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TAIL COVERTS

Definition: TAIL COVERTS

TAIL COVERTS

1. (Zo["o]l.), the feathers which cover the bases of the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills are called the upper tail coverts , and those below, the under tail coverts .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: TAIL COVERTS

English words defined with "TAIL COVERTS": Crissal, CrissumEvening grosbeakLyre birdMagnolia warblerTailor birdUpper covertVanjasWall creeperZebra parrakeet. (references)

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Expressions: TAIL COVERTS

Expressions using "TAIL COVERTS": under tail coverts upper tail coverts. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translations: TAIL COVERTS

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

Manx

  

coodagh eaghtyr drommey. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ailtay overtscay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TAIL COVERTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-o-r-s-t-t-v"

-2 letters: locatives, loricates, sclerotia, sectorial, vectorial, verticals, violaters.

-3 letters: articles, calories, calottes, carioles, cavettos, cavilers, citators, citrates, clatters, claviers, cloister, coaliest, coistrel, costlier, cottiers, cristate, erotical, evictors, lattices, levators, locaters, locative, loricate, overacts, overcast, oversalt, recitals, ricottas, rotative, scattier, sectoral, societal, sterical, tertials, toastier, totalise, tractile, tractive, travoise, triolets, valorise, varicose, varioles, vertical, viatores, violater, violates, visceral, vocalise, vocalist, vortical, vortices, votaries, votarist.

-4 letters: actives, alcoves, aloetic, altoist, article, artiest, artiste, astrict, attires, avocets, calorie, calotte, cariole, cartels, carvels, cattier, catties, cavetti, cavetto, caviler, cavorts, celosia, citator, citolas, citoles, citrals, citrate, clarets, claries, claroes, clatter, clavers, clavier, clivers, clovers, coalers, coalier, coaster, coaters, coevals, coilers, colters, corslet, corvets, costate, costive, costrel, cottars, cotters, cottier, coverts, crestal, cristae, eclairs, elastic, erotica, erotics, escolar, estival, estriol, evictor, iratest, isolate, laciest, lactose, latices, lattice, lectors, levator, lictors, litotes, litters, locater, locates, loiters, loricae, octaves, oracles, oralist, ovaries, overact, overlit, raciest, ratites, rattles, realist, recital, recoals, recoils, relicts, retails, revisal, revolts, rialtos, ricotta, rotates, saltier, saltire, scalier, scarlet, scatter, scoriae, scottie, scrotal, settlor, slatier, slitter, solacer, solvate, starlet, starlit, startle, statice, stative, stearic, stoical, striate, tactile, tailers, tailors, talcose, tastier, tertial, tilters, toaster, toilers, toilets, tortile, travels, travois, tricots, triolet, trisect, trivets, valeric, varices, variole, varlets, vastier, vectors, veritas, vesical, vestral, viators, victors, violate, violets, viscera, vittles, voicers, voltaic.

-5 letters: active, actors, airest, aivers, alcove, alerts, alters, aorist, aortic, ariels, ariose, aristo, artels, artist, atelic, attics, attire, averts, avocet, avoset, calves, carets, caries, carles, caroli, carols, cartel, cartes, carvel, carves, caster, castle, castor, caters, cattie, cattle, cavers, cavies, cavils, cavort, ceorls, cerias, cestoi, citers, citola, citole, citral, civets, claret, claros, claver, claves, clears, cleats, clevis, closer, closet, clover, cloves, coaler, coarse, coater, coatis, coeval, coiler, coital, colies, colter, corals, corset, corves, corvet, cosier, costae, costal, costar, coster, cottae, cottar, cottas, cotter, covers, covert, covets, crates, craves, cresol, crista, eclair, eclats, ericas, erotic, ervils, escort, estral, evicts, lacers, lacier, laster, latest, latter, lattes, lavers, lector, lictor, lister, liters, litres, litter, livers, livest, livres, loaves, locate, loiter, lorica, lories, lottes, lovats, lovers, oaters, octave, octets, oilers, olives, oracle, orates, oriels, osteal, ostler, ottars, otters, ovisac, racist, ratels, ratios, ratite, rattle, ravels, reacts, recast, recoal, recoil, rectal, rectos, relics, relict, relist, reoils, resail, retail, retial, revolt, rialto, rictal, rivals, rivets, rotate, rottes, sailer, sailor, salter, saltie, salver, salvor, satire, satori, savior, scaler, sclera, scoria, scoter, scotia, scrive, scrota, sector, serail, serial, serval, silvae, silver, sitter, slater, slaver, slicer, sliver, social, solace, solate.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-o-r-s-t-t-v"
 

+2 letters: contrastively.

 

+4 letters: nonrelativistic, overarticulates.

 

+5 letters: controversialist, overcultivations.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TAIL COVERTS


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

54 41 49 4C      43 4F 56 45 52 54 53

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

    

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

01010100 01000001 01001001 01001100 00100000 01000011 01001111 01010110 01000101 01010010 01010100 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#65 &#73 &#76 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#86 &#69 &#82 &#84 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0041 0049 004C      0043 004F 0056 0045 0052 0054 0053

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

54354346237495639525453

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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