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Definition: Glabella |
GlabellaNoun1. A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Glabella \Gla*bel"la\, noun; plural Glabell?. [New Latin, from Latin glabellus hairless, from glaber bald.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | The median elevation which connects the 2 superciliary arches on the frontal bone. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The region of the frontal bone between the eyebrows. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: GlabellaSynonym: mesophyron (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Glabella |
| English words defined with "glabella": Glabell/ ♦ Mesophryon ♦ Trinucleus. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "glabella": Glabellum. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Farshot of stream violets (Viola glabella). Credit: John Craig. |  | Medium shot of stream violet (Viola glabella). Credit: John Craig. |
 | Closeup shot of stream violet (Viola glabella). Credit: John Craig. |  | Stream Violet (Viola glabella) along Wards Creek. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Glabella" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glabella" 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "glabella": Woodsia glabella. 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 |
glabella | 14 |
glabella viola | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "glabella"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | glabella, hoej pande, alopecia frontalis. (various references) | |
Dutch | glabellum, glabella. (various references) | |
French | glabelle, glabella, bosse frontale moyenne. (various references) | |
German | Glabella, Stirnglatze (receding hair-line). (various references) | |
Greek | μεσόφρυον. (various references) | |
Italian | glabella. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 眉" (area between the eyebrows, brow, middle forehead). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | みけ" (area between the eyebrows, brow, middle forehead, unacquainted, unknown). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abellaglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glabela. (various references) | |
Spanish | glabella. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glabella": glabellae, glabellar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-g-l-l-l" | |
-1 letter: labella. | |
-2 letters: begall. | |
-3 letters: algae, algal, bagel, belga, gable, galea, gleba, label, legal. | |
-4 letters: able, alae, alba, alga, baal, bale, ball, bell, blae, egal, gala, gale, gall, lall, leal. | |
-5 letters: aal, aba, aga, age, ala, alb, ale, all, baa, bag, bal, beg, bel, ell, gab, gae, gal, gel, lab, lag, lea, leg. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-g-l-l-l" | |
+1 letter: glabellae, glabellar. | |
+3 letters: gallbladder. | |
+4 letters: biflagellate, gallbladders. | |
+5 letters: algebraically. | |
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