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BIRD'S-NEST

Definitions: BIRD'S-NEST

BIRD'S-NEST

Noun

1. An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (N. nidus-avis.)

2. The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.

3. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Synonym: BIRD'S-NEST

Synonym by domain: bird's nest orchid (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology).

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Crosswords: BIRD'S-NEST

English words defined with "BIRD'S-NEST": bird's-nest fungusEsculent swallowfamily NidulariaceaeNidulariaceae. (references)

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Usage Frequency: BIRD'S-NEST

"BIRD'S-NEST" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BIRD'S-NEST" is used about 2 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: BIRD'S-NEST


1. Birdsnest, VA
Zip Code(s): 23307
Country: USA

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Modern Translations: BIRD'S-NEST

Language Translations for "BIRD'S-NEST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

鸟巢. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stofzaad (yellow bird's-nest). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

새 둥지. (various references)

   

Manx

  

goll shirrey er idd ushag. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ird's-nestbay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BIRD'S-NEST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-b-d-e-i-n-r-s-s-t"

-3 letters: bedsits, bestirs, bestrid, binders, bisters, bistred, bistres, dissent, dissert, estrins, inbreds, inserts, rebinds, sinters, snidest, strides, tinders.

-4 letters: bedsit, bestir, biders, bidets, binder, birses, bister, bistre, biters, brents, brides, brined, brines, debits, debris, deists, desist, diners, direst, driest, estrin, inbred, inerts, insert, insets, inters, niters, nitres, rebids, rebind, resids, resins, resist, rident.

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

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Alternative Orthography: BIRD'S-NEST


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

42 49 52 44 27 53 2D 4E 45 53 54

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

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

01000010 01001001 01010010 01000100 00100111 01010011 00101101 01001110 01000101 01010011 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#73 &#82 &#68 &#39 &#83 &#45 &#78 &#69 &#83 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0049 0052 0044 0027 0053 002D 004E 0045 0053 0054

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

364352389531548395354

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Cities
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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