| APHIDS | • aphids n. Plural of aphid. • APHID n. a plant-louse, a small homopterous insect that sucks plant juices, also APHIS. |
| BRUCHIDS | • bruchids n. Plural of bruchid. • BRUCHID n. a beetle of the family Bruchidae, whose larvae live on peas, beans etc. |
| CRYPTORCHIDS | • cryptorchids n. Plural of cryptorchid. • CRYPTORCHID n. a male human or animal in whom one or both testes fail to descend into the scrotum. |
| DIDELPHIDS | • didelphids n. Plural of didelphid. • DIDELPHID n. any member of the marsupial family Didelphidae. |
| GLOCHIDS | • glochids n. Plural of glochid. • GLOCHID n. (Greek) a barbed hair on some plants, like cactus. |
| MONORCHIDS | • monorchids n. Plural of monorchid. • MONORCHID n. someone with only one testicle. |
| MURSHIDS | • murshids n. Plural of murshid. • MURSHID n. in Sufism: a spiritual guide who initiates into a mystical order a postulant wishing to follow the Sufi path to God. |
| ORCHIDS | • orchids n. Plural of orchid. • ORCHID n. any plant or flower of the Orchidaceae, a family of monocotyledons, including many tropical epiphytes. |
| PHOSPHIDS | • phosphids n. Plural of phosphid. • PHOSPHID n. a binary compound of phosphorus, also PHOSPHIDE. |
| SHAHIDS | • shahids n. Plural of shahid. • Shahids prop.n. Plural of Shahid. • SHAHID n. (Arabic) a martyr for the Islamic faith, also SHAHEED. |
| SULPHIDS | • sulphids n. Plural of sulphid. • SULPHID n. a sulfur compound, also SULFIDE, SULFID, SULPHIDE. |
| SYLPHIDS | • sylphids n. Plural of sylphid. • SYLPHID n. a young sylph, also SYLPHIDE. |
| SYRPHIDS | • syrphids n. Plural of syrphid. • SYRPHID n. (Greek) a wasplike fly, also SYRPHIAN. |
| TYROGLYPHIDS | • TYROGLYPHID n. a mite of the genus Tyroglyphus, including the cheesemite and the flour-mite. |
| WHIDS | • whids n. Plural of whid. • WHID v. (Scots) to move quickly, whiz, also WHIDDER. |