Words containing fly
3 letter words containing fly
- fly — to move through the air using wings.
4 letter words containing fly
5 letter words containing fly
6 letter words containing fly
- barfly — A barfly is a person who spends a lot of time drinking in bars
- botfly — any of various stout-bodied hairy dipterous flies of the families Oestridae and Gasterophilidae, the larvae of which are parasites of humans, sheep, and horses
- dayfly — the adult mayfly
- deafly — partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.
- fly-in — a convention, entertainment, or other gathering at which participants arrive by air: the annual fly-in of cattle breeders.
7 letter words containing fly
- aloofly — at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
- beetfly — a muscid fly, Pegomyia hyoscyami: a common pest of beets and mangel-wurzels
- blowfly — any of various dipterous flies of the genus Calliphora and related genera that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, carrion, and open wounds: family Calliphoridae
- briefly — Something that happens or is done briefly happens or is done for a very short period of time.
- bushfly — any of various small black dipterous flies of Australia, esp Musca vetustissima, that breed in faeces and dung: family Calliphoridae
8 letter words containing fly
- alderfly — any of various neuropterous insects of the widely distributed group Sialoidea, such as Sialis lutaria, that have large broad-based hind wings, produce aquatic larvae, and occur near water
- blackfly — a black aphid, Aphis fabae, that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants
- blow-fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion, excrement, etc., or in wounds of living animals.
- catchfly — any of several caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Silene that have sticky calyxes and stems on which insects are sometimes trapped
- cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
9 letter words containing fly
- butterfly — A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body.
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- dobsonfly — a large, soft-bodied insect, Corydalus cornutus, having four distinctly veined membranous wings, biting mouthparts, and, in the male, huge mandibles that jut out from the head.
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
10 letter words containing fly
- caddicefly — caddisfly.
- chalcidfly — any of numerous small flies of the family Chalcididae, often having bright metallic coloration, the larvae of which are chiefly parasitic on various stages of other insects.
- fly-bridge — Also called flybridge, fly bridge, monkey bridge. Nautical. a small, often open deck or platform above the pilothouse or main cabin, having duplicate controls and navigational equipment.
- fly-strike — myiasis.
- fly-tipper — a person who deliberately dumps rubbish in an unauthorized place
11 letter words containing fly
- butterflyer — a swimmer who performs the butterfly stroke
- fly-by-wire — (of aircraft or spacecraft) activated entirely by electronic controls.
- fly-fishing — Angling. a method of fishing in which fly casting is used.
- fly-tipping — the deliberate dumping of rubbish in an unauthorized place
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
12 letter words containing fly
- fly-by-light — aircraft control through systems operated by optical fibres rather than mechanical rods
- fly-by-night — not reliable or responsible, especially in business; untrustworthy: a fly-by-night operation.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- spongillafly — spongefly.
13 letter words containing fly
- butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
15 letter words containing fly
- fly-on-the-wall — A fly-on-the-wall documentary is made by filming people as they do the things they normally do, rather than by interviewing them or asking them to talk directly to the camera.
- venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
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