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ELECTANT

Definition: ELECTANT

ELECTANT

Noun

1. One who has the power of choosing; an elector.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Electant \E*lect"ant\, noun. [Latin expression electans, present participle of electare.]. (Websters 1913)

"ELECTANT" is a common misspelling or typo for: electing, reluctant.

Modern Translations: ELECTANT

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

Pig Latin

  

electantay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "ELECTANT"

Words rhyming with "ELECTANT" (pronounced 'E*lect"ant'): Abeyant, Accomptant, Accordant, Accusant, Acquaintant, Adjoinant, Affiant, Affirmant, Aidant, Alliant, Appealant, Aspectant, Avowant, Buoyant, Calorifiant, Claimant, Codefendant, Complainant, Compliant, Concordant, Confessant, Confutant, Consentant, Conservant, Conspirant, Containant, Contestant, Cotenant, Couchant, Creant, Declaimant, Declarant, Defiant, Delirant, Demandant, Depressant, Disaccordant, Discordant, Disinfectant, Displeasant, Dividant, Durant, Endurant, Exceptant, Exhalant, Expirant, Extendant, Exultant, flamboyant, Forbearant, Inaccordant, Incompliant, Inexistant, Inexpectant, informant, Inobservant, Insurant, Interferant, Intrenchant, Joinant, lieutenant, Misdemeanant, Misinformant, Mountant, Obscurant, Obversant, Offendant, Pedant, Pendant, Perchant, Perseverant, Plainant, Pliant, Poignant, Pretendant, Prevoyant, Questant, Rampant, Reboant, Reclaimant, Reclinant, Reguardant, relaxant, reliant, resistant, Respectant, Rousant, self-reliant, Suant, Subtenant, Subverant, Succeedant, Supplyant, Surintendant, Thrillant, Transportant, trenchant, Trivant, unpleasant, Untenant, Usant, Usurpant, Zealant. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ELECTANT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: tentacle.

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-t-t"

-2 letters: cantle, cattle, cental, cetane, enlace, lancet, lateen, latent, latten, nettle, talent, tectal, telnet, tenace.

-3 letters: anele, clean, cleat, eaten, eclat, elate, elect, enact, enate, lance, laten, latte, leant, tacet, tecta, telae, tenet.

-4 letters: acne, alec, alee, ante, cane, cant, cate, celt, cent, cete, clan, elan, etna, lace, lane, late, lean, leet, lent, neat, nett, tace, tact, tael, talc, tale, tate, teal, teat, teel, teen, tela, tele, tent.

-5 letters: ace, act, ale, alt, ane, ant, ate, att, can, cat, cee, cel, eat, eel, eta, lac, lat, lea, lee, let, nae, nee, net, tae, tan, tat, tea, tee, tel, ten, tet.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-t-t"
 

+1 letter: cattlemen, tentacled, tentacles.

 

+2 letters: centralest, licentiate, planchette.

 

+3 letters: centripetal, constellate, contemplate, contestable, delectation, denticulate, expectantly, intercalate, licentiates, planchettes, telecasting.

 

+4 letters: acetonitrile, antecedently, antielectron, centralities, coelenterate, constellated, constellates, contemplated, contemplates, delectations, denticulated, intellectual, intercalated, intercalates, malcontented, outplacement, retinotectal, tactlessness, tetracycline, undetectable.

 

+5 letters: acetonitriles, anticellulite, antielectrons, antiepileptic, centripetally, coelenterates, contemplative, contextualize, cyanoethylate, cytogenetical, electromagnet, expectational, incontestable, intellectuals, interactively, interlacement, intermetallic, interparticle, intersocietal, letterspacing, multinucleate, nonretractile, outplacements, parenthetical, tactfulnesses, tercentennial, tetracyclines, tractableness, untheoretical.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ELECTANT


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

45 4C 45 43 54 41 4E 54

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)

.    .-..    .    -.-.    -    .-    -.    -

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

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

01000101 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01000001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#76 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#65 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004C 0045 0043 0054 0041 004E 0054

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

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

3946393754354854

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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