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Definition: CALCITRANT |
CALCITRANTAdjective1. Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory. |
Etymology: Calcitrant \Cal"ci*trant\, adjective. [Latin expression calcitrans, present participle of calcitrare to kick, from calx, calcis, heel.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | Refractory; said of certain ores. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CALCITRANT |
| Etymologies containing "CALCITRANT": Calcitrate. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "CALCITRANT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | që nuk ndizet, që nuk merr zjarr. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | огненоустойчив. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alcitrantcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | calcitrante. (various references) | |
Russian | огнестойкий (fire proof, incombustible). (various references) | |
Swedish | svårsmält (infusible). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "CALCITRANT": recalcitrant. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CALCITRANT": recalcitrants. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "CALCITRANT" (pronounced 'Cal"ci*trant'): Administrant, Contraremonstrant, Entrant, Latrant, ministrant, Penetrant, Premonstrant, recalcitrant, reentrant, registrant, Subministrant, Trant. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-n-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: antarctic. | |
-2 letters: tactical, tantalic. | |
-3 letters: actinal, anticar, atactic, carinal, cattail, cranial, rattail, tantric. | |
-4 letters: acinar, alcaic, antiar, antral, arctic, arnica, atrial, attain, calcar, cantic, carina, carlin, carnal, catlin, cicala, citral, crania, intact, lactic, lariat, latria, lattin, narial, racial, ratlin, rattan, rictal, tactic, tantra, tarnal, tartan, tictac, tincal, trinal. | |
-5 letters: acari, actin, alant, altar, antic, antra, artal, atilt, atria, attar, attic, cacti, cairn, canal, carat, circa, craal, laari, lanai, liana, linac, naira, naric, natal, ratal, ratan, riant, riata, tacit, taint, talar, tatar, tiara, tical, tinct, titan, tract, trail, train, trait, triac, trial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-n-r-t-t" | |
+2 letters: recalcitrant. | |
+3 letters: acculturating, acculturation, contractional, cryptanalytic, intergalactic, intragalactic, recalcitrants. | |
+4 letters: acculturations, circumstantial, contradictable. | |
+5 letters: acculturational, anticlericalist, cryptanalytical, pantisocratical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 41 4C 43 49 54 52 41 4E 54 |
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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)-.-. .- .-.. -.-. .. - .-. .- -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01000001 01001100 01000011 01001001 01010100 01010010 01000001 01001110 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C A L C I T R A N T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0041 004C 0043 0049 0054 0052 0041 004E 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)37354637435452354854 |
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