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Cretaceous Period

Definition: Cretaceous Period

Cretaceous Period

Noun

1. From 63 million to 135 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Cretaceous Period

Synonym: Cretaceous (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cretaceous Period

English words defined with "Cretaceous period": Chalk period, coelacanth, Cretaceous formationGaultInoceramusLatimeria chalumnaeRudistesVentriculite. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Cretaceous Period

DomainTitle

Books

  • Calcium Carbonate: From the Cretaceous Period into the 21st Century (reference)

  • Looking At-- Spinosaurus: A Dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period (The New Dinosaur Collection) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Expression: Cretaceous Period

Expression using "Cretaceous period": the cretaceous period. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cretaceous Period

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cretaceous period

31
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Modern Translation: Cretaceous Period

Language Translations for "Cretaceous period"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

crétacé (Cretaceous, the cretaceous period). (various references)

   

German

  

kreidezeit. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

白亜紀 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

はくあき. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etaceouscray eriodpay

   

Turkish

  

kreaste, ikinci çağın son dönemi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Cretaceous Period

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-e-i-o-o-p-r-r-s-t-u"

-4 letters: depreciators, reciprocated, reciprocates.

-5 letters: codirectors, coproducers, depreciates, depreciator, procercoids, reaccredits, reciprocate, recuperated, recuperates, redecorates, repudiators, urediospore.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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