Actinia

Definitions: Actinia

Actinia

Noun

1. A genus of sea anemone common in rock pools.

2. Any sea anemone or related animal.

Date "Actinia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Etymology: Actinia \Ac*tin"i*a\, noun; plural Latin Actini[ae], English Actinias. [Latinized from Greek expression ray.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Actinia

Synonyms: actinian (n), actiniarian (n), genus Actinia (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Actinia

English words defined with "Actinia": Actiniae, Actinias, Animal flower ♦ genus Actinia. (references)

Etymologies containing "Actinia": Hexactinia, Hydractinian ♦ Polyactinia. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Actinia" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Spanish (actinia).

Expression using "Actinia": genus Actinia. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "Actinia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		морска роза, актиния (anemone, sea anemone). (various references)

Hungarian		tengeri rózsa. (various references)

Pig Latin		actiniaay

Portuguese		anêmona-do-mar (sea anemone), actínia (actinium). (various references)

Russian		актиния (sea anemone, seaflower). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		aktinija. (various references)

Spanish		actinia. (various references)

Ukranian		актинія (sea-flower). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Actinia": actiniae, actinian, actinians, actinias. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Actinia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acetaria, actain, actinian, Akinfii, ashtiani, Ashtina, Athinio, atkinian, atonia, Cattinni, Garcinia. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "Actinia" (pronounced 'Ac*tin"i*a'): Agraphia, Alexia, Amia, Amphibiotica, Anaphrodisia, Anatifa, Aplysia, Archiannelida, Arthrodynia, Battalia, Brachia, Cassiopeia, Cecidomyia, Cilia, Crocodilia, Cynorexia, d8Gregarinida, Daira, Decagynia, Digynia, Discodactylia, Dodecagynia, Domina, Duboisia, Equinia, Eschscholtzia, Euryalida, Eutexia, Fidia, forsythia, Fritillaria, Garcinia, Geophila, Geropigia, Gloxinia, Gonimia, harmonica, Hematophilia, hemophilia, hepatica, Heptagynia, Hexactinia, Hexagynia, Homotaxia, Hygeia, hyperpyrexia, Inia, Ixia, japonica, Jeropigia, jinrikisha, Lacertilia, Lacinia, LAMINA, Lithia, Lucernarida, Maia, majolica, Melopoeia, memorabilia, Miliola, Monogynia, Narica, natica, Neocarida, Notabilia, Octogynia, Onomatopoeia, Onychia, Orgyia, Ornithoscelida, Pagina, Paleocarida, Paronychia, patina, Pentagynia, Pharmacopoeia, Planarida, Pleurobrachia, Pleurodynia, Polyactinia, Polygynia, Polynia, Principia, Prosopopoeia, Pycnogonida, Pyrexia, Quadragesima, Quinquagesima, Raia, Reptilia, retina, Robinia, Rudbeckia, Rytina, Sapucaia, Scaglia, Sedilia, Semita, Septuagesima, Sexagesima, silica, siliqua, Simia, Stellerida, Strelitzia, Sudamina, Supramaxilla, Tachina, Tafia, Taglia, Tanghinia, Tetragynia, Theorica, Thoracica, tibia, Trigynia, vaccinia, Valkyria, Venatica, VERONICA, Virginia, Vomica, Welwitschia. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-n-t"
	-2 letters: acini, actin, antic.
	-3 letters: acta, anta, anti, cain, cant, inia, inti, tain.
	-4 letters: act, ain, ait, ana, ani, ant, can, cat, nit, tan, tic, tin.
	-5 letters: aa, ai, an, at, in, it, na, ta, ti.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-i-n-t"
	+1 letter: actiniae, actinian, actinias.
	+2 letters: actinians, anaclitic, aphanitic, laciniate, nicotiana, patrician, tactician, vaticinal, vicariant.
	+3 letters: abdicating, abdication, acetanilid, acierating, activating, activation, annalistic, anticaking, anticaries, anticipant, anticipate, anticlimax, anticlinal, antihijack, antipiracy, antiracism, antiracist, antisocial, antistatic, aragonitic, bacitracin, beautician, cantatrici, capitation, captaining, cavitating, cavitation, citational, emaciating, emaciation, fanaticism, fanaticize, fasciation, glaciating, glaciation, inactivate, incapacity, magnificat, nicotianas, patricians, radicating, tacticians, talismanic, vaticinate, vicariants.
	+4 letters: abdications, acclimating, acclimation, acetanilide, acetanilids, acidulating, acidulation, acoustician, acquainting, actinically, activations, actualizing, analyticity, anarchistic, animalistic, anthracitic, anticipants, anticipated, anticipates, anticipator, antifascism, antifascist, antilogical, antimusical, antiracisms, antiracists, antiradical, application, associating, association, bacitracins, beauticians, brachiating, brachiation, calcination, calibrating, calibration, cantharidin, capitations, captaincies, captainship, captivating, captivation, cardinality, carminative, carnalities, castigating, castigation, cavitations, christiania, covariation, diamagnetic, dilatancies, emaciations, enigmatical, eradicating, eradication, fabricating, fabrication, fanaticisms, fanaticized, fanaticizes, fasciations, fascinating, fascination, glaciations, inactivated, inactivates, incantation, incarnating, incarnation, inhabitancy, interfacial, interracial, jactitation, kinematical, laciniation, lacrimation, laicization, lancinating, machinating, machination, magnificats, masticating, mastication, nematicidal, participant, puritanical, ratiocinate, shamanistic, titanically, vacationing, vacationist, vaccinating, vaccination, vacillating, vacillation, vandalistic, vaticinated, vaticinates, vaticinator.
	+5 letters: acclimations, acetanilides, acidulations, acousticians, adjudicating, adjudication, aesthetician, anastigmatic, anelasticity, annunciating, annunciation, antagonistic, antiacademic, antiaircraft, antiblackism, anticipating, anticipation, anticipators, anticipatory, anticlerical, anticlimaxes, anticolonial, anticreative, antidiabetic, antidogmatic, antifascisms, antifascists, antikickback, antimagnetic, antiparticle, antipathetic, antipiracies, antipoaching, antirachitic, antiromantic, antisocially, antithetical, applications, appreciating, appreciation, articulating, articulation, ascertaining, associations, avitaminotic, basification, brachiations, cachinnating, cachinnation, calcinations, calibrations, calumniating, calumniation, canalization, canonization, cantharidins, cantillating, cantillation, capacitating, capacitation, capitalising, capitalizing, capitulating, capitulation, captainships, captivations, caricaturing, carminatives, castigations, catabolizing, cationically, christianias, clairaudient, claudication, cleanability, cocaptaining, cohabitation, covariations, curarization, deactivating, deactivation, decapitating, decapitation, deglaciation, deracinating, deracination, diagnostical, dialectician, diatonically, disclamation, divaricating, divarication, emancipating, emancipation, eradications, fabrications, facilitating, facilitation, factionalism, fanaticizing, fascinations, focalization, gasification, geriatrician, gigantically, inactivating, inactivation, inarticulacy, inarticulate, incantations, incapability, incapacitate, incapacities, incarnations, indicational, infanticidal, interglacial, intracardiac, intracardial, intracranial, invocational, jactitations, laciniations, lacrimations, laicizations, localization, machinations, mastications, naturalistic, nazification, nonadiabatic, nonparasitic, onomastician, pacification, pancreatitis, participants, pediatrician, racemization, ramification, ratification, ratiocinated, ratiocinates, ratiocinator, reactivating, reactivation, saccharinity, satisfaction, sectarianism, sectarianize, speciational, statistician, transpacific, vacationists, vaccinations, vacillations, vaticinating, vaticination, vaticinators, vocalization.
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