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Definition: GESTICULATORY |
GESTICULATORYAdjective1. Representing by, or belonging to, gestures. |
| "GESTICULATORY" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "GESTICULATORY" 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "GESTICULATORY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Swedish | gestukilerande. (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งแส"งท่าทาง. (various references) | |
Turkish | jestli, jestlerle ifade eden. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | khoa tay múa chân (gesticulation, gesticulative). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "GESTICULATORY" (pronounced 'Ges*tic"u*la*to*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-o-r-s-t-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: gesticulator. | |
-2 letters: gustatorily. | |
-3 letters: courtliest, curtilages, glycosuria, graciously, graticules, secularity, staurolite, testicular, trialogues. | |
-4 letters: astrocyte, austerity, autolytic, autotelic, cogitates, cottagers, cryolites, curtilage, graticule, groutiest, gustatory, ligatures, literatus, loricates, ocularist, outglares, royalties, rusticate, sclerotia, sectorial, strategic, suctorial, tetralogy, toreutics, trialogue, tutorages, tutorials, urticates. | |
-5 letters: acolytes, aglitter, agouties, agrestic, altruist, articles, astutely, atrocity, auricles, autolyse, calories, calottes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 45 53 54 49 43 55 4C 41 54 4F 52 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. . ... - .. -.-. ..- .-.. .- - --- .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01000101 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000011 01010101 01001100 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G E S T I C U L A T O R Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0045 0053 0054 0049 0043 0055 004C 0041 0054 004F 0052 0059 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41395354433755463554495259 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Translations: Modern 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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