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Etymology: Ejecta \E*jec"ta\, plural noun. [Latin expression, neut. plural of ejectus cast out. See Eject.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Geological | Material that is thrown out by a volcano, including pyroclastic material (tephra) and, from some volcanoes, lava bombs. (Foxworthy and Hill, 1982). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excretion | Saliva, spittle, rheum; ptyalism, salivation, catarrh; diarrhoea; ejecta, egesta, sputa; excreta; lava; exuviae; (uncleanness). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: EJECTA |
| Specialty definitions using "EJECTA": Atmospheric shock wave ♦ Blocks, Bombs. (references) |
| "EJECTA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "EJECTA" is used about 30 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) | 100% | 30 | 63,341 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "EJECTA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | auswurf (dregs, ejection, emission, eruption, scum, sputum, throw-off, trashy product). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ejectaay викид, виверження (effusion, ejaculation, eructation, eruption, outing), вивержена порода. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "EJECTA": ejectable. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "EJECTA": dejecta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-j-t" | |
-1 letter: eject. | |
-2 letters: ajee, cate, cete, jete, tace. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ate, cat, cee, eat, eta, jee, jet, tae, taj, tea, tee. | |
-4 letters: ae, at, et, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-j-t" | |
+1 letter: dejecta. | |
+2 letters: jacketed, rejacket. | |
+3 letters: adjective, ejaculate, ejectable, rejackets, trajected. | |
+4 letters: abjectness, adjectives, bluejacket, cajolement, ejaculated, ejaculates, injectable, jacketless, rejacketed. | |
+5 letters: adjectively, bluejackets, cajolements, injectables, megaproject, projectable, rejacketing, steeplejack, superjacent. | |
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