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Definition: Furuncle |
FuruncleNoun1. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Furuncle \Fu"run*cle\, noun. [Latin expression furunculus petty thief, boil, diminutive of fur thief: compare to the French expression furoncle.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: FuruncleSynonym: boil (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Pimple, zit; wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain; boil; (disease); airbubble, blob, papule, verruca. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Furuncle |
| English words defined with "furuncle": Faruncular. (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 |
furuncle | 46 |
furuncle picture | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "furuncle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i thatë (arid, blain, dead, dehydrated, dried, dry, empty, lank, lathy, peaked, rainless, raw boned, scraggy, scrannel, scrawny, scrubby, sec, sere, short, skinny, slab-sided, slender, spare, spidery, thin, waterless, wizen, wizened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خراج (abscess, gathering, growth), دمل (boil, cicatrize, fester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | furunkel, filipens, bums. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | furunculus, steenpuist, bloedzweer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | furoncle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Furunkel (boil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δοθιήνας. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אבעבוע" (blister, pimple, pustule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urunclefay furúnculo (blotch, boil). (various references) фурункул (anbury, boil). (various references) furúnculo (boil). (various references) furunkel (boil), böld (abscess, boil, carbuncle, ulcer). (various references) чиряк, фурункул (boil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "furuncle": furuncles. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "furuncle" (pronounced 'Fu"run*cle'): Adminicle, Ancle, Appendicle, Arbuscle, Auricle, Bernacle, Bernicle, bicycle, Binnacle, Binocle, Bittacle, Calicle, Canticle, Carbuncle, Cardiacle, Caulicle, Charbocle, Cicatricle, Clavicle, Conceptacle, Conventicle, Coracle, Cornicle, Covercle, Cubicle, Curricle, Cuticle, follicle, funicle, granduncle, hemicycle, Hibernacle, icicle, Mascle, monocle, Monticle, Muscle, Obstacle, Opercle, Orbicle, Ossicle, Panicle, Particle, Pedicle, Peduncle, Pellicle, Pendicle, Pentacle, Perpendicle, Piacle. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-l-n-r-u-u" | |
-2 letters: curule, lucern, rueful, uncurl, unfurl. | |
-3 letters: cruel, lucre, ulcer, uncle. | |
-4 letters: clef, clue, cure, curf, curl, curn, ecru, fern, flue, fuel, furl, luce, lune, lure, nurl, rule, rune. | |
-5 letters: cel, cue, cur, ecu, elf, ern, fen, fer, feu, flu, fun, fur, leu, rec, ref, rue, run, ulu, urn. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-l-n-r-u-u" | |
+1 letter: furuncles. | |
+2 letters: ungraceful, unmerciful. | |
+3 letters: fraudulence. | |
+4 letters: circumfluent, fraudulences, furunculoses, ungracefully, unmercifully. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 75 72 75 6E 63 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. ..- .-. ..- -. -.-. .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110101 01110010 01110101 01101110 01100011 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F u r u n c l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0075 0072 0075 006E 0063 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4087848780697871 |
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