Faecal

Definition: Faecal

Faecal

Adjective

1. Foul with waste matter; of or relating to feces.

Domain	Definitions
Health	Pertaining to or of the nature of feces. (references)
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Synonyms: Faecal

Synonyms: fecal (adj), feculent (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Faecal

English words defined with "faecal": faecal matter, faecal occult test. (references)

Specialty definitions using "faecal": E.coli ♦ stercoral. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A colour atlas of faecal incontinence and complete rectal prolapse (reference) Faecal incontinence (reference) (more book examples)
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"Faecal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.78% of the time. "Faecal" is used about 451 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
Adjective (general or positive)	99.78%	450	12,930
Noun (proper)	0.22%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	451	N/A

Expressions using "faecal": faecal matter ♦ faecal occult test. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "faecal": faecal-oral.
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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.

Language		Translations for "faecal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		粪便 (Fecal). (various references)

Danish		faekulent, fækal. (various references)

Dutch		faeculent, faecaal, drekachtig. (various references)

Finnish		fekaalistreptokokki (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci), fekaalinen streptokokki (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci), fekaali streptokokki (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci), ulosteet (dung, excrement, faecal matter, faeces, feces, stools), ulosteenpidätyskyvyttömyys (anal sphincter incontinence, faecal incontinence, fecal incontinence, feces incontinence, rectal incontinence), incontinentia alvi (anal sphincter incontinence, faecal incontinence, fecal incontinence, feces incontinence, rectal incontinence). (various references)

French		fécaloide, fécal, fécal. (various references)

German		fäkal (fecal). (various references)

Greek		στρεπτόκοκκοι των κοπράνων (faecal streptococci, fecal streptococci), πρωκτική ακράτεια (anal sphincter incontinence, faecal incontinence, fecal incontinence, feces incontinence, rectal incontinence), ακράτεια κοπράνων (anal sphincter incontinence, faecal incontinence, fecal incontinence, feces incontinence, rectal incontinence), αναζήτηση λανθάνουσας αιμορραγίας στα κόπρανα (faecal occult blood test). (various references)

Italian		fecale (fecal). (various references)

Korean		대변 (feces). (various references)

Pig Latin		aecalfay.(various references)

Portuguese		fecal. (various references)

Russian		фекальный (fecal, stercoraceous, stercoral, stercorarious, stercorous). (various references)

Spanish		fecal. (various references)

Swedish		fekal (fecal), avförings- (fecal). (various references)

Turkish		pisliği olan, dışkıya ait. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Words rhyming with "faecal" (pronounced 'F[ae]"cal'): Archducal, Bibliothecal, Bifocal, Bocal, Buccal, Caecal, Cephalocercal, Cercal, Cloacal, Confocal, Coucal, Diphycercal, Ducal, Faucal, Fecal, FOCAL, Grand-ducal, heterocercal, homocercal, Ileocaecal, Meniscal, Micrococcal, Monothecal, Nascal, Nasobuccal, Nonvocal, Obeliscal, Oviducal, Parfocal, Phocal, Protocercal, Semivocal, Subvocal, Tetrathecal, Thecal, Tincal, Truncal. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-l"
	-1 letter: fecal.
	-2 letters: alae, alec, alef, alfa, cafe, calf, clef, face, feal, flea, lace, leaf.
	-3 letters: aal, ace, ala, ale, cel, elf, lac, lea.
	-4 letters: aa, ae, al, ef, el, fa, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-f-l"
	+1 letter: faculae, falcate.
	+2 letters: califate, faceable, falcated, paleface.
	+3 letters: afterclap, blackface, califates, defalcate, faceplate, fallacies, flagrance, palefaces.
	+4 letters: affectable, afterclaps, blackfaces, camouflage, catafalque, chapfallen, defalcated, defalcates, defalcator, effaceable, faceplates, facilitate, factorable, flagrances, malefactor, pacifiable.
	+5 letters: acriflavine, affectional, barefacedly, calefactory, camouflaged, camouflages, catafalques, confabulate, defalcating, defalcation, defalcators, facilitated, facilitates, factualness, facultative, fasciculate, flagrancies, flamboyance, interfacial, malefaction, malefactors, malfeasance, parfocalize, trafficable.
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