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Floccule

Definition: Floccule

Floccule

Noun

1. A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.

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

Note: Floccule \Floc"cule\, noun. [See Flocculus.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Floccule

DomainDefinition

Mining

A small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid. One of the flakes of a flocculent precipitate. Syn:floc. (references)

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

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Synonym: Floccule

Synonym: floc (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Floccule

Language Translations for "floccule"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

фъндък (flock, fluff, lock), парцалообразна утайка. (various references)

   

Danish

  

flokkulerende bundfald (floc). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

flokki (floc), hiutale (flake), höytäle (floc, flocculate). (various references)

   

French

  

flocule (floc). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θρόμβος,κροκίς (floc). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

פתית (crumb, flake). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pehely (floss, fluff, fuzz, plume). (various references)

   

Italian

  

flocculi (floc), fiocco (flake, flock, tuft), fiocchetto (pompon, tassel, tuft). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

occuleflay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

floculação (breaking, floc, flocculation). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

floculación (breaking, floc, flocculation). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

flock (bevy, flock, herd, pack, umbel). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

bông. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Floccule

Derivations

Words beginning with "floccule": flocculent, floccules. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Floccule"

Words rhyming with "floccule" (pronounced 'Floc"cule'): Animalcule, Bascule, Corpuscule, Lucule, majuscule, minuscule, Muscule, Oscule, Ramuscule, saccule. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Floccule

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-f-l-l-o-u"

-2 letters: locule.

-3 letters: cello.

-4 letters: cell, clef, clue, cole, cull, fell, floc, floe, flue, foul, fuel, full, luce.

-5 letters: cel, col, cue, ecu, elf, ell, feu, flu, foe, fou, leu, ole.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-e-f-l-l-o-u"
 

+1 letter: floccules.

 

+2 letters: flocculate, flocculent.

 

+3 letters: flocculated, flocculates.

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

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