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INFILTRATIVE

Definition: INFILTRATIVE

INFILTRATIVE

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to infiltration.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonym: INFILTRATIVE

Synonym by domain: infiltrative bronchitis (medicine).

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Usage Frequency: INFILTRATIVE

"INFILTRATIVE" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "INFILTRATIVE" is used about 8 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%8124,375

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

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Modern Translations: INFILTRATIVE

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

Danish

  

infiltrativ bronchit (infiltrative bronchitis). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

infiltratieve bronchitis (infiltrative bronchitis). (various references)

   

French

  

bronchite infiltrante (infiltrative bronchitis). (various references)

   

German

  

Bronchitis infiltrativa (infiltrative bronchitis). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διηθητικόσ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

bronchite infiltrante (infiltrative bronchitis). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

infiltrativeay

   

Portuguese

  

bronquite infiltrante (infiltrative bronchitis). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bronquitis infiltrante (infiltrative bronchitis). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "INFILTRATIVE"

Words rhyming with "INFILTRATIVE" (pronounced 'In*fil"tra*tive'): Abdicative, Abditive, Abirritative, Abjunctive, Abnegative, Abrogative, Absorptive, Abstractive, Accelerative, Accompletive, Accretive, Accumulative, Acervative, Acquisitive, Active, Adaptative, Additive, Adductive, Adjudicative, Administrative, Admirative, Admonitive, Adscriptive, Adumbrative, Affective, Affinitative, Affinitive, Afflictive, Afformative, Agglomerative, Agglutinative, Aggravative, Aggregative, Agitative, Alleviative, Alliterative, Altercative, Amalgamative, Amative, Ambulative, Ameliorative, Ampliative, Amplificative, Animative, Annihilative, Annotative, Annunciative, Anticipative, Aperitive, Appetitive. (additional references)

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Anagrams: INFILTRATIVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-i-i-l-n-r-t-t-v"

-2 letters: infiltrate.

-3 letters: trivalent.

-4 letters: antileft, antilife, filtrate, flintier, inertial, inflater, initiate, interval, invirile, literati, vilifier, vinifera.

-5 letters: airlift, airline, fainter, fattier, filiate, firelit, flatten, flatter, flavine, flitter, inertia, inflate, initial, intitle, intreat, invital, inviter, iterant, latrine, lintier, nattier, niftier, nitrate, nitrile, nitrite, nittier, ratline, ravelin, reliant, retinal, rilievi, tertial, tertian, trenail, trivial, ventail, ventral.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-i-i-l-n-r-t-t-v"
 

+5 letters: overfertilization.

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

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Alternative Orthography: INFILTRATIVE


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

49 4E 46 49 4C 54 52 41 54 49 56 45

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 01000110 01001001 01001100 01010100 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 0046 0049 004C 0054 0052 0041 0054 0049 0056 0045

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

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

434840434654523554435639

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INDEX

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


  

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