stick | threat of a penalty, the policy so far is all stick and no carrot |
insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
social insect | an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species |
dipterous insect two-winged insects dipteran dipteron | insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing |
hymenopterous insect hymenopteran hymenopteron hymenopter | insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing |
orthopterous insect orthopteron orthopteran | any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts |
phasmid phasmid insect | large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants, walking sticks and leaf insects |
Phasmidae family Phasmidae Phasmatidae family Phasmatidae | stick insects |
walking stick walkingstick stick insect | any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies |
walking leaf leaf insect | tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body, common in southern Asia and the East Indies |
dictyopterous insect | cockroaches and mantids |
hemipterous insect bug hemipteran hemipteron | insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base, usually show incomplete metamorphosis |
heteropterous insect | true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips |
homopterous insect homopteran | insects having membranous forewings and hind wings |
coccid insect | scale insects and mealybugs |
scale insect | small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering |
wax insect | any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance |
cochineal insect cochineal Dactylopius coccus | Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti, the source of a red dye |
spittle insect spittlebug | small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete |
psocopterous insect | small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs |
neuropteron neuropteran neuropterous insect | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins |
trichopterous insect trichopteran trichopteron | caddis fly |
thysanuran insect thysanuron | primitive wingless insects: bristletail |
thysanopter thysanopteron thysanopterous insect | an insect of the order Thysanoptera |
lepidopterous insect lepidopteron lepidopteran | insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales |
B-flat clarinet licorice stick | the ordinary clarinet with a middle range |
boomerang throwing stick throw stick | a curved piece of wood, when properly thrown will return to thrower |
cue cue stick pool cue pool stick | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
hockey stick | sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck |
joint marijuana cigarette reefer stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
measuring stick measure measuring rod | measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals, used as a reference in making measurements |
pogo stick | plaything consisting of a pole with foot rests and a strong spring, propelled by jumping |
polo mallet polo stick | a mallet used to strike the ball in polo |
rain stick | a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends, makes the sound of falling rain when tilted, origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain |
shooting stick | device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seat |
singlestick fencing stick backsword | a stick used instead of a sword for fencing |
size stick | a mechanical measuring stick used by shoe fitters to measure the length and width of your foot |
standard transmission stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
stick | an implement consisting of a length of wood, he collected dry sticks for a campfire, the kid had a candied apple on a stick |
stick | a long thin implement resembling a length of wood, cinnamon sticks, a stick of dynamite |
stick control stick joystick | a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane |
stick | a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball |
stick figure | drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines |
stick horse | a child's plaything consisting on an imitation horse's head on one end of a stick |
swagger stick | a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers |
swizzle stick | a small stick used to stir mixed drinks |
sword cane sword stick | a cane concealing a sword or dagger |
throwing stick throwing board spear thrower dart thrower | a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear |
walking stick | a stick carried in the hand for support in walking |
pin peg stick | informal terms for the leg, fever left him weak on his sticks |