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ACHATINA

Definition: ACHATINA

ACHATINA

Noun

1. A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Achatina \Ach`a*ti"na\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression agate.]. (Websters 1913)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: ACHATINA

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

achatina fulica

9

achatina

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "ACHATINA"

Words rhyming with "ACHATINA" (pronounced 'Ach`a*ti"na'): Abuna, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Discina, Diurna, Donna, Dracaena, Duenna, Echidna, Erythrina, Etna, Farina, Fauna, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Guana, Guna, Haematophlina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, Hydrina, HYENA, iguana, Ingena, Jambolana, Kerana, Khenna, Krishna, lacuna, Lagena, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna, Madonna, Madrina, manna, Marena, Marikina, Meandrina, melaena, melena, Meminna, Mishna, Molybdena, Mona, Monorhina, Muraena, myna, Nagana, Nemertina, Neritina, Ngina, Nicotiana, Nirvana, Ocarina, Oculina, Orbulina, ozena, Paludina, Parapherna, Pedicellina, Pediculina, Penna, Persona, Phagedena, Phalaena, Philopena, Piscina, Poinciana, Polycystina, Pomona, Pseudo-china, Pseudo-galena, Puna, Purana, Pyrena, Quinquina, Rana, Salamandrina, Salina, Sarcina, savanna, scarlatina, Scena, semolina, senna, Seraphina, sienna, signorina, Sonatina, Strepsorhina, sultana, Sunna, Tel-el-Amarna, Tellina, Thana, tramontana, trichina, Tridacna, Trona, ulna, Vaccina, Vacuna, vagina, Varuna, Velutina, Vena, Vitrina, Vitro-di-trina, Wenona, Zenana, Zona. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ACHATINA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-h-i-n-t"

-1 letter: acanthi.

-2 letters: canthi.

-3 letters: actin, aitch, antic, chain, chant, china, natch.

-4 letters: acta, anta, anti, cain, cant, chat, chia, chin, chit, hant, hint, inch, itch, tach, tain, than, thin.

-5 letters: aah, act, aha, ain, ait, ana, ani, ant, can, cat, chi, hat, hic, hin, hit, ich, nah, nit, nth, tan, tic, tin.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-h-i-n-t"
 

+2 letters: batrachian.

 

+3 letters: batrachians.

 

+4 letters: analphabetic, anaphylactic, antibacklash, charlatanism.

 

+5 letters: analphabetics, anaphylactoid, canthaxanthin, charlatanisms, charlatanries, chateaubriand, mathematician.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ACHATINA


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

41 43 48 41 54 49 4E 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)

01000001 01000011 01001000 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#67 &#72 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#78 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0043 0048 0041 0054 0049 004E 0041

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

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

3537423554434835

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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