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Definitions: NEBULOSITY |
NEBULOSITYNoun1. A nebula. 2. The stuff of which a nebula is formed. 3. The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; hazeness; mistiness; nebulousness. |
Date "NEBULOSITY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1835. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bubble | Nebula; cloudliness. (opacity); nebulosity. (dimness). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "NEBULOSITY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "NEBULOSITY" is used about 6 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "NEBULOSITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mjegullnajë (nebula), mjegullim (blur, haze, haziness), lëndë mjegullore. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мъглявост (fog, haziness, mistiness, obscurity), мъглявина (dullness, mist, nebula). (various references) | |
Danish | tåget vejr (cloudiness), diset vejr (cloudiness). (various references) | |
Dutch | bewolktheid (cloudiness), bewolkingsgraad (cloudiness), bewolking (cloudiness). (various references) | |
French | nébulosité. (various references) | |
German | Nebligkeit (mistiness). (various references) | |
Greek | νέφωση (cloudiness, nebulousness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ערפיליות (fogginess, mistiness), אי ב"ירות (obscurity). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ködfoltosság, ködösség (blur, fogginess, haziness, mistiness), homályosság (ambiguity, blur, dullness, duskiness, haziness, murkiness, obscurity, opacity, tarnish, turbidity). (various references) | |
Italian | nebulosit (cloudiness, haziness). (various references) | |
Manx | neealaght, bodjallaght (cloud cover). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ebulositynay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nebulosidade (cloudiness, haziness, nebulous), leve opacidade da córnea. (various references) | |
Romanian | nebulozitate (haziness, nebulousness). (various references) | |
Russian | туманность (fogginess, haziness, mistiness, nebula, turbidity), облачность (cloudiness, overcast), неясность (ambiguity, haziness, obscurity, opacity, vagueness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nejasnost (dimness, obscurity), nebuloznost, maglovitost (dimness, fogginess, haziness, mist, mistiness, vagueness). (various references) | |
Spanish | nubosidad (cloud phenomena, cloudiness), nebulosidad (fogginess), cantidad de nubes (cloudiness). (various references) | |
Thai | กลุ่มแก๊ซในอวกาศ. (various references) | |
Ukranian | розпливчастість, хмарність (cloudiness), туманність (fogginess, haziness, nebula, opacity, turbidity), неясність (ambiguity, fog, fogginess, fuzziness, obscureness, obscurity, opacity), нечіткість (illegibility), непевність (generality). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mây mù tính chất mờ đục. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"NEBULOSITY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nabulsi, nebulocity, nebulosa, nebulosities. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "NEBULOSITY" (pronounced 'Neb`u*los"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability, Alterity, Alternity, Amability, Ambidexterity, Ambiguity, Amenability, Amenity, Amiability, Amicability, Amissibility, Amity, Amorosity, Amovability, Anaplasty, Anfractuosity, Anglicity, Angularity, Angulosity, Anility, Animality, Animosity, Annuity, Annularity, Anonymity, Anteriority, Antiquity, Anxiety, Appetibility, Applicability, Apprehensibiity, Approachability, Appropinquity, Apriority, Aqueity, Aquosity, Aridity, Artificiality, Asininity, Asperity, Assiduity, Assignability, Assimilability, Associability, Astucity, Atomicity, Atrocity, Attainability, Attractability, Attractivity, Audacity, Audibility, Austerity, Authenticity, Authority, Autoplasty, Autostability, availability, Avidity, Banality, Barbarity, Basicity, Batty, BEAUTY, Benignity, Bestiality, Betty, Bibacity, Biblicality, Biformity, Bilaterality, Biplicity, Bipolarity, Bolty, Booty, BOUNTY, Brevity, Bridalty, Brutality, Butty, Caducity, Calamity, Calidity, Caliginosity, Callidity, Callosity, Caloricity, Canonicity, Canthoplasty, Canty, Capability, Capacity, Capillarity, Captivity, Cariosity, Carnality, Carnivoracity, Carnosity, Casualty, Catholicity, Catty, Causality, Cavity, Cecity, Celebrity, Celerity, Centrality, Centricity, Cerebricity, Certainty, Champerty, Changeability, Charity, Chastity, Cheiloplasty, Christianity, Circuity, Circularity, Circumstantiality, Civillty, Clandestinity, Clarity, Clericity, Clivity, Clotty, Coactivity, Coagulability, Coequality, Coessentiality, Coeternity, Cogitability, Cognoscibility, Cohesibility, Collectivity, Colloidality, Columnarity, Combustibility, Comicality, Comity, Commensality, Commensurability, Commodity, Commonalty, Commonty, Communicability, Community, Commutability, Compaternity, Compatibility, Complexity, Complicity, Comprehensibility, Compressibility, Concavity, Concentricity, Conceptibility, Concinnity, Condensability, Condignity, Conditionality, Conducibility, Conductibility, Conductivity, Confinity, Confluxibility, Conformability, Conformity, Confraternity, Confusability, Congeniality, Congruity, Conicality, Conjugality, Connaturality, Connubiality, Consanguinity, Consentaneity, Conspectuity, Conspicuity, Constitutionality, Consubstantiality, Contemporaneity, Contemptibility, Contiguity, Continuity, Contractibility, Contractility, Contrariety, Controllability, Conventionality, Convertibility, Convexity, Convicinity, Conviviality, Cordiality, Coreplasty, Corporality, Corporeality, Corporeity, Corrigibility, Corrodibility, Corrosibility, Corruptibility, Cosurety, Cotqueanity, County, Credibility, Credulity, Criminality, Crinosity, Crocodility, Crudity, Cruelty, Cullibility, Culpability, Cupidity, Curability, Curiality, Curiosity, Curvilinearity, Curvity, Cutty, Cylindricity, Cytty, Damnability, Debility, Debonairity, Deceptivity, Deciduity, Declivity, Deducibility, Defectibility, Defectuosity, Defensibility, Deflagrability, Deformity, Deiformity, Deity, Demisability, Democraty, Demonstrability, Demurity, Density, Deplorability, Depravity, Deputy, Descendibility, Desirability, Despicability, Destructibility, Deteriority, Determinability, Detestability, Devexity, Devotionality, Dexterity, Dextrality, Diaphaneity, Dibasicity, Dicacity, Didacticity, Difficulty, Difformity, Diffusibility, Diffusivity, Digestibility, Dignity, Dilatability, Dimensity, Dimity, Disability, Disassiduity, Discommodity, Discommunity, Disconformity, Discongruity, Discontinuity, Discoverability, Disensanity, Disformity, Dishonesty, Disingenuity, Disloyalty, Disparity, Disproperty, Disputacity, Disquantity, Disreputability, Disrespectability, Dissimilarity, Dissipativity, Dissociability, Dissolubility, Dissolvability, Distensibility, Disunity, Diuturnity, Diversifiability, Diversity, Divinity, Divisibility, Docility, Docity, Domesticity, Dotty, Doty, Doughty, Drasty, Duality, Dubiety, Dubiosity, Ductility, Duplicity, Durability, Durity, Duty, Dynasty, Ebriety, Ebriosity, Eccentricity, Edacity, Edibility, Educability, Efficacity, Effumability, Egality, Egoity, Elasticity, Electorality, Elementality, Elementarity, Eligibility, Ellipticity, Emotivity, Empty, Enmity, Enomoty, Enormity, Entierty, Entirety, Entity, Ephoralty, Epulosity, Equability, Equality, Equanimity, Equilibrity, Equity, Erectility, Essentiality, Eternity. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-n-o-s-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: botulins, bounties, bustline, elutions, nubilose, obtusely, outlines, tensibly. | |
-3 letters: boletus, boniest, botulin, bylines, elusion, elution, entoils, luniest, luteins, noblest, obesity, outlies, outline, stonily, subline, subtile, subtone, sunbelt, tylosin, unbelts, unblest, unbolts, utensil. | |
-4 letters: betons, betony, bionts, blites, blouse, blousy, bluest, bluesy, bluets, blueys, blunts, boites, boleti, botels, boules, bounty, busily, bustle, buteos, butles, butyls, byline, elints, eloins, enlist, ensoul, entoil, inlets, insole, insoul, insult, lenity, lentos, lesion, linsey, listen, louies, lunets, lunies, lutein, lysine, nebuly, nobles, nosily, nubile, obelus, obtuse, oleins, outbye, outlie, outsin, silent, snouty, sobeit, solute, stolen, stoney, subito, sublet, sublot, subnet, subtle, subtly, sunlit, telson, tenuis, tinsel, tobies, toiles, tonsil, tousle, ubiety, unbelt, unbolt, unites, unties. | |
-5 letters: belts, bents, besot, beton, biles, bines, bints, biont, bison, bites, bitsy, blent, blest, blets, blite, blots, blues, bluet, bluey, blunt, boils, boite, boles, bolts, bolus, bones, boney, bonus, bosun, botel, boule, bouse, bousy, bouts, built, bunts, buoys, busty, buteo, butes, butle, butyl, bytes, ebons, ebony, elint, eloin, enols, eosin, etuis, ileus, inbye, inlet, inset, islet, istle, lenis, lenos, lento, liens, lieus, lines, liney, linos, lints, linty, lions, lobes, loins, lotus, louie, louis, louse, lousy, louts, lubes, lunes, lunet, lunts, lusty, lutes, lysin, neist, nites, noble, nobly, noels, noils, noily, noise, noisy, nosey, notes, nutsy, obeli, obeys, obits, olein, onset, ousel, outby, senti, seton, sibyl, silty, snout, solei, sonly, stein, steno, stile, stole, stone, stony, style, styli, suety, suint, suite, teloi, telos, tiles, tines, toile, toils, toles, tolus, tones, toney, tonus, touse, tubes, tules, tunes, tynes, unite, units, unity, unlet, unlit, unset, untie, until, utile, yetis, yonis, youse, yules. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-l-n-o-s-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: isobutylene. | |
+2 letters: isobutylenes, questionably. | |
+3 letters: subordinately, unobtrusively. | |
+4 letters: polybutadienes, unquestionably. | |
+5 letters: insubordinately. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 42 55 4C 4F 53 49 54 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . -... ..- .-.. --- ... .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01000010 01010101 01001100 01001111 01010011 01001001 01010100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E B U L O S I T Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0042 0055 004C 004F 0053 0049 0054 0059 |
| 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)48393655464953435459 |
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