Angoumois moth () A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell. |
Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis. |
Craze-mill (n.) Alt. of Crazing-mill |
Crazing-mill (n.) A mill for grinding tin ore. |
East Indian () Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. |
East Indian (n.) A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies. |
Flour (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain |
Flour (v. t.) To grind and bolt |
Flour (v. t.) To sprinkle with flour. |
Hawk moth () Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. |
Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to India proper |
Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America |
Indian (a.) Made of maize or Indian corn |
Indian (n.) A native or inhabitant of India. |
Indian (n.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America |
Io moth () A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on the tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which sting like nettles. |
Isabella moth () A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part. |
Mediterranean (a.) Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land |
Mediterranean (a.) Inland |
Mediterranean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea |
Mill (n.) A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar. |
Mill (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces |
Mill (n.) A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process |
Mill (n.) A machine for grinding and polishing |
Mill (n.) A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action |
Mill (n.) A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on |
Mill (n.) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper. |
Mill (n.) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. |
Mill (n.) A passage underground through which ore is shot. |
Mill (n.) A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling. |
Mill (n.) A pugilistic. |
Mill (n.) To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill |
Mill (n.) To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine |
Mill (n.) To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head |
Mill (n.) To pass through a fulling mill |
Mill (n.) To beat with the fists. |
Mill (n.) To roll into bars, as steel. |
Mill (v. i.) To swim under water |
Mill-cake (n.) The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be subjected to the process of granulation. |
Mill-sixpence (n.) A milled sixpence |
Moth (n.) A mote. |
Moth (n.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies |
Moth (n.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc. |
Moth (n.) Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus. |
Moth (n.) Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing. |
Moth-eat (v. t.) To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment. |
Pernyi moth () A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi) which feeds upon the oak. It has been introduced into Europe and America from China. |
Tilt-mill (n.) A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on. |
V moth () A common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the fore wings. |
Walk-mill (n.) A fulling mill. |
grind mill pulverization pulverisation | the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
Indian Mutiny Sepoy Mutiny | discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in and , the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow) |
French and Indian War | a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes), - |
hill myna Indian grackle grackle Gracula religiosa | glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech |
Indian rat snake Ptyas mucosus | enter buildings in pursuit of prey |
Indian python Python molurus | very large python of southeast Asia |
Indian cobra Naja naja | a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia |
Mediterranean water shrew Neomys anomalus | a type of water shrew |
gizzard ventriculus gastric mill | thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food |
Indian mongoose Herpestes nyula | keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret, often domesticated |
flour beetle flour weevil | an insect that infests flour and stored grains |
Mediterranean fruit fly medfly Ceratitis capitata | small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit |
moth | typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae |
moth miller miller | any of various moths that have powdery wings |
tortricid tortricid moth | any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings, larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls |
codling moth codlin moth Carpocapsa pomonella | a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts |
lymantriid tussock moth | dullolored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees |
gypsy moth gipsy moth Lymantria dispar | European moth introduced into North America, a serious pest of shade trees |
browntail brown-tail moth Euproctis phaeorrhoea | small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States, pest of various shade and fruit trees |
gold-tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea | white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft |
geometrid geometrid moth | slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms |
pyralid pyralid moth | usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests |
bee moth wax moth Galleria mellonella | moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs |
corn borer European corn borer moth corn borer moth Pyrausta nubilalis | native to Europe, in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants |
Mediterranean flour moth Anagasta kuehniella | small moth whose larvae damage stored grain and flour |
tobacco moth cacao moth Ephestia elutella | small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products |
almond moth fig moth Cadra cautella | a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin |
raisin moth Cadra figulilella | moth whose larvae attack dried fruits and cereal products |
tineoid tineoid moth | small dullolored moth with chewing mouthparts |
tineid tineid moth | small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur |
clothes moth | any of several small yellowish or buffolored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens |
casemaking clothes moth Tinea pellionella | the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins |
webbing clothes moth webbing moth Tineola bisselliella | moth that forms a web in which it lives |
carpet moth tapestry moth Trichophaga tapetzella | larvae feed on carpets and other woolens |
gracilariid gracilariid moth | small dull or metallicolored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves |
gelechiid gelechiid moth | small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests |
grain moth | moth whose larvae feed on grain |
angoumois moth angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella | small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains |
potato moth potato tuber moth splitworm Phthorimaea operculella | greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm |
noctuid moth noctuid owlet moth | usually dullolored medium-sized nocturnal moth, the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests |
antler moth Cerapteryx graminis | European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings, the larvae damage pastures and grasslands |
heliothis moth Heliothis zia | medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms |
hawkmoth hawk moth sphingid sphinx moth hummingbird moth | any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed |
death's-head moth Acherontia atropos | European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull |
bombycid bombycid moth silkworm moth | moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk |
domestic silkworm moth domesticated silkworm moth Bombyx mori | stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care, the source of most of the silk commerce |
saturniid saturniid moth | large brightly colored and usually tropical moth, larvae spin silken cocoons |
emperor emperor moth Saturnia pavonia | large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings |
imperial moth Eacles imperialis | large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings, larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees |
giant silkworm moth silkworm moth | any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae |