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Definition: COLUMELLA |
COLUMELLANoun1. The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals. 2. The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells. 3. A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear. 4. A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses. 5. An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens. |
Date "COLUMELLA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Etymology: Columella \Col`u*mel"la\, noun. [Latin expression, diminutive of columen column. See Column.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Science | A central shaft of hyphae within an ascoma. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Support | Columella, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: COLUMELLA |
| English words defined with "COLUMELLA": Columelliform ♦ Epipterygoid, Extrastapedial ♦ Infrastapedial, Interstapedial ♦ Mediostapedial ♦ Suprastapedial ♦ Turbinella ♦ Vasum. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "COLUMELLA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "COLUMELLA" is used about 4 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) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
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 |
columella | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "COLUMELLA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | Columella-effekt (Columella effect). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | columellisation (Columella effect). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Columella-Effekt (Columella effect). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | olumellacay columelización (Columella effect). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "COLUMELLA": columellae, columellar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "COLUMELLA" (pronounced 'Col`u*mel"la'): Ala, Algarovilla, Ampulla, Angola, Armilla, Arolla, Axilla, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Bulla, Cabrilla, Calcavella, Calla, Camarilla, Canella, Capella, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Columbella, Coronilla, Fibrilla, flotilla, Fovilla, Fringilla, gala, Gentianella, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, guerilla, Gula, koala, lamella, Lirella, Locustella, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla, Marginella. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-l-l-m-o-u" | |
-2 letters: calomel, columel, leucoma. | |
-3 letters: almuce, locale, locule, macule. | |
-4 letters: amole, camel, cameo, cella, cello, celom, comae, comal, local, locum, macle, molal, mulla, oleum, ulema. | |
-5 letters: acme, alec, alme, aloe, alum, call, calm, calo, came, caul, cell, clam, clue, coal, cola, cole, coma, come, cull, culm, lace, lall, lame, leal, loam, loca, loll, luce, lull. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-l-l-m-o-u" | |
+1 letter: columellae, columellar. | |
+2 letters: molecularly. | |
+4 letters: bimolecularly. | |
+5 letters: multimolecular, volumetrically. | |
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