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Definition: Cuticle |
CuticleNoun1. The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates. 2. Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cuticle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | A thin, continuous, waterproof, non-cellular film secreted by epidermal and other cells on the external surface of aerial parts of vascular plants. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The cuticle is mostly composed of cutin and waxes. Cutin is a biopolyester made of interesterified hydroxy, and epoxy-hydroxy C1616 and C18 fatty acids. Cutin, as a structural component of the cuticle, is covered with cuticular and epicuticular waxes, a mixture of hydrophobic materials containing C26 to C36 aliphatic compounds.
The cuticle in human anatomy refers to the thickened layer of skin surrounding the fingernails and toenails. The function is to protect the area between fingernail and epidermis from exposure to harmful bacteria. Beneath the cuticle is a thin layer of pterygium.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cuticle."
Synonyms: CuticleSynonyms: carapace (n), epidermis (n), shell (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Integument, tegument; skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide; pelt, peltry; cordwain; derm; robe, buffalo robe; cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cuticle |
| English words defined with "cuticle": cuticular ♦ dermal, Dermatogen ♦ Eccoriate, ecdysis, Endermic method, Endodermis, epidermal, epidermic ♦ hypodermis ♦ integument ♦ molt, molter, molting, moult, moulter, moulting ♦ Papula ♦ Subcuticular ♦ Vesicate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cuticle": cuticular transpiration, cutinite, cutinite coal ♦ Diflubenzuron ♦ Mansonella, Metastrongyloidea ♦ Rhabditida ♦ yellow nail syndrome, yellow nails. (references) |
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| "Cuticle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cuticle" is used about 98 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) | 100% | 98 | 33,072 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cuticle": cuticle scissors. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "cuticle": cuticle-remover. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "cuticle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إهاب (integument), بشرة متصلبة, بشرة (color, colour, complexion, epidermis, outer skin, skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ципа (coat, envelope, envelopment, membrane, shell, skin, velum), кутикула, кожичка около нокът, живец (quick, scarf-skin), повърхностен слой, повърхностен пласт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 表皮 (epidermis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pokožka (complexion, epidermis, scarf-skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cuticula, overhud (epidermis), kutikula. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nagelriem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ungozono. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پوست (Cortex, Hide, Hull, Husk, Membrane, Peel, Peeling, Rind, Shale, Shell, Skin, Slough), پوشش مو, پوشش شاخی , بشره (Colony, Complexion, Epidermis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pintakelmu, kutikula (outer shell membrane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cuticule. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kutikula (cuticula). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νεκρό δέρμα, υμένιο που καλύπτει τα επιθηλιακά κύτταρα, επιδερμίς,εφυμενίς,υμένιον, επιδερμίς (epidermis), επιδερμίδα (complexion, epidermis, scarf-skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felhám (epidermis, epithelial, outer skin, peel, scarf-skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kulit jangat, kulit ari (epidemis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cuticola. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '皮 , "皮 (epidermis), キャンプ村 (campaign, campaign sale, campsite, Canberra, Canon, Cuba, Cuban heel, cubic, cubic type, cubism, cue, culotte, culotte skirt, Cupid, curacao, curator, cure, curie, curiosity, curium, cute, cuticle cream, cuticle remover, cutie, killer, killer dust, kiosk, queue), 上皮 (epidermis, epithelium, outer skin, rind, skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うわかわ (epidermis, epithelium, outer skin, rind, skin, surface, upper side), かくひ, キューティクル , あまかわ (epidermis), じょうひ (epidermis, epithelium, outer skin, rind, skin, unnecessary expense, unnecessary expenses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | crackan ingney, craaish. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uticlecay cutícula (scarf-skin). (various references) cuticulã (epidermis), epidermã (epidermis). (various references) эпидермис (epidermis), кожица (epidermis, pellicle), надкожица (scarf-skin). (various references) zanoktica (agnail, hangnail, paronychia). (various references) cutícula (cuticule). (various references) ytterhud. (various references) yaprak üst zarı, tırnak çevresindeki ölü deri, kütikül (strap), epiderm, üst deri. (various references) кутикула. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cuticle": cuticles. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cuticle": epicuticle. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cuticle": epicuticles. (additional references) | |
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"Cuticle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: citile, Ctislav, Cushla, cuticulin, Cwutils, Cytocell, uticle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cuticle" (pronounced kyuw"tukul) |
| 5 | -t u k u l | aeronautical, article, cortical, diacritical, grammatical, hypothetical, impractical, nautical, obstacle, particle, political, practical, receptacle, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle. |
| 4 | -u k u l | agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, hierarchical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, numerical, Oracle, oratorical, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, pontifical, quizzical, radical, reciprocal, satirical, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-l-t-u" | |
-1 letter: cultic, luetic. | |
-2 letters: culet, culti, cutie, telic, utile. | |
-3 letters: ceil, celt, cite, clit, clue, cult, cute, etic, etui, lice, lieu, lite, litu, luce, lute, tile, tule. | |
-4 letters: cel, cue, cut, ecu, ice, lei, let, leu, lie, lit, tel, tic, tie, til, tui. | |
-5 letters: el, et, it, li, ti, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-i-l-t-u" | |
+1 letter: cuticles, leucitic. | |
+2 letters: circulate, cuticulae, inculcate. | |
+3 letters: circulated, circulates, epicuticle, inculcated, inculcates, leukocytic, uricotelic. | |
+4 letters: churchliest, circulative, cocultivate, conductible, coulometric, epicuticles, fasciculate, recirculate, untechnical. | |
+5 letters: accumulative, articulacies, cellulolytic, circulatable, circumfluent, citriculture, cocultivated, cocultivates, conduplicate, counterclaim, epicuticular, fasciculated, inaccurately, microculture, miscalculate, pisciculture, plutocracies, recirculated, recirculates, reluctancies, reticulocyte, secularistic, truculencies, unacclimated, uncirculated. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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