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Definition: POLACCA |
POLACCANoun1. See Polonaise. 2. A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees. |
Etymology: Polacca \Po*lac"ca\, noun. [Italian polacca, polaccra, polacra; compare to French polaque, polacre, Spanish polacre,] [Written also polacre.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ship | Catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft,coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel; felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe; galley, galleyfoist; bilander, dogger, hooker, howker; argosy, carack; galliass, galleon; polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow; dahabeah; nuggah; kayak, keel boat, log canoe, pirogue; |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: POLACCA |
| English words defined with "POLACCA": Polacre. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "POLACCA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Italian (polonaise). |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
1. Polacca, AZ (CDP, FIPS 56890) |
| 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 |
polacca | 16 |
polacca arizona | 11 |
az polacca | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "POLACCA" (pronounced 'Po*lac"ca'): Anasarca, Arctisca, Areca, Asarabacca, Attacca, Baraca, Barranca, Bibliotheca, Bocca, Chachalaca, Chica, Cloaca, Coca, Cuca, Dactylotheca, Fistuca, Formica, Glyptotheca, Gnathotheca, Hierotheca, Hippobosca, Inca, Lactuca, Lectica, lorica, malacca, Manca, Mattowacca, Mesotheca, mica, Mollusca, Musca, Myrica, Noctiluca, Oca, Ootheca, paca, Pataca, Perca, Phoca, Phytolacca, Pica, Pinacotheca, Plica, Podotheca, Portulaca, Postfurca, Quica, Raca, Rhamphotheca. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-l-o-p" | |
-1 letter: calpac, cloaca. | |
-2 letters: cacao, coala, copal. | |
-3 letters: caca, calo, capo, clap, clop, coal, coca, cola, loca, opal, paca. | |
-4 letters: aal, ala, alp, cap, col, cop, lac, lap, lop, oca, pac, pal, pol. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, la, lo, op, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-l-o-p" | |
+4 letters: apocalyptic, capaciously, caprolactam, cyclopaedia, plantocracy. | |
+5 letters: caprolactams, complaisance, cyclopaedias, hypocalcemia, laparoscopic, nonpractical, occupational, postvaccinal, sarcoplasmic, ultracompact. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 4F 4C 41 43 43 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-.. .- -.-. -.-. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01001111 01001100 01000001 01000011 01000011 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P O L A C C A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 004F 004C 0041 0043 0043 0041 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50494635373735 |
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