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Definition: Ankle |
AnkleNoun1. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ankle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | That part of the lower limb directly above the foot. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | ANKLE. A girl who is got with child, is said to have sprained her ankle. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ankle."
Synonyms: AnkleSynonyms: ankle joint (n), articulatio talocruralis (n), mortise joint (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Angularity | Elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo. |
Depth | Knee deep, ankle deep. |
Shallowness | Adjective: shallow, slight, superficial; skin deep, ankle deep, knee deep; just enough to wet one's feet; shoal, shoaly. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's tough sledding, but one day he's working in the chorus when the big star twists her ankle. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) It's on the bracelet on your ankle. (Thunderball; writing credit: Kevin McClory; Jack Whittingham) Snakes don't bite above ankle. (White Oleander; writing credit: Mary Agnes Donoghue) | |
Lyrics | Limbo ankle, Limbo knee (Limbo Rock/Hand Jive; performing artist: Brave Combo) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Arabella's Ankle (1912) A Sprained Ankle (1911) | |
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View of Little Indian Canyon and Ankle Mountain from Rooster Comb grade of the Steens with early snow in late fall. Credit: Mark Armstrong. | Picture taken from South Loop road in Rooster Comb. A prescribed burn in the Ankle Creek/Big Indian Creek area. Credit: Mark Armstrong. | ||
Big Indian Creek and Ankle Mountain area with fall colors, from Steens Loop road back country byway. Credit: Mark Armstrong. | Little Indian Canyon and Ankle Mountain from Rooster Comb grade on Steens Mountain. Credit: Mark Armstrong. | ||
![]() | Physical Therapy Department, Deshon General Hospital, Butler, Pennsylvania : AETNA Steerometer - very beneficial for knee and ankle exercise. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Photographs Illustrative of the Cololian Method of Treating Stiff Joints. : Ankle exercises. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Drawings Illustrative of the Cololian Method of Treating Stiff Joints. : Ankle exercises. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Man examining ankle, homeless men's bureau, Sioux City, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Indian (mixed breed--"brass ankle") family near Summerville, South Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | One scratched his dusty ankle with the toe nails of his other foot. |
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Health | These sensations usually occur in the calf area but may be felt anywhere from the thigh to the ankle. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brazil | One prisoner who suffered convulsions and another with a broken ankle had been denied medical care. (references) |
Bolivia | In an ensuing confrontation, a soldier shot two civilians, hitting one in the ankle and badly wounding the other, Casimiro Huanca, the main cocalero leader of the Chimore Federation. (references) | |
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Dennis Miller | Then one day, the clone comes to term and bursts out of its host mother, a deformed, multi-headed freak screeching the inhuman howls of the undead and bloodying your ankle with a gnarled claw in protest for your feeble attempts to play God. |
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| "Ankle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.19% of the time. "Ankle" is used about 852 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) | 97.19% | 828 | 8,467 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.99% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.47% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.12% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.12% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.12% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 852 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ankle": ankle band ♦ Ankle bone ♦ ankle boot ♦ ankle boots ♦ ankle brace ♦ ankle bracelet ♦ ankle deep ♦ Ankle Injuries ♦ Ankle Joint ♦ ankle pad ♦ ankle sock ♦ ankle socks ♦ ankle support ♦ deck ankle ♦ sprain one's ankle ♦ sprain smb.'s ankle ♦ tailor's ankle ♦ twist smb.'s ankle ♦ wrench one's ankle ♦ wrick one's ankle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ankle": ankle-biters, ankle-bone, ankle-bones, ankle-boot, ankle-boots, ankle-breaking, ankle-catching, ankle-chain, ankle-deep, ankle-height, ankle-high, ankle-holsters, ankle-hose, ankle-injury, ankle-jacks, ankle-length, ankle-ligament, ankle-risking, ankle-snap, ankle-socks, ankle-straining, ankle-strap, ankle-strap shoes, ankle-strapped, ankle-straps, ankle-supports, ankle-tap, ankle-tight, ankle-twisting, ankle-wrenching. | |
Ending with "ankle": neck-to-ankle, waist-to-ankle. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
swollen ankle | 720 | ankle replacement | 54 |
sprained ankle | 577 | gold ankle bracelet | 52 |
ankle | 466 | ankle sock | 52 |
ankle bracelet | 389 | ankle fusion | 50 |
ankle sprain | 359 | ankle exercise | 43 |
ankle tattoo | 261 | ankle boot | 41 |
broken ankle | 225 | twisted ankle | 40 |
ankle injury | 196 | ankle wrap sandal | 39 |
ankle weight | 173 | active ankle | 38 |
ankle swelling | 169 | sprained ankle treatment | 37 |
ankle pain | 153 | ankle wrap | 36 |
ankle braces | 126 | ankle brachial index | 35 |
ankle brace | 123 | ankle edema | 35 |
ankle support | 83 | ankle strap shoes | 34 |
ankle fracture | 71 | ankle bones | 34 |
ankle anatomy | 68 | foot and ankle | 31 |
ankle taping | 67 | ankle holsters | 31 |
cause for swollen ankle | 61 | swelling of ankle and foot | 31 |
swollen ankle and foot | 60 | ankle design tattoo | 29 |
ankle surgery | 56 | ankle strap | 29 |
ankle wrap shoes | 29 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "ankle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nyjë e këmbës, nyell (knot, knuckle), noçkë (knuckle, nose, Snoot, snout, trunk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الكاحل (tarsus), رسغ القدم (tarsus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aymara | cayumoqo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | глезен (sissified, sissy, skittish, spoilt, talus, tarsus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chamorro | bayogu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 腳踝 , 脚腕, 踝 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornish | üfern. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kotník (knuckle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ankel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | enkel (exclusively, just, mere, only, single, sole, solitary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecuadorian Quechua | chaquimucu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | maleolo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | økil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قوزک پا (Tarsus), قوزک . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nilkka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cheville. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ankel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Knöchel (ankles, bone, knuckle, knuckles), Fussknöchel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αστράγαλος (ankle bone, malleolus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קרסול. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | boka (malleolus, tarsus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | ökli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mata kaki. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | rúitín. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | caviglia (dowel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 足首 , 踝 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くるぶし, あしくび. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 발목. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mwannal ny cass, abaneagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maya | kaal ook. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohawk | ohsinekòta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | ankel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papago | chekwo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ankleay tornozelo, artelho. (various references) gleznå, gleznã. (various references) gl bos. (various references) щиколотка (anklebone), лодыжка (ancle, huckle-bone). (various references) aobrann, uinnean (an onion, onion), mugharn. (various references) kokoilane. (various references) gležanj (ancle), članak (article, joint). (various references) chiziso chegumbo. (various references) tobillo (ankle bone, malleolus). (various references) ín-chótolwâné. (various references) ankel (ankle bone, malleolus). (various references) เ"ิน (คำสแลง) (hoof), ข้อเท้า. (various references) ayak bileği kemiği (knucklebone, tarsal, tarsal bone, tarsus), ayak bileği (talus, tarsus), ayak bíleğí, yürümek (have a walk, hike, pace, step, step up, stir one's stumps, toddle, tread, walk). (various references) topuk. (various references) щиколотка, кісточка (osselet, ossicle, stone). (various references) mắt cá chân. (various references) swrn (fetlock, good number), migwrn (knuckle), meilwng (small of leg), ffe+r. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | tarsos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | art.talo-cruralis, talus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 3, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai piasaV auton thV dexiaV ceiroV hgeiren paracrhma de esterewqhsan autou ai baseiV kai ta sfura |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et adprehensa ei manu dextera adlevavit eum et protinus consolidatae sunt bases eius et plantae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he took hym bi the riythoond, and heuede hym vp; and anoon hise leggis and hise feet weren sowdid togidere; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he toke him by the right honde and lifte him vp. And immediatly his fete and ancle bones receaved strenght. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he took him by his right hand, lifting him up; and straight away his feet and the bones of his legs became strong, |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 3, Verse 7 |
| Albanian | Dhe, si e kapi nga dora e djathtë, e ngriti në këmbë; dhe në atë çast iu forcuan këmbët dhe nyjet. |
| Cebuano | Ug iyang gikuptan siya sa toong kamot ug gialsa; ug dihadiha nabaskog ang iyang mga tiil ug mga buolbuol. |
| Croatian | I uhvativši ga za desnu ruku, pridiže ga: umah mu omoæaše noge i gležnjevi |
| Danish | Og han greb ham ved den højre Hånd og rejste ham op. |
| Dutch | En hem grijpende bij de rechterhand richtte hij hem op, en terstond werden zijn voeten en enkelen vast. |
| Finnish | Ja hän tarttui hänen oikeaan käteensä ja nosti hänet ylös; ja heti hänen jalkansa ja nilkkansa vahvistuivat, |
| French | Et le prenant par la main droite, il le fit lever. Au même instant, ses pieds et ses chevilles devinrent fermes; |
| German | Und griff ihn bei der rechten Hand und richtete ihn auf. Alsobald standen seine Schenkel und Knöchel fest; |
| Haitian Creole | Li pran men dwat li, li fè l' kanpe. Menm lè a tou, pla pye enfim lan ak zo jwenti pye l' yo vin fèm. |
| Hungarian | És õt jobbkezénél fogva felemelé, és azonnal megerõsödének az õ lábai és bokái. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu Petrus memegang tangan kanan orang lumpuh itu dan menolong dia bangun. Langsung kaki orang itu dan mata kakinya menjadi kuat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu Petrus pun memegang tangan kanannya dan menegakkan dia; maka seketika itu juga kuatlah kakinya dan mata kakinya. |
| Maori | Katahi ia ka hopu i tona ringa matau ka whakaara ake i a ia: i reira tonu kua whai kaha ona waewae me nga pona. |
| Norwegian | Så grep han ham ved den høire hånd og reiste ham op, |
| Portuguese | Nisso, tomando-o pela mão direita, o levantou; imediatamente os seus pés e artelhos se firmaram |
| Rumanian | L -a apucat de mkna dreaptq, wi l -a ridicat kn sus. Kndatq i s`au kntqrit tqlpile wi glesnele; |
| Shuar | Tinia iniais, Pítiur ni untsuurini achik awajkimiayi. Túram ni nawesha, wanusesha kakaram ajasmiayi. |
| Swahili | Halafu, akamshika mkono wa kulia, akamwinua. Papo hapo miguu na magoti yake yakapata nguvu. |
| Swedish | Och så fattade han honom vid högra handen och reste upp honom. Och strax fingo hans fötter och fotleder styrka, |
| Uma | Ngkai ree, Petrus mpokamu pale ka'ana topungku toei bona mokore-i. Hangaa moroho-mi witi' -na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ankle": anklebone, anklebones, ankled, ankles, anklet, anklets. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ankle": crankle, rankle. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ankle": crankled, crankles, rankled, rankles, thankless, thanklessly, thanklessness, thanklessnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Ankle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Akele, Akhlaq, akle, Akli, anale, anble, ancel, ancell, anckle, andle, anele, ankee, ankel, ankie, ankler, ankyl, anle, Anlen, anlo, Annalee, anoke, antle, anule, askel, Askole, Asnele, hankel, mankle, Nakhla, Nakhle, nayle, nkel, ookle, Unckel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ankle" (pronounced a"ngkul) |
| 5 | a" ng k u l | rankle. |
| 4 | -ng k u l | granduncle, runkle, sprinkle, tinkle, twinkle, uncle, Winkle, wrinkle. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, alphabetical, analytical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, article, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, barnacle, biblical, bicycle, bifocal, biochemical, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chemical, Chronicle, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, clavicle, clerical, clinical, comical, commonsensical, conical, coracle, cortical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cuticle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, diacritical, dialectical, domical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, epochal, equivocal, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, etymological, evangelical, fanatical, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geophysical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, hierarchical, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hypothetical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, impractical, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, medical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, meteorological, methodical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythical, mythological, nautical, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, numerical, obstacle, ontological, optical, Oracle, oratorical, ornithological, paradoxical, particle, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, photochemical, physical, physiological, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, popsicle, practical, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, quizzical, rabbinical, radical, radiological, ramshackle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, sabbatical, satirical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, tentacle, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, typical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unequivocal, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-k-l-n" | |
-1 letter: elan, kale, kane, lake, lane, lank, leak, lean. | |
-2 letters: ale, ane, elk, kae, kea, ken, lea, lek, nae. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, an, el, en, ka, la, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-k-l-n" | |
+1 letter: alkane, alkene, alkine, alkyne, ankled, ankles, anklet, knawel, lanker, rankle. | |
+2 letters: alkanes, alkanet, alkenes, alkines, alkynes, anklets, antlike, blacken, blanked, blanker, blanket, clanked, crankle, fanlike, flanked, flanken, flanker, kalends, kantele, kaoline, klavern, knawels, lankest, lankier, leaking, linkage, manlike, nakedly, planked, rankled, rankles, slacken, unalike. | |
+3 letters: alkaline, alkanets, ankylose, antileak, auntlike, balkline, bankable, bankerly, barnlike, beanlike, blackens, blankest, blankets, cracknel, crankled, crankles, dawnlike, fanglike, faunlike, fawnlike, flankens, flankers, gnatlike, handlike, kanteles, kaolines, kephalin, klaverns, knowable, lankiest, lankness, linkable, linkages, lunkhead, necklace, novalike, plankter, sandlike, sealskin, sinkable, skiplane, slackens, snaglike, sneakily, swanlike, tanklike, unslaked, weakling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6E 6B 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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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)01000001 01101110 01101011 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A n k l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006E 006B 006C 0065 |
| 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)3580777871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian; Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic; aimará, aimara, for aymara; Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian; Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese; ضارب للإصفرار, корнуолски език, корнуолски, 康沃", cornwallština, cornwallský, cornique, kornisch, aus cornwall, carnwalli nyelvjárás, corwaldi kelta, della cornovaglia, Kernowish, Kernowagh, Cornish, Cornagh, relativo cornualha, dialeto da cornualha, limbã din cornwall, din cornwall, корнуоллский язык, корнуоллский, stanovnik kornvala, kornvalski, córnico, från cornwall, kornisk, cornwall ile ilgili, корнуольський, корнійська мова, Cernyweg, for cornish; Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, Esperantu, есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר טו, eszperanto, e |