chigga
A man of Asian ethnicity who is heavily influenced by hip-hop culture.
A vulgar insult for a contemptible Chinese (or, more generally, East Asian) man.

chigger
A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
A harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.

chorista
An aggregate of normal but ectopic tissue.

cinesis
Alternative form of kinesis.

cobirons
plural of cobiron

collembolid
Any springtail of the subclass Collembola.

collembolids
plural of collembolid

common earwig
A earwig of species Forficula auricularia, native to Europe but now cosmopolitan.

cordax
A lascivious dance featuring in Ancient Greek comedy.

cordaxes
plural of cordax

cryokinesis
The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.

cucarachas
plural of cucaracha.

cultus
Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development.

cultuses
plural of cultus

dayfly
A mayfly.

doater
Obsolete spelling of doter.

doaters
plural of doater

dobsonflies
plural of dobsonfly

dobsonfly
Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.

doru
Alternative form of dory (“spear”).

dorus
plural of doru

doter
Synonym of dotard (“old person with impaired intellect”).
Synonym of dotard (“one who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness”).

doters
plural of doter

drakefly
mayfly

dysdiadokokinesis
Alternative form of dysdiadochokinesia.

earwigflies
plural of earwigfly.

earwigfly
A North American scorpionfly of species Merope tuber.

ectopsocid
Any barklouse in the family Ectopsocidae.

ectopsocids
plural of ectopsocid

ephemera
plural of ephemeron
plural of ephemeron
plural of ephemeron
plural of ephemeron

ephemerae
plural of ephemera

ephemeras
plural of ephemera

firebrat
A thysanuran insect, Thermobia domestica.

firebrats
plural of firebrat

fishflies
plural of fishfly

fishfly
A mayfly.
Any insect in the corydalid subfamily Chauliodinae. Unlike most dobsonflies (subfamily Corydalinae) they don't have the enlarged mandibles typical (at least in the males) of that subfamily.

forestflies
plural of forestfly

forestfly
Alternative form of forest fly.

forkytail
An earwig (Dermaptera spp.).

gama
Synonym of gama grass.

gamagrass
Alternative form of gama grass.

gamagrasses
plural of gamagrass

gastrokinesis
motility of the gastrointestinal tract

gladiator
A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
A disputant in a public controversy or debate.
A professional boxer.
Synonym of heelwalker (“Any of the order Mantophasmatodea of carnivorous, wingless insects that superficially resemble a cross between praying mantises and phasmids.”).

gladiators
plural of gladiator

gladiatour
Obsolete form of gladiator.

gladiatours
plural of gladiatour

green drake
A mayfly of species Ephemera danica.

green drakes
plural of green drake

griffenflies
Alternative form of griffinflies.

griffenfly
Alternative form of griffinfly.

griffinflies
plural of griffinfly

griffinfly
Any of various dragonfly-like insects of the order Meganisoptera that lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Permian period.

hangingfly
Any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae.

helgramite
Alternative spelling of hellgrammite.

helgramites
plural of helgramite (alternative spelling of hellgramites).

hellgramite
Alternative spelling of hellgrammite.

hellgramites
plural of hellgramite

hellgrammite
The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
A lure designed to mimic such a larva.

hellgrammites
plural of hellgrammite (alternative spelling of hellgramites).

helmet crab
Synonym of masked crab.

hermae
plural of herm

heterologus
Any of a group of extinct insects of the genus †Heterologus.

homeokinesis
The dynamic formation of equilibrium in a bodily function.

hydrokinesis
The psychic ability to manipulate or control water

ice crawler
Any extremophile, wingless insect of the suborder Grylloblattodea

ice crawlers
plural of ice crawler

insect
An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
Any small arthropod similar to an insect, including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc.
A contemptible or powerless person.

insectkind
All insects, considered as a group.

insects
plural of insect

iron
A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
Shackles.
A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
A dark shade of the color silver.
A male homosexual.
A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
A safety curtain in a theatre.
A dumb bomb, one without guidance systems.

ironmine
Alternative spelling of iron mine.

ironmines
plural of ironmine

irons
plural of iron

isocapnia
A state of constant arterial carbon dioxide concentration (especially in arterial blood)

jumping bristletail
Common name for the insects of the order Archaeognatha.

jumping bristletails
plural of jumping bristletail

kineses
plural of kinesis

kinesis
The movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus.
Any energy that creates/controls movement.
The force driving life forward.

klebsiella
Any of the genus Klebsiella of rod-shaped bacteria, which cause many diseases in humans.

klebsiellas
plural of klebsiella

kordax
Alternative form of cordax.

kumazemi
A cicada, Cryptotympana facialis, from subtropical eastern Asia, that makes a particularly loud noise

labia minor
The labia minora.

lice
plural of louse
louse

longhorn forestfly
Prostoia similis, a species of spring stonefly.

louse
A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.

louses
third-person singular simple present indicative of louse

maritime earwig
An earwig of species Anisolabis maritima, found near the shoreline.

masked crab
Corystes cassivelaunus, a burrowing crab with patterns on the carapace which may resemble a human face.

mauvelouses
plural of mauvelous

mayflies
plural of mayfly

mayfly
Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.
Characterized by a short duration; short-lived.

mealywing
The silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci).

mealywings
plural of mealywing

meganeurites
plural of meganeurite

midirons
plural of midiron

mufflehead
A chironomid (non-biting midge).

myokinesis
muscular activity or massage
The displacement of muscle fibres

myrmeleontid
Any antlion in the Myrmeleontidae.

myrmeleontoid
A lacewing in the superfamily Myrmeleontoidea.

myrmeleontoids
plural of myrmeleontoid

nala
Alternative form of nullah (“ravine, waterbed”).

nalas
plural of nala

nixe
Alternative spelling of nixie (“female water-elf”).

oligolege
A pollinator exhibiting oligolecty.