dayfly
Webster Dictionary
a neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral
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ephemera
Webster Dictionary
a genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral
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ephemeron
(ər ə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
anything short-lived or ephemeral.
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fugitive
(ˈfyu dʒɪ tɪv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dealing with subjects of passing interest, as writings; ephemeral.
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fly-by-night
(fly-by-night)
Princeton's WordNet
ephemeral
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slang
(æŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language.
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ephemeric
Webster Dictionary
ephemeral
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ephemerous
Webster Dictionary
ephemeral
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well up
(well up, swell)
Princeton's WordNet
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
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swell
(well up, swell)
Princeton's WordNet
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
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ephemeron
Webster Dictionary
one of the ephemeral flies
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ephemeran
Webster Dictionary
one of the ephemeral flies
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insect
Webster Dictionary
like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral
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shipboard
(shipboard)
Princeton's WordNet
casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship
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ephemeral
Webster Dictionary
anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc
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portulaca
(portulaca)
Princeton's WordNet
a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
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ephemeral
Webster Dictionary
beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower
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epi-
Webster Dictionary
a prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral
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dayflower
Webster Dictionary
a genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers
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hibiscus trionum
(flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, bladder ketmia, black-eyed Susan, Hibiscus trionum)
Princeton's WordNet
annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
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black-eyed susan
(flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, bladder ketmia, black-eyed Susan, Hibiscus trionum)
Princeton's WordNet
annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
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flowers-of-an-hour
(flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, bladder ketmia, black-eyed Susan, Hibiscus trionum)
Princeton's WordNet
annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
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flower-of-an-hour
(flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, bladder ketmia, black-eyed Susan, Hibiscus trionum)
Princeton's WordNet
annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
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bladder ketmia
(flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour, bladder ketmia, black-eyed Susan, Hibiscus trionum)
Princeton's WordNet
annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
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calandrinia
(Calandrinia, genus Calandrinia)
Princeton's WordNet
large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers
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genus calandrinia
(Calandrinia, genus Calandrinia)
Princeton's WordNet
large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers
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spiderwort
Webster Dictionary
an American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus
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horary
Webster Dictionary
occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral
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