nymph /nimf/

1. One of the divinities who lived in mountains, rivers, trees, etc (mythology)
2. A young and beautiful maiden (often ironic)
3. An insect pupa (obsolete)
4. An immature form of some insects, such as the dragonfly and mayfly, similar to the adult but with wings and sex organs undeveloped

nymphae /-ē/ plural noun (anatomy)

The labia minora

Nymphaea /-ēˈə/ noun

The white water lily genus, giving name to a family of dicotyledons Nymphaeāˈceae, related to the buttercup family

nymphaeaceous /-i-āˈshəs/ adjective

nymphaeˈum noun

A temple, sanctuary or grotto of the nymphs

nymphˈal adjective

nymphˈalid noun

A butterfly of the family Nymphalˈidae, a brush-footed family with useless, reduced forelegs (also adjective)

nymphēˈan adjective

nymphˈet or nymphetteˈ noun

1. A young nymph
2. A sexually attractive and precocious young girl

nymphˈic or nymphˈical adjective

nymphˈish adjective

nymphˈlike adjective

nymphˈly adjective

nymphˈo noun (pl nymphˈos) (informal)

A nymphomaniac

nymphˈolepsy noun

1. A species of ecstasy or frenzy said to have seized those who had seen a nymph (folklore)
2. A yearning for the unattainable

nymphˈolept noun

A person affected by nympholepsy

• well-boring
• well-born
• well-breathed
• well-bred
• well-built
• well-chosen
• well-conditioned
• well-conducted
• well-connected
• well-coupled
• well-covered
• well curb
• well curbs
• well deck
• well decks
• well-defined
• well-derived
• well-deserved
• well-desired
• well-developed
• well-directed
• well-disposed
• well-doer
• water vine
• water vines