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NEREIS

Definitions: NEREIS

NEREIS

Noun

1. A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.

2. A Nereid. See Nereid.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Nereis \Ne"re*is\, noun; plural Nereides. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)

 

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Crosswords: NEREIS

English words defined with "NEREIS": HeteronereisNereides, Nereidian. (references)
Etymologies containing "NEREIS": Heteronereis. (references)

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Commercial Usage: NEREIS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Nereis Boreali-Americana (Bibliotheca Phycologica, No 20) (reference)

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

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Image Slideshow: NEREIS

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: NEREIS

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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nereis

7

nereis virens

3

diversicolor nereis

3

enhydra lutris nereis

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: NEREIS

Derivations

Words beginning with "NEREIS": nereises. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "NEREIS"

Words rhyming with "NEREIS" (pronounced 'Ne"re*is'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Acropolis, Actinomycosis, Adatis, Adenitis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, Adonis, AEgis, Aerotaxis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaryllis, Amaurosis, Ambergris, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amvis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anabasis, Anacharis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Anolis, Antanaclasis, Anthemis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Anubis, Aortitis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Apheresis, Aphesis, Aphis, Apis, Apodixis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis, Aposiopesis, Apotheosis, Apothesis, Appendicitis, apsis, Arachnitis, Archebiosis, Arris, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Arthrodesis, Arthrosis, Ascariasis, Asepsis, Asterolepis, Athetosis, Atmolysis, Autocatalysis, Autogenesis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, AVIS, Avoirdupois, Bacteriolysis, Basis, Biognosis, Biolysis, Bipennis, Blastogenesis, Blepharitis, Bordelais, Brewis, Bronchitis, Burdelais, Bursitis, Butteris, Cadis, Calisthenis, Calliopsis, Camis, Canis, Cannabis, Cantoris, Capsulitis, Cardiosclerosis, Carditis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Catalysis, Catastasis, Caulis, Cellulitis, Cephalaspis, Cerebritis, Cerevis, Cerris, Chablis, Challis, Charybdis, Chemolysis, Chemosis, Chemosynthesis, Chlorosis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Chondrogenesis, Chorisis, Chromidrosis, Chrysalis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Clavis, Clematis, Clevis, Clitoris, Coenesthesis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Conjunctivitis, Coreopsis, Coronis, Crasis, Crevis, Crisis, Crois, Cucumis, Cuspis, Cyanosis, Cyclosis, Cypris, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Dais, D'ebris, Deesis, Deis, Delthyris, Dermatitis, Dermis, Dermostosis, Diagnosis, Dialysis, Diapedesis, Diaphoresis, Diaphysis, Diapophysis, Diarthrosis, Diastasis, Diathesis, Diegesis, Diesis, Digenesis, Digitalis, Dinornis, Dipsosis, Diuresis, Doris, Dysgenesis, Eblis, Ecbasis, Ecchymosis, Ecdysis, Ecphasis, Ecphonesis, Ectasis, Ecthlipsis, Ectostosis, Elaeis, Electrogenesis, Electrolysis, Elephantiasis, Ellipsis, Emesis, Emphasis, Emphyteusis, Empyesis, Empyrosis, Enantiosis, Enarthrosis, Encephalitis, Endeixis, Endocarditis, Endodermis, Endogenesis, Endometritis, Endostosis, Endysis, Entasis, Enteritis, Enuresis, Eolis, Epacris, Epanadiplosis, Epanalepsis, Epanorthosis, Ependymis, Epenthesis, Epexegesis, Ephemeris, Epididymis, Epididymitis, Epigenesis, Epiglottis, Epiornis, Epiplexis, Epipubis, Epistaxis, Epitasis, Epithesis, Epizeuxis, Epulis, Eremacausis, Eristalis, Erotesis, Eucharis, Eugenesis, Exaeresis, Exanthesis, Exegesis, Exosmosis, Exostosis, Felis, Fetis, filariasis, finis, fleur-de-lis, Funis, Gamogenesis, Gastornis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Geneagenesis, Genesis, Geognosis, Glacis, Glaucosis, Glossitis, Glottis, Glucogenesis, Gnosis, Gomphiasis, Gomphosis, Gratis, Gyrolepis, Haemapophysis, haematemesis, haematogenesis, haematolysis, haematosis, Haemocytolysis, Haemocytotrypsis, haggis, Hamamelis, helminthiasis, Hemapophysis, hematemesis, Hemerocallis, hemoptysis, hepatitis, Heterauxesis, heterogenesis, Heteronereis, Heterosis, hidrosis, Histogenesis, Histolysis, Homogenesis, Homotaxis, hydrarthrosis, hydrolysis, hydronephrosis, Hypapophysis, Hyperapophysis, Hyperinosis, Hyperkinesis, Hypinosis, HYPOCHONDRIASIS, hypodermis, hypophysis, Hyporhachis, hypostasis, hypothesis, Hypotyposis, hysteresis, ibis, Ichthyornis, ichthyosis, Idiocrasis, Illinois, Imprimis, Inermis, Interaxis, iritis, Iroquois, Isatis, ISIS, -itis, Iwis, karyokinesis, Karyostenosis, kenogenesis, keratitis, Keratonyxis, kinaesthesis, Kinetogenesis, laminitis, Lampyris, Lapis, laryngitis, Lecythis, leptomeningitis, Leucocytogenesis, Limosis, lithiasis, lordosis, Loris, Lungis, lychnis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, lysis, Machicoulis, Macrocystis, Malpais, Mammodis, Manis, mantis, Mareis, Markis, Marmorosis, Marquis, mastitis, mastoiditis, Mathesis, megalopolis, Megapolis, meiosis, melanosis, Meleagris, meningitis, Menostasis, Mephitis, Metabasis, Metabolisis, Metachrosis, metagenesis, metalepsis, metamorphosis, Metaphrasis, metaphysis, Metapophysis, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, Metemptosis, Metensomatosis, metritis, metropolis, Miamis, Microanalysis, Milreis, mimesis, Mirabilis, missis, monogenesis, Morosis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: NEREIS

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: seiner, serein, serine.

Words within the letters "e-e-i-n-r-s"

-1 letter: ernes, reins, resin, rinse, risen, seine, serin, siree, siren, sneer.

-2 letters: erne, erns, ires, rees, rein, reis, rins, rise, seen, seer, sene, sere, sine, sire.

-3 letters: ens, ere, ern, ers, ins, ire, nee, ree, rei, res, rin, see, sei, sen, ser, sin, sir, sri.

-4 letters: en, er, es, in, is, ne, re, si.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-n-r-s"
 

+1 letter: deniers, entires, entries, enviers, erepsin, ermines, eserine, greisen, henries, inheres, inverse, liernes, nereids, newsier, refines, relines, repines, rerisen, reshine, resined, retines, seiners, sereins, serines, sincere, trienes, veiners, venires, versine, weiners, wieners.

 

+2 letters: alieners, anergies, anserine, arenites, arsenide, arsenite, berlines, deerskin, definers, designer, direness, eeriness, eloiners, emersion, energids, energies, energise, enlister, enquires, enriches, enshrine, enticers, enuresis, erepsins, eringoes, errhines, eserines, esurient, eternise, eversion, feigners, ferniest, fineries, frenzies, generics, gentries, gesneria, greenies, greenish, greisens, heroines, immenser, inbreeds, increase, indexers, indorsee, infester, innerves, insecure, inserted, inserter, insetter, insphere, integers, intenser, interest, internes, intersex, inverses, isoprene, kernites, kerosine, licenser, listener, liveners, misenter, naperies, nearside, nerdiest, nereides, nereises, nerviest, nervines, neurines, niteries, oneriest, penuries, pilsener, pineries, pioneers, prerinse, rebegins, reclines, redenies, redesign, redlines, reedings, reenlist, reesting, refiners, regimens, rehinges, reinfuse, reinless, reinsert, reinsmen, reinsure, reinters, reinvest, rentiers, repiners, reseeing, resewing, reshined, reshines, resident, resigned, resigner, resinate, resupine, retinues, reunites, rewidens, rifeness, ripeners, ripeness, secretin, seigneur, sentries, serenity, serotine, severing, sewering, sheenier, sheering, sickener, silencer, silenter, sincerer, sinecure, sintered, sirvente, sneakier, sneering, sneezier, sniveler, speering, spermine, squireen, stearine, steering, sternite, teensier, terrines, trainees, trendies, trientes, uneasier, universe, uredines, veneries, verniers, vernixes, versines, vineries, weensier, wideners, wineries.

 

+3 letters: abhenries, agentries, algerines, ankerites, anorexies, anserines, antimeres, aperients, ardencies, arsenides, arsenites, baseliner, beaneries, befingers, befriends, befringes, beginners, berberins, bernicles, binderies, breedings, briefness, canneries, ceintures, centiares, centuries, cicerones, cinereous, cisternae, coinheres, congeries, creatines, creeshing, crescendi, crispened, croceines, deaneries, decliners, deerskins, dendrites, deringers, deserting, desertion, deserving, designers, detainers, dextrines, discerned, discerner, dispenser, dissenter, domineers, earliness, egressing, egression, elaterins, eloigners, emersions, enciphers, encircles, energised, energises, energizes, engineers, engirdles, enjoiners, enlisters, enquiries, enrichers, enserfing, enshrined, enshrinee, enshrines, entailers, enteritis, entropies, enuretics, ephedrins, erections, erigerons, errancies, estuarine, esurience, eternised, eternises, eternizes, eversions, examiners, exertions, exocrines, exserting, exsertion, eyeliners, eyestrain, farseeing, felonries, ferneries, festering, fieriness, fingerers, firestone, fishermen, flaneries, frenetics, garnishee, genitures, gentrices, gesneriad, gratinees, greeniest, greenings, greensick, greetings, gunneries, henneries, herniates, heronries, hinderers, incenters, increased, increaser, increases, indenters, indorsees, inertness, inexperts, infecters, inferrers, infesters, ingresses, innersole, inselberg, inserters, insetters, insincere, insphered, inspheres, intenders, interbeds, interests, interfuse, intermesh, internees, interpose, intersect, interties, inventers, inverness, inversely, inversive, invertase, inverters, irateness, ironweeds, isoprenes, iterances, jerkiness, jetliners, joineries, kerosines, knaveries, larcenies, licencers, licensers, licensure, linearise, linerless, lingerers, lingeries, listeners, meringues, merriness, mijnheers, misenters, misrender, modernise, moistener, monkeries, mutineers, narceines, nearliest, nearsides, nectaries, neoterics, nephrites, nerviness, nunneries, nurseries, oleoresin, orneriest, orogenies, overmines, passerine, pelerines, pencilers, pensioner, peperonis, peregrins, perilunes, perkiness, pestering, phrensied, phrensies, pilseners, pinsetter, piperines, pistareen, prentices, prerinses, prescient, president, preunites, primeness, princesse, progenies, readiness, recencies, recension, recessing, recession, recliners, recognise, redefines, redesigns, reediness, reedlings, reenlists, reentries, refusenik, regainers, regencies, regiments, reignites, reincites, reindeers, reindexes, reinduces, reinfects, reinfused, reinfuses, reinjects, reinjures, reinserts, reinspect, reinspire, reinstate, reinsured, reinsurer, reinsures, reinvades, reinvents, reinvests, reinvites, reinvokes, rekindles, releasing, reliances, relicense, relumines, reminders, reminisce, remoisten, renesting, reorients, replenish, replevins, rereminds, rescinded, rescinder, resealing, reseating, resecting, resection, reseeding, reseeking, reseizing, reselling, resending, resenting, reserpine, reserving, resetting, reshingle, reshoeing, residence, residency, residents, resigners, resilient, resinated, resinates, restriven, retainers, retesting, retinenes, retinites, reunifies, reuniters, reversing, reversion, revesting, rewinders, rosinweed, sceneries, schlieren, screeding, screening, scrivener, secerning, secreting, secretins, secretion, seigneurs, seigneury, sensibler, sermonize, serotines, shoreline, sickeners, sideliner, silencers, sincerely, sincerest, sinecures, sirventes, skewering, snickered, snickerer, sniggered, sniggerer, snivelers, sovereign, sparteine, speerings, spermines, spinneret, spleenier, squireens, stearines, stenchier, stenciler, stereoing, sternites, stiffener, stingaree, streeking, streeling, stridence, superfine, swineherd, syneresis, synergies, tanneries, teentsier, tenebrism, tenebrist, tenorites, tensioner, teredines, ternaries, theremins, thirteens, tinkerers, tiredness, treenails, trendiest, trephines, tribesmen, triteness, turneries, underlies, underside, undersize, undesired, universes, unrevised, unsterile, urgencies, vernicles, virescent, weariness, weirdness, westering, whiteners, winepress, winterers.

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

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Alternative Orthography: NEREIS


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

4E 45 52 45 49 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)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    .    .-.    .    ..    ...

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

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

01001110 01000101 01010010 01000101 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#69 &#82 &#69 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0045 0052 0045 0049 0053

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

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

483952394353

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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