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Definitions: NYMPHA |
NYMPHANoun1. Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva. 2. Same as Nymph, 3. |
Date "NYMPHA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Etymology: Nympha \Nym"pha\, noun; plural Nymph[ae]. [Latin expression See Nymph goddess.]. (Websters 1913) |
"NYMPHA" is a common misspelling or typo for: Nymph, Nymphet. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Infant | Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: NYMPHA |
| English words defined with "NYMPHA": Nymph/. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "NYMPHA": nymph. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "NYMPHA" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (bride, nymph). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Nympha (1971) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nympha | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "NYMPHA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | Nymphe (nymph, sylph). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ymphanay nimfã (case worm, nymph), pupã. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "NYMPHA": nymphae, nymphal, nymphalid, nymphalids. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "NYMPHA" (pronounced 'Nym"pha'): Amorpha, Anthropomorpha, Bdellomorpha, Myomorpha, Ophiomorpha, Pentalpha, Pythonomorpha, Sciuromorpha, Scolecomorpha, Synalepha. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-m-n-p-y" | |
-1 letter: mynah, nymph. | |
-2 letters: hymn, many, myna. | |
-3 letters: amp, any, ham, hap, hay, hyp, man, map, may, nah, nam, nap, nay, pah, pam, pan, pay, pya, yah, yam, yap. | |
-4 letters: ah, am, an, ay, ha, hm, ma, my, na, pa, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-m-n-p-y" | |
+1 letter: nymphae, nymphal. | |
+2 letters: nymphean. | |
+3 letters: cymophane, hypomania, hypomanic, monophagy, nymphalid, paranymph, sympathin, taphonomy. | |
+4 letters: cymophanes, hypanthium, hypermania, hypermanic, hypolimnia, hypomanias, nomography, nymphalids, paranymphs, parenchyma, sympathins. | |
+5 letters: amphictyony, hymenoptera, hypermanias, hypermnesia, misanthropy, misshapenly, nymphomania, parenchymal, parenchymas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 59 4D 50 48 41 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. -.--. -- .--. .... .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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