LECTICA

  

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LECTICA

Definition: LECTICA

LECTICA

Noun

1. A kind of litter or portable couch.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Lectica \Lec*ti"ca\, noun; plural Lectic[ae]. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)

 

Crosswords: LECTICA

English words defined with "LECTICA": Lecticae. (references)
Non-English Usage: "LECTICA" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (bier, litter).

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Derivations: LECTICA

Derivations

Words containing "LECTICA": apoplectically, dialectical, dialectically, eclectically, undialectical. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "LECTICA"

Words rhyming with "LECTICA" (pronounced 'Lec*ti"ca'): Anasarca, Arctisca, Areca, Asarabacca, Attacca, Baraca, Barranca, Bibliotheca, Bocca, Chachalaca, Chica, Cloaca, Coca, Cuca, Dactylotheca, Dertrotheca, Endotheca, Epitheca, Erica, Eruca, Exotheca, Felucca, Fistuca, Formica, Glyptotheca, Gnathotheca, Gonotheca, Hierotheca, Hippobosca, Hydrotheca, Hypotheca, Inca, Jararaca, Lactuca, lorica, malacca, Manca, Mattowacca, Mesotheca, mica, Mollusca, Musca, Myrica, Noctiluca, Oca, Ootheca, paca, Pataca, Perca, Phoca. (additional references)

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Anagrams: LECTICA

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: calcite.

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-l-t"

-1 letter: acetic, atelic, celiac, cicale, lactic.

-2 letters: cacti, cecal, cleat, eclat, ileac, telia, telic, tical.

-3 letters: alec, alit, cate, ceca, ceil, celt, cite, clit, etic, ilea, lace, laic, late, lati, lice, lite, tace, tael, tail, talc, tale, tali, teal, tela, tile.

-4 letters: ace, act, ail, ait, ale, alt, ate, cat, cel, eat, eta, ice, lac.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-l-t"
 

+1 letter: acetylic, calcites, canticle, hectical.

 

+2 letters: acclimate, ascetical, canticles, circulate, cockatiel, cuticulae, dialectic, eclamptic, inculcate, sceptical, technical.

 

+3 letters: accidental, accidently, acclimated, acclimates, acetylenic, apoplectic, cacomistle, catalectic, cataleptic, catchflies, chalcocite, circulated, circulates, cockatiels, cocktailed, complicate, conciliate, crackliest, dialectics, electrical, hectically, inculcated, inculcates, lactogenic, occidental, technicals.

 

+4 letters: acatalectic, acceptingly, accidentals, acclimatise, acclimatize, acclivities, alchemistic, anecdotical, anticyclone, ascetically, cacomistles, calisthenic, cancelation, candlestick, catalectics, cataleptics, catechismal, categorical, catholicate, catholicize, centrically, chalcocites, chanticleer, chocolatier, cholestatic, circinately, circulative, clericalist, climacteric, cocultivate, compactible, complicated, complicates, conciliated, conciliates, contractile, cytomegalic, dialectical, ectopically, ectoplasmic, electrician, fasciculate, incalescent, malpractice, narcoleptic, neocortical, practicable, precritical, recirculate, stickleback, technically, untechnical.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: LECTICA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 45 43 54 49 43 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-..    .    -.-.    -    ..    -.-.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001001 01000011 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#73 &#67 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0045 0043 0054 0049 0043 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46393754433735

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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