Butterfly (n.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. |
Double (a.) Twofold |
Double (a.) Being in pairs |
Double (a.) Divided into two |
Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. |
Double (adv.) Twice |
Double (a.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like |
Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle |
Double (a.) To be the double of |
Double (a.) To pass around or by |
Double (a.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two. |
Double (v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value |
Double (v. i.) To return upon one's track |
Double (v. i.) To play tricks |
Double (v. i.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake |
Double (n.) Twice as much |
Double (n.) Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.) |
Double (n.) That which is doubled over or together |
Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues |
Double (n.) Something precisely equal or counterpart to another |
Double (n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence |
Double (n.) Double beer |
Double (n.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. |
Double (n.) A game between two pairs of players |
Double (n.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites. |
Double-acting (a.) Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions |
Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. |
Double-banked (a.) Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart. |
Double-barreled (a.) Alt. of -barrelled |
Double-beat valve () See under Valve. |
Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side |
Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder. |
Double-charge (v. t.) To overcharge. |
Double dealer () One who practices double dealing |
Double dealing () False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing. |
Double-decker (n.) A man-of-war having two gun decks. |
Double-decker (n.) A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. |
Double-dye (v. t.) To dye again or twice over. |
Double-dyed (a.) Dyed twice |
Double-ender (n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end. |
Double-ender (n.) A locomotive with pilot at each end. |
Double-entendre (n.) A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate. |
Double-eyed (a.) Having a deceitful look. |
Double-faced (a.) Having two faces designed for use |
Double-faced (a.) Deceitful |
Double first () A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics. |
Double first () One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics. |
Double-handed (a.) Having two hands. |
Double-handed (a.) Deceitful |
Double-headed (a.) Having two heads |
double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
double stopping | stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time |
line-drive double line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
double two-base hit two-bagger two-baser | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base, he hit a double to deep centerfield |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
double leg circle | a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels |
twin bill doubleheader double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
double dribble | an illegal dribble in basketball (the player uses both hands to dribble or the player starts to dribble a second time after coming to a stop) |
double Dutch | the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners |
daily double | a single bet on two horse races in the same day |
double reverse | (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse |
double play | the act of getting two players out on one play |
butterfly butterfly stroke | a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down |
double entry double-entry bookkeeping | bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another |
double cross doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
duplicity double-dealing | acting in bad faith, deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another |
double blind | a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed, designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results |
doubling double | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of , I decided his double was a bluff |
double take | a delayed reaction indicating surprise |
double jeopardy | the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried, prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution |
butterfly ray | a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin |
saddle | posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl |
saddle hackle saddle feather | a long narrow feather on the back (saddle) of a domestic fowl |
saddle oyster Anomia ephippium | thin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched |
butterfly | diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings |
nymphalid nymphalid butterfly brush-footed butterfly four-footed butterfly | medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and mucheduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
mourning cloak mourning cloak butterfly Camberwell beauty Nymphalis antiopa | of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with yellow borders |
tortoiseshell tortoiseshell butterfly | brilliantly colored, larvae feed on nettles |
ringlet ringlet butterfly | any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae |
comma comma butterfly Polygonia comma | anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing |
emperor butterfly emperor | large richly colored butterfly |
peacock peacock butterfly Inachis io | European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot |
danaid danaid butterfly | large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste |
monarch monarch butterfly milkweed butterfly Danaus plexippus | large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings, the larvae feed on milkweed |
pierid pierid butterfly | any of numerous paleolored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs |
cabbage butterfly | white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
southern cabbage butterfly Pieris protodice | common North American form of cabbage butterfly |
sulphur butterfly sulfur butterfly | any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies |
lycaenid lycaenid butterfly | any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae |
hairstreak hairstreak butterfly | small butterflies having striped markings under the wings |
saddle horse riding horse mount | a lightweight horse kept for riding only |
American saddle horse | a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky |
butterfly fish | small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins, found worldwide |
bass fiddle bass viol bull fiddle double bass contrabass string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
bicycle seat saddle | a seat for the rider of a bicycle |
a bus autobus coach charabanc double-decker jitney motorbus motorcoach omnibus passenger vehicle | a vehicle carrying many passengers, used for public transport, he always rode the bus to work |
butterfly valve | a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle |
contrabassoon contrafagotto double bassoon | the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family |
double bed | a bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers |
double-bitted ax double-bitted axe Western ax Western axe | an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head |