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Definition: Auric |
AuricAdjective1. Of or relating to or containing or derived from gold. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Auric \Au"ric\, adjective. [Latin expression aurum gold.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: AuricSynonym: aurous (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Auric |
| English words defined with "auric": Aurate, Aurated. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Auric" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Auric" is used about 15 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) | 66.67% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Singapore | Auric Pacific Group Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "auric": Auric massage technique. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
auric | 33 |
auric blend | 22 |
george auric | 3 |
auric goldfinger | 3 |
auric pacific | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "auric"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me flori, me ar (auriferous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ذهبي (aurous, golden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сияен (bright, effulgent, luminous, radiant, resplendent), ореолен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aurioxid (Au2O3, auric oxide), aurihydroxid (Au(OH)3, auric hydroxide), Au2O3 (Au2O3, auric oxide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | auri-oxide (auric oxide), Au2O3 (Au2O3, auric oxide), goud-III-oxyde (Au2O3, auric oxide), goud-III-oxide (Au2O3, auric oxide), goud-III-hydroxyde (Au(OH)3, auric hydroxide), goud-III-hydroxide (Au(OH)3, auric hydroxide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Au2O3 (Au2O3, auric oxide), anhydride aurique (Au2O3, auric oxide), oxyde aurique (Au2O3, auric oxide), hydroxyde aurique (Au(OH)3, auric hydroxide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Aurihydroxid (Au(OH)3, auric hydroxide), Au2O3 (Au2O3, auric oxide), Goldsesquioxid (Au2O3, auric oxide), Gold-III-oxid (Au2O3, auric oxide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χρυσικό οξείδιο (auric oxide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | aranytartalmú (auriferous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aurifero (auriferous), aurico, aureo (gold, golden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | auricay áurico. (various references) содержащий золото, золотоносный (auriferous). (various references) zlatan (aureate, gold, golden, nice, sweet). (various references) áurico (aurous). (various references) guldförande (placer). (various references) золотоносний (auriferous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "auric": auricle, auricled, auricles, auricula, auriculae, auricular, auriculas, auriculate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "auric" (pronounced 'Au"ric'): Actinometric, Aerometric, Afric, Anisometric, Anthracometric, Antipodagric, Boric, Calorimetric, Capric, Chloric, Choric, Citric, Clinometric, Cylindrometric, Cymric, ferric, Fluoboric, Fulminuric, Galvanometric, Gastroenteric, Glycoluric, gravimetric, Lecanoric, Leucoturic, Logometric, Magnetometric, Melanuric, mercuric, Mesonephric, metric, Monodimetric, Monometric, Moric, Nitrohydrochloric, Orthometric, Oxychloric, Ozonometric, Pediatric, Peloric, Pepsinhydrochloric, Peptohydrochloric, Perchloric, Platinichloric, Platinochloric, Pleuric, Pronephric, Pseudo-symmetric, Psoric, Psychiatric, Purpuric. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: curia. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-r-u" | |
-1 letter: uric. | |
-2 letters: air, arc, car, cur, ria. | |
-3 letters: ai, ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-r-u" | |
+1 letter: anuric, curari, curiae, curial, uracil, uranic, uratic. | |
+2 letters: acquire, auricle, caribou, carious, charqui, cranium, crucial, crucian, cuirass, cumarin, curaris, curiosa, curtail, curtain, daturic, fumaric, haircut, iracund, puranic, quadric, quartic, raucity, saucier, uracils, uraemic. | |
+3 letters: accruing, acervuli, acicular, aciduria, acquired, acquirer, acquires, anuretic, auricled, auricles, auricula, autarkic, avicular, brachium, caesuric, caribous, causerie, charquid, charquis, circular, cislunar, coumaric, coumarin, craniums, crucians, cruciate, culinary, cultivar, cumarins, curacies, curarine, curarize, curating, curative, curtails, curtains, eucharis, francium, gracious, haircuts, lubrical, manicure, multicar, muricate, peculiar, piacular, pirarucu, quadrics, quartics, reticula, rubrical, rustical, scarious, spicular, subacrid, subvicar, surgical, suricate, taciturn, turrical, uncaring, uralitic, uranitic, uranylic, urticant, urticate. | |
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