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Definition: Crotal |
CrotalNoun1. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: CrotalSynonyms: crottal (n), crottle (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: cockur (biology & biotechnology, chemical industry), crottle (biology & biotechnology, chemical industry), litmus lichen (biology & biotechnology, chemical industry). |
Crosswords: Crotal |
| Non-English Usage: "Crotal" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Scottish (lichen, nm. g.v. -ail; lichen called cudbear). |
| "Crotal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crotal" is used about 10 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) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "crotal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | lakmuslav (archil, cockur, crottle, litmus lichen, orchil), farvelav (archil, cockur, crottle, litmus lichen, orchil). (various references) | |
Dutch | Ochrolechia tartarea (cockur, crottle, litmus lichen). (various references) | |
Finnish | kallioruostenyppyjäkälä (cockur, crottle, litmus lichen), kalliokermajäkälä (cockur, crottle, litmus lichen). (various references) | |
French | orseille tinctoriale (crottle). (various references) | |
German | Lackmusflechte (archil, cockur, crottle, litmus lichen, orchil). (various references) | |
Italian | oricello di terra (cockur, crottle, litmus lichen). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otalcray.(various references) | |
Swedish | vinstenslav (cockur, crottle, litmus lichen), örnlav (cockur, crottle, litmus lichen). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Ochrolechia tartarea. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "crotal": dicrotal, scrotal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: actor, carol, claro, coral, octal, taroc, tolar. | |
-2 letters: alto, arco, calo, carl, cart, clot, coal, coat, cola, colt, loca, lota, oral, orca, rato, rota, rotl, taco, talc, taro, tola, tora, torc. | |
-3 letters: act, alt, arc, art, car, cat, col, cor, cot, lac, lar, lat, lot, oar, oat, oca, ora, orc, ort, rat, roc. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-l-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: caltrop, locater, locator, scrotal, trochal. | |
+2 letters: acrolect, acrolith, brocatel, calthrop, caltrops, calutron, cartload, chelator, chlorate, cilantro, clitoral, collaret, collator, colorant, contrail, corelate, cortical, dicrotal, doctoral, erotical, locaters, locators, loricate, outcrawl, pectoral, relocate, sectoral, thoracal, trifocal, trochlea, tropical, vortical. | |
+3 letters: acrolects, acroliths, acropetal, aleatoric, allocator, archivolt, auctorial, bracteole, brocatels, cabriolet, calthrops, calutrons, cantorial, captopril, cartloads, cataloger, charlotte, chelators, chlorates, cilantros, cloistral, coeternal, collarets, collators, colorants, colorfast, colostral, contrails, contralto, cordately, corelated, corelates, cornstalk, corollate, correlate, crosstalk, doctrinal, electoral, escalator, factorial, flowchart, fortalice, haircloth, latecomer, loricates, nocturnal, nucleator, ochlocrat, ocularist, olfactory, outcrawls, pectorals, peculator, percolate, pictorial, placatory, plutocrat, portulaca, precoital, prolactin, rectorial, relocated, relocatee, relocates, sclerotia, sectorial, suctorial, tolerance, tracheole, trifocals, trochleae, trochlear, trochleas, truckload, ultracold, ultracool, urceolate, vectorial. | |
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