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Calycle

Definitions: Calycle

Calycle

Noun

1. A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus.

2. A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp).

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

Synonyms: Calycle

Synonyms: caliculus (n), calyculus (n), epicalyx (n), false calyx (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Calycle

Etymologies containing "calycle": Calicleutricle, Utriculoid, utriculus. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Calycle

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

calycle

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Calycle

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

Danish

  

bibaeger (epicalyx). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

bijkelk (epicalyx). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کاسه گل(گ.ش.), کاسبرگ (Leaflet), گلبرگ . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ulkoverhiö (epicalyx), lisäverhiö (epicalyx). (various references)

   

French

  

calicule. (various references)

   

German

  

Nebenkelch (epicalyx). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καλύκιο (epicalyx), πρόσθετος κάλυψ (epicalyx), εξωκάλυψ (epicalyx). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

'ביעון (cupule). (various references)

   

Italian

  

calicetto (epicalyx). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alyclecay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

calículo (epicalyx). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

calículo (epicalyx). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ytterfoder (epicalyx). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Calycle

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

calicula, epicalyx. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Calycle

Derivations

Words beginning with "calycle": calycles. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Calycle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calyce, cayle, Clayallee. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Calycle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cecally.

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-l-l-y"

-2 letters: alley, cecal, cella, cycle, lacey, lycea.

-3 letters: acyl, alec, ally, call, ceca, cell, clay, lace, lacy, leal, yell.

-4 letters: ace, ale, all, aye, cay, cel, ell, lac, lay, lea, ley, lye, yea.

-5 letters: ae, al, ay, el, la, ya, ye.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-l-l-y"
 

+1 letter: caecally, calyceal, calycles.

 

+3 letters: chemically, clerically, encyclical, hectically, recyclable, scenically.

 

+4 letters: accentually, acerbically, ascetically, centrically, chancellery, chancellory, collenchyma, comedically, ectopically, encyclicals, recyclables, technically.

 

+5 letters: academically, accidentally, alchemically, calcareously, calculatedly, cephalically, cherubically, chimerically, cholerically, collenchymas, commercially, complacently, concealingly, conceptually, cosmetically, decasyllabic, eclectically, ecologically, economically, ecstatically, ecumenically, electrically, epicycloidal, mechanically, occidentally, reciprocally, specifically, tectonically, unrecyclable.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Calycle


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

43 61 6C 79 63 6C 65

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 01101100 01111001 01100011 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#108 &#121 &#99 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 006C 0079 0063 006C 0065

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

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

37677891697871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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