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Definition: OCTENNIAL |
OCTENNIALAdjective1. Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years. |
Etymology: Octennial \Oc*ten"ni*al\, adjective. [Latin expression octennium period of eight years; octo eight annus year.]. (Websters 1913) |
| 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 |
domain linkdomain ms.com ms.com octennial octennial | 5 |
ms.com octennial | 2 |
link ms.com octennial | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "OCTENNIAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tetëvjetor, tetëvjeçar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | траещ осем години, осемгодишен (eight-year, eight-year old, of eight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οκταετήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyolcévenkénti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ottennale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | hoght-bleeanagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | octennialay восьмилетний. (various references) osmogodišnji, od osam godina, svake osme godine. (various references) sekiz yılda bir olan, sekiz senelik. (various references) восьмирічний. (various references) lâu tám năm, kéo dài tám năm tám năm một lần. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "OCTENNIAL" (pronounced 'Oc*ten"ni*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-n-o-t" | |
-2 letters: aconite, actinon, alencon, aloetic, ancient, antlion, cannoli, connate, contain, elation, enation, encinal, lactone, lection, toenail. | |
-3 letters: acetin, action, aeonic, alnico, ancone, anoint, atelic, atonic, canine, cannel, cannie, cannot, cantle, canton, cation, catlin, centai, cental, cineol, citola, citole, client, coital, conine, enatic, encina, enolic, entail, entoil, eolian, eonian, etalon, incant, inlace, innate, intone. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: congenital, nonelastic, nonethical, nucleation. | |
+2 letters: anticyclone, antinucleon, cancelation, condimental, congelation, containable, continental, crenelation, crenulation, declination, enucleation, intolerance, nonathletic, nonmetallic, nonmetrical, nucleations. | |
+3 letters: anticyclones, antielectron, antinucleons, antiviolence, cancelations, cancellation, coincidental, componential, conceptional, conferential, confidential, congelations, congeniality, congenitally, conglutinate, connectional, continentals, convectional, conventional, crenelations, crenellation, crenulations, declinations, enucleations, inflectional, intolerances, nonbacterial, nonidentical, nonrealistic, nontechnical, placentation, sanctionable, uninoculated, unnoticeable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 43 54 45 4E 4E 49 41 4C |
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