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Showing words for BUTTERFLY using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Butterfly

butterfly

8 Letter Words for Butterfly

fluttery

7 Letter Words for Butterfly

blufter, brutely, butlery, buttery, flutter, lufbery, utterly

6 Letter Words for Butterfly

belfry, bulter, bultey, burely, burlet, burley, butler, butter, buttle, fleury, fluter, flutey, fretty, futter, rubefy, ruttle, tetryl, trebly, tublet, tufter, turble, turtle, tutler, uberty

5 Letter Words for Butterfly

befur, beryl, betty, bluer, bluet, bluey, blurt, brett, bruet, brule, brute, burel, buret, burly, butle, butte, butty, butyl, butyr, buyer, felty, ferly, fleur, fluer, fluey, flurt, flute, fluty, fluyt, flyte, frett, furyl, fytte, lefty, luter, rebut, rebuy, refly, rubel, ruble, ruely, rutty, rutyl, truly, tuber, tufty, turfy, tutly, tuyer, tyler, utter, ytter

4 Letter Words for Butterfly

belt, bely, blet, bleu, bley, blue, blur, bret, brey, brut, btry, bult, bure, burl, burt, bury, bute, butt, byre, byrl, byte, erub, felt, feru, fett, flet, fley, flub, flue, fret, frey, fuel, furl, fury, fute, fuye, fyle, left, lett, lube, lure, lute, lyre, lyte, refl, reft, rely, rtlt, rube, ruby, rule, ruly, ryfe, telt, terf, tret, trey, trub, true, trye, tryt, tube, tuft, tule, turb, turf, tute, tyer, tyte, ufer, ybet, yelt, yerb, yett, yuft, yule, yurt

3 Letter Words for Butterfly

bef, bel, ber, bet, bey, blt, brl, btl, btu, bul, bur, but, buy, bye, efl, eft, elb, elf, elt, erf, ert, ety, eyl, eyr, feb, fer, fet, feu, fey, flb, flt, flu, fly, frt, fry, fub, fur, fut, lbf, ler, let, leu, ley, ltr, lub, lue, lur, lut, lye, reb, ref, rel, rfb, rle, rly, rte, rub, rue, rut, rye, tef, tel, ter, tet, tfr, tlr, trf, trt, try, tty, tub, tue, tur, tut, tuy, tye, tyr, tyt, uey, ule, ult, urb, ure, urf, ute, yer, yet, yue

Definitions for Butterfly

[1] any of numerous diurnal insects of the order Lepidoptera, characterized by clubbed antennae, a slender body, and large, broad, often conspicuously marked wings.
[2] a person who flits aimlessly from one interest or group to another: a social butterfly.
[3] butterflies, (used with a plural verb ) Informal . a queasy feeling, as from nervousness, excitement, etc.
[4] a racing breaststroke, using a dolphin kick, in which the swimmer brings both arms out of the water in forward, circular motions.
[5] Carpentry . butterfly wedge.
[6] Sculpture . an X -shaped support attached to an armature.
[7] one of the swinging brackets of a butterfly table.
[8] Movies . a screen of scrim, gauze, or similar material, for diffusing light.
[9] Cookery . to slit open and spread apart to resemble the spread wings of a butterfly.
[10] Cookery . split open and spread apart to resemble a butterfly: butterfly shrimp; butterfly steak.
[11] any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera that has a slender body with clubbed antennae and typically rests with the wings (which are often brightly coloured) closed over the back Compare moth Related adjective: lepidopteran
[12] a person who never settles with one group, interest, or occupation for long
[13] a swimming stroke in which the arms are plunged forward together in large circular movements
[14] commerce the simultaneous purchase and sale of traded call options, at different exercise prices or with different expiry dates, on a stock exchange or commodity market

Words related to Butterfly

tick, vermin, pest, mite, bee, gnat, dragonfly, moth, grasshopper, spider, cockroach, termite, ant, mosquito, beetle, flea, aphid, ladybug, peck, smooch

Words nearby Butterfly

butterfield, butterfingers, butterfish, butterflies, butterflies in one's stomach, butterfly, butterfly ballot, butterfly bomb, butterfly bush, butterfly chair, butterfly closure

Origin of Butterfly

before 1000; Middle English boterflye, Old English buttorflēoge. See butter, fly2

Other words from Butterfly

but·ter·fly·like , adjective, adverb

Word origin for Butterfly

Old English buttorflēoge ; the name perhaps is based on a belief that butterflies stole milk and butter

Synonyms for Butterfly

ant, aphid, bee, beetle, cockroach, dragonfly, flea, fruit fly, gnat, grasshopper, ladybug, mite, mosquito, moth, pest, spider, termite, tick, vermin, arachnid, arthropod, bedbug, bumblebee, cootie, fly, hornet, louse, daddy longlegs, praying mantis, yellowjacket