scorpion
Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
A very spiteful or vindictive person.
A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.
A whip with points like a scorpion's tail.

scorpions
plural of scorpion

skorpion
Alternative form of scorpion.

skorpions
plural of skorpion

abba
Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.

abbas
plural of abba
abbot

ablator
A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades.

ablators
plural of ablator

acrosyndesis
The pairing of homologous telomeres during meiosis

adjutor
An adjutant; a helper or assistant.

adjutors
plural of adjutor

adorator
Synonym of adorer.

adorators
plural of adorator

aenigma
Archaic form of enigma.

aenigmas
plural of aenigma

aenigmata
plural of aenigma

akela
Alternative letter-case form of Akela.

akelas
plural of akela

allosyndesis
The meiotic pairing of nonhomologous chromosomes from an allopolyploid individual

amusia
The inability to comprehend or respond to music.

amusias
plural of amusia

anancastia
Synonym of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

anankastia
A personality trait domain characterized by perfectionism and rigid control over behaviour and affect.

archaea
plural of archaeon

archeae
Misspelling of archaea.

assholios
plural of assholio

asteron
An astrocyte / neuron hybrid cell

asterons
plural of asteron

avicularia
plural of avicularium

banana spider
Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:

bitchzilla
A severely disagreeable or aggressive woman.

bitchzillas
plural of bitchzilla

bowie
A Bowie knife.

bowies
plural of bowie

brushed trapdoor spiders
plural of brushed trapdoor spider

bucrania
plural of bucranium

bucranium
The depiction of the head of an ox, as ornamental flourishes in architectural works.

bucraniums
plural of bucranium

buibui
Synonym of chador (“Muslim women's garment”).

buibuis
plural of buibui

calculi
plural of calculus

calculus
Calculation; computation.
Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.
A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.

calculuses
plural of calculus

callosa
plural of callosum

cardinal spider
A large European spider, Tegenaria parietina.

cellar spider
Pholcus phalangioides, a common synanthropic spider of the family Pholcidae.
Any spider of the family Pholcidae; a pholcid.

cellar spiders
plural of cellar spider

chaco
Alternative form of shako.

chacoes
plural of chaco

chacos
plural of chaco

cheechaco
Alternative form of cheechako.

cheechacoes
plural of cheechaco

cheechacos
plural of cheechaco

clubionids
plural of clubionid

cobweb spider
Any spider of the world-spanning family Theridiidae, that build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the fourth leg.

cobweb spiders
plural of cobweb spider

coloni
plural of colonus

colonus
A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.

comb-footed spider
A spider of the family Theridiidae, which have comb-like structures on their hind-most feet.

comb-footed spiders
plural of comb-footed spider

copa
Clipping of copacetic.

crab spider
Any spider of the family Thomisidae of spiders that hunt in flowers.

crab spiders
plural of crab spider

crabspider
Alternative form of crab spider.

crabspiders
plural of crabspider

cuntzilla
A severely disagreeable or aggressive woman.

cuntzillas
plural of cuntzilla

daddy long-legs spider
Any of the true spiders of the family Pholcidae: small spiders with long legs.

descanso
A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.

descansos
plural of descanso

desis
plural of desi

desultor
A person skilled at leaping from one horse or chariot to another.

desultors
plural of desultor

devitrite
A crystalline phase with the formula Na₂Ca₃Si₅O₁₆.

dysderids
plural of dysderid

dysungulation
Synonym of onychomadesis.

epitrite
A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.

epitrites
plural of epitrite

false violin spiders
plural of false violin spider

false widow
a spider with an appearance similar to the black widow, but which is not known to be deadly to humans, unlike the black widow.

flucti
plural of fluctus

fluctus
An area covered by outflow from a volcano.

funnel weavers
plural of funnel weaver

funnel-web spiders
plural of funnel-web spider

giant house spider
Any of certain large house spiders, formerly in species Tegenaria duellica, now in three species Eratigena atrica, Eratigena duellica, and Eratigena saeva.

goblin spider
Any of the family Oonopidae of spiders.

goblin spiders
plural of goblin spider

golden silk orb-weaver
A spider, Nephila

gongylidia
plural of gongylidium

gongylidium
A hyphal swelling of fungus which is cultivated by certain ants.

goya
bitter melon (edible fruit, especially as it is eaten by Okinawans)

ground spider
Any of very many spiders, of the family Gnaphosidae, that hunt their prey instead of building a web to catch them.

ground spiders
plural of ground spider

hala
Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

halas
plural of hala

hami
plural of hamus

hamus
A hook- or barb-like structure.

harmonicon
The harmonica.
An acoustic apparatus that produces a musical note when a long dry tube, open at both ends, is held over a jet of burning hydrogen.

harmonicons
plural of harmonicon

hobo spider
Any of a number of poisonous funnel web spiders, especially Tegenaria agrestis, indigenous to Europe.

house spider
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.

huntsman spider
Any spider from the taxonomic family Sparassidae.

huntsman spiders
plural of huntsman spider

idiosoma
The posterior portion of the body of a mite.

impulsor
One who or that which impels; an inciter, an instigator.

impulsors
plural of impulsor

inceptor
A beginner; one in the rudiments.
One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university.

inceptors
plural of inceptor

jumping spider
Any of very many spiders, of the family Salticidae, that jump from place to place with the aid of a silk tether.

jumping spiders
plural of jumping spider

keramidia
plural of keramidium

kibo
Alternative form of kybo (“toilet”).

kibos
plural of kibo

kiekie
Freycinetia banksii, a high-climbing shrub of New Zealand.

kikimora
a female house spirit in the Slavic mythology

kikimoras
plural of kikimora

kikimory
plural of kikimora