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SCOVEL

Definition: SCOVEL

SCOVEL

Noun

1. A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Commercial Usage: SCOVEL

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Game of Life & Other Works By Florence Scovel Shinn (reference)

  • The Writings of Florence Scovel Shinn: The Game of Life and How to Play It, Your Word Is Your Wand,the Secret Door to Success, the Power of the Spok (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: SCOVEL

The following table summarizes the usage of "SCOVEL" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
ScovelLast name30027,136
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: SCOVEL

Language Translations for "SCOVEL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Rohrwischer, Ofenwäscher, Kanonenwischer. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πατσαβούρα φούρνου. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ovelscay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "SCOVEL"

Words rhyming with "SCOVEL" (pronounced 'Scov"el'): Aiel, Bejewel, Bethel, Bezel, Borel, Brotel, Brothel, Bulbel, Burel, Camel, Catel, Crewel, Dentel, Disapparel, Disbowel, Disembowel, Disgavel, Dosel, Drazel, Drotchel, Embowel, Embrothel, Enchisel, Ethel, Firmer-chisel, Frizel, Futchel, Gibel, Goel, grovel, gruel, Hamel, Hatel, Hetchel, Hitchel, Hornel, Imbowel, impanel, Javel, knawel, Koel, Lamel, Lorel, Mochel, Mosel, Muchel, New-model, nickel, Outtravel, Owel, Perel, Pointel, Pomel, Pritchel, Ratchel, ravel, Reapparel, remodel, Renovel, Reparel, ridgel, satchel, seckel, Sewel, shekel, Shewel, Sisel, Sorel, Sphacel, Standel, Stitchel, Switchel, Taxel, Tewel, Thrashel, Thrushel, Tousel, Trainel, Tripel, trowel, Unapparel, Unbowel, Wagel, Weanel, Yockel, Yuckel, Zingel, Zizel. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SCOVEL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cloves.

Words within the letters "c-e-l-o-s-v"

-1 letter: close, clove, coles, coves, loves, socle, solve, voces, voles.

-2 letters: cels, cole, cols, cove, levo, lose, love, oles, sloe, sole, voes, vole.

-3 letters: cel, col, cos, els, lev, oes, ole, ose, sec, sel, sol, voe.

-4 letters: el, es, lo, oe, os, so.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-l-o-s-v"
 

+1 letter: alcoves, clovers, coevals.

 

+2 letters: coaevals, convulse, lovesick, solvency, vacuoles, vocables, vocalise.

 

+3 letters: cavaleros, coevolves, collusive, conclaves, convolves, convulsed, convulses, costively, coveralls, coverless, coverlets, coverlids, coverslip, gavelocks, havelocks, laverocks, livestock, locatives, lovelocks, occlusive, overcalls, overcools, overscale, slipcover, violences, vocalised, vocalises, vocalizes, voiceless, volcanoes.

 

+4 letters: autoclaves, calvadoses, codevelops, cohesively, compulsive, conclusive, consultive, convalesce, conversely, convolutes, convulsive, covalences, covellines, covellites, coverslips, covetously, cowlstaves, insolvency, involucres, livestocks, mooncalves, novelistic, olivaceous, overchills, overclaims, overcleans, overclears, overclouds, overscaled, slipcovers, slivovices, solvencies, velocities, violaceous, vocalities, vocalizers.

 

+5 letters: cavernously, cloverleafs, coevalities, collectives, collusively, compulsives, convalesced, convalesces, conventuals, conversable, copulatives, corrosively, covalencies, declivitous, devocalizes, inviolacies, locomotives, novaculites, overmuscled, subvocalize, varicoceles, velocipedes, veraciously, voicelessly, vorticellas.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SCOVEL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 43 4F 56 45 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    -.-.    ---    ...-    .    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01000011 01001111 01010110 01000101 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#67 &#79 &#86 &#69 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0043 004F 0056 0045 004C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

533749563946

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Names: Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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