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"RAPTORS" is a plural of: raptor. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Birds that hunt and kill other animals, especially higher vertebrates, for food. They include the Falconiformes group, or diurnal birds of prey, comprised of eagles, falcons, hawks, and others, as well as the Strigiformes group, or nocturnal birds of prey, which includes OWLS. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Severity | Tyrant, disciplinarian, precisian, martinet, stickler, bashaw, despot, hard master, Draco, oppressor, inquisitor, extortioner, harpy, vulture; accipitres, birds of prey, raptorials, raptors. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: RAPTORS |
| Specialty definitions using "RAPTORS": Owls. (references) |
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Theater & Movies | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | F-22 Raptors fly over the California landscape. |  | Raptor 4001 completes its 300th flight hour with Lockheed Martin test pilot Paul Metz at the controls. Currently, the F-22 flight test fleet of three Raptors have logged 620 flight hours. (U.S. Air Force p.; photo by Judson Brohmer) |
 | Raptors on the prowl. |  | The F-22 Raptor successfully completed the 16th load static test recently. There are three more tests left in the process to certify the strength of the Raptors airframe. (Courtesy photo). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "RAPTORS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "RAPTORS" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 35 | 58,339 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "RAPTORS": velociraptors. (additional references) | |
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"RAPTORS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rapator, rapoor, rapor, raptore, raptores, raptur, reutors, ruptor. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "RAPTORS" (pronounced ra"pterz) |
| 5 | -a" p t er z | adapters, captors, chapters. |
| 4 | -p t er z | helicopters, interceptors, receptors, sculptors. |
| 3 | -t er z | abductors, accelerometers, accumulators, actors, actuators, adjusters, administers, administrators, agitators, alligators, allocators, altars, alters, ammeters, amphitheaters, ancestors, animators, anteaters, applicators, appropriators, arbiters, arbitrators, asters, auditors, aviators, babysitters, backwaters, barometers, barristers, batters, beaters, benefactors, betters, bettors, bitters, blisters, blockbusters, boaters, bolsters, boosters, broadcasters, burgomasters, busters, butters, calculators, canisters, cannisters, capacitors, carburetors, carpenters, carters, casters, caters, catheters, centers, centimeters, centres, characters, charters, cheaters, chiropractors, cloisters, clusters, coasters, cogenerators, collaborators, collectors, comforters, commentators, communicators, commuters, competitors, computers, conductors, connectors, conservators, consolidators, conspirators, constrictors, constructors, contractors, contributors, converters, coordinators, copywriters, counterfeiters, counters, covenanters, craters, creators, creditors, critters, curators, cutters, daughters, debaters, debtors, decorators, defaulters, defectors, defibrillators, demonstrators, depositors, deserters, detectors, detonators, detractors, dictators, dieters, directors, disasters, discounters, dissenters, distributors, doctors, dosimeters, doubters, drafters, drifters, dumpsters, dusters, eaters, editors, educators, elaters, electors, elevators, enchanters, encounters, enters, escalators, esters, estimators, excavators, executors, exhibitors, experimenters, exporters, exterminators, fabricators, facilitators, factors, falters, fetters, fighters, filibusters, filters, firefighters, floaters, floodwaters, flutters, forecasters, foresters, fosters, frankfurters, freighters, gangbusters, gangsters, garters, gators, generators, getters, gladiators, glitters, granddaughters, grantors, gunfighters, gutters, halters, hamsters, harvesters, haters, headhunters, headquarters, headwaters, heaters, hindquarters, hitters, hooters, hucksters, hunters, illustrators, imitators, impersonators, importers, impostors, incinerators, incubators, indicators, infiltrators, inhibitors, initiators, injectors, innovators, inquisitors, inspectors, instigators, instructors, insulators, integrators, interlocutors, interpreters, interrogators, inventors, investigators, investors, irrigators, janitors, jitters, kilometers, lamplighters, legislators, letters, lifters, lighters, linters, liquidators, liters, litigators, litters, lobsters, looters, magnetometers, malefactors, manipulators, marketers, martyrs, masters, matters, mediators, mentors, meters, microcomputers, microliters, milliliters, millimeters, minicomputers, ministers, misters, mobsters, moderators, molesters, monitors, monsters, mortars, motors, musters, mutters, narrators, navigators, negotiators, nesters, newscasters, newsletters, objectors, odometers, oldsters, operators, orators, orbiters, originators, oscillators, otters, overnighters, oysters, painters, parameters, pastors, perimeters, perpetrators, persecutors, Peters, picketers, pilasters, planters, plasters, platters, plotters, pointers, pollsters, polluters, polyesters, porters, posters, postmasters, potters, predators, predictors, presenters, printers, proctors, projectors, promoters, proprietors, prosecutors, prospectors, protectors, protesters, protestors, psalters, putters, quarters, quilters, quitters, radiators, rafters, raters, reactors, realtors, recruiters, refractors, refrigerators, registers, regulators, rehabilitators, renovators, renters, repeaters, reporters, resistors, respirators, rioters, roasters, roosters, rooters, rosters, rotors, Salters, scooters, scouters, screenwriters, scriptwriters, sectors, seedeaters, semesters, semiconductors, senators, sequesters, sequiturs, setters, sharpshooters, shatters, shelters, shooters, shoplifters, shutters, shysters, simulators, sisters, sitters, skaters, skeeters, skywriters, slaughters, smelters, solicitors, songwriters, sorters, spatters, spectators, speculators, speechwriters, sportscasters, sportswriters, spotters, sprinters, sputters, squatters, starters, staters, stentors, stepdaughters, stepsisters, stimulators, stonecutters, stutters, subcontractors, suitors, supercomputers, superconductors, superminicomputers, supporters, sweaters, syndicators, tartars, tasters, tatars, tatters, teamsters, teeters, telecommuters, telemarketers, testers, theaters, theatres, thermometers, thrusters, toasters, tormentors, tractors, traitors, transistors, translators, transmitters, transporters, treaters, tricksters, tutors, twisters, typewriters, underwriters, utters, vectors, Venters, victors, violators, visitors, voters, waiters, wasters, waters, weightlifters, wildcatters, winters, writers, yachters, youngsters. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: parrots. | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: parrot, pastor, raptor, rostra, sartor. | |
-2 letters: aport, parrs, parts, ports, praos, prats, proas, prost, ratos, roars, roast, rotas, sapor, sport, sprat, strap, strop, taros, tarps, toras, traps. | |
-3 letters: arts, atop, oars, oast, oats, opts, orra, orts, osar, parr, pars, part, past, pats, port, post, pots, prao, prat, proa, pros, raps, rapt, rasp, rato. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: airports, carports, portrays, praetors, prorates, rapports. | |
+2 letters: aspirator, foreparts, operators, parrokets, parroters, perorates, portraits, predators, priorates, pronators, prosateur, prostrate, protostar, protracts, pterosaur, rapturous, separator, spearwort, teardrops, transport, trapdoors, traprocks. | |
+3 letters: apparitors, arthropods, aspirators, carrottops, cartoppers, copartners, imperators, inspirator, paratroops, patrollers, perborates, perforates, permafrost, personator, porterages, portrayals, portrayers, postarrest, preformats, prestorage, pretorians, procreates, pronatores, prorations, prorogates, prosateurs, prostrated, prostrates, protostars, pterosaurs, reoperates, reportages, reprobates, respirator, retropacks, scriptoria, separators, spearworts, sportswear, tetraspore, transpolar, transports. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 41 50 54 4F 52 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- .--. - --- .-. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000001 01010000 01010100 01001111 01010010 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R A P T O R S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0041 0050 0054 004F 0052 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52355054495253 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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