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Definition: SNAIL SHELL |
SNAIL SHELL1. (Zo["o]l.), the shell of snail. |
Crosswords: SNAIL SHELL |
| English words defined with "SNAIL SHELL": Cochleated, corkscrew flower ♦ Dodman ♦ Helicoid ♦ Phaseolus caracalla ♦ snail bean, snail flower, snailflower ♦ Vigna caracalla. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SNAIL SHELL": Cochlea, Cochleary. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The bones pass the vibrations of sound waves to a small organ in the hearing part of the inner ear called the cochlea, which is a coiled structure like a snail shell. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
snail shell | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SNAIL SHELL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | Schneckenhaus (shell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ailsnay ellshay concha de caracol. (various references) salyangoz kabuğu, sümüklüböcek kabuğu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cochlea. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-l-l-l-n-s-s" | |
-2 letters: ainsells, sensilla. | |
-3 letters: ainsell, hallels, hansels, hessian, illness, inhales, lashins, salines, sallies, sheilas, silanes. | |
-4 letters: aisles, aliens, alines, allies, anises, elains, hallel, hansel, hanses, hassel, hassle, inhale, lashes, lassie, lianes, lienal, lineal, lisles, saline, sanies, sansei, selahs, shales, sheals, sheila, shells, shiels, shills, shines, silane, snails, snells. | |
-5 letters: aisle, alien, aline, anile, anils, anise. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4E 41 49 4C 53 48 45 4C 4C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001110 01000001 01001001 01001100 00100000 01010011 01001000 01000101 01001100 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S N A I L   S H E L L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004E 0041 0049 004C 0053 0048 0045 004C 004C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)534835434625342394646 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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