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Cacuminal

Definition: Cacuminal

Cacuminal

Adjective

1. (linguistics) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate.

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

Etymology: Cacuminal \Ca*cu"mi*nal\, adjective. [Latin expression cacumen, cacuminis, the top, point.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Cacuminal

Synonym: retroflex (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cacuminal

Non-English Usage: "Cacuminal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (cacuminal), Portuguese (cacuminal), Spanish (cacuminal).

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Modern Translations: Cacuminal

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

Albanian

  

kakuminal. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏وغد حقير. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

какуминален. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مغزی (Braid, Cerebral, Mental, Nuclear, Welt), وابسته به نوک وانتهای درخت , دماغی (Cephalic, Cerebral, Mental). (various references)

   

French

  

cacuminal. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kakuminális. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acuminalcay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

cacuminal. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

какуминальный. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

kakuminal. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cacuminal. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kakuminal. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Cacuminal"

Words rhyming with "cacuminal" (pronounced 'Ca*cu"mi*nal'): Abactinal, Abhominal, Actinal, Adnominal, Adrenal, Affinal, Agminal, Altitudinal, Amblygonal, Ammonal, Anal, Annal, Antennal, Aptitudinal, Archidiaconal, Arsenal, Asternal, Attitudinal, Autumnal, Binal, Binominal, Buccinal, Caninal, Carnal, Cerebro-spinal, Circinal, Clinodiagonal, Coeternal, Communal, Concubinal, Consuetudinal, Conterminal, Crinal, Crumenal, Culminal, Decagonal, Decanal, Destinal, Diaconal, Dihexagonal, Discriminal, Diuturnal, Duodenal, Embryonal, Enneagonal, Epiclinal, Episternal, Equidiurnal, Equinal, Ethmotrubinal, Eviternal, Fanal, Faunal, Feminal, Fidicinal, final, fraternal, Gastroduodenal, gastrointestinal, Geanticlinal, Geminal, Geosynclinal, Gymnal, Gymnorhinal, Hepatorenal, Heptagonal, hexagonal, hibernal, Holorhinal, hymnal, Hyosternal, Imaginal, Infraspinal, Infrasternal, inguinal, Interrenal, Intersternal, intestinal, Isochronal, Jejunal, Juvenal, Latisternal, latitudinal, lienal, Lieno-intestinal, Lucernal, Macrodiagonal, maternal, matutinal, Maxilloturbinal, Mediastinal, medicinal, meridional, Mesosternal, Metasternal, Monoclinal, Myelonal, Nasoturbinal, Noumenal, Obsidional, octagonal, Octogonal, Officinal, Olecranal, Omosternal, Orthodiagonal, orthogonal, Paginal, Paludinal, Paraphernal, Paternal, Penal, Pentagonal, Phenomenal, Phonal, Piperonal, Piscinal, Plenal, Polygonal, Postanal, Prenominal, Prespinal, Proeguminal, Pronominal, Prorenal, Prorhinal, Pseudoturbinal, Quadrinominal, Quirinal, Ranal, Rectovaginal, Regiminal, Regnal, renal, retinal, rhinal, Ruminal, Ruridecanal, Scizorhinal, Semidiurnal, sempiternal, Siphorhinal, spinal, Staminal, sternal, Subdecanal, Subintestinal, subliminal, Subpoenal, Subpolygonal, Subumbonal, Subvaginal, Sulphonal, supernal, Suprarenal, Supraspinal, Suprasternal, Supravaginal, Surnominal, Testudinal, tetragonal, trigeminal, trigonal, Trinal, Trinominal, Trional, Tympanal, Uncardinal, Uniclinal, Unisonal, urinal, Uterovaginal, Vaccinal, vaginal, Vaticinal, Ventro-inguinal, Vernal, Vesicovaginal, Vespertinal, Vicinal, Viminal, Vulvovaginal. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Cacuminal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-2 letters: acclaim, acicula, alumina, calcium.

-3 letters: alcaic, alumin, alumna, alumni, animal, caiman, calami, camail, canula, cicala, lacuna, lamina, lumina, macula, maniac, manila, manual, uncial.

-4 letters: acmic, amain, amnia, amnic, anima, aulic, canal, claim, cumin, lamia, lanai, lauan, liana, liman, linac, linum, malic, mania, manic, miaul, mucin, ulama, umiac, uncia.

-5 letters: alan, alma, alum, amia, amin, anal, anil, caca, cain, calm, caul, clam, clan, culm, laic, lain, lama, lima, limn, luna, mail, main, mana, maul, maun, mica, mina, muni, nail, ulan, ulna, unai, unci.

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

+3 letters: accumulating, accumulation, unacclimated.

 

+4 letters: accumulations.

 

+5 letters: circumstantial, miscalculating, miscalculation, unacademically, unacclimatized.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Cacuminal


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

43 61 63 75 6D 69 6E 61 6C

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)

01000011 01100001 01100011 01110101 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#99 &#117 &#109 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0063 0075 006D 0069 006E 0061 006C

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

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

376769877975806778

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INDEX

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


  

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