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Definition: Encaustic |
EncausticNoun1. A paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Painting | Pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint; (coloring matter); watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish; a, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Encaustic |
| English words defined with "encaustic": Wax painting. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "encaustic": Encauma. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Encaustic" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (encaustic). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Encaustic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Encaustic" is used about 3 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% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "encaustic": Encaustic painting ♦ Encaustic tile. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
encaustic | 39 |
encaustic painting | 17 |
encaustic tile | 16 |
art encaustic | 15 |
encaustic paint | 5 |
art encaustic technique | 3 |
encaustic wax | 3 |
artist encaustic | 2 |
encaustic painting technique | 2 |
encaustic encaustic painting painting | 2 |
encaustic technique | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "encaustic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i kalitur (seasoned). (various references) | |
Arabic | مرسوم بألوان شمعية, لوحة فنية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | енкаустичен, енкаустика (wax-painting). (various references) | |
Czech | namalovaný voskem. (various references) | |
French | encaustique. (various references) | |
Hungarian | mélyített rajzú. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | encausticay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | encáustico, pintura encáustica. (various references) | |
Romanian | encaustic. (various references) | |
Russian | энкаустический, обожженный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | enkaustičan. (various references) | |
Spanish | encáustico. (various references) | |
Turkish | yakılarak süslenmiş olan, sıcak balmumu ile resim yapma. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | обпалений. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "encaustic": encaustics. (additional references) | |
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"Encaustic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anacostia, ecastic, encaustica. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: succinate. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-n-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: cuneatic. | |
-2 letters: accents, acetins, ascetic, aunties, caustic, cineast, nutcase, sinuate, tunicae. | |
-3 letters: accent, accuse, acetic, acetin, acinus, actins, acutes, antics, ascent, auntie, cactus, cantic, cantus, caseic, casein, centai, centas, cuesta, cuties, cutins, enacts, enatic, incase, incest, incuse, insect, nastic, nicest, scenic, secant, siccan, stance, tenias, tenuis, tineas, tisane, tunica, tunics, uncase, unciae, unites. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: encaustics, inculcates, succinates. | |
+2 letters: acquiescent, contumacies, inductances. | |
+3 letters: acquittances, circumstance, coeducations, communicates, continuances, pectinaceous, reluctancies. | |
+4 letters: accentuations, accountancies, acquaintances, acquiescently, backcountries, circumstanced, circumstances, communicatees, conceptualise, conceptualism, conceptualist, consultancies, counterclaims, excruciations, reoccupations, vulcanicities. | |
+5 letters: actinomycetous, churchianities, conceptualised, conceptualises, conceptualisms, conceptualists, conceptualizes, counteractions, countertactics, discontinuance, discountenance, excommunicates, inarticulacies, preoccupations, recalculations, recirculations, submetacentric, translucencies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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