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INCUBATORY

Definition: INCUBATORY

INCUBATORY

Adjective

1. Serving for incubation.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Usage Frequency: INCUBATORY

"INCUBATORY" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "INCUBATORY" 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: INCUBATORY

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

Albanian

  

inkubatori (incubative). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

за мътене (incubative), инкубационен (incubative). (various references)

   

French

  

incubateur (artificial incubator, breeding box for premature infants, incubator, incubator for newborn). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kotlási (incubative). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

incubatoryay

   

Portuguese

  

estufa (buffer space, coldframe, conservatory, drier, dry kiln, dryer, drying kiln, fire basket, fire devil, glass paper, green, green-eyed, greenhouse, greening, heater, hotpot, kiln, oven, seasoning kiln, solar greenhouse, stove, sunspace, warm house). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

инкубационный, инкубаторный (incubative). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

inkubatorni. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

inkubations- (incubative), äggkläcknings- (incubative). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

інкубаційний (incubative), інкубаторний (incubative). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "INCUBATORY"

Words rhyming with "INCUBATORY" (pronounced 'In*cu"ba*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, Alveary, Alveolary, Amatory, Ambagitory, Ambry, Amburry, Amendatory, Amphigory, Amplificatory, Anabaptistry, Ancestry, Ancientry, Ancillary, Anemometry, Angelolatry, Angry, Annihilatory, Annotatory, Annuary, Annularry, Annulary, Annunciatory, Anthropolatry, Anthropometry, Anticipatory, Antidotary, Antimasonry, Antiphonary, Anury, Apiary, Apomecometry, Apothecary, Appellatory, Applicatory, Apprecatory, Appreciatory, Approbatory, Aratory, Arbitrary, Arborary, Archdeaconry, Areometry, Argentry, Armamentary, Armillary, Armory, Arrectary, Artistry, Aspiratory, Assentatory, Assertory, Asseveratory, Assimilatory, Astrictory, Astrolatry, Astrometry, Astrophotometry, Asymmetry, Atmiatry, Atrabiliary, Attry, Auctary, Auctionary, Augury, Aumbry, Aumery, Auncetry, Auscultatory, Autolatry, Auxiliatory, Aviary, Avowry, Avowtry, Aweary, Awry, Axillary, Babblery, Baboonery, Bachelry, Baculometry, Balladry, Ballatry, Balloonry, Balneary, Balneatory, Baneberry, Baptisteries, Baptistery, Baptistry, Barbary, Barberry, Barometry, Barratry, Barry, Basketry, Bathymetry, Bawdry, Beadlery, Bearberry, Bedelry, Belfry, Benedictionary, Benedictory, Bestiary, Bibitory, Bibliolatry, Bibliothecary, Bicentenary, Bigotry, Bijoutry, Bilberry, Biliary, Biochemistry, Biometry, Bistoury, Blackberry, Blaeberry, Blazonry, Bleaberry, Blindstory, Blomary, Bloomary, Blueberry, Blurry, Bob-cherry, Bogberry, Boilary, Bombastry, Bonitary, Bottomry, BOUNDARY, Boxberry, Breviary, Brothelry, Bummery, Bunchberry, Burglary, Bursary, Cachinnatory, Caducary, Calcinatory, Calculatory, Calendary, Calorimetry, Calumniatory, Calvary, Cambistry, Camelry, Cannonry, Canonry, Cantatory, Caperberry, Captainry, Caravansary, Cardioinhibitory, Cardiometry, Carnary, Carpellary, Carpentry, Cartulary, Cassioberry, Cassowary, Castlery, Casuistry, Category, Cautionary, Cautionry, Cavalry, Cavitary, Cedry, Cementatory, Cenatory, Centaury, Centry, Century, Cephalometry, Cessionary, Chandry, Chantry, Chapelry, Charlatanry, Charry, Chartulary, Cheerry, Chiccory, Chicory, Chivalry, Chlorimetry, Chlorometry, Chokeberry, Chokecherry, Choltry, Chorometry, Choultry, Chowry, Chrismatory, Chronometry, Chylificatory, Ciliary, Cinerary, Circulary, Circumgyratory, Circumlocutory, Citatory, Classificatory, Clerstory, Clinometry, Cloudberry, Coagulatory, Cochleary, Codicillary, Collegatary, Collusory, Collutory, Colorimetry, Columbary, Cometary, Comicry, Commandatory, Commandry, Commemoratory, Commendatary, Commentary, Comminatory, Commissary, Commonitory, Communicatory, Compellatory, Compensatory, Competitory, Complexionary, Complimentary, Compulsatory, Compulsory, Comradery, Concessionary, Concessory, Conchometry, Conchyliometry, Conciliatory, Concionatory, Conclusory, Concretionary, Condemnatory, Conditory, Condolatory, Conductory, Confabulatory, Confectory, Confessary, Confirmatory, Confiscatory, Congiary, Congratulatory, Conjury, Consecratory, Consignatary, Consignatory, Constabulatory, Consuetudinary, Consulary, Consultary, Consultatory, Contrarry, Contributary, Controversary, Conventionary, Coparcenary, Coplatry, Coquetry, Corollary, Correctory, Corrivalry, Corroboratory, Corrobory, Cosmolatry, Cosmometry, Costmary, Cottonary, Cotyledonary, Counterfleury, Counterflory, Cousinry, Coventry, Cowberry, Cowries, Cowry, Coxcombry, Cranberry, Craniometry, Criminatory, Crinatory, Crinitory, Crociary, Crowberry, Crystallometry, Cubatory, Cuckoldry, Culinary, Culpatory, Cursorary, Cursory, Cussuetudinary, Custumary, Cyclometry, Cymry, Dairy, Damnatory, Dangleberry, Dare-deviltry, Datary, Deaconry, Decennary, Deceptory, Decisory, Declamatory, Declaratory, Declinatory, Decretory, Decry, Decury, Deerberry, Defamatory, Defensory, Defiatory, Deglutitory, Dehortatory, Dejectory, Delegatory, Deletory, Delineatory, Delusory, Demissionary, Demonolatry, Demonry, Demonstratory, Dentary, Dentistry, Denunciatory, Dephlegmatory, Depilatory, Depletory, Depositary, Depository, Deprecatory, Depreciatory, Depredatory, Depulsory, Depuratory, Depurgatory. (additional references)

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Anagrams: INCUBATORY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-i-n-o-r-t-u-y"

-1 letter: incubator.

-2 letters: baryonic, caryotin, corybant, obituary, urbanity.

-3 letters: auction, barytic, botanic, buoyant, butyric, butyrin, caribou, carotin, caution, corbina, country, courant, curtain, rainout, raucity, ruction, taborin, truancy, tyronic, unitary.

-4 letters: action, acuity, anuric, aortic, aroint, aroynt, atonic, barony, baryon, bicorn, bicron, binary, bonaci, bonita, botany, bouncy, bounty, brainy, briony, brucin, burton, cairny, cantor, carbon, carboy, carton, cation, citron, cobnut, contra, corban, cornua, cortin, county, craton, crayon, notary, nutria, obtain, outcry, outran, ration, rubati, rubato, tabour, toucan, tunica, turaco, turban, uranic, uratic.

-5 letters: abort, about, acorn, actin, actor, antic, atony, aunty, auric, bacon, bairn, banco, banty, baric, barny, baron, baton, bayou, biont, biota, boart, boric, borty, bourn, boyar, bract, brain, brant, briny, bronc, bruin, bruit, brunt, bunco, bunya, buran, burin, burnt, cabin, cairn, canto, canty, carbo, carny, carob, coati, cobia, cobra, corby, coria, cornu, corny, cotan, count, court, crony, cubit, curia, curio, cutin, cyano, cyton, incur, intro, irony, narco, naric, nitro, noria, nubia, octan, ontic, orbit, orcin, outby, rabic, racon, rainy, ratio, rayon, riant, robin, runic, runty, rutin, tabor, tabun, taroc, tonic, toric, train, triac, trona, tunic, turbo, unary, unbar, uncia, uncoy, unity, urban, urbia, yonic, yourn, yurta.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-i-n-o-r-t-u-y"
 

+2 letters: binocularity.

 

+4 letters: cyanobacterium, rambunctiously, turbomachinery.

 

+5 letters: corynebacterium, uncopyrightable.

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

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Alternative Orthography: INCUBATORY


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

49 4E 43 55 42 41 54 4F 52 59

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)

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

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

01001001 01001110 01000011 01010101 01000010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#78 &#67 &#85 &#66 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 0043 0055 0042 0041 0054 004F 0052 0059

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

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

43483755363554495259

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INDEX

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


  

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