someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)
<noun.person>

butterfingers

slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
<noun.animal>

Pholis gunnellus

butterfish

rock gunnel

small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
<noun.animal>

butterfish

stromateid

stromateid fish

any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
<noun.food>

butterfish

any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
<noun.plant>

butter-flower

buttercup

butterflower

crowfoot

goldcup

kingcup

a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
<noun.act>

butterfly

butterfly stroke

diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
<noun.animal>

butterfly

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

butterfly

chat up

coquet

coquette

dally

flirt

mash

philander

romance

sample sentences

"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"
"My husband never flirts with other women"

cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
<verb.contact>

butterfly

sample sentences

"butterflied shrimp"

flutter like a butterfly
<verb.motion>

butterfly

tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers
<noun.plant>

buddleia

butterfly bush

an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths
<noun.person>

butterfly collector

lepidopterist

lepidopterologist

the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
<noun.phenomenon>

butterfly effect

small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
<noun.animal>

butterfly fish

shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple
<noun.plant>

Bauhinia monandra

butterfly flower

any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers
<noun.plant>

butterfly flower

poor man's orchid

schizanthus

a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
<noun.artifact>

butterfly nut

thumbnut

wing nut

wing screw

wing-nut

Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
<noun.plant>

Orchis papilionaceae

butterfly orchid

butterfly orchis

orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
<noun.plant>

Encyclia tampensis

Epidendrum tampense

butterfly orchid

Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
<noun.plant>

Encyclia venosa

Epidendrum venosum

butterfly orchid

butterfly orchis

any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
<noun.plant>

butterfly orchid

butterfly plant

dancing lady orchid

oncidium

any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids
<noun.plant>

butterfly orchid

Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip
<noun.plant>

Orchis papilionaceae

butterfly orchid

butterfly orchis

Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
<noun.plant>

Encyclia venosa

Epidendrum venosum

butterfly orchid

butterfly orchis

large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers
<noun.plant>

Centrosema virginianum

butterfly pea

large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers
<noun.plant>

Clitoria mariana

butterfly pea

vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers
<noun.plant>

Clitoria turnatea

blue pea

butterfly pea

any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
<noun.plant>

butterfly orchid

butterfly plant

dancing lady orchid

oncidium

orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red
<noun.plant>

Phalaenopsis amabilis

butterfly plant

a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin
<noun.animal>

butterfly ray

a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
<noun.act>

butterfly

butterfly stroke

a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle
<noun.artifact>

butterfly valve

erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
<noun.plant>

Asclepias tuberosa

Indian paintbrush

butterfly weed

chigger flower

chiggerflower

orange milkweed

pleurisy root

tuber root

shaped like a butterfly
<adj.all>

butterfly-shaped

tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
<noun.animal>

butterflyfish

flying gurnard

flying robin

lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head; easily broken or bruised
<noun.food>

butterhead lettuce

residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture
<noun.food>

buttermilk

very tender biscuit partially leavened with buttermilk and soda
<noun.food>

buttermilk biscuit

soda biscuit

a pancake made with buttermilk
<noun.food>

buttermilk pancake

oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
<noun.food>

butternut

North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
<noun.plant>

Juglans cinerea

butternut

butternut tree

white walnut

buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh
<noun.food>

butternut squash

plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind
<noun.plant>

Cucurbita maxima

butternut squash

North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
<noun.plant>

Juglans cinerea

butternut

butternut tree

white walnut

a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar
<noun.food>

butterscotch

any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio
<noun.plant>

butterweed

American ragwort with yellow flowers
<noun.plant>

Senecio glabellus

butterweed

ragwort