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Definition: Caterpillar |
CaterpillarAdjective1. Having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels; "a caterpillar-tracked earthmover". Noun1. A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth. 2. (trademark) a tractor that is driven by caterpillar tracks. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "caterpillar" was first used: sometime around 1440. (references) |
Etymology: Caterpillar \Cat"er*pil`lar\, noun. [Old English catyrpel, corrupted from Old French chatepelouse, or cate pelue, from chate, French chatte, she-cat, fem. of chat, Latin catus + Latin pilosus hairy, or French pelu hairy, from Latin pilus hair. See Cat, and Pilehair.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Larva of butterfly or moth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Bible | Caterpillar the consumer. Used in the Old Testament (1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28; Ps. 78:46; Isa. 33:4) as the translation of a word (hasil) the root of which means "to devour" or "consume," and which is used also with reference to the locust in Deut. 28:38. It may have been a species of locust, or the name of one of the transformations through which the locust passes, locust-grub. It is also found (Ps. 105:34; Jer. 51:14, 27; R.V., "cankerworm") as the rendering of a different Hebrew word, _yelek_, a word elsewhere rendered "cankerworm" (q.v.), Joel 1:4; 2:25. (See LOCUST.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To see a caterpillar in a dream, denotes that low and hypocritical people are in your immediate future, and you will do well to keep clear of deceitful appearances. You may suffer a loss in love or business. To dream of a caterpillar, foretells you will be placed in embarrassing situations, and there will be small honor or gain to be expected. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Mechanical Engineering | Device for hauling cables or wires at a controlled speed. The cable passes between tracks formed by two endless belts onto which pressure is provided. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | An endless chain of plates that functions as a wheel for heavy vehicles.See also:crawler track. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | CATERPILLAR. A nick name for a soldier. In the year 1745, a soldier quartered at a house near Derby, was desired by his landlord to call upon him, whenever he came that way; for, added he, soldiers are the pillars of the nation. The rebellion being finish. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Transportation | Of a vehicle moved by a pair of endless, articulated belts, i. e. tracks, (driven by sprocket wheels)which steer it by their differential speed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A caterpillar is the larval form of a lepidopteran (a member of the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
Caterpillars have long segmented bodies and many sets of "legs". They eat leaves voraciously, grow rapidly, shed their skins generally four or five times, and eventually pupate into an adult form.
A brightly-coloured Monarch caterpillarCaterpillars have six true legs (being hexapods) on the thorax and eight prolegs on the abdomen. The sawfly larva (Hymenoptera) resembles a caterpillar, but they can be distinguished because the caterpillar has a gap between true legs and prolegs, whereas the sawfly does not.
Caterpillars do not breathe through their mouths. Air enters their bodies through a series of small tubules along the sides of their thorax and abdomen. These tubules are called 'spiracles', and inside the body they connect together into a network of airtubes or 'tracheae'.
Caterpillar (larger)Caterpillars do not have very good eyesight or senses. Rather than having fully-developed eyes they have a series of six tiny eyelets or 'ocelli' on the lower portion of their head. They rely on their antennae to help them locate food.
Many species of birds and animals consider caterpillars to be a tasty protein snack, so the caterpillars have evolved several methods of protecting and/or camouflaging themselves. These methods can be either passive, aggressive, or both. Some caterpillars have large 'false eyes' towards the rear of their abdomen. This is an attempt to convince predators that their back is actually their front, giving them an opportunity to escape to the 'rear' when attacked. Others have a body coloration that closely resembles their food plant.
More aggressive self-defence measures are taken by the spitfires and hairy caterpillars. These caterpillars have spiny bristles or long fine hairs that will irritate anything that brushes against them, or spit acidic digestive juices at potential enemies. However, some birds, like cuckoos, will swallow the hairiest of caterpillars.
A final grouping of caterpillars eat the leaves of plants that are toxic to other animals. They are unaffected by the poison themselves, but it builds up in their system, making them highly toxic to anything that eats one of them. These toxic species, such as Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillars, are brightly striped or coloured in red and yellow - the 'danger' colours.
The aim of all these aggressive defense measures is to assure that any predator that eats (or tries to eat) one of them won't be in a hurry to repeat the experience.
Some caterpillars are serious pests of agriculture or forestry. The include the Small White butterfly (brassicas), the Pine Butterfly, and the Codling Moth (apples).
Literature and art
- Children's stories
- Pipe-smoking caterpillar: Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar, 1969, Eric Carle.
- Popular song
- Inch worm by Frank Loesser, (from the motion picture Hans Christian Anderson)
Other meanings
- Caterpillar tracks on tanks, earth movers and the like, are named after the caterpillar because of the segmentation and flexibility.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Caterpillar."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CAT | English | Caterpillar | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CaterpillarSynonyms: caterpillar-tracked (adj), cat (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Infant | Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle. |
Vehicle | Tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller; pile driver; crane, wrecking crane. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Caterpillar |
| English words defined with "caterpillar": armored combat vehicle, army tank ♦ Black canker ♦ cankerworm, cat, caterpillar-tracked ♦ Elm butterfly, Erucifrom ♦ half track, half-track, half-tracked ♦ inchworm, Isabella moth ♦ Lackey caterpillar, Lackey moth, Leaf sewer, Lobster caterpillar, looper, luna moth ♦ measuring worm ♦ Notodontian ♦ Palmerworm ♦ Scorpion's tail, silkworm, Slugworm, snowmobile ♦ tank, tent caterpillar, Tussah silk, tussock moth ♦ Unicorn moth ♦ woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "caterpillar": AUTOMOTIVE-TIRE TESTER, AUTOMOTIVE-TIRE-TESTING SUPERVISOR ♦ leaf folder, leaftier, leaf-tyer ♦ needle roller, needle tier ♦ Prevaricator ♦ tracked bulldozer. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "caterpillar": Eruca. (references) |
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Screenplays | You could hear a caterpillar sneaking across a moss bed in tennis shoes (Weasel Stop; writing credit: Tedd Pierce) | |
Lyrics | Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar (White Rabbit; performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) | |
Clever | What the caterpillar calls the end, the butterfly calls the beginning. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Contribuye al desarrollo del Plan Nacional de Carreteras Caterpillar (1964) The Forest Tent Caterpillar (1956) There's a Caterpillar in My Bok Choy (2003) Hermie: A Common Caterpillar (2003) Advice From a Caterpillar (1999) | |
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Poison hairs covering this caterpillar can inflict a painful sting. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Cat train enroute from Pitt Point to Point Lay. Train is hauled by caterpillar tractors - thus term "cat train". Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | |
![]() | Using a caterpillar tractor to launch a survey boat. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Aleiodes indiscretus wasp parasitizing a gypsy moth caterpillar. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
Medium shot of Caterpillar. Credit: John Craig. | Closeup shot of Caterpillar. Credit: John Craig. | ||
![]() | Unfinished drawing with red and black caterpillar on a leafy branch and ruled border. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Hauling sugarcane with caterpillar engine, Calamba sugar estate, Laguna, Philippines. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Caterpillar hauling freight on the lake in spring to the Yukon. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Repairing caterpillar tractor in repair shop at Colfax, Washington. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Caterpillar" by Ralph Spegel Commentary: "Brazilian Caterpillar." | "Caterpillar" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | The Caterpillar was the first to speak |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Tom Joad and the preacher walked quickly along a road that was only wheel tracks and beaten caterpillar tracks through a cotton field |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The voracious caterpillar when transformed into a butterfly |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | To be competitive in the long-term, foreign firms may need to establish such warehouses in the Russian Far East, as Caterpillar has done very successfully for other equipment. (references) | |
Extremely high costs, associated with either regular travel or presence, make the direct sales approach affordable to very few companies, such as industry leaders Caterpillar or Komatsu. (references) | ||
Engines can be supplied by Cummins, Caterpillar, Detroit Diesel, and Perkins; gearboxes from Eaton, ZF and Allison; and transmissions from many companies including Eaton, Dana Spicer, Birmid and Tenneco. (references) | ||
Economic History | Mauritius | Caterpillar is the biggest supplier of derocking machinery. (references) |
Ukraine | C. Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH is the official distributor for Caterpillar. (references) | |
Australia | Major U.S. companies in the market are Caterpillar, John Deere, Case, and Ingersoll-Rand. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PREVARICATOR, n. A liar in the caterpillar estate. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Caterpillar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Caterpillar" is used about 174 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 174 | 23,577 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Caterpillar Financial Services Corp |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "caterpillar": Bear caterpillar ♦ Caterpillar catcher ♦ caterpillar drive ♦ Caterpillar eater ♦ Caterpillar hunter ♦ caterpillar track ♦ caterpillar tracks ♦ caterpillar tractor ♦ caterpillar tread ♦ caterpillar treads ♦ forest tent caterpillar ♦ Harlequin caterpillar ♦ Hedgehog caterpillar ♦ Hog caterpillar ♦ lackery caterpillar ♦ Lackey caterpillar ♦ lappet caterpillar ♦ Lobster caterpillar ♦ skiff caterpillar ♦ slug caterpillar ♦ tent caterpillar ♦ tussock caterpillar ♦ vine pyralid caterpillar ( sparganothis pilleriana ♦ woolly bear caterpillar ♦ zebra caterpillar. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "caterpillar": caterpillar-hunting, caterpillar-like, caterpillar-tracked. | |
Containing "caterpillar": tent-caterpillar moth. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "caterpillar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zinxhir (chain, cords, fetters, leash, shackle, slide fastener, zip, zipper), vemje (grub, larva, maggot), shushunjë (bloodsucker, leech), larvë (larva, maggot), gjakpirës (bloodsucker, leech, sanguinary, sanguineous, sanguivorous, vampire). (various references) | |
Arabic | يرقانة الفراشة, تراكتور (tractor), جرارة (bulldozer, tractor), اليسروع يرقانة الفراشة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | суташ, гъсенична самоходна артилерия, гъсенична верига (track), гъсеничен трактор (crawler), гъсеничен (crawler, larval), гъсеница (cankerworm), алчен човек (wolf), използвач (freeloader). (various references) | |
Chamorro | ulo'. (various references) | |
Chinese | 毛蟲 , 毛毛虫 (caterpillars). (various references) | |
Czech | housenkový pás, housenka. (various references) | |
Danish | kålorm. (various references) | |
Dutch | rups (bead, ground plate, shoe, soil grouser, track plate, track shoe). (various references) | |
Esperanto | raŭpo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | ormvera (grub, larva). (various references) | |
Farsi | کرم صدپا, تراکتورزنجیری , بشکل کرم صدپاحرکت کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | toukka (grub, larva, maggot). (various references) | |
French | chenille (caterpillar track). (various references) | |
Frisian | rûp. (various references) | |
German | raupe (cat, grub, inchworm). (various references) | |
Greek | κάμπια (grub, larva, wire worm). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכונה על שרשראות, זחלילי, זחלי (larval), זחל (caterpillar track, grub, larva, maggot, track). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hernyó (grub, worm). (various references) | |
Italian | bruco. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 裸虫 (person with scanty supply of clothes), 青虫 , 無限軌道 (endless track), 毛虫 , 毛虫 , キー入力 (ATM card, automatic teller machine, birch sugar, cache, cash, cash card, cash machine, cashbook, cashbox, cashier, cashless, cashless checkless society, cashless society, casserole, cast, caster, Castilian, casting, casting vote, Cathay, chimera, chinoform, Cicero, flexi-teller, hickey, key, kibbutz, kick, kickback, kickboxing, kickoff, kid, kiddie, kiddy, kids business, kimchee, kinesics, kinesiology, kinetic art, kiosk, kip, kiss, kiss-and-ride system, kit, kitchen, kitchen cabinet, kitchen drinker, kitchen programmer, kitchenware, Kitchin cycle, Kitsch, kiwi, kiwi fruit, Korean pickled cabbage, kymograph, lipstick mark, love bite, newscaster, passion mark, quinine, xenon, Xenon arc lamp, Xenon lamp, xylitol), カスピ海 (Casanova, casein, Caspian Sea, casserole, cassette, cassette book, cassette deck, cassette tape, catacomb, catamaran, catapult, catastrophe, cathedral, Catholic). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あおむし, キャタピラー , むげんきどう (endless track), カタピラー , けむし, はだかむし (person with scanty supply of clothes). (various references) | |
Korean | 모충 (caterpillars). (various references) | |
Manx | queeyl oltagh, praddag (cutworm). (various references) | |
Mohawk | kanontatsi. (various references) | |
Norwegian | larve (grub, maggot), gravemaskin. (various references) | |
Papago | wopiwul. (various references) | |
Papiamen | bichi (worm). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aterpillarcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lagarta (grub, worm). (various references) | |
Romanian | omidã (blood sucker, cankerworm), şenilã (track). (various references) | |
Russian | червяк (angleworm, earthworm, worm), кровопийца (bloodsucker, leech), гусеничный ход (crawler), гусеничный трактор (caterpillar tractor, crawler), гусеничный, гусеница гусеничный, гусеница, паук (spider), пиявка (bloodsucker, leech). (various references) | |
Scottish | aillseag. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gusenica, gusenični (tracked). (various references) | |
Shona | gonye. (various references) | |
Spanish | oruga (rocket, track). (various references) | |
Sranan | woron (worm). (various references) | |
Swazi | sí-bungú. (various references) | |
Swedish | larvtraktor, fjärilslarv, bandtraktor (cat wagon, crawler, full track, tracked, track-layer, track-laying). (various references) | |
Tswana | phane. (various references) | |
Turkish | traktör (agrimotor, mule, tractor), tirtil, tırtıl (grub, knurl, larva, miling, serration), kurt (borer, cestode, cestoid, gadgety, gnawing, hand, hard boiled, helminth, wolf, worm). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кровопивця (leech, spider, wringer), гусінь (worm), гусеничний хід, гусеничний трактор, здирник (accumulator, exactor), п'явка (blood sucker, leech), паразит (dead beat, parasite, tapeworm), павук (araneid, araneidan, spider, spinner). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | quân hút máu hút mủ. (various references) | |
Welsh | lindys. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | zibin. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | brucus, campis, Scorpiurus vermiculata. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | catta. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Joel Chapter 2, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai antapodwsw umin anti twn etwn wn katefagen h akriV kai o broucoV kai h erusibh kai h kamph h dunamiV mou h megalh hn exapesteila eiV umaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et reddam vobis annos quos comedit lucusta bruchus et rubigo et eruca fortitudo mea magna quam misi in vos |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Y shal yeelde to you the yeris whom the locust eete, and bruke, and rust, and eruke, my grete strengthe, whom Y sente in to you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I will give back to you the years which were food for the locust, the plant-worm, the field-fly, and the worm, my great army which I sent among you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Joel Chapter 2, Verse 25 |
| Albanian | kështu do t'ju kompensoj për të korrat që kanë ngrënë karkaleci, larva e karkalecit, bulkthi dhe krimbi, ushtria ime e madhe që kisha dërguar kundër jush. |
| Cebuano | Ug akong pahaulian alang kaninyo ang mga tuig nga gikaon sa dulon, sa lukton, ug sa ulod nga hantatawo, ug sa ulod nga dangaw-dangaw, ang akong daku nga panon sa mga sundalo nga akong gipadala sa inyong taliwala. |
| Croatian | "Nadoknadit æu vam godine koje izjedoše skakavac, gusjenica, ljupilac i šaška, silna vojska moja što je poslah na vas." |
| Danish | Og jeg godtgør eder de År, da Græshoppen, Springeren, Æderen og Gnaveren hærgede, min store Hær, som jeg sendte imod eder. |
| Dutch | Alzo zal Ik ulieden de jaren vergelden, die de sprinkhaan, de kever, en de kruidworm, en de rups heeft afgegeten; Mijn groot heir, dat Ik onder u gezonden heb. |
| Finnish | Ja minä korvaan teille ne vuodentulot, jotka heinäsirkka, syöjäsirkka, tuhosirkka ja kalvajasirkka söivät, minun suuri sotajoukkoni, jonka minä lähetin teitä vastaan. |
| French | Je vous remplacerai les années Qu`ont dévorées la sauterelle, Le jélek, le hasil et le gazam, Ma grande armée que j`avais envoyée contre vous. |
| German | Und ich will euch die Jahre erstatten, welche die Heuschrecken, Käfer, Geschmeiß und Raupen, mein großes Heer, so ich unter euch schickte, gefressen haben; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Aku akan mengganti segala kerugianmu pada tahun-tahun ketika belalang makan hasil panenmu. Sebab Akulah yang mengirim pasukan belalang itu kepadamu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Aku akan memberi kepadamu gantinya hasil segala tahun yang sudah dimakan habis oleh belalang dan keridik dan riang-riang dan sentadu, yaitu tentara-Ku besar yang telah Kusuruhkan kepadamu. |
| Maori | A ka whakahokia mai e ahau ki a koutou nga tau i kainga e te mawhitiwhiti, e te tatarakihi, e te moka, e te whangawhanga, e taku ope nui i tukua atu e ahau ki a koutou. |
| Norwegian | Og jeg godtgjør eder de år da vrimleren åt op alt, og slikkeren og skaveren og gnageren, min store hær, som jeg sendte mot eder. |
| Rumanian | vq voi rqsplqti astfel anii, pe cari i-au mkncat lqcustele Arbeh, Ielec, Hasil wi Gazam, owtirea Mea cea mare, pe care am trimes -o kmpotriva voastrq. |
| Swedish | Och jag skall giva eder gottgörelse för de årsgrödor som åtos upp av gräshopporna, gräsbitarna, gräsätarna och gräsgnagarna, den stora här som jag sände ut mot eder. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "caterpillar": caterpillars. (additional references) | |
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"Caterpillar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: catapillar, catarpillar, catepillar, caterpilar, caterpilla, caterpiller, catterpillar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "caterpillar" (pronounced ka"tupi'ler or ka"terpi'ler) |
| 3 | -i' l er | painkiller, rototiller. |
| 3 | -i' l er | painkiller, rototiller. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-l-p-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: erratical. | |
-3 letters: arillate, arterial, calliper, palliate, paltrier, parietal, particle, patellar, placater, prelatic, pretrial, tailrace. | |
-4 letters: apteral, apteria, article, caliper, caltrap, capital, carpale, carrell, cirrate, erratic, lacteal, lateral, literal, pallier, pareira, paretic, partial, partier, patella, perilla, picrate, placate, plaiter, platier, plectra, plicate, railcar, rallier, recital, replica, retrial, tallier, trailer, triller. | |
-5 letters: acetal, aecial, aerial, apical. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-l-p-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: caterpillars. | |
+3 letters: parametrically. | |
+4 letters: preagricultural. | |
+5 letters: irreplaceability, periphrastically, petrographically. | |
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