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Definition: Caiman |
CaimanNoun1. Alligator-like reptile of Central and South America having a more heavily armored belly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: CaimanSynonym: cayman (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Caiman |
| English words defined with "caiman": caiman lizard, Caiman sclerops ♦ genus Caiman ♦ spectacled caiman. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Caiman" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (caiman). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Caiman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Caiman" is used about 3 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "caiman": caiman lizard ♦ caiman sclerops ♦ genus Caiman ♦ spectacled caiman. 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 |
caiman | 75 |
caiman dwarf | 13 |
black caiman | 12 |
caiman islas | 10 |
caiman casa | 10 |
caiman spectacled | 6 |
caiman fu | 5 |
caiman sale | 4 |
caiman gran | 4 |
caiman crocodilus | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "caiman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kaiman. (various references) | |
Arabic | تمساح إستوائي (alligator). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кайман. (various references) | |
Czech | kajman (Cayman). (various references) | |
Danish | sort kaiman (black caiman), krokodilleteju (caiman lizard), brillekaiman (Rio Apaporis caiman, spectacled caiman), bredsnudet kaiman (broad-nosed caiman). (various references) | |
Dutch | zwarte kaaiman (black caiman), Rio Apaporis brilkaaiman (Rio Apaporis caiman), krokodilteju (caiman lizard), krokodiltejoe (caiman lizard), kaaimanteju (caiman lizard), kaaimantejoe (caiman lizard), brilkaaiman (spectacled caiman), breedsnuitkaaiman (broad-nosed caiman). (various references) | |
Finnish | kaimaani (cayman, spectacled caiman). (various references) | |
French | caïman (cayman). (various references) | |
German | kaiman (cayman). (various references) | |
Greek | κροκόδειλος (alligator fastener, belt fastener, bristol belt lacing, clipper, crocodile, crocodile shears, crocodile spanner, spectacled caiman), καϊμάν (cayman, spectacled caiman), πλατύρρυγχος αλλιγάτορας (broad-nosed caiman), αλλιγάτορας του Ρίο Απαπόρις (Rio Apaporis caiman), αλλιγάτορας ο μελανός (black caiman), δράκαινα της "ουϊάνας (caiman lizard). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kajmán (cayman). (various references) | |
Italian | caimano (cayman). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aimancay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | caimão (cayman, spectacled caiman). (various references) | |
Romanian | caiman. (various references) | |
Russian | кайман (cayman). (various references) | |
Spanish | caimán (alligator, Cayman, spectacled caiman), caima/n. (various references) | |
Swedish | kajman (Cayman). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Alligatoridae, Caiman crocodilus, Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis, Caiman latirostris, Dracaena, Dracaena guianensis, Melanosuchus niger. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "caiman": caimans. (additional references) | |
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"Caiman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ackman, Aiman, aimant, ayman, caama, Cabindan, Cadima, Caedmon, caian, caim, cainan, cainar, Cairan, Cakmak, Calmann, Calmon, Caman, Camijn, camin, Camranh, Casimance, cayan, caymann, caymen, Cayoma, Chiman, cimin, cimon, Cipinang, Cladinam, Cvitan, Faiman, gaiman, Haiman, kaimak, Kainen, Kamina, Kazimah, Kooiman, Mahimann, Maiman, Mccamman, mcsimon, Naiman, Vaisman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: maniac. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-m-n" | |
-1 letter: amain, amnia, amnic, anima, mania, manic. | |
-2 letters: amia, amin, cain, main, mana, mica, mina. | |
-3 letters: aim, ain, ama, ami, ana, ani, cam, can, mac, man, nam, nim. | |
-4 letters: aa, ai, am, an, in, ma, mi, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-m-n" | |
+1 letter: anaemic, caimans, maniacs, manioca. | |
+2 letters: adynamic, ambiance, ammoniac, amnesiac, analcime, anatomic, animalic, armonica, calamine, calamint, campaign, chainman, chairman, chazanim, claimant, cyanamid, macaroni, mackinaw, maenadic, magician, mandalic, mandioca, manganic, maniacal, maniocas, marocain, shamanic. | |
+3 letters: acuminate, ambiances, ammoniacs, amnesiacs, analcimes, anarchism, antimacho, armonicas, cacuminal, calamined, calamines, calamints, campaigns, campanile, campanili, carbamino, carcinoma, catamenia, chairmans, champaign, chazzanim, claimants, cobalamin, cyanamide, cyanamids, dynamical, egomaniac, harmonica, imbalance, kanamycin, macaronic, macaronis, machinate, mackinaws, magicians, manacling, mandiocas, manically, marocains, naumachia, panoramic. | |
+4 letters: acclaiming, adamancies, admittance, affirmance, aldermanic, ammoniacal, anamnestic, anamorphic, anarchisms, anatomical, anemically, animalcula, animalcule, anticlimax, antiracism, calamining, calamondin, calumniate, campaigned, campaigner, campaniles, carcinomas, catamenial, chairmaned, chairwoman, champaigns, cobalamins, cochairman, comanaging, cyanamides, demoniacal, egomaniacs, emaciating, emaciation, emancipate, fanaticism, harmonicas, imbalanced, imbalances, kanamycins, macaronics, macaronies, macerating, maceration, machinable, machinated, machinates, machinator, maculating, maculation, magnifical, magnificat, malignance, malignancy, mandarinic, maniacally, maraschino, mascaraing, massacring, mechanical, microfauna, misbalance, monarchial, monochasia, monomaniac, morganatic, naumachiae, naumachias, naumachies, oceanarium, pacemaking, pancratium, phantasmic, pyromaniac, rampancies, semantical, shadchanim, simoniacal, talismanic, unacademic, undramatic, unicameral. | |
+5 letters: academician, acclamation, acclimating, acclimation, accompanied, accompanies, accompanist, admittances, aerodynamic, aeronomical, affirmances, ambivalence, ambuscading, anachronism, analemmatic, anastomotic, animalcules, animalculum, animalistic, antifascism, antimusical, antiracisms, calamondins, calumniated, calumniates, calumniator, campaigners, campaigning, cannibalism, carcinomata, carminative, chairmaning, chairmanned, chamberlain, chimichanga, complainant, complaisant, contaminant, contaminate, damascening, declamation, demarcating, demarcation, diamagnetic, diamondback, dipsomaniac, dynamically, egomaniacal, emaciations, emancipated, emancipates, emancipator, enigmatical, exclamation, fanaticisms, kinematical, lacrimation, lactalbumin, macerations, machinating, machination, machinators, machineable, maculations, magnificats, maintenance, malefaction, malignances, maraschinos, masticating, mastication, matchmaking, matriculant, meatpacking, mechanicals, mechanician, megalomanic, melancholia, mesalliance, microfaunae, microfaunal, microfaunas, micromanage, misalliance, misbalanced, misbalances, miscellanea, misfeasance, monarchical, monochasial, monomaniacs, mythomaniac, nematicidal, nematocidal, niacinamide, nonacademic, nonanatomic, nonaromatic, nondramatic, oceanariums, pacemakings, pancratiums, peacemaking, pyromaniacs, reclamation, shamanistic, syntagmatic, watchmaking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 69 6D 61 6E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .. -- .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101001 01101101 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a i m a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0069 006D 0061 006E |
| 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)376775796780 |
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