hornet

Possessives

• nest: You're right, the whole issue has stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest.

Converse of object

• see: Some of us saw a hornet patrolling a water filled ditch much like a dragonfly.
• join: Jermaine Pennant had scored his first goal since joining the Hornets on loan from Arsenal to give his side the lead at the interval.
• stir: Therefore, we are linking to an MP3 file of the voicemail that has stirred this literal hornet 's nest of controversy.
• put: To make up for this several hornets put in an appearance at the traps to liven up the evening's proceedings.
• help: The crystals may also help the hornets to navigate in the dark chambers.
• face: Hulse, who had been nursing a hip problem, ruled himself available to face the in-form Hornets.

Adjective modifier

• large: Hornet Sp: Several large hornets noted at different locations none seen well.
• angry: Rally cars buzz like angry hornets round the track.
• several: To make up for this several hornets put in an appearance at the traps to liven up the evening's proceedings.
• little: Each nasty little hornet, Each beastly little squid; Who made the spiky urchin?
• high-flying: So how will Plymouth gun down the high-flying Hornets?
• former: There are no former Hornets in Norwich's current squad.

Modifies a noun

• nest: Also, hornets nests are much larger than wasps nests.
• boss: Hornets boss Ray Lewington felt the absence of a cutting edge cost his side at least a point.
• robberfly: You can read the UK BAP for hornet robberfly here.
• sting: The review includes figures for the national death rate from wasp, bee and hornet stings running at about 5 per annum nationally.
• robber: Smith, M. ( 2000 ) The hornet robber fly Asilus crabroniformis: land use and livestock grazing regimes at sites in England.
• crab: Two more visitors this morning: a pair of song thrushes among the golden hornet crab apples.

Noun used with modifier

• queen: The picture shows a normal worker wasp next to a queen hornet.