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Definition: BISTORT |
BISTORTNoun1. An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent. |
Etymology: Bistort \Bis"tort\, noun. [Latin expression bis tortus, past participle of torquere to twist: compare to the French expression bistorte.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: BISTORT |
| English words defined with "BISTORT": Adderwort. (references) |
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 | Meadow display of small camas (Camassia Quamash), American Bistort (Polygonum bistortoides) and slenderfruit lomatium (Lomatium leptocarpum).Credit: John Craig. |  | Closeup of American bistort (Polygonum bistoroides).Credit: John Craig. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "BISTORT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BISTORT" 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
bistort | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BISTORT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | البطباط. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | растение от рода на пача трева. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | slangeurt (common bistort, English serpentary, snake root). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | adderwortel (common bistort, English serpentary, snake root). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | konnantatar (common bistort, English serpentary, snake root). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bistorte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wiesenknöterich (common bistort, English serpentary, snake root), Schlangenknöterich (common bistort, English serpentary, snake root). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πολύγονο, πολυκόμπι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kígyószerû keserûfû. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bistorta (common bistort, English serpentary, snake root). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | glioonagh ghuiy (snakeweed), bossan ardnieu (snakeweed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | istortbay bistorta. (various references) горлец. (various references) srčika (alburnum). (various references) bistorta. (various references) stor ormrot (common bistort, English serpentary, snake root). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BISTORT": bistorts. (additional references) | |
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"BISTORT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bastert, basturt, besport, Bicourt, Biosoft, Biostrath, Bistrita, bistrot, buxtorf, Eishort. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: bistro, britts, orbits. | |
-2 letters: bitts, borts, botts, brios, brits, britt, obits, orbit, riots, rotis, tiros, toits, torsi, torts, trios, trois, trots. | |
-3 letters: bios, bits, bitt, bort, bots, bott, brio, bris, brit, bros, obis, obit, orbs, orts, ribs, riot, robs, roti, rots, sorb, sori, sort, stir, stob, tiro, tits, toit, tori, tors, tort, tost. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-o-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: bistorts, botrytis, frostbit. | |
+2 letters: abattoirs, frostbite, librettos, obstetric, stirabout. | |
+3 letters: birthroots, birthstone, birthworts, botrytises, bottomries, briolettes, frostbites, obituarist, obstetrics, stirabouts, trilobites, trombonist, tuberosity. | |
+4 letters: abortionist, abstraction, arbitrators, birthstones, bitterroots, contributes, distributor, frostbiting, frostbitten, nimbostrati, obituarists, obliterates, obstetrical, obstructing, obstruction, obstructive, obturations, postorbital, stilbestrol, sublittoral, subtraction, trabeations, tribologist, trombonists. | |
+5 letters: abortionists, absorptivity, abstractions, arbitrations, attributions, bacteriostat, bipartitions, bloodthirsty, botherations, contributors, distribution, distributors, frostbitings, masturbation, nimbostratus, obliterators, obscurantist, obstetrician, obstructions, obstructives, postabortion, retributions, stilbestrols, strobilation, sublittorals, subtractions, tribologists, tribulations, tuberosities. | |
| 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)42 49 53 54 4F 52 54 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. ... - --- .-. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01001001 01010011 01010100 01001111 01010010 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B I S T O R T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0049 0053 0054 004F 0052 0054 |
| 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)36435354495254 |
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