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Showing words for INSECT using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Insect

encist, incest, insect, nicest, scient

5 Letter Words for Insect

ceint, centi, cents, cesti, cetin, cines, cites, csnet, entsi, inset, neist, scent, senit, senti, sient, since, snite, stein, stine, tices, tiens, tines, tsine

4 Letter Words for Insect

cens, cent, cest, ceti, cine, cist, cite, cits, etic, ices, inst, isnt, nest, neti, nets, nice, nies, nist, nits, nsec, scet, sect, seit, sent, sice, sien, sine, site, snit, sten, stie, tens, tice, tics, tien, ties, tinc, tine, tins

3 Letter Words for Insect

cen, cie, cis, cit, cns, csi, cst, cte, ctn, cts, ect, enc, ens, esc, est, etc, ice, inc, ins, int, ise, isn, ist, its, nei, net, nie, nis, nit, sci, sct, sec, sei, sen, set, sic, sie, sin, sit, tec, ten, tes, tic, tie, tin, tis, tsi

Definitions for Insect

[1] any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
[2] any small arthropod, such as a spider, tick, or centipede, having a superficial, general similarity to the insects. Compare arachnid.
[3] a contemptible or unimportant person.
[4] of, pertaining to, like, or used for or against insects: an insect bite; insect powder.
[5] any small air-breathing arthropod of the class Insecta, having a body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs, and (in most species) two pairs of wings. Insects comprise about five sixths of all known animal species, with a total of over one million named species Related adjective: entomic
[6] (loosely) any similar invertebrate, such as a spider, tick, or centipede
[7] a contemptible, loathsome, or insignificant person

Words related to Insect

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

Words nearby Insect

inscriptive, inscroll, inscrutable, insculp, inseam, insect, insect wax, insecta, insectarium, insectary, insecticide

Origin of Insect

1595–1605; < Latin insectum, noun use of neuter of insectus past participle of insecāre to incise, cut (cf. segment); translation of Greek éntomon insect, literally, notched or incised one; see entomo-

Other words from Insect

in·sec·ti·val [in-sek-tahy -vuh  l] /ˌɪn sɛkˈtaɪ vəl/ , adjective
non·in·sect , noun

Word origin for Insect

C17: from Latin insectum (animal that has been) cut into, insect, from insecāre, from in- ² + secāre to cut; translation of Greek entomon insect

Synonyms for Insect

ant, aphid, bee, beetle, butterfly, 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