violet snail
Synonym of purple storm snail (Janthina janthina)

virolysis
The breakup of a virus

visitator
An apostolic visitor.

visitators
plural of visitator

vitellolysis
The breakdown of egg yolk

vitrella
One of the transparent lens-like cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.

vitrellae
plural of vitrella

vitta
A fillet, or garland for the head.
A longitudinal stripe.
An oil tube in the fruit of some plants.

vittae
plural of vitta

vivipara
A viviparous organism.

viviparas
plural of vivipara

vola
A velum of silica in some diatoms
The hollow of the hand or foot.

volae
plural of vola

volsella
A male reproductive appendage in some insects.
Alternative form of vulsellum.

volsellae
plural of volsella

voluta
Any of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.

volutae
plural of voluta

volutas
plural of voluta

volute
The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
A spiral or scroll form.
A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.

volutes
plural of volute

volva
A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.
The membranous covering which completely encloses many fungi in the early stage of growth.

volvae
plural of volva

volvas
plural of volva

vulnera
plural of vulnus

vulnus
A wound.

vulsella
Alternative form of vulsellum.

vulsellae
plural of vulsella

waldo
Synonym of telefactor.

waldoes
plural of waldo

waldos
plural of waldo

warshboard
Pronunciation spelling of washboard.

warshboards
plural of warshboard

wartyback
Synonym of pimpleback (mussel)

wartybacks
plural of wartyback

washboard
A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument.
A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.
A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.
Ellipsis of washboard abs.
Baseboard; skirting board.

washboards
plural of washboard

wasteboard
Archaic form of washboard.

wasteboards
plural of wasteboard

wedge shell
Any of multiple bivalves, particularly a bean clam, but sometimes also a tellin or close relative.

welk
Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
to soak, steep.
to thrash, beat severely.
To contract; to shorten.
To form into wrinkles or ridges.

wellsites
plural of wellsite

wentletrap
Any of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the family Epitoniidae, especially Epitonium scalare, which were formerly highly valued.

wentletraps
plural of wentletrap

whelk
Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.

whelks
plural of whelk

whilk
Alternative form of whelk.

whilks
plural of whilk

white-lipped snail
A snail of species Cepaea hortensis, very similar to the grove snail, but with a white band at the lip of the shell.

whitelip
Applied to various marine creatures whose shell or mouth has a white edge.

whorl snail
A terrestrial snail of the family Vertiginidae.

whorl snails
plural of whorl snail

wilk
Obsolete form of whelk.

windowpane oyster
Placuna placenta, a bivalve marine mollusc in the family Placunidae, with a durable translucent shell.

winkles
plural of winkle

worm shell
Any member of the sea snail family Vermetidae.

worm shells
plural of worm shell

wormshell
Alternative form of worm shell.

wormshells
plural of wormshell

wyomingites
plural of wyomingite

xenophora
Any mollusk of the genus Xenophora.

xenophorae
plural of xenophora

xenophoras
plural of xenophora

xylanolysis
The breakdown of a xylan.

yellow slug
Limax flavus (syn. Limacus flavus), a species of air-breathing land slug with a yellow body.

zebra mussel
A striped freshwater mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, originating in Russia.

zebrina
The flowering plant Tradescantia zebrina (formerly Zebrina pendula), a species of spiderwort with striped leaves.

zebrinas
plural of zebrina

zennanas
plural of zennana

zonulolysis
Dissolution of the ciliary zonule, usually in a surgical context, to allow for removal of the lens.

zonulysis
dissolution of a zonule, especially the zonule of Zinn

zygites
plural of zygite

duck-billed platypus
The platypus

duckmole
Synonym of platypus.

duckmoles
plural of duckmole

echidna
Any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.

echidnae
plural of echidna

echidnas
plural of echidna

mallangong
The platypus.

monotreme
Any of the order Monotremata of mammals that lay eggs and have single orifices for urogenital and digestive functions (cloaca); an echidna, platypus or one of their extinct relatives.

monotremes
plural of monotreme

mullingong
The platypus.

ornithorhynchus
A platypus (genus Ornithorhynchus).

ornithorhynchuses
plural of ornithorhynchus

platypi
plural of platypus

platypodes
plural of platypus

platypus
A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).

platypuses
plural of platypus

spiny anteaters
plural of spiny anteater

amyosthenia
Myasthenia.

apophany
Alternative form of apophenia.

apophenia
The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.

apophenias
plural of apophenia

centiped
Archaic form of centipede.

centipede
Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
A many-oared Chinese smuggling boat.

centipedes
plural of centipede

centipeds
plural of centiped

chilopods
plural of chilopod

diplopods
plural of diplopod

distiphallus
The enlarged, apical part of the aedeagus in some insects

flat-backed millipede
Any large millipede of the order Polydesmida.

garden centipedes
plural of garden centipede

house centipede
A centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata, native to the Mediterranean region but common in houses worldwide.

house centipedes
plural of house centipede

hyposthenia
weakness; subnormal strength

julus
A catkin.

juluses
plural of julus

lithobiomorphs
plural of lithobiomorph

milleped
Obsolete form of millipede.

millepede
Alternative spelling of millipede.

millepedes
Misspelling of millipedes.

millepeds
plural of milleped

milliped
Dated form of millipede.

millipede
Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.

millipedes
plural of millipede

millipeds
plural of milliped

nectarilyma
Any appendages to a nectary, such as the long hairs in Menyanthes.

pauropods
plural of pauropod

petra
stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.

pill millipede
Any of the superorder Oniscomorpha of short-bodied millipedes resembling woodlice, capable of rolling into balls.

plutonium
The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.
Alternative form of ploutonion.

plutoniums
plural of plutonium

pseudocentipede
A symphylan.

pseudocentipedes
plural of pseudocentipede

scolopendra
A mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook.
A centipede of the genus Scolopendra.

scolopendras
plural of scolopendra

soil centipede
Any of the Geophilomorpha, an order of eyeless centipedes with upwards of 27 leg-bearing segments.

soil centipedes
plural of soil centipede