
disordered articulation of speech

paremiographer
Alternative form of parœmiographer.

paremiographers
plural of paremiographer

pars
plural of par

parusia
A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past events or the prediction of future ones.

peacock fly
A fruit fly of the family Tephritidae.

periclinia
plural of periclinium

periclinium
The involucre that surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.

peripetia
Alternative form of peripeteia.

peristylia
plural of peristylium

perpetia
Misspelling of peripetia.

phantom crane flies
plural of phantom crane fly

phantom crane fly
Bittacomorpha clavipes

phantom midge
An insect in the dipteran family Chaoboridae.

philia
friendship
liking
a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

philias
plural of philia

phlebotomus
A sandfly of genus Phlebotomus.

phorid fly
phorid

phyto
A phytosanitary certificate.

phytos
plural of phyto

pia
The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord.

picadura
A passage or track cut through foliage.

picture-winged flies
plural of picture-winged fly

picture-winged fly
Any fly in the family Ulidiidae

podes
plural of pous

pous
The Greek foot, a unit of length based on the shod foot, generally equal to 16 fingers (δάκτυλοι) or ¹⁄₆₀₀ stade (στάδια) but varying over time and location within Greece and the Hellenized world.

primavera
Describing a light vegetable sauce, especially one served with pasta.

primaveras
plural of primavera

prolepses
plural of prolepsis

prolepsis
The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
A so-called "preconception", i.e., a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.

promuscides
plural of promuscis

prorates
third-person singular simple present indicative of prorate

proschema
A screen or pretext for doing something, especially for waging war.

proschemata
plural of proschema

protozeugma
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed first.

punkey
Alternative spelling of punkie (“small two-winged fly or midge”).

punkeys
plural of punkey

punkie
A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; a biting midge or sandfly.

punkies
plural of punkie

punky
Of or pertaining to punk (touchwood); rotted or soft.
Of or pertaining to the punk subculture.