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MEMBRANACEOUS

Definitions: MEMBRANACEOUS

MEMBRANACEOUS

Adjective

1. Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar.

2. Same as Membranous.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Membranaceous \Mem`bra*na"ceous\, adjective. [Latin expression membranaceus.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: MEMBRANACEOUS

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Science

Parchment-like. (references)

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

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Crosswords: MEMBRANACEOUS

English words defined with "MEMBRANACEOUS": Bladdor sennaEpiphragm. (references)

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Modern Translations: MEMBRANACEOUS

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

Danish

  

membranoes afskalning (membranaceous desquamation), caput membranaceum (membranaceous head). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

desquamatio membranacea (membranaceous desquamation). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پرده غشاءی . (various references)

   

French

  

desquamation en lambeaux (membranaceous desquamation), crâne membraneux (membranaceous head). (various references)

   

German

  

Kautschukschädel (membranaceous head), Desquamatio membranacea (membranaceous desquamation), Caput membranaceum (membranaceous head). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μεμβρανώδης κεφαλή (membranaceous head), απολέπισις κατά φολίδας ή μεμβράνας (membranaceous desquamation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hártyás (filmy, membraneous, membranous, skinny, tunicate). (various references)

   

Italian

  

desquamazione membranacea (membranaceous desquamation), cranio membranoso (membranaceous head). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

embranaceousmay

   

Portuguese

  

descamação membranácea (membranaceous desquamation), crânio membranoso (membranaceous head). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

descamación membranácea (membranaceous desquamation), cráneo membranoso (membranaceous head). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "MEMBRANACEOUS"

Words rhyming with "MEMBRANACEOUS" (pronounced 'Mem`bra*na"ceous'): Acanthaceous, Acinaceous, Alliaceous, Alutaceous, Amarantaceous, Amentaceous, Ampullaceous, Amygdalaceous, Amylaceous, Anacardiaceous, Anonaceous, Apiaceous, Araceous, Arenaceous, Argillaceous, Arundinaceous, Asclepiadaceous, Atramentaceous, Aurantiaceous, Avenaceous, Bignoniaceous, Boraginaceous, Brassicaceous, Bromeliaceous, Bulbaceous, Butyraceous, Byssaceous, Cactaceous, Calcareo-siliceous, Campanulaceous, Camphoraceous, Capillaceous, Caryophyllaceous, Cepaceous, Ceraceous, Cetaceous, Chartaceous, Chylaceous, Cichoraceous, Cinchonaceous, Cineraceous, Confervaceous, Convolvulaceous, Corallaceous, Coriaceous, Corollaceous, Croceous, Crustaceous, Cucurbitaceous, Cycadaceous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: MEMBRANACEOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-m-m-n-o-r-s-u"

-3 letters: arenaceous, cumbersome, membranous.

-4 letters: anaerobes, cameramen, comembers, encumbers, membranes.

-5 letters: abomasum, amoebean, anaerobe, araceous, arcanums, bouncers, caesurae, cerumens, cesarean, coenures, comember, communes, consumer, cramboes, embraces, enamours, encumber, macrames, macumbas, marabous, membrane, menacers, mucrones, nacreous, neuromas, obscener, racemose, racemous, resummon, romances, seaborne, summoner, unbraces.

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

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Alternative Orthography: MEMBRANACEOUS


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

4D 45 4D 42 52 41 4E 41 43 45 4F 55 53

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)

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

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