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Definition: SARCINA |
SARCINANoun1. A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group. |
Date "SARCINA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Etymology: Sarcina \Sar*ci"na\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression of flesh, from sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A genus of gram-positive, anaerobic bacteria whose organisms divide in three perpendicular planes and occur in packets of eight or more cells. It has been isolated from soil, grains, and clinical specimens. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SARCINA |
| English words defined with "SARCINA": Sarcina form. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SARCINA" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (bundle, burden, load, pack). |
Expression using "SARCINA": Sarcina form. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
sarcina | 12 |
lutea sarcina | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "SARCINA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 八 球菌属. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arcinasay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "SARCINA" (pronounced 'Sar*ci"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Discina, Diurna, Donna, Dracaena, Duenna, Echidna, Erythrina, Etna, Farina, Fauna, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Guana, Guna, Haematophlina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, Hydrina, HYENA, iguana, Ingena, Jambolana, Kerana, Khenna, Krishna, lacuna, Lagena, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna, Madonna, Madrina, manna, Marena, Marikina, Meandrina, melaena, melena, Meminna, Mishna, Molybdena, Mona, Monorhina, Muraena, myna, Nagana, Nemertina, Neritina, Ngina, Nicotiana, Nirvana, Ocarina, Oculina, Orbulina, ozena, Paludina, Parapherna, Pedicellina, Pediculina, Penna, Persona, Phagedena, Phalaena, Philopena, Piscina, Poinciana, Polycystina, Pomona, Pseudo-china, Pseudo-galena, Puna, Purana, Pyrena, Quinquina, Rana, Salamandrina, Salina, savanna, scarlatina, Scena, semolina, senna, Seraphina, sienna, signorina, Sonatina, Strepsorhina, sultana, Sunna, Tel-el-Amarna, Tellina, Thana, tramontana, trichina, Tridacna, Trona, ulna, Vaccina, Vacuna, vagina, Varuna, Velutina, Vena, Vitrina, Vitro-di-trina, Wenona, Zenana, Zona. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: acrasin, arnicas, carinas. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: acinar, arnica, cairns, carina, crania, nairas. | |
-2 letters: acari, airns, arias, cains, cairn, carns, naira, narcs, naric, naris, raias, rains, ranis, sacra, saran, sarin. | |
-3 letters: ains, airn, airs, anas, anis, ansa, arcs, aria, asci, cain, cans, carn, cars, casa, cris, narc, raia, rain, rani, rias, rins, sain, sari, scan, scar. | |
-4 letters: aas, ain, air, ais, ana, ani, arc, ars, can, car, cis, ins, ran, ras, ria, rin, sac, sic, sin, sir, sri. | |
-5 letters: aa, ai, an, ar, as, in, is, na, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: acarines, acrasins, canaries, carabins, cesarian, czarinas, ocarinas. | |
+2 letters: acaridans, anacrusis, anarchies, anarchism, anarchist, arachnids, arcadians, arcadings, armonicas, arsenical, ascertain, barbicans, braincase, brainiacs, caesarian, cantharis, cantraips, caparison, carabines, carangids, cardigans, cardinals, carnivals, casuarina, cesarians, chairmans, characins, cinnabars, craniates, macaronis, marocains, paranoics, radiances, radicands, raincoats, saccharin, sacristan, sectarian, variances. | |
+3 letters: anarchisms, anarchists, anticaries, antiracism, antiracist, arachnoids, archaising, arsenicals, ascertains, braincases, caesarians, caparisons, carabiners, carbanions, carcinomas, carnassial, carnations, carnelians, castrating, castration, casuarinas, catenaries, chinawares, cinerarias, cnidarians, discarnate, fabricants, fascinator, harmonicas, incarnates, macaronics, macaronies, maraschino, mascaraing, massacring, naviculars, paranoiacs, patricians, radiancies, rampancies, ransacking, saccharine, saccharins, sacristans, sarracenia, scarlatina, sectarians, tarriances, vagrancies, vicariants. | |
+4 letters: aberrancies, abreactions, abstracting, abstraction, aeronautics, affirmances, anachronism, anarchistic, ancillaries, anthracites, antiracisms, antiracists, ascertained, astronautic, attractions, bacitracins, batrachians, berascaling, cadaverines, campaigners, cantatrices, cantharides, caparisoned, carabineers, carabineros, carabiniers, caretakings, carjackings, carnalities, carnallites, carnassials, castrations, catarrhines, ceratopsian, christiania, contrarians, covariances, crackbrains, culinarians, deracinates, farinaceous, fascinators, flagrancies, fragrancies, fricandeaus, handicrafts, increasable, invariances, irradiances, lacerations, macerations, machinators, maraschinos, microfaunas, nasogastric, oceanariums, pancratiums, pancreatins, parcenaries, postcranial, pyromaniacs, radicalness, rapscallion, reacquaints, recanalizes, renaissance, sanctuaries, sarracenias, saurischian, scabbarding, scarlatinal, scarlatinas, tetracaines, thrasonical, transacting, transaction, transuranic, vacationers, vaccinators, vicariances. | |
+5 letters: abecedarians, absorbancies, abstractions, acriflavines, aerodynamics, alcyonarians, altercations, anachronisms, anacreontics, annunciators, anticipators, antimacassar, antipiracies, archdiocesan, archosaurian, ascertaining, astronautics, astronomical, bicarbonates, brachiations, broadcasting, calibrations, calumniators, candidatures, cantharidins, caparisoning, caramelising, caravanserai, carbonations, cardinalates, cardinalship, carminatives, carrageenins, centenarians, ceratopsians, chairmanship, chamberlains, charlatanism, christianias, clairvoyants, coarctations, covariations, craniosacral, declarations, demarcations, emancipators, eradications, fabrications, fractionates, handicappers, hypercapnias, inaccuracies, incarcerates, incarnadines, incarnations, interactants, intercalates, intercoastal, lacrimations, matriculants, microanalyst, micromanages, naturalistic, nonparasitic, nonsectarian, pancreatitis, pantisocracy, paronomastic, participants, racewalkings, radicalising, radiocarbons, rapscallions, rarefactions, ratiocinates, recantations, reclamations, reescalating, reescalation, reincarnates, renaissances, revaccinates, saccharinity, safecracking, sardonically, saurischians, scatteration, scatterbrain, sectarianism, sectarianize, subantarctic, subarachnoid, sugarcoating, tracklayings, tradescantia, transactions, transoceanic, transpacific, transuranics, uncinariases, uncinariasis, vaticinators. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 41 52 43 49 4E 41 |
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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)01010011 01000001 01010010 01000011 01001001 01001110 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S A R C I N A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0041 0052 0043 0049 004E 0041 |
| 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)53355237434835 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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