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Definition: Amoebic |
AmoebicAdjective1. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae; "amoebic dysentry". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: AmoebicSynonyms: ameban (adj), amebic (adj), amebous (adj), amoeban (adj), amoebous (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Amoebic |
| English words defined with "amoebic": amoebic dysentery. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Amoebic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amoebic" is used about 5 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "amoebic": amoebic dysentery. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "amoebic": amoebic-shaped. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
amoebic dysentery | 8 |
amoebic dysentary | 3 |
amoebic colitis | 2 |
amoebic dysentery jungle ulcer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "amoebic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 阿米巴 (ameban, amebic, amebous, amoeban, Amoebous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | amoebe-typhlitis (amoebic typhlitis), amoebepleuritis (amoebic pleurisy, amoebic pleuritis), amoebe-pericarditis (amoebic pericarditis), amoebehepatitis (amoebic hepatitis), amoebefeber (amoebic fever), amoebedysenteri (amoebic dysentery, amoebic enteritis), amoebecystitis (amoebic cystitis), amoebecyste (amoebic cyst), amoebecolitis (amoebic colitis), amoebeabsces (amoebic abscess), paavisning af amoeber (laboratory diagnosis of amoebic infections), feber ved amoebedysenteri (amoebic fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | amoebiasis (amebiasis, amoebiasis, amoebic colitis), amoebentyphlitis (amoebic typhlitis), amoebenpleuritis (amoebic pleurisy, amoebic pleuritis), amoebenpericarditis (amoebic pericarditis), amoebenkoorts (amoebic fever), amoebenhepatitis (amoebic hepatitis), amoebenenteritis (amoebic enteritis), amoebendysenterie (amoebic colitis, amoebic dysentery), amoebencystitis (amoebic cystitis), amoebencolitis (amoebic colitis), amoebenabces (amoebic abscess), tropisch abces (amoebic abscess), protozoën-abces (amoebic abscess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وابسته به جانورتک سلولی , امیبی (Ameba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | abcès amibien (amoebic abscess), typhlite amibienne (amoebic typhlitis), pleurite amibienne (amoebic pleurisy, amoebic pleuritis), péricardite amibienne (amoebic pericarditis), kyste amibien (amoebic cyst), hépatite amibienne (amoebic hepatitis), fièvre amibienne (amoebic fever), entérite amibienne (amoebic enteritis), dysenterie amibienne (amoebic dysentery), diagnostic des infections amibiennes (laboratory diagnosis of amoebic infections), cystite amibienne (amoebic cystitis), colite amibienne (amoebic colitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | amöbisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αμοιβαδικός πυρετός (amoebic fever), αμοιβαδικό απόστημα (amoebic abscess), αμοιβαδική κύστη (amoebic cyst), αμοιβαδική κυστίτιδα (amoebic cystitis), αμοιβαδική κολίτιδα (amoebic colitis), αμοιβαδική περικαρδίτιδα (amoebic pericarditis), αμοιβαδική πλευρίτιδα (amoebic pleurisy, amoebic pleuritis), αμοιβαδική ηπατίτιδα (amoebic hepatitis), αμοιβαδική εντερίτιδα (amoebic enteritis), αμοιβαδική τυφλίτιδα (amoebic typhlitis), αμοιβαδική δυσεντερία (amoebic dysentery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | amőbás, amőbáktól eredő, amőbák okozta, amőba-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | amubawi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ascesso tropicale (amoebic abscess), ascesso dissenterico (amoebic abscess), ascesso amebico (amoebic abscess), tiflite amebica (amoebic typhlitis), pleurite amebica (amoebic pleurisy, amoebic pleuritis), pericardite amebica (amoebic pericarditis), febbre amebica (amoebic fever), epatite amebica (amoebic hepatitis), enterite amebica (amoebic enteritis), dissenteria amebica (amoebic dysentery), colite amebica (amoebic colitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アメーバ赤痢 (AMeDAS, amenity, American, American casual, American coffee, American football, American Indian, American League, American plan, American rugby, American sign language, Americanism, Americanize, America's Cup race, Ameslan, amethyst, amoebic dysentery, Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System, crawfish, dogwood, puma, redwood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アメーバせきり (amoebic dysentery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 아"" (ameban, amebic, amebous, Amoeba, Amoebae, amoeban, Amoebous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | amoebagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amoebicay abcesso amebiano (amoebic abscess), tiflite amebiana (amoebic typhlitis), pleurite amebiana (amoebic pleurisy, amoebic pleuritis), pericardite amebiana (amoebic pericarditis), hepatite amebiana (amoebic hepatitis), febre amebiana (amoebic fever), enterite amebiana (amoebic enteritis), disenteria amebiana (amoebic dysentery), diagnóstico das infecções amebianas (laboratory diagnosis of amoebic infections), colite amebiana (amoebic colitis), cisto amebiano (amoebic cyst), cistite amebiana (amoebic cystitis). (various references) амебный (amebic). (various references) abceso amebiano (amoebic abscess), tiflitis ameboide (amoebic typhlitis), pericarditis ameboide (amoebic pericarditis), hepatitis amebiana (amoebic hepatitis), fiebre ameboide (amoebic fever), enteritis amebiana (amoebic enteritis), disentería amebiana (amoebic dysentery), colitis amebiana (amoebic colitis), cistitis ameboide (amoebic cystitis). (various references) amiplerin neden olduğu (amebic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Amoebic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amorbach. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "amoebic" (pronounced umē"bik) |
| 3 | -b i k | acerbic, aerobic, anaerobic, arabic, ascorbic, cherubic, claustrophobic, cubic, homophobic, phobic, pubic, syllabic, xenophobic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-m-o" | |
-1 letter: amebic. | |
-2 letters: amice, biome, cameo, ceiba, cobia, comae, combe. | |
-3 letters: acme, ambo, amie, beam, bema, bice, bima, came, ciao, coma, comb, come, emic, iamb, mabe, mace, mica, mice, obia. | |
-4 letters: abo, ace, aim, ami, bam, bio, boa, cab, cam, cob, ice, mac, mae, mib, moa, mob, moc, obe, obi, oca. | |
-5 letters: ab, ae, ai, am. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-m-o" | |
+2 letters: combative, metabolic, microbeam. | |
+3 letters: barometric, bichromate, biomedical, combinable, compatible, microbeams. | |
+4 letters: beclamoring, bichromated, bichromates, bimolecular, biochemical, biometrical, combatively, combinative, committable, compactible, compatibles, confirmable, embrocation, meroblastic, mobocracies, problematic, recombinant, uncombative. | |
+5 letters: beachcombing, biochemicals, biomechanics, biometrician, biomolecular, communicable, embrocations, incommutable, incomparable, incompatible, incomputable, inconsumable, microbalance, microwavable, mycobacteria, myeloblastic, noncombative, problematics, recombinants. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 6F 65 62 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- --- . -... .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01101111 01100101 01100010 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m o e b i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 006F 0065 0062 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35798171687569 |
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