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Definition: CALCITRATE |
CALCITRATEIntransitive & intransitive verb1. To kick. |
Etymology: Calcitrate \Cal"ci*trate\, intransitive verb. i. [Latin expression calcitratus, past participle of calcitrare. See Calcitrant.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Impulse | Strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk; kick, calcitrate; butt, strike at; (attack); whip c. (punish). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| 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 |
calcitrate | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "calcitrate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | alcitratecay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "CALCITRATE" (pronounced 'Cal"ci*trate'): Administrate, Allatrate, Bitartrate, Calamistrate, Capistrate, Castrate, Contrate, Deconcentrate, Demonstrate, Dentirostrate, Deprostrate, Erostrate, Fenestrate, Flustrate, Latrate, lustrate, magistrate, Nitrate, Oblatrate, Perpetrate, Premonstrate, Pyrotartrate, Reconcentrate, Redemonstrate, Registrate, Semicastrate, sequestrate, Subministrate, tartrate, titrate, Trisnitrate, Unmagistrate, Veratrate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-l-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: tactical, tailrace, tractile. | |
-3 letters: arietta, article, atactic, calcite, cattail, cattier, circlet, citrate, clatter, ectatic, lactate, lattice, rattail, recital, tactile, teacart, tertial. | |
-4 letters: acetal, acetic, aecial, aerial, alcaic, arctic, atelic, atrial, attire, caecal, calcar, carate, carcel, cartel, cattie, cattle, celiac, cicala, cicale, circle, citral, claret, cleric, cretic, eclair, lacier, lactic, lariat, latria, latter, litter, racial, ratite, rattle, realia, rectal, relict, retail, retial, rictal, tactic, tailer, tectal, tictac, tilter. | |
-5 letters: acari, aceta, aecia, alate, alert, altar, alter, areal, areca, areic, ariel, artal, artel, atilt, atria, attar, attic, cacti, caeca, carat, caret, carle, carte, cater, cecal, cerci, ceria, ceric, circa, citer, clear, cleat, craal, crate, eclat, erica, ileac, irate, laari, lacer, later, latte, liter, litre, ratal, ratel, react, reata, recta, recti, relic, relit, retia, riata, tacet, tacit, talar, taler, tatar, tater, tecta, telia, telic, terai, tetra, tiara, tical, tiler, titer, title, titre, trace, tract, trail, trait, treat, triac, trial, trice, trite. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-l-r-t-t" | |
+2 letters: recalcitrant, theocratical. | |
+3 letters: acculturative, architectural, extragalactic, intergalactic, recalcitrants. | |
+4 letters: catachrestical, contradictable, multicharacter, practicalities, theocratically. | |
+5 letters: anticlericalist, architecturally, hypercatalectic, ultrademocratic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 41 4C 43 49 54 52 41 54 45 |
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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 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C A L C I T R A T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0041 004C 0043 0049 0054 0052 0041 0054 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37354637435452355439 |
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