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Definition: Agrostis |
AgrostisNoun1. Annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: AgrostisSynonym: genus Agrostis (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Agrostis |
| English words defined with "Agrostis": Agrostis alba, Agrostis canina, Agrostis nebulosa, Agrostis palustris ♦ genus Agrostis ♦ Windlestraw ♦ Yellowtop. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Agrostis" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (agrostis, bent grass). |
Expressions using "Agrostis": Agrostis alba ♦ agrostis canina ♦ agrostis nebulosa ♦ agrostis palustris ♦ Agrostis scabra ♦ Agrostis vulgaris ♦ genus Agrostis. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Agrostis": Agrostis-festuca. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
agrostis tenuis | 7 |
agrostis | 4 |
agrostis scabra | 3 |
agrostis stolonifera | 3 |
agrostis alba | 2 |
agrostis brown patch stolonifera | 2 |
agrostis rhizoctonia solani | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Agrostis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | hvene (bent grass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | struisgras (bent, bent grass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | agrostide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Straussgras (bent grass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αγριάδα (bent grass, bur, burr, ferocity, wildness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חלית. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | agrostide (bent grass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agrostisay agróstide (bent grass). (various references) agrostis (bent grass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Agrostides, Agrostis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-o-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: aorists, aristos, satoris. | |
-2 letters: agists, aorist, argots, aristo, assort, gators, gratis, griots, grists, groats, ratios, roasts, satori, sistra, sitars, staigs, stairs, trigos, tsoris. | |
-3 letters: agios, agist, airts, argot, arsis, astir, gaits, gasts, gator, giros, girts, gists, goats, grass, griot, grist, grits, groat, gross, grots, iotas, oasis, oasts, ossia, ostia, ragis, ratio, ratos, riots, roast, rotas, rotis, sagos, saris, saros, satis, sitar, soars, soras, sorts, stags, staig, stair, stars, stirs, stoai, stoas, stria, taros, tarsi, tiros, togas, toras, torsi, tragi, trass, trigo, trigs, trios, trois, tsars. | |
-4 letters: agio, airs, airt, aits, arts, gait, gars, gast, gats, giro, girt, gist, gits, goas, goat, grat, grit, grot, iota, oars, oast, oats, orts, osar, ossa, ragi, rags, rato, rats, rias, rigs, riot, rota, roti, rots, sago, sags, sari, sati, sirs, sits, soar, sora, sori, sort, sots, sris, stag, star, stir, stoa, tags, taos, taro, tars, tass, tiro, toga, togs, tora, tori, tors, toss, trig, trio, tsar. | |
-5 letters: ago, air, ais, ait, ars, art, ass, gar, gas, gat, git, goa, gor, gos, got, its, oar, oat, ora, ors, ort, rag, ras, rat, ria, rig, rot, sag, sat, sir, sis, sit, sos, sot, sri, tag, tao, tar, tas, tis, tog, tor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-o-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: assorting, isografts, organists. | |
+2 letters: glossarist, histograms. | |
+3 letters: agronomists, allegorists, astrologies, castigators, categorises, designators, gastroliths, glossarists, instigators, legislators, nasogastric, organicists, ostracising, reassorting, signatories, transposing. | |
+4 letters: gastronomies, gastronomist, gastroscopic, gastrotrichs, grossularite, ignorantness, nitrogenases, overcastings, postorgasmic, postsurgical, prognathisms, protagonists, radiologists, regionalists, resignations, segregations, stigmasterol, subrogations. | |
+5 letters: antiestrogens, archeologists, atherogenesis, cardiologists, cosignatories, crosshatching, festivalgoers, gastrectomies, gastrocnemius, gastronomists, gastroscopies, gastroscopist, gastrulations, geostrategies, geostrategist, gesticulators, grandiosities, graphologists, grossularites, introgressant, investigators, mineralogists, organisations, overasserting, papyrologists, phraseologist, polygraphists, propagandists, registrations, sharpshooting, somersaulting, sportscasting, stenographies, stigmasterols, stylographies, subcategories, teratogenesis, teratologists, transgression, trapshootings, urbanologists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 72 6F 73 74 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- --. .-. --- ... - .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01110010 01101111 01110011 01110100 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g r o s t i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 0072 006F 0073 0074 0069 0073 |
| 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)3573848185867585 |
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