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Definition: BADIAN |
BADIANNoun1. An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
badian | 7 |
badian island | 3 |
badian and hotel | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BADIAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | badian (star anise), stjerneanis (Chinese anis, star anis, star anise). (various references) | |
Dutch | badiaan (star anise), steranijszaad (star anise), steranijs (Chinese anis, star anis, star anise). (various references) | |
French | badiane, anis étoilé. (various references) | |
German | Sternanis (star anise). (various references) | |
Greek | αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος (star anise). (various references) | |
Italian | badiana (Chinese anis, star anis, star anise), anice stellato (Chinese anis, star anis, star anise). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adianbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | badiana (star anise), anis estrelado (star anise). (various references) | |
Spanish | badiana (star anise), anís estrellado (star anise). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Illicium verum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "BADIAN" (pronounced 'Ba"di*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, Adrian, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Ajouan, Ajowan, ajwain, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian, Amoebean, Amoebian, Amphigean, Anan, Andean, Anglian, Annulosan, Antaean, Antediluvian, Antelucan, Antemeridian, Anthobian, Anthozoan, Anthropophaginian, Anti-American, Antichristian, Anti-Gallican, Antiochian, Antiphlogistian, Antipodean, Antiquitarian, Antisabbatarian, Anythingarian, Aonian, Apalachian, Aphidian, Aphrodisian, Apian, Apiarian, Apician, Apodan, Apogean, Appalachian, Appian, Apteran, Aquitanian, Arachnidan, Araneidan, Araucarian, Archaeologian, Archilochian, Archimedean, Argean, Argoan, Ariman, Aristarchian, Aristotelian, Arithmetician, Arriere-ban, Artesian, Arthurian, Artilleryman, Artisan, Artsman, Arundelian, Ascian, Ascidian, Asian, Assemblyman, Assidean, Assyrian, Asteridian, Astrachan, Astraean, Astrakhan, Astrologian, Astronomian, Asturian, Ataman, Atellan, Athanasian, Athenian, Atlantean, Atman, Atomician, Attitudinarian, Augean, Augustan, Ausonian, Australasian, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, Avestan, Avian, Axman, Azorian, Backwoodsman, Bactrian, Bagman, Banian, Barbadian, Bargeman, Barracan, Bartizan, Basan, Basilican, Batrachian, batsman, Bavarian, Bavian, Bayman, bean, Bedpan, Belgravian, Bellman, Bemean, Bemoan, Berkeleian, Bezonian, Billman, Biorgan, Birdwoman, Biscayan, Boatsman, Boatwoman, Bodian, Bodleian, Boeotian, Bolivian, Bolognian, Bombardman, Bonapartean, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bondswoman, Bondwoman, Bookman, Bordman, Bosjesman, Bosporian, Bothnian, Bothnic, Brachman, Brachyuran, Brainpan, Brakeman, Bran, Brazilian, Breakman, Brelan, Briarean, Bridesman, Briefman, Brobdingnagian, Brogan, Brownian, Brunonian, Bryozoan, Bunnian, Buprestidan, Burman, Bushelman, Bushman, Butterman, Byzantian, Cabirean, Cabirian, Cabman, Cadmean, Cadmian, Caducean, Caecilian, Caledonian, Californian, Callithumpian, Callosan, Cameronian, Campanularian, Canadian, Cancan, Cancellarean, Canoeman, Cantabrian, Cantabrigian, Capstan, Caravan, Carlovingian, Carman, Carolinian, Carpathian, Carthaginian, Cartman, Cassican, Castalian, Castellan, Castilian, Castillan, Castrensian, Cataian, Catalan, Catamaran, Cateran, Catilinarian, Catonian, Cavalryman, Cayman, Celtiberian, Censorian, Centenarian, Cerberean, Cercarian, Cerinthian, Cerulean, Cestoldean, Cetacean, Chairman, Chalcidian, Chaldean, Chalybean, Chapman, Charlatan, Charwoman, Chelonian, Chessman, Chian, Chinaman, Chondropterygian, Chouan, Chthonian, Chulan, Churchman, Ciceronian, Cilician, Cimbrian, Cimmerian, Circassian, Circean, Circummeridian, Cisleithan, Cistercian, Civilian, Clachan, Clan, Clansman, Classman, Clergyman, Cluniacensian, Clysmian, Coachman, Cobswan, Coetanean, Coffeeman, Cogman, Coguardian, Coleopteran, Coleridgian, Collegian, Colorman, Colossean, Columbian, Comedian, Committeeman, Complutensian, Concubinarian, Confucian, Congressman, Conquian, Consistorian, Cooncan, Copeman, Copernican, Coprophagan, Corallian, Corban, Cordovan, Cornelian, Cornopean, Costean, Cotquean, Councilman, Counterman, Countryman, Countrywoman, Courtesan, Cousin-german, Cowan, Cracksman, Cracovian, Craftsman, Cragsman, Cretan, Cretian, Crinoidean, Croatian, Crocodilian, Cronian, Crossbowman, Crossopterygian, Crustacean, Ctenoidean, Cuban, Cucquean, Cumbrian, Cunningman, Custodian, Cyanean, Cycloidian, Cyclopean, Cystidean, Cytherean, Czarinian, Dacian, Dairyman, Dairywoman, Dalesman, Dalmatian, Daltonian, Dantean, Danubian, Dardanian, Daysman, Daywoman, Dean, Deathsman, Decoy-man, Decuman, Dedalian, Dellacruscan, Delphian, Demiman, Demonian, Dermopteran, Desman, Dialectician, Dian, Diandrian, Dictatorian, Dictionalrian, Didelphian, Didynamian, Dietarian, Diluvian, Dimeran, Dimyarian, Dionysian, Dipteran, Dipterygian, Disman, Ditrochean, Divan, Doctrinarian, Dodman, Doggerman, Dogmatician, Dollman, Domesman, Doomsman, Draconian, Draftsman, Dragman. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: indaba. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-i-n" | |
-1 letter: naiad. | |
-2 letters: band, bani, bind, nada. | |
-3 letters: aba, aid, ain, ana, and, ani, baa, bad, ban, bid, bin, dab, dib, din, nab, nib. | |
-4 letters: aa, ab, ad, ai, an, ba, bi, id, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-i-n" | |
+1 letter: bandaid, indabas, tabanid. | |
+2 letters: abdomina, abidance, abrading, badinage, bandaids, hairband, rainband, tabanids. | |
+3 letters: abdominal, abidances, abstained, badinaged, badinages, baldachin, banalized, bandaging, bargained, bastinade, bastinado, gabardine, hairbands, jaborandi, rainbands, trainband, waistband. | |
+4 letters: abandoning, abdicating, abdication, abominated, backdating, badinaging, baldachino, baldachins, balkanized, banderilla, barramundi, bastinades, bemadaming, brigandage, gabardines, imbalanced, jaborandis, mandibular, trainbands, waistbands. | |
+5 letters: abdications, abdominally, abecedarian, adumbrating, adumbration, ambuscading, arabinoside, backhanding, baldachinos, banderillas, barramundis, barricading, bastinadoed, bastinadoes, brainwashed, brigandages, cannabinoid, debarkation, diagnosable, diamondback, grandbabies, harebrained, inadvisable, labiodental, lamebrained, mandibulate, misbalanced, radiocarbon, sandbagging, scabbarding, unavoidable, unavoidably, unbandaging, vagabonding, vagabondish, vagabondism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 44 49 41 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -.. .. .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01000100 01001001 01000001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A D I A N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0044 0049 0041 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363538433548 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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