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Cat's-tail

Definition: Cat's-tail

Cat's-tail

Noun

1. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa.

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


Synonyms: Cat's-tail

Synonyms: bullrush (n), bulrush (n), nailrod (n), reed mace (n), reedmace (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cat's-tail

English words defined with "cat's-tail": Timothy grass. (references)

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Modern Translations: Cat's-tail

Language Translations for "cat's-tail"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

zanddoddegras (sand cat's-tail). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zsurló, széles levelű gyékény (flag), réti (meadowy), nádbuzogány (cattail), lóperje, komócsin, bodnározó gyékény. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

at's-tailcay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Cat's-tail"

Words rhyming with "cat's-tail" (pronounced 'Cat's"-tail'): Boat-tail, Cat-tail, Cross-tail, Fish-tail, Hare's-tail, Mare's-tail. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Cat's-tail

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-a-c-i-l-s-t-t"

-1 letter: cattails, statical.

-2 letters: astatic, cattail.

-3 letters: attics, casita, statal, static, ticals.

-4 letters: alias, alist, atilt, atlas, attic, clast, clits, laics, litas, salic, scatt, stilt, tacit, tacts, tails, talas, talcs, tical, tilts.

-5 letters: aals, acta, acts, ails, aits, alas, alit, alts, asci, casa, cast, cats, cist, clit, lacs, laic, last, lati, lats, list, lits, sail, salt.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Cat's-tail


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

43 61 74 27 73 2D 74 61 69 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00101101 01110100 01100001 01101001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#116 &#39 &#115 &#45 &#116 &#97 &#105 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0074 0027 0073 002D 0074 0061 0069 006C

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

3767869851586677578

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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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