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Acicula

Definition: Acicula

Acicula

Noun

1. A needle-like part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Acicula \A*cic"u*la\, noun; plural Acicul[ae]. [Latin expression, small needle, dimin. of acus needle.]. (Websters 1913)

 

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Crosswords: Acicula

English words defined with "acicula": Aciculae. (references)
Etymologies containing "acicula": Aciculiform. (references)

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Modern Translations: Acicula

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

Chinese 

  

é'ˆçжç»"æ™¶ä½" (Aciculae). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aciculaay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Acicula

Derivations

Words beginning with "acicula": aciculae, acicular, aciculas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Acicula"

Words rhyming with "acicula" (pronounced 'A*cic"u*la'): Acanthocephala, Actinula, Ala, Algarovilla, Alula, Ametabola, Ampulla, Amygdala, Angola, Anopla, Aquila, Archencephala, Archiblastula, Areola, Armilla, Arolla, Artiodactyla, Auricula, Axilla, Baggala, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Blastula, Bulla, Cabala, Cabrilla, Caffila, Calcavella, Calendula, Calla, Camarilla, Campanula, Canella, Cannicula, Cannula, Capella, Capitula, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Chrysocolla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Collembola, Columbella, Columella, Comatula, Copula, Coronilla, Cunabula, Cupola, Cypsela, Cytula, Dendrocoela, Dongola, E-la, Emgalla, Enopla, Euplectella, Fabella, Faecula, Falcula, Fasciola, Favella, Fecula, Fenes-tella, Fibrilla, fibula, fistula, flotilla, Forficula, formula, Foveola, Fovilla, Fringilla, furcula, gala, Ganocephala, Gentianella, Geophila, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, Granilla, Grubbla, guerilla, Gula, Gyrencephala, Hemimetabola, Hexapla, Holometabola, hyperbola, Impalla, Infula, Intermaxilla, Itala, kabala, Kamala, koala, Lacinula, lamella, Lenticula, Ligula, Lingula, Lipocephala, Lirella, Lissencephala, Locustella, lunula, Lyencephala, macula, Magdala, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla, Marginella, Marsala, maxilla, medulla, Mesoscapula, Micella, Miliola, Mochila, Monerula, Monocondyla, morula, Mulla, Myelencephala, Nebula, Neurula, Nubecula, Nucula, Nyula, Octapla, Olla, Orbicula, osteocolla, Padella, Paleola, Palla, palola, Papilla, Papula, Parabola, Paracorolla, Patela, Patella, Patellula, Pathopoela, Peninsula, Pennatula, Penumbrala, Pergola, Perilla, Perissodactyla, Perula, Phainopepla, Phanerodactyla, Philomela, Pimola, Pinnula, Planula, Plumula, Polygala, Postscapula, Praemaxilla, Predella, Premaxilla, Presscapula, Pseudonavicella, Pseudonavicula, Pseudostella, Psylla, Pteryla, Pulsatilla, Pyla, Rachilla, Radula, ranula, ravenala, Retinula, Rhabdocoela, Rhachilla, Rhizocephala, Rhynchocephala, Rhynchonella, Rosella, roseola, Rotella, Rotula, rubella, rubeola, Rupicola, Sabadilla, Sabella, Saccharilla, Saltarella, sapodilla, sarsaparilla, Scagliola, Scala, Scaliola, scapula, scintilla, Scopula, Scrobicula, scrofula, Scybala, Scylla, Semiparabola, Semolella, sequela, Serpula, Serrula, Setula, Sigla, Silicula, Solidungula, spatula, spirula, Spongilla, Sportula, Squamella, Squamula, squilla, Stegocephala, stela, Stipula, Stola, Strobila, Subumbrella, Succula, Sula, Supermaxilla, Supramaxilla, Symphyla, Synapticula, Tabula, Taeniola, Talegalla, tarantella, tarantula, Tegula, tequila, Terebratula, Tetracoralla, Tetrapla, Thecla, Tigella, Tipula, Tola, tortilla, trabecula, Trehala, Tremella, Turbinella, Turritella, Ulula, umbrella, Urodela, Ursula, uvula, Vaginicola, Vaginula, Valhalla, vallecula, Valvula, Vanilla, Varicella, Variola, Velella, Vesicula, Villa, Villanella, Vitrella, Vorticella, Whala, Wyla, Zilla, Zoochlorella, Zorilla. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Acicula

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-u"

-1 letter: alcaic, cicala.

-2 letters: aulic.

-3 letters: caca, caul, laic.

-4 letters: aal, ail, ala, lac.

-5 letters: aa, ai, al, la, li.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-u"
 

+1 letter: aciculae, acicular, aciculas.

 

+2 letters: cacuminal, canicular, causalgic.

 

+3 letters: acoustical, articulacy, canaliculi, clavicular, fascicular, immaculacy.

 

+4 letters: anacoluthic, autarchical, calculating, calculation, camouflagic, canalicular, canaliculus, capaciously, caricatural, casuistical, caustically, fasciculate, sacculation, uncanonical, unclassical, unpractical.

 

+5 letters: accumulating, accumulation, accumulative, acoustically, articulacies, autocratical, calculations, circulatable, claudication, fascicularly, fasciculated, immaculacies, inaccurately, inarticulacy, incalculable, incalculably, miscalculate, occupational, sacculations, unacclimated.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Acicula


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

41 63 69 63 75 6C 61

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

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

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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)

01000001 01100011 01101001 01100011 01110101 01101100 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#99 &#105 &#99 &#117 &#108 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0069 0063 0075 006C 0061

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

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

35697569877867

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INDEX

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


  

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