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Definitions: GLAIR |
GLAIRAdjective1. A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd. 2. Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg. 3. The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc. Transitive verb1. To smear with the white of an egg. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Semiliquidity | Jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten; carlock, fish glue; ichthyocol, ichthycolla; isinglass; mucus, phlegm, goo; pituite, lava; glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein; treacle; gum, size, glue (tenacity); wax, beeswax. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: GLAIR |
| English words defined with "GLAIR": Glaire, Glaired, Glaireous, Glairing, Glairy, Gleyre. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "GLAIR": EGG BREAKER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "GLAIR": Glareous. (references) |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
glair | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GLAIR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | e bardha e vezës. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الآح بياض البيض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | намазвам с белтък, белтък на яйце (white). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bílek vajec. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | glaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λεύκομα ωού, λουστράρω με ασπράδι αυγού, ασπράδι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tojásfehérje (albumen, egg white, white of egg), tojásfehérjével ragaszt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | putih telur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | albume (albumen, endosperm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | giallican (albumen, angel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | airglay mala leve de viagem, clara de ovo (albumen, egis, icon). (various references) unge cu albuş de ou, lipici (glue, pasting), albuş de ou (albumen, white), albuş. (various references) смазывать яичным белком, яичный белок (egg white, egg-white). (various references) premazati belancetom, belance (albumen, egg white). (various references) yumurta akı (albumen, albumin, egg white, white of egg), yapıştırıcı sürmek, çirişlemek (dope, size, smear with paste), çiriş (dope, paste, size). (various references) lòng trắng trứng chất nhớt như lòng trắng trứng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "GLAIR": glaire, glaired, glaires, glairier, glairiest, glairing, glairs, glairy. (additional references) | |
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"GLAIR" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gadir, Gaiar, Gairm, galar, Galiara, galiz, Ghairbh, ghari, gillair, glaib, glaim, glain, glairy, glais, glar, glart, glau, glaxie, gleer, Gleik, gler, gloar, Glsi, Goajira, guarir, gulai, Gulbai, Gwari, Sgulaird. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: argil, grail. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-r" | |
-1 letter: aril, girl, glia, lair, lari, liar, lira, ragi, rail, rial. | |
-2 letters: ail, air, gal, gar, lag, lar, rag, ria, rig. | |
-3 letters: ag, ai, al, ar, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-r" | |
+1 letter: argali, argils, garlic, glaire, glairs, glairy, gloria, grails. | |
+2 letters: airglow, aligner, alright, angrily, argalis, argling, blaring, carling, darling, engrail, figural, flaring, fragile, garboil, garlics, gharial, girasol, glacier, gladier, glaired, glaires, glarier, glaring, glazier, glorias, goliard, gorilla, gracile, graplin, gremial, lairing, larding, largish, larking, ligular, marling, nargile, parling, railing, realign, regalia, reginal. | |
+3 letters: aglimmer, aglitter, airglows, alarming, alerting, algerine, algorism, aligners, allergic, allergin, alluring, altering, blearing, brailing, brawling, carlings, caroling, clearing, craaling, cradling, craggily, crawling, daringly, darkling, darlings, dartling, dialoger, dragline, drawling, engrails, filagree, finagler, flaggier, gainlier, galleria, galliard, gangliar, ganglier, garbling, garboils, gargling, garishly, garlicky, gasalier, gaselier, gasolier, geranial, geraniol, germinal, gharials, girasole, girasols, glaciers, gladlier, glairier, glairing, glariest, glassier, glaziers, glaziery, gleamier, gnarlier, gnarling, goliards, gorillas, graciles, gracilis, grapline, graplins, grassily, gravidly, grayling, graymail, greasily, gremials, grillade, grillage, guerilla, gyroidal, infrugal, integral, janglier, kilogram, kraaling, laboring, lagering, larrigan, lawgiver, layering, learning, ligature, litharge, longhair, madrigal, maligner, malinger, marbling, marginal, marigold, marlings, narghile, nargileh, nargiles, oligarch, oliguria, original, paroling, pearling, perigeal, pillager, plagiary, playgirl, prodigal, rabbling, raddling, raffling, ragingly, railings, rallying, ralphing, rambling, rankling, rassling, rattling, raveling, ravingly, realigns, regaling, regality, regional, relacing, relating, relaxing, relaying, remigial, ringhals, ringtail, rivaling, seraglio, signaler, singular, slaggier, slangier, snarling, sparling, springal, starling, surgical, tanglier, thirlage, tragical, trailing, trawling, triangle, trigonal, villager, virginal, warbling, warrigal, warsling, yearling. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 4C 41 49 52 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .-.. .- .. .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01001100 01000001 01001001 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G L A I R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 004C 0041 0049 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4146354352 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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