flea
A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
A thing of no significance.

fleabeetle
Alternative form of flea beetle.

fleabeetles
plural of fleabeetle

fleapit
Alternative spelling of flea pit.

fleapits
plural of fleapit

fleas
plural of flea

fleen
plural of flea

human flea
A species of flea, Pulex irritans, with a variety of hosts, that is relatively prevalent among humans.

seguidilla
A lively Spanish dance in triple time.
The music for this dance.

seguidillas
plural of seguidilla

abrachias
plural of abrachia

acatalasia
acatalasaemia

acolasia
licentiousness

acridophagi
plural of acridophagus

acridophagus
One who eats grasshoppers and locusts.

allodia
plural of allodium

alveoloclasia
The destruction of an alveolus

aminopyridinium
The protonated form of an aminopyridine

aminopyridiniums
plural of aminopyridinium

amma
mother

ammas
plural of amma

amphibolia
Ambiguity in writing; amphiboly.

anopheles
A mosquito of the genus Anopheles, some insects of which transmit various parasites of the genus Plasmodium that are the cause of malaria.

anthrax
An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.

anthraxes
plural of anthrax

apolysis
The separation of the cuticula from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups.
A prayer of dismissal at the end of an Eastern Orthodox service

apostrophi
plural of apostrophus

apostrophus
The omission of a vowel or syllable from a word, usually indicated by the apostrophe symbol ( ' ). examples: 'til, can't
The apostrophe symbol used to mark this elision.
An open notehead ( ~ ) or an apostrophe ( ' ) used as a neume to mark a low, unaccented syllable at the beginning of a phrase or a short quick syllable
The symbol 'Ↄ', used in Roman numerals to indicate multiplication by 10.

apple leaf midge
A pest of apple trees (Dasineura mali, syns. Sciara mali, Malobrus mali, Perrisia mali)

apple maggot
Rhagoletis pomonella, a species of fruit fly that is a pest on apples.

araba
A horse-drawn carriage once used for transportation in pre-modern Turkey.

arabas
plural of araba

arba
Alternative spelling of araba.

arci
plural of arcus

arcus
A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore

aroba
Alternative spelling of araba.

arobas
plural of aroba

arthroclasia
The breaking of an ankylosis in order to allow more mobility in the joint

atonia
Lack of muscle tone.

atonias
plural of atonia

auster
Alternative letter-case form of Auster (“the south wind”).

bat fly
Any of the family Nycteribiidae of flattened, spider-like parasitic flies without eyes or wings.

bean geese
plural of bean goose

bee flies
plural of bee fly

bee fly
Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects.

bee lice
plural of bee louse

bee louse
Any of the wingless parasitic flies in the family Braulidae

bessa
A former copper coin of Ethiopia.

bessas
plural of bessa

biting midge
Any Ceratopogonidae, a family of small flies (1-4 mm long) in the order Diptera.

biting midges
plural of biting midge

black fly
Alternative spelling of blackfly.

blackflies
plural of blackfly

blacklets
plural of blacklet

blax
Plural of black; black people, collectively.

blow flies
plural of blow fly

blow fly
Alternative form of blowfly.

blowflies
plural of blowfly

bot flies
plural of bot fly

bot fly
Alternative form of botfly.

botflies
plural of botfly

botfly
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.

bothria
plural of bothrium

breezefly
The horsefly or gadfly.

brine fly
An insect of some species in the family Ephydridae.

cabasa
A percussion instrument constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder, fixed to a long handle, and producing a metallic rattling sound when shaken or twisted.

cabasas
plural of cabasa

caddis
The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.

cadew
A caddis.

cartolina
large sheet of colored paper (usually in rolls)

catathrenia
Groaning while falling asleep or while sleeping.

ceratitis
Alternative spelling of keratitis.

ceria
The compound cerium(IV) oxide.

cerias
plural of ceria

cheese skipper
The larva of the cheese fly.

chironomid
Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.

chironomids
plural of chironomid

cinderella
Alternative letter-case form of Cinderella.

cinderellas
plural of cinderella

clusia
Any member of the genus Clusia of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae.

clusias
plural of clusia

cluster flies
plural of cluster fly

cluster fly
Any of several species of Pollenia, especially Pollenia rudis, with the habit of congregating in dwellings over the winter.

coredialysis
iridodialysis

crane fly
Alternative form of cranefly.

craneflies
plural of cranefly.

cranefly
Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.

crocuta
Alternative spelling of crocotta.

crocutas
plural of crocuta

culex
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.

culices
plural of culex

curupira
A male supernatural being in Brazilian folklore, a protector of forests, having hair made of fire and feet turned backwards.

curupiras
plural of curupira.

cypsela
An achene formed from an inferior bicarpellary ovary of which only one carpel develops into a seed, as in plants of the family Compositae.

cypselae
plural of cypsela

cypselas
plural of cypsela

dance flies
plural of dance fly

dance fly
Any of the flies in the family Hybotidae.
Any of certain empidid flies.

deer ked
A Eurasian species of louse fly in the family Hippoboscidae, Lipoptena cervi, that are parasites of elk, deer and other bovine animals, sucking blood and laying eggs in the fur of the host animals.

delia
A garment worn by noblemen of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, similar to a coat or cloak, and worn over the żupan from the 16th until the early 18th century.

delias
plural of delia

delphinia
plural of delphinium

dialyses
plural of dialysis

dialysis
A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
The use of this method for the removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
asyndeton.

diazeugma
A zeugma where a single subject governs multiple verbs.

dictamina
plural of dictamen

dionaea
Venus flytrap

dionaeas
plural of dionaea

diopsides
plural of diopside

dolichocolon
An abnormally long large intestine.

drain fly
A fly whose larvae live in decaying organic matter underwater, most notably on the inside of drains, Clogmia albipunctata and similar species.
Any species in the subfamily Psychodinae of the family Psychodidae.

drone fly
Alternative form of dronefly.

drosophila
Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila

drosophilae
plural of drosophila

drosophilas
plural of drosophila

dung flies
plural of dung fly

dung fly
Alternative form of dungfly.