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EARTHLINESS

Definition: EARTHLINESS

EARTHLINESS

Noun

1. The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "EARTHLINESS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)

Usage Frequency: EARTHLINESS

"EARTHLINESS" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "EARTHLINESS" 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: EARTHLINESS

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

Hebrew 

  

ארציות (materialism). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

keduniawian (earthly, worldliness). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Simile alla terra. (various references)

   

Manx

  

thallooinys, thallooinid (earthiness). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

earthlinessay.(various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tính trần tục (earthiness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: EARTHLINESS

Derivations

Words beginning with "EARTHLINESS": earthlinesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "EARTHLINESS": unearthliness. (additional references)

Words containing "EARTHLINESS": unearthlinesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"EARTHLINESS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Barthlemess. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "EARTHLINESS"

Words rhyming with "EARTHLINESS" (pronounced 'Earth"li*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EARTHLINESS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-l-n-r-s-s-t"

-1 letter: earthiness, heartiness.

-2 letters: alertness, arsenites, asthenies, earliness, elaterins, enlisters, entailers, essential, hasteners, heartless, herniates, irateness, listeners, litheness, natheless, nearliest, reenlists, resinates, snarliest, stearines, tarnishes, treenails.

-3 letters: alieners, antheses, anthesis, arenites, arsenite, artiness, assenter, ateliers, earliest, earnests, elastins, elaterin, enlister, entailer, enthrals, entrails, esthesia, eternals, etesians, hairless, hairnets, haleness, halteres, harslets, hastener, heartens, hearties, heatless, heirless, heisters, heliasts, herniate, inearths, inhalers, inthrals, lateness, latrines, leariest, leathern, leathers, leisters, listener, nailsets, nathless, nestlers, rainless, ratlines, realises, realists, realness, realties, reenlist, reinless, relishes, reshines, resinate, reslates, retinals, retsinas, salients, salterns, saltiers, saltines, saltires, sarsenet, sentries, seriates, setlines, shaliest, shanties, sheitans, shelters, shelties, silenter, slathers, slithers, stainers, stealers, stearine, stearins, sthenias, tearless, telerans, teniases, theelins, tireless, trainees, treenail, trenails.

-4 letters: aeriest, aethers, airless, aliener, aliners, anestri, anthers, antlers, antsier, arenite, arshins, arsines, artless, ashiest, ashlers, atelier, earless, earnest, earthen, easiest, eastern, easters, elastin, elaters, enisles, enlists, ensiles, entails, entases, entasis, enteral, enthral, entires, entries, estrins, eternal, etesian, ethanes, hailers, hairnet, halites, haltere, halters, hansels, hantles, harness, harslet, haslets, hastens, hastier, hatless, healers, hearses, hearten, heaters, heiress, heister, heliast, henries, herniae, hernial, hernias, hessian, hessite, hinters, hirsels, hirsles, hitless, inearth, inhaler, inhales, inheres, inserts, instals, instars, inthral, ireless, lashers, lashins, lasters, lateens, lathers, lathier, latrine, leaners, leanest, leasers, leashes, leather, leister, lethean, liernes, lineate, linters, lisente, listees, listens, listers, nailers, nailset, nastier, nasties, nearest, neither, nesters, nestler, nestles, netless, rashest, ratines, ratline, ratlins, realest, realise, realist, reheats, relates, relents, reliant, relines, relists, renails, renests, rentals, resails, resales, reseals, reseats, resents, reshine, resiles, resites, reslate, retails, retains, retiles, retinae, retinal, retinas, retines, retsina, sailers, salient, salines, saltern, salters, saltier, salties, saltine, saltire, saltish, santirs, sateens, satires, sealers, searest, seaters, seiners, senates, seniles, sensate, serails, sereins, serials, seriate, serines, sestina, sestine, setline, shairns, shalier, shantis, sheilas, sheitan, sheltas, shelter, sheltie, shiners, shrines, silanes, silents, sinters, sithens, slainte, slasher, slaters, slather, slatier, slither, snathes, stainer, stealer, stearin, sterile, sternal, sthenia, strains, streels, tahsils, tailers, tansies, tarnish, teasels, teasers, teleran, telesis, tenails, tensile, tessera, thalers, theelin, theines, thenars, therein, tieless, tinsels, tisanes, trainee, trashes, trenail, tressel, trienes.

-5 letters: aeries, aether, airest, airths, aisles, alerts, aliens, aliner, alines, alters, aneles, anises, anther, antler, antres, aretes, ariels, arisen, arises, arshin, arsine, artels, ashier, ashler, assent, assert, astern, asters, earths, easels, easier, easies, easter, eaters, either, elains, elater, elates, elints, elites, enates, enisle, enlist, ensile, entail, entera, enters, entire, erases, esters, estral, estrin, ethane, ethers, haeres, hailer, halers, halest, halite, halter, hansel, hanses, hantle, haslet, hassel, hassle.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-i-l-n-r-s-s-t"
 

+1 letter: fatherliness.

 

+2 letters: earthlinesses, phalansteries, unearthliness.

 

+3 letters: charitableness, cholinesterase, fatherlinesses, reestablishing.

 

+4 letters: blameworthiness, cholestyramines, cholinesterases, hypersalinities, inheritableness, preestablishing, reestablishment, unearthlinesses.

 

+5 letters: charitablenesses, historicalnesses, lightheartedness, reestablishments, uncharitableness.

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

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Alternative Orthography: EARTHLINESS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 41 52 54 48 4C 49 4E 45 53 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01000001 01010010 01010100 01001000 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000101 01010011 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#65 &#82 &#84 &#72 &#76 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#83 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0041 0052 0054 0048 004C 0049 004E 0045 0053 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3935525442464348395353

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage Frequency
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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