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Definition: Ectasis |
EctasisNoun1. Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Ectasis \Ec"ta*sis\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression out to stretch.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: EctasisSynonym: ectasia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ectasis |
| Etymologies containing "ectasis": Ectasia. (references) |
| 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 |
ectasis | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ectasis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | ectasisay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ectasis": atelectasis, bronchiectasis, telangiectasis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ectasis" (pronounced 'Ec"ta*sis'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anabasis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Apheresis, Aphesis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis, Aposiopesis, Apotheosis, Apothesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrodesis, Arthrosis, Ascariasis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Atmolysis, Autocatalysis, Autogenesis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Bacteriolysis, Basis, Biognosis, Biolysis, Blastogenesis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Catalysis, Catastasis, Chemolysis, Chemosis, Chemosynthesis, Chlorosis, Chondrogenesis, Chorisis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis, Coreopsis, Crasis, Crisis, Cyanosis, Cyclosis, Deesis, Dermostosis, Diagnosis, Dialysis, Diapedesis, Diaphoresis, Diaphysis, Diapophysis, Diarthrosis, Diastasis, Diathesis, Diegesis, Diesis, Digenesis, Dipsosis, Diuresis, Dysgenesis, Ecbasis, Ecchymosis, Ecdysis, Ecphasis, Ecphonesis, Ecthlipsis, Ectostosis, Electrogenesis, Electrolysis, Elephantiasis, Ellipsis, Emesis, Emphasis, Emphyteusis, Empyesis, Empyrosis, Enantiosis, Enarthrosis, Endogenesis, Endostosis, Endysis, Entasis, Enuresis, Epanadiplosis, Epanalepsis, Epanorthosis, Epenthesis, Epexegesis, Epigenesis, Epitasis, Epithesis, Eremacausis, Erotesis, Eugenesis, Exaeresis, Exanthesis, Exegesis, Exosmosis, Exostosis, filariasis, Gamogenesis, Geneagenesis, Genesis, Geognosis, Glaucosis, Glucogenesis, Gnosis, Gomphiasis, Gomphosis, Haemapophysis, haematemesis, haematogenesis, haematolysis, haematosis, Haemocytolysis, Haemocytotrypsis, helminthiasis, Hemapophysis, hematemesis, hemoptysis, Heterauxesis, heterogenesis, Heterosis, hidrosis, Histogenesis, Histolysis, Homogenesis, hydrarthrosis, hydrolysis, hydronephrosis, Hypapophysis, Hyperapophysis, Hyperinosis, Hyperkinesis, Hypinosis, HYPOCHONDRIASIS, hypophysis, hypostasis, hypothesis, Hypotyposis, hysteresis, ichthyosis, Idiocrasis, ISIS, karyokinesis, Karyostenosis, kenogenesis, kinaesthesis, Kinetogenesis, Leucocytogenesis, Limosis, lithiasis, lordosis, lysis, Marmorosis, Mathesis, meiosis, melanosis, Menostasis, Metabasis, Metabolisis, Metachrosis, metagenesis, metalepsis, metamorphosis, Metaphrasis, metaphysis, Metapophysis, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, Metemptosis, Metensomatosis, Microanalysis, mimesis, missis, monogenesis, Morosis, Morphosis, Mydriasis, Myopsis, Myosis, Mysis, Narcosis, Necrobiosis, Necrosis, Nemesis, Neurapophysis, Neurosis, Ochlesis, Odontiasis, Oogenesis, Organogenesis, Osmidrosis, osmosis, osteoclasis, Osteolysis, Osteoporosis, Osteosclerosis, Ostosis, paedogenesis, Pangenesis, Paracentesis, Paralysis, Paraphimosis, Paraphysis, Parapophysis, Parathesis, paremptosis, Parenesis, Parenthesis, Paresis, Parostosis, parthenogenesis, Pathogenesis, Pedesis, Perigenesis, Periphrasis, Peristalsis, Persis, Pertussis, Pharmacognosis, Phasis, Phimosis, Phlogosis, Photosynthesis, Phthiriasis, Phthisis, Phyllomorphosis, Pleurapophysis, Polymorphosis, Polysynthesis, Postzygapophysis, Praezygapophysis, Prezygapophysis, Proemptosis, Prognosis, Prolepsis, Prophasis, Prosphysis, Prosthesis, Protasis, Proteolysis, Pseudoblepsis, Psoriasis, Psychanalysis, Psychogenesis, Psychosis, Pterylosis, Ptilosis, Ptosis, Pyrosis, Regenesis, Reversis, Sarcobasis, Sarcosis, satyriasis, Scepsis, Schesis, Schindylesis, Schizogenesis, Scleriasis, sclerosis, scoliosis, sepsis, siderosis, siriasis, spermatogenesis, Sphrigosis, Splanchnapophysis, Sporogenesis, stasis, Stegnosis, stenosis, Sycosis, syllepsis, symbiosis, symphysis, Synanthesis, Synartesis, Synarthrosis, Synchondrosis, Synchoresis, Synchysis, Syncrisis, Syndesmosis, Synecphonesis, Synesis, Syngenesis, synizesis, Synneorosis, synopsis, Synosteosis, Synostosis, Synteresis, synthesis, Syssarcosis, Systasis, Telangiectasis, Thanatopsis, Thermolysis, Thermoneurosis, thesis, Thlipsis, Thoracentesis, thrombosis, Tmesis, Trichiasis, trichiniasis, trichinosis, Tripsis, tuberculosis, Tussis, Tylosis, Xanthosis, Xenogenesis, Zygapophysis, Zygosis, Zymolysis, Zymosis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ascites. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: castes, cestas, saices, siesta, tassie. | |
-2 letters: asset, cases, caste, casts, cates, cesta, cesti, cists, cites, easts, saice, sates, satis, scats, seats, sects, sices, sites, sties, taces, tasse. | |
-3 letters: aces, acts, aits, asci, ates, case, cast, cate, cats, cess, cist, cite, east, eats, etas, etic, ices, sacs, sate, sati, scat, seas, seat, secs, sect, seis, seta, sets, sice, sics, site, sits, tace, tass, teas, tics, ties. | |
-4 letters: ace, act, ais, ait, ass, ate, cat, cis, eat, ess, eta, ice, its, sac, sae, sat, sea, sec, sei, set, sic, sis, sit, tae, tas, tea, tic, tie, tis. | |
-5 letters: ae, ai, as, at, es, et, is, it, si, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: asbestic, ascetics, casteism, chastise, cineasts, elastics, escapist, sauciest, scaliest, scanties, scariest, spaciest, statices, suitcase. | |
+2 letters: associate, asthenics, autecisms, campsites, canisters, canoeists, caritases, casteisms, catfishes, cattiness, ceramists, cessation, chastised, chastiser, chastises, cineastes, classiest, coastwise, creasiest, distances, ecdysiast, ecstasies, ecstatics, escapists, estancias, eustacies, incessant, instances, mastiches, mistraces, ostracise, pastiches, pistaches, practises, scabbiest, scantiest, scarriest, scattiest, scenarist, scimetars, sectaries, semantics, silicates, sonicates, spacesuit, speciates, staircase, suitcases, suricates, tachismes, tachistes, tacitness, tackiness, testacies, tieclasps, vesicants, vesicates. | |
+3 letters: actionless, activeness, aesthetics, alchemists, anapestics, ancestries, apostacies, armistices, ascertains, asceticism, assistance, associated, associates, autoecisms, basicities, cadetships, caespitose, cannisters, carditises, careerists, cartelises, caseations, caseinates, castigates, casualties, catechesis, catechisms, catechists, cathepsins, causatives, celestials, cessations, chastisers, chastities, chattiness, cityscapes, clematises, coassisted, coastlines, costmaries, craftiness, crassitude, desiccants, desiccates, desistance, disaffects, dislocates, dispatches, dissociate, ecdysiasts, encaustics, encomiasts, essayistic, exsiccates, fascinates, hesitances, instancies, intactness, interclass, isooctanes, italicises, larcenists, marcasites, masseteric, masticates, mechanists, miscreants, miscreates, mislocates, mismatches, mispatches, misteaches, oscillates, ostracised, ostracises, ostracizes, patchiness, prefascist, resistance, rusticates, sacahuiste, sacristies, sagacities, salacities, sanctifies, sanctities, scantiness, scapolites, scarcities, scenarists, schematics, schematism, scraggiest, scrappiest, scrawliest, scrawniest, sectarians, sectionals, secularist, sidetracks, snatchiest, socialites, spacesuits, specialest, specialist, staircases, starchiest, succinates, syndicates, systematic, timescales, tracksides, trichiases. | |
+4 letters: abstinences, accusatives, aerostatics, ancientness, anecdotists, anesthetics, antiseptics, archpriests, asceticisms, assistances, associative, atelectasis, breadsticks, cacomistles, callosities, capitalises, captionless, cassiterite, casuistries, catachresis, catalepsies, categorises, cattinesses, causalities, centralises, centralisms, centralists, ceramicists, cholestasis, clavierists, confiscates, consociates, constancies, constatives, constipates, crassitudes, crystalizes, crystallise, curtainless, cysteamines, decussating, decussation, desiccators, desistances, disenchants, dispatchers, dissociated, dissociates, episcopates, erraticisms, escalations, escharotics, esemplastic, ethicalness, eviscerates, franticness, hemostatics, hesitancies, iconostases, incessantly, inexactness, inosculates, insectaries, interspaces, intestacies, isocyanates, lemniscates, linecasters, macintoshes, metaphysics, microstates, miseducates, myasthenics, necessitate, nonascetics, obstinacies, pasticheurs, plasticenes, plasticines, plasticizes, prefascists, psittacines, psittacoses, rascalities, recitalists, requiescats, researchist, resistances, resuscitate, revanchists, rickettsias, sacahuistes, salicylates, sanctifiers, sanctuaries, scatologies, scatterings, schematisms, schematizes, schismatize, schmalziest, scrabbliest, scraggliest, scratchiest, secretaries, secularists, semanticist, septicemias, sequacities, simulcasted, socialities, specialists, specialties, speciations, spermacetis, stagnancies, stalactites, starchiness, subdialects, supplicates, supremacist, systematics, tacitnesses, tackinesses, tapersticks, testatrices, thalassemic, transcribes, transiences, typicalness, vasectomies, vesiculates. | |
+5 letters: acclimatises, activenesses, aestheticism, anaesthetics, anilinctuses, antisciences, athleticisms, atmospherics, backstitches, blacklisters, calisthenics, candlesticks, captiousness, cassiterites, cataphoresis, catholicoses, causticities, cautiousness, ceratopsians, chastisement, chattinesses, choirmasters, clarinetists, clearstories, clericalists, commiserates, conservatism, consolidates, contrariness, cosmeticians, craftinesses, creationisms, creationists, creativeness, criticalness, criticasters, crystallised, crystallises, crystallites, crystallizes, decussations, delicatessen, desecrations, desiccations, disassociate, disconsolate, dissociative, disturbances, domesticates, ecclesiastic, elasticities, enthusiastic, escapologist, estheticians, exactingness, exsiccations, factiousness, fantasticoes, galactosides, gesticulates, inchoateness, intactnesses, intercostals, intraspecies, lecithinases, linecastings, mackintoshes, magistracies, mastectomies, masterpieces, misallocates, miscellanist, miscreations, musicalities, necessitated, necessitates, osteoblastic, osteoclastic, osteoplastic, outdistances, overcastings, patchinesses, plasticities, plasticizers, poeticalness, postulancies, psychiatries, reactiveness, researchists, resuscitated, resuscitates, resuscitator, romanticises, sabermetrics, sanctimonies, scantinesses, scapegoatism, schismatized, schismatizes, schmaltziest, scintillates, scratchiness, scyphistomae, searchlights, secretariats, sectarianism, sectionalism, secularistic, secularities, semanticists, semiabstract, semimonastic, semimystical, semioticians, sensualistic, separatistic, sociopathies, sophisticate, spaceflights, spasticities, specialistic, specialities, speculations, spirochaetes, stickhandles, sticklebacks, subcuratives, subspecialty, subtenancies, superplastic, supremacists, surrealistic, switchblades, syllabicates, sympathetics, syndactylies, systemically, thalassemics, tracheitises, transceivers, transcribers, transections, transiencies, transpierces, unassociated, unchastities, unsystematic, varicosities, vasculitides, vasectomizes, verticalness, viscoelastic, vulcanisates, witchgrasses, wristwatches. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 63 74 61 73 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -.-. - .- ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100011 01110100 01100001 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E c t a s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0063 0074 0061 0073 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39698667857585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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