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Definition: OBSIDIONAL |
OBSIDIONALAdjective1. Of or pertaining to a siege. |
Date "OBSIDIONAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Etymology: Obsidional \Ob*sid"i*o*nal\, adjective. [Latin expression obsidionalis, from obsidio siege, obsidere to besiege: compare to French obsidional. See Obsess.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attack | Adjective: attacking;Verb: aggressive, offensive, obsidional. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: OBSIDIONAL |
| English words defined with "OBSIDIONAL": Obsidional crown. (references) |
Expression using "OBSIDIONAL": Obsidional crown. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
obsidional | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "OBSIDIONAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hebrew | תוקפני (aggressive, bellicose, pugnacious, truculent). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | obsidionalay облоговий (battering), переслідуючий. (various references) | ||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "OBSIDIONAL" (pronounced 'Ob*sid"i*o*nal'): Abactinal, Abhominal, Actinal, Adnominal, Adrenal, Affinal, Agminal, Altitudinal, Amblygonal, Ammonal, Anal, Annal, Antennal, Aptitudinal, Archidiaconal, Arsenal, Asternal, Attitudinal, Autumnal, Binal, Binominal, Buccinal, Cacuminal, Caninal, Carnal, Cerebro-spinal, Circinal, Clinodiagonal, Coeternal, Communal, Concubinal, Consuetudinal, Conterminal, Crinal, Crumenal, Culminal, Decagonal, Decanal, Fidicinal, final, fraternal, Gastroduodenal, gastrointestinal, Geanticlinal, Geminal, Geosynclinal, hexagonal, hibernal, hymnal, Infraspinal. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-i-i-l-n-o-o-s" | |
-2 letters: biosolid, diabolos, obsidian. | |
-3 letters: aiblins, albinos, diabolo, diobols, doblons, ladinos, liaison, lianoid, libidos, oodlins, sialoid. | |
-4 letters: ablins, adobos, adonis, aiolis, albino, alibis, aloins, basion, bialis, bindis, blains, blinds, blinis, blonds, bloods, bolson, bonsai, danios, diobol, doblas, doblon, dobson, iliads, indols, inlaid, iodins, island, ladino, libido, saloon, sialid, soland, solano, soldan, solidi, solion. | |
-5 letters: aboil. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-i-i-l-n-o-o-s" | |
+4 letters: alloantibodies, biconditionals. | |
+5 letters: bowdlerizations, demobilizations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 42 53 49 44 49 4F 4E 41 4C |
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