TEOSINTE

Definition: TEOSINTE

TEOSINTE

Noun

1. A large grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

"TEOSINTE" is a common misspelling or typo for: destine, disinter, eosin, teatime, testiness, tisane, twosome, tyrosine.

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	A large annual fodder grass of Mexico related to maize. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: TEOSINTE

English words defined with "TEOSINTE": Guatemala grass. (references)

"TEOSINTE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TEOSINTE" is used about 2 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 (singular)	100%	2	245,945

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Language		Translations for "TEOSINTE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		teosinte, Euchlaena mexicana. (various references)

Dutch		Euchlaena mexicana. (various references)

Finnish		teosintti. (various references)

French		téosinte. (various references)

German		Teosinte, Rayanagras. (various references)

Greek		εύχλαινα η μεξικανική, τεοζίντη. (various references)

Italian		teosinte. (various references)

Pig Latin		eosintetay

Spanish		teosinte. (various references)

Swedish		Euchlaena mexicana. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Euchlaena mexicana. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "TEOSINTE": teosintes. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "TEOSINTE" (pronounced 'Te`o*sin"te'): Achiote, Aguardiente, Andante, Aphrodite, Astarte, Atte, Bleynte, Borachte, Breste, Brillante, Cete, Chicalote, Chierte, Cognoscente, Concertante, Denticete, Diapente, Dilettante, Dolente, Durante, Empte, Freelte, Frelte, Grinte, Gronte, Herte, Infante, Lafte, Languente, Lentamente, Lette, machete, Mecate, Mercatante, metate, Mordente, Niste, Pococurante, Prighte, Rafte, rete, Semidiapente, Soavemente, Stacte, Sterte, Stirte, Swatte, Tanate, Tarente, Teste, Venite. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: noisette.
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-n-o-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: toniest.
	-2 letters: eosine, sitten, stotin, tenets, tentie, teston.
	-3 letters: eosin, inset, neist, netts, nites, noise, notes, onset, seine, sente, senti, seton, stein, steno, stint, stone, teens, tenet, tense, tents, tines, tints, toits, tones, totes.
	-4 letters: eons, into, ions, nest, nets, nett, nite, nits, noes, nose, note, ones, seen, sene, sent, sett, sine, site, snit, snot, sone, stet, teen, tees, tens, tent, test, tets, ties, tine, tins, tint, tits, toes, toit, tone, tons, tost, tote, tots.
	-5 letters: ens, eon, ins, ion, its, nee, net, nit, nos, not, oes, one, ons, ose, see, sei, sen, set, sin, sit, son, sot, tee, ten, tet, tie, tin, tis, tit, toe, ton, tot.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-i-n-o-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: noisettes, tenorites, teosintes.
	+2 letters: bentonites, coexistent, detections, detentions, henotheist, jettisoned, maisonette, negotiates, oftentimes, orientates, retentions, tenotomies, teutonizes.
	+3 letters: detestation, dottinesses, hebetations, henotheists, idempotents, innocentest, maisonettes, marionettes, mignonettes, misbegotten, nonentities, nonexistent, noninterest, notorieties, novelettish, outsteering, oversetting, petitioners, potentiates, pretentious, repetitions, sententious, septentrion, stenotypies, stockinette, telephonist, tendentious, tensiometer, tensiometry, testimonies, tonometries, vegetations.
	+4 letters: actinometers, antiestrogen, cementations, cementitious, contriteness, counterfeits, cytogenetics, delectations, densitometer, densitometry, detestations, deuterations, discontented, disorientate, econometrist, endometritis, enterotoxins, expectations, extenuations, extortioners, fenestration, fetoproteins, geoscientist, henotheistic, histogenetic, incompetents, inspectorate, interceptors, interjectors, interpolates, interrogates, intersection, intersociety, introspected, jettisonable, knottinesses, nonaesthetic, noninterests, nonliterates, overtightens, penetrations, postelection, presentation, receptionist, reconstitute, reiterations, renegotiates, reorientates, segmentation, selectionist, sensitometer, sensitometry, septentrions, snottinesses, somersetting, spottinesses, stationeries, stereopticon, stereotyping, stockinettes, telephonists, telocentrics, tendonitises, tensiometers, tensiometric, tessellation, theocentrism, witenagemots.
	+5 letters: acetonitriles, actinometries, actinomycetes, andouillettes, antielectrons, antiestrogens, antiobesities, contrarieties, counterstrike, crotchetiness, deforestation, demonstrative, densitometers, densitometric, determinators, deuteragonist, disorientated, disorientates, divertimentos, econometrists, effectuations, enterocolitis, enteropathies, enterostomies, eternizations, etherizations, ethnobotanies, ethnocentrism, exenterations, exercitations, exterminators, fenestrations, fermentations, feuilletonist, geoscientists, incontestable, inspectorates, intellections, intenerations, interceptions, interconnects, interconverts, interiorities, interjections, interoceptors, interrogatees, intersections, intersocietal, interventions, introspective, letterboxings, necessitation, nitromethanes, nonidentities, nonpersistent, nonrestricted, obstinateness, overinsistent, overintensity, perfectionist, peritonitises, perpetrations, perpetuations, posttensioned, predestinator, presentations, pretentiously, receptionists, recommitments, reconstituted, reconstitutes, recreationist, reforestation, reinfestation, remonstrative, retinopathies, retrospecting, retrospection, revegetations, sedimentation, segmentations, selectionists, sensitometers, sensitometric, sententiously, septentrional, sequestration, sottishnesses, spontaneities, stephanotises, steppingstone, stereopticons, strenuosities, streptokinase, superfetation, tendentiously, tensiometries, teratogenesis, tessellations, theatergoings, theocentrisms, theoreticians, thermosetting, throatinesses, totipotencies, unpretentious, witenagemotes.
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