* INSECTS *

ANT a small insect [n -S]
BEE a winged insect [n -S]
BOT the larva of a botfly [n -S]
DOR a black European beetle [n -S]
FLY {clever=adj} [adj FLIER, FLIEST] / to move through the air [v FLEW, FLOWN, FLYING, FLIES] / to hit a ball high into the air in baseball [v FLIED, FLYING, FLIES]
LAC a resinous substance secreted by certain insects [n -S]
NIT the egg of a parasitic insect [n -S]

CLEG	a horsefly (a large fly) [n -S]
DEET an insect repellent [n -S]
FLEA a parasitic insect [n -S]
GAPY infested with gapeworms [adj]
GNAT a small winged insect [n -S]
LICE <louse=n> [n]
MOTH a winged insect [n -S]
PUPA an intermediate stage of a metamorphic insect [n -PAS or -PAE] : PUPAL [adj]; PREPUPA
WASP a stinging insect [n -S] : WASPISH, WASPLIKE [adj]
WETA	a large wingless insect of New Zealand [n -S]

AEDES any of a genus of mosquitoes [n AEDES]
ALATE a winged insect [n -S]
APHID any of a family of small, soft-bodied insects [n -S]
APHIS an {aphid=n} [n APHIDES]
APIAN pertaining to {bees=n} [adj]
CIMEX a {bedbug=n} [n -MICES]
CULEX a {mosquito=n} [n CULEXES or CULICES]
EGGAR {egger=n} [n -S]
EGGER a kind of moth [n -S] : EGGAR
EMMET an {ant=n} [n -S]
FLIER one that {flies=v} [n -S]
FLYBY a flight of aircraft close to a specified place [n -BYS]
FLYER {flier=n} [n -S]
FRASS debris made by insects [n -ES]
FRONS the upper anterior portion of an insect's head [n FRONTES]
IMAGO an adult insect [n -GOES or -GOS]
KELEP a stinging ant [n -S]
LARVA the immature form of various insects and animals when newly hatched [n -VAE or -VAS] : LARVAL [adj]
LOUSE a parasitic insect [n LICE] / to spoil or bungle [v LOUSED, LOUSING, LOUSES]
LOUSY mean or contemptible [adj LOUSIER, LOUSIEST] : LOUSILY [adv]
MIDGE a small winged insect [n -S]
MIREX an insecticide [n -ES]
MOTHY full of moths [adj MOTHIER, MOTHIEST]
NALED an insecticide [n -S]
NOTUM a part of the thorax of an insect [n -TA]
NYMPH	to fish using a fly (a hook with silk or feathers) that looks like a larva [v -ED -ING -S] / a female spirit [n -S] : NYMPHAL, NYMPHEAN [adj]
REFLY <fly=v> [v -FLEW, -FLOWN, -FLYING, -FLIES]
SCOPA	a small tuft of hair on the body of an insect [n -PAE]
ZINEB an insecticide [n -S]

ALDRIN an insecticide [n -S]
ANTING the deliberate placing, by certain birds, of living ants among the feathers [n -S]
BEDBUG a bloodsucking insect [n -S]
BEETLE to jut out [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES] : BEETLER(s)
BEFLEA to infest with fleas [v -ED, -ING, -S]
BOMBYX a {silkworm=n} [n -ES] : BOMBYCID
BOTFLY a type of fly [n -FLIES]
BRULOT a biting fly [n -S]
CERCUS a sensory appendage of an insect [n CERCI] : CERCAL [adj]
CHAFER a large beetle [n -S]
CHEGOE {chigoe=n} [n -S]
CHIGOE a tropical flea [n -S] : CHEGOE
CHINCH a {bedbug=n} [n -ES] : CHINCHY [adj]
CHITIN the main component of insect shells [n -S]
CICADA a winged insect [n -DAS or -DAE] : CICALA(s)
CICALA {cicada=n} [n -LAS or -LE]
CLERID a predatory beetle [n -S]
COCCID an {insect=n} [n -S]
COOTIE a body louse [n -S]
DAYFLY a {mayfly=n} [n -FLIES]
DEFLEA to rid of fleas [v -ED, -ING, -S]
DOBSON an aquatic insect larva [n -S]
ELATER a click beetle [n -S] : ELATERID(s)
ENDRIN an insecticide [n -S]
ERGATE a worker ant [n -S]
FLYBOY a pilot in an air force [n -BOYS]
FLYING the operation of an aircraft [n -S]
FLYMAN a stage worker in a theater [n FLYMEN]
FLYOFF a competitive testing of model aircraft [n -S]
FLYWAY an established air route of migratory birds [n -WAYS]
GADFLY a biting fly [n -FLIES]
GASTER the enlarged part of the abdomen in some insects [n -S]
GNATTY infested with gnats [adj -TIER, -TIEST]
HOPPER one that {hops=v} [n -S]
LOCUST a migratory grasshopper [n -S]
HORNET a stinging insect [n -S]
INSECT any of a class of small invertebrate animals [n -S]
IXODID a bloodsucking insect [n -S]
MAGGOT the legless larva of certain insects [n -S] : MAGGOTY [adj]
MANTID {mantis=n} [n -S]
MANTIS a predatory insect [n -TISES or -TES]
MAYFLY a winged insect [n -FLIES]
MEDFLY a Mediterranean fruit fly [n -FLIES]
MELOID a type of beetle [n -S]
MORPHO a tropical butterfly [n -PHOS]
OUTFLY to surpass in speed of flight [v -FLEW, -FLOWN, -FLYING, -FLIES]
PROLEG an abdominal leg of certain insect larvae [n -S]
PSOCID a minute winged insect [n -S]
RONNEL an insecticide [n -S]
SAWFLY a winged insect [n -FLIES]
SCARAB a large, black beetle [n -S]
SIALID an {alderfly=n} [n -S] : SIALIDAN
TAMPAN a biting insect [n -S]
TINEID one of a family of moths [n -S]
TSETSE an African fly [n -S] : TZETZE(s)
TUSSAH an Asian silkworm [n -S] : TUSSAH TUSSAR TUSSEH TUSSER TUSSOR TUSSORE TUSSUR
TUSSAR {tussah=n} [n -S] : TUSSAH TUSSAR TUSSEH TUSSER TUSSOR TUSSORE TUSSUR
TUSSEH {tussah=n} [n -S] : TUSSAH TUSSAR TUSSEH TUSSER TUSSOR TUSSORE TUSSUR
TUSSER {tussah=n} [n -S] : TUSSAH TUSSAR TUSSEH TUSSER TUSSOR TUSSORE TUSSUR
TUSSOR {tussah=n} [n -S] : TUSSAH TUSSAR TUSSEH TUSSER TUSSOR TUSSORE TUSSUR
TUSSUR {tussah=n} [n -S] : TUSSAH TUSSAR TUSSEH TUSSER TUSSOR TUSSORE TUSSUR
TZETZE {tsetse=n} [n -S]
WEEVIL a small beetle [n -S] : WEEVILED, WEEVILLY, WEEVILY [adj]

ADELGID	a small insect (any of a class of small invertebrate animals) [n -S]
ANTHILL a mound formed by ants in building their nest [n -S]
ANTLIKE resembling an {ant=n} [adj]
ANTLION a predatory insect [n -S]
BAGWORM the larva of certain moths [n -S]
BEETLER one that operates a cloth-finishing machine [n -S]
BILLBUG a {weevil=n} [n -S]
BLOWFLY a type of fly [n -FLIES]
BUDWORM a caterpillar that eats buds [n -S]
CADELLE a small, black beetle [n -S]
CARABID a predatory beetle [n -S]
CARAPAX {carapace=n} [n -ES]
CHALCID a tiny fly [n -S]
CHINCHY {stingy=adj} [adj CHINCHIER, CHINCHIEST]
CINERIN a compound used in insecticides [n -S]
CRICKET to play cricket (a ball game) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : CRICKETER(s)
CULICID a {culicine=n} [n -S]
CUTWORM a caterpillar [n -S]
DEALATE an insect divested of its wings [n -S] : DEALATED [adj]
DEERFLY a bloodsucking fly [n -FLIES]
DELOUSE to remove lice from [v -LOUSED, -LOUSING, -LOUSES] : DELOUSER(s)
DEMETON an insecticide [n -S]
ECDYSIS the shedding of an outer layer of skin [n -DYSES] : ECDYSIAL [adj]
ECDYSON {ecdysone=n} [n -S]
ELYTRON a hardened forewing of certain insects [n -TRA] : ELYTROID, ELYTROUS [adj]
ELYTRUM {elytron=n} [n -TRA]
FIREFLY a luminous insect [n -FLIES]
FLEABAG an inferior hotel [n -S]
FLEAPIT a run-down movie theater [n -S]
FLYABLE suitable for flying [adj]
FLYAWAY one that is elusive [n -AWAYS]
FLYBELT an area infested with tsetse flies [n -S]
FLYBLOW to {taint=v} [v -BLEW, -BLOWN, -BLOWING, -BLOWS]
FLYLESS free of flies (winged insects) [adj]
FLYLINE	a type of line used in fly fishing [n -S]
FLYOVER a flight of aircraft over a specific location [n -S]
FLYPAST a {flyby=n} [n -S]
FLYTIER a maker of fishing flies [n -S]
FLYTING a dispute in verse form [n -S]
FLYTRAP a trap for catching flies [n -S]
GALLFLY a small insect [n -FLIES]
GLOWFLY a {firefly=n} [n -FLIES]
GOLDBUG a gold beetle [n -S]
GYPLURE a synthetic attractant to trap gypsy moths [n -S]
HALTERE a pair of wings of an insect [n -S]
HEXAPOD a six-legged insect [n -S]
KATYDID a grasshopper [n -S]
LADYBUG a small beetle [n -S]
LINDANE an insecticide [n -S]
LOVEBUG a small black fly that swarms along highways [n -S]
MENAZON an insecticide [n -S]
MYIASIS infestation of human tissue by fly maggots [n MYIASES]
NOCTUID a night-flying moth [n -S] : NOCTUOID [adj]
ODONATA	insects of an order of predacious insects [n] : ODONATE(s)
ODONATE any of an order of predacious insects [n -S] : ODONATA
OOTHECA an egg case of certain insects [n -CAE] : OOTHECAL [adj]
OVERFLY to fly over [v -FLEW, -FLOWN, -FLYING, -FLIES]
PHASMID a tropical insect [n -S]
PHORATE an insecticide [n -S]
PISMIRE an {ant=n} [n -S]
PISSANT a type of {ant=n} [n -S]
PLEURON a part of a thoracic segment of an insect [n -RA]
PREPUPA a stage preceding the pupa [n -PAS or -PAE] : PREPUPAL
PYRALID a long-legged moth [n -S]
REPLETE a worker ant that serves as a living storehouse for liquid food [n -S]
RESILIN an elastic substance in the cuticles of many insects [n -S]
SANDFLY a biting fly [n -FLIES]
SATYRID a brownish butterfly [n -S]
SHADFLY a winged insect [n -FLIES]
SHOOFLY a child's rocker [n -FLIES]
STYLOPS	an insect that is a parasite of other insects [n STYLOPS] : STYLOPID(s) STYLOPODIUM/STYLOPODIA
SYRPHID a winged insect [n -S]
TABANID a bloodsucking insect [n -S]
TERMITE an insect resembling an ant [n -S] : TERMITIC [adj]
TORTRIX a small moth [n -ES or TORTRICES] : TORTRICID(s)
TROILUS a large butterfly [n -ES]
TUSSORE {tussah=n} [n -S] : TUSSAH TUSSAR TUSSEH TUSSER TUSSOR TUSSORE TUSSUR
WAXWORM a moth that infests beehives [n -S]
WEBWORM a web-spinning caterpillar [n -S]
ZYZZYVA a tropical weevil [n -S]

ACULEATE a stinging insect [n -S] / having a sting [adj] : ACULEATED [adj]
ALDERFLY a winged insect [n -FLIES]
APHIDIAN an {aphid=n} [n -S]
ARMYWORM a destructive moth larva [n -S]
BLACKFLY a biting fly [n -FLIES]
BOLLWORM the larva of a certain moth [n -S]
BOMBYCID a {moth=n} [n -S] : BOMBYCOID [adj]
BOOKLICE wingless insects that damage books [n]
CARAPACE a hard, protective outer covering [n -S], adj. CARAPACED : CARAPAX
CARBARYL an insecticide [n -S]
CASEWORM an insect larva [n -S]
CATCHFLY an insect-catching plant [n -FLIES]
CECROPIA a large North American moth [n -S]
CHILOPOD a multi-legged insect [n -S]
CONENOSE a bloodsucking insect [n -S]
CORNICLE a part of an aphid [n -S]
CULICINE a {mosquito=n} [n -S] : CULICID(s)
CURCULIO a {weevil=n} [n -LIOS]
CUTICULA the outer hard covering of an insect [n -LAE]
DACTYLUS a leg joint of certain insects [n -LI]
DELOUSER one that gets rid of lice [n -S]
DIAZINON an insecticide [n -S]
DIELDRIN an insecticide [n -S]
DIPLOPOD a multi-legged insect [n -S]
DIPTERAN a two-winged fly [n -S] : DIPTERON(s)
DIPTERON {dipteran=n} [n -TERA]
ECDYSONE an insect hormone [n -S]
ECLOSION the emergence of an insect larva from an egg [n -S]
ELATERID an {elater=n} [n -S]
FENTHION an insecticide [n -S]
FIGEATER a large beetle [n -S]
FIREBRAT a small, wingless insect [n -S]
FLEABANE a flowering plant [n -S]
FLEABITE the bite of a flea [n -S]
FLEAWORT a European herb [n -S]
FLYPAPER paper designed to catch or kill flies [n -S]
FLYSHEET a {circular=n} [n -S]
FLYSPECK to mark with minute spots [v -ED, -ING, -S]
FLYWHEEL a heavy disk used in machinery [n -S]
FOREWING an anterior wing of an insect [n -S]
GLOSSINA a tsetse fly [n -S]
GLOWWORM a luminous insect [n -S]
GNATHITE a jawlike appendage of an insect [n -S]
GNATLIKE resembling a {gnat=n} [adj]
GREENBUG a green aphid [n -S]
GREENFLY a green aphid [n -FLIES]
GRUBWORM the larva of some insects [n -S]
HAWKMOTH a large moth [n -S]
HEMIPTER an {insect=n} [n -S]
HINDWING	a posterior wing of an insect [n -S]
HORNTAIL a wasplike insect [n -S]
HORNWORM the larva of a hawkmoth [n -S]
HORSEFLY a large fly [n -FLIES]
HOUSEFLY a common fly [n -FLIES]
HOVERFLY a fly noted for hovering [n -FLIES]
INSECTAN pertaining to {insects=n} [adj]
LACEWING a winged insect [n -S]
LAMPYRID any of a family of beetles [n -S]
LEAFWORM a moth larva that feeds on leaves [n -S]
MEALWORM the destructive larva of certain beetles [n -S]
MEALYBUG a destructive insect [n -S]
MOSQUITO a winged insect [n -TOES or -TOS] : MOSQUITOEY ANTIMOSQUITO
MOTHBALL to put into storage [v -ED, -ING, -S]
MOTHLIKE resembling a {moth=n} [adj]
OVARIOLE one of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed [n -S]
PINCHBUG a large beetle [n -S]
POLYGYNE	having more than one egg-laying queen in an insect colony [adj]
PREPUPAL preceding the pupal stage [adj] : PREPUPA
PRONOTUM a hard outer plate of an insect [n -NOTA]
PROTURAN	any of an order of white, wingless insects [n -S]
PULICENE pertaining to {fleas=n} [adj]
PULICIDE an agent used for destroying fleas [n -S]
PULVILLI pads between the claws of an insect's foot [n]
REDUVIID a bloodsucking insect [n -S]
ROOTWORM a beetle whose larvae feed on the roots of crop plants [n -S]
ROSESLUG a larval sawfly that eats rose leaves [n -S]
ROTENONE an insecticide [n -S]
SIALIDAN {sialid=n} [n -S]
SILKWORM a caterpillar that spins a cocoon of silk fibers [n -S]
SNOWFLEA	a wingless insect appearing on snow in the spring [n -S]
SPHINGID the {hawkmoth=n} [n -S]
STINKBUG an insect that emits a foul odor [n -S]
STONEFLY a winged insect [n -FLIES]
STYLOPID	a stylops (an insect that is a parasite of other insects) [n -S] : STYLOPODIUM/STYLOPODIA
TACHINID a grayish fly [n -S]
WHITEFLY a small whitish insect [n -FLIES]
WOODWASP	a large wasplike insect [n -S]

ACULEATED having a sting [adj] : ACULEATE(s)
BOOKLOUSE [n BOOKLICE]
BUTTERFLY [v -FLIED -FLIES -FLYING] : BUTTERFLYER(s)
CADDISFLY [n -FLIES]
DAMSELFLY [n -FLIES]
DERMESTID a beetle [n -S]
DOBSONFLY [n -FLIES]
DORBEETLE [n -S]
DRAGONFLY [n -FLIES]
ECDYSIAST [n -S]
FLYBRIDGE [n -S]
FLYRODDER [n -S]
FLYWEIGHT [n -S]
HEMELYTRA pl. of HEMELYTRON or HEMELYTRUM
HIGHFLIER [n -S]
HIGHFLYER [n -S]
INSECTARY [n -RIES]
INSECTILE
LARVICIDE [n -S] : LARVICIDAL
LONGICORN a type of beetle [n -S]
LOUSEWORT [n -S]
MOTHPROOF [v -ED, -ING, -S], MOTHPROOFER(s)
NONFLYING [adj]
NONINSECT [n -S]
TENTORIAL
TENTORIUM the internal skeleton of the head of an insect [n -RIA]
TERMITARY a termite nest [n -RIES] : TERMITARIUM
TORTRICID [n -S] : TORTRIX
UNFLYABLE

COCKCHAFER a beetle [n -S]
FLEAHOPPER [n -S]
FLYCATCHER [n -S]
FLYSWATTER [n -S]
FROGHOPPER [n -S]
HEMELYTRON [n HEMELYTRA]
HEMELYTRUM [n HEMELYTRA]
LARVICIDAL
LEAFHOPPER [n -S]
MOSQUITOEY
PERMETHRIN an insecticide[n -S]
TERMITARIA <termitarium=n> [n]
TREEHOPPER [n -S]

BUTTERFLYER [n -S]
CATERPILLAR [n -S]
GALLINIPPER a large mosquito [n -S]
GRASSHOPPER [n -S]
HYMENOPTERA (n HYMENOPTERON) : HYMENOPTERAN(s) HYMENOPTERON(s)
INSECTICIDE [n -S]
INSECTIVORE [n -S]
LAMELLICORN a type of beetle [n -S]
MOTHPROOFER [n -S]
ORTHOPTERAN [n -S]
PLECOPTERAN [n -S]
TERMITARIUM a termite nest [n TERMITARIA] : TERMITARY

ANTIMOSQUITO
HYMENOPTERAN [n -S]
HYMENOPTERON [n -S or HYMENOPTERA]
INSECTICIDAL : INSECTICIDALLY
TRICHOPTERAN [n -S]

INSECTIVOROUS

NONINSECTICIDAL

* List compiled from OWL3 + OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka