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TETRA-

Definitions: TETRA-

TETRA-

1. A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting four proportional or combining parts of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride, tetroxide.

2. A combining form or prefix signifying four, as in tetrabasic, tetrapetalous.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



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Crosswords: TETRA-

Specialty definitions using "TETRA-": Microsatellite Repeats. (references)
Etymologies containing "TETRA-": Tetrabranchiata, Tetracoccous, Tetracolon, Tetracoralla, Tetractinellida, Tetradactylous, Tetradecapoda, Tetradynamia, Tetragrammaton, Tetragynia, Tetrandria, Tetraneumona, tetrapod, Tetrapterous, Tetraschistic, Tetraspaston, Tetrastich, Tetrastyle, Tetrinic, trapezium. (references)

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Modern Translations: TETRA-

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

Chinese 

  

(four, tetra). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etra-tay

   

Turkish

  

dörtlü (four, foursome, quad, quadr-, quadraphonic, quadripartite, quadro-, quadrophonic, quadruple, quadruplet, quart, quartet, quartette, quater-, quaternary, Square, tetrad), dört (four, quadr-, quadro-, quadruple, quater-, quaternary, tetrad). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: TETRA-

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Characidae. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: TETRA-

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: tater, tetra, treat.

Words within the letters "a-e-r-t-t"

-1 letter: rate, tare, tart, tate, tear, teat, tret.

-2 letters: are, art, ate, att, ear, eat, era, eta, rat, ret, tae, tar, tat, tea, tet.

-3 letters: ae, ar, at, er, et, re, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-r-t-t"
 

+1 letter: attire, batter, fatter, hatter, latter, matter, natter, patter, ratite, ratted, ratten, ratter, rattle, rotate, stater, target, tarted, tarter, taster, taters, tatter, tauter, tetrad, tetras, threat, treats, treaty, watter, yatter.

 

+2 letters: abetter, abettor, abutter, arietta, ariette, artiest, artiste, attired, attires, attrite, batters, battery, battier, battler, beretta, biretta, blatter, brattle, cattery, cattier, chatter, citrate, clatter, curtate, detract, dratted, entrant, entreat, estreat, extract, fattier, flatter, garotte, hatters, intreat, iratest, iterant, iterate, martlet, matters, mattery, natters, nattier, nitrate, outrate, partite, partlet, pattern, patters, platter, prattle, quartet, ratchet, ratites, ratteen, rattens, ratters, rattier, rattled, rattler, rattles, regatta, reptant, restart, restate, retaste, retract, retreat, rotated, rotates, scatter, shatter, smatter, spatter, starets, starlet, started, starter, startle, staters, stature, stretta, striate, swatter, tabaret, taboret, tapster, targets, tartest, tartlet, tartufe, tasters, tastier, tatters, tattier, tattler, taunter, teacart, ternate, tertial, tertian, tetrads, theater, theatre, thereat, threats, titrate, toaster, traject, treated, treater, tuatera, tutelar, yatters.

 

+3 letters: abetters, abettors, abutters, admitter, aerostat, aflutter, aftertax, aglitter, aigrette, alertest, allotter, alterant, amaretti, amaretto, amoretti, amoretto, anteater, antevert, ariettas, ariettes, aristate, artefact, artistes, artsiest, attacher, attacker, attainer, attemper, attender, attester, attestor, attorned, attorney, attrited, atwitter, barbette, barrette, battener, battered, batterie, battlers, berettas, berretta, betatron, betatter, birettas, birretta, blatters, bractlet, brattice, brattier, brattled, brattles, butyrate, cabretta, castrate, catheter, chatters, chattery, chattier, citrated, citrates, clatters, clattery, corotate, cottager, cristate, cultrate, cutwater, cytaster, deratted, detracts, detrital, earthnut, earthset, entrants, entreats, entreaty, eructate, estreats, etcetera, extracts, farthest, fattener, feterita, filtrate, flatters, flattery, frottage, garotted, garotter, garottes, garrotte, gnattier, greatest, hatteria, interact, intranet, intreats, irritate, iterated, iterates, laterite, latterly, literate, literati, lustrate, maltreat, maltster, martinet, martlets, mattered, mattress, maturate, maturest, mistreat, nattered, nitrated, nitrates, obturate, operetta, outrated, outrates, outstare, outtrade, overtart, partlets, patentor, pattered, patterer, patterns, peartest, platters, prattled, prattler, prattles, pretaste, pretreat, prostate, quartets, raclette, ratchets, ratteens, rattened, rattener, rattiest, rattlers, reactant, reattach, reattack, reattain, rebuttal, redstart, regattas, remittal, restarts, restated, restates, retarget, retasted, retastes, retaught, retirant, retracts, retreats, retroact, rheostat, rostrate, rotative, saturate, scatters, scattier, shatters, slattern, smartest, smatters, spatters, splatter, sprattle, squatter, starkest, starlets, starters, startled, startler, startles, statures, stearate, straiten, straiter, strategy, strettas, striated, striates, swatters, tabarets, taborets, tabouret, tapestry, tapsters, tardiest, targeted, tarletan, tarriest, tartlets, tartness, tartrate, tartufes, tartuffe, tattered, tattlers, tattooer, taunters, tautomer, teacarts, teamster, teariest, tenantry, terabyte, teratism, teratoid, teratoma, terawatt, tertials, tertians, tertiary, testator, tetracid, tetradic, tetragon, tetramer, tetrapod, tetrarch, textuary, textural, thatcher, theaters, theatres, theatric, theocrat, threated, threaten, throated, thwarted, thwarter, titrable, titrated, titrates, toasters, toastier, tolerant, tolerate, torquate, trabeate, trachyte, tractate, tractile, tractive, trajects, transect, transept, trapnest, travesty, trawlnet, treaters, treaties, treating, treatise, trifecta, triptane, tristate, tristeza, truanted, truncate, tuateras, tutelars, tutelary, tutorage, upstater, urticate, wartiest, yattered, ytterbia, zaratite.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TETRA-


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

54 45 54 52 41 2D

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

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

01010100 01000101 01010100 01010010 01000001 00101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#69 &#84 &#82 &#65 &#45

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0045 0054 0052 0041 002D

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

543954523515

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INDEX

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


  

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