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Definition: Heliac |
HeliacAdjective1. Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun; "the heliacal rising of the Dog Star"; "the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Physics | A confinement configuration which superimposes an l=1 stellarator-type field upon a tokamak-like poloidal field. The resulting plasma configuration is a helix bent around into a loop. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: HeliacSynonym: heliacal (adj). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "heliac"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | fleksibel heliac (flexible Heliac). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | flexibel experiment met Heliac-opsluiting (flexible Heliac). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | Héliac flexible (flexible Heliac). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | flexibler Heliac (flexible Heliac). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | macchina flessibile di tipo Heliac (flexible Heliac). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eliachay сонячний (heliacal, shiny, solar, sunny). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "heliac": heliacal, heliacally. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "heliac" (pronounced 'He"li*ac'): Acardiac, Almanac, Ambrosiac, Anaphrodisiac, Andarac, Anglomaniac, Antaphrodisiac, Anthypochondriac, Antiaphrodisiac, Antihypochondriac, Armoniac, Arteriac, Bac, Bibliomaniac, bobac, Cadillac, Calambac, Carac, Celeriac, Cluniac, Cognac, Corinthiac, Cul-de-sac, Dionysiac, Diplocardiac, Dipsomaniac, Dochmiac, Elephantiac, Eleutheromaniac, Epicardiac, Etaac, FAC, Frontiniac, Guiac, Haematosac, ipecac, Isiac, KLEPTOMANIAC, lilac, mac, Metromaniac, Muntjac, Mustac, Ovisac, PAC, Pachacamac, Pelusiac, Poonac, Salmiac, Sangiac, Scoriac, Seed-lac, S'erac, Sifac, Simoniac, Sporosac, Stick-lac, Syriac, TAC, Tac-au-tac, tendrac, tombac, Tulipomaniac, Vertebro-iliac, Zodiac. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l" | |
-1 letter: chela, chiel, chile, ileac, laich, leach. | |
-2 letters: ache, alec, ceil, chia, each, elhi, hail, hale, heal, heil, hila, ilea, lace, laic, lech, lice, lich. | |
-3 letters: ace, ail, ale, cel, chi, hae, hic, hie, ice, ich, lac, lea, lei, lie. | |
-4 letters: ae, ah, ai, al, eh, el, ha, he, hi, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l" | |
+1 letter: caliche, chalice, challie, charlie, ethical, helical. | |
+2 letters: achenial, achillea, alchemic, athletic, caliches, cephalic, cephalin, chaliced, chalices, chalkier, challies, charlies, chemical, ethicals, ethnical, hacklier, hectical, heliacal, heraldic, heroical, inchmeal, leachier, leaching, lechayim, parhelic, teiglach, thetical. | |
+3 letters: achilleas, alchemies, alchemist, alchemize, alchymies, aldehydic, athletics, bleaching, caliphate, cephalins, chalkiest, challises, chamomile, chatelain, chelating, chelation, chelicera, chelonian, chemicals, chevalier, cichlidae, cochineal, coliphage, echolalia, echolalic, enchilada, ethically, hackliest, halocline, helically, heretical, leachiest, lechayims, lethargic, lightface, malachite, marchlike, petechial, pleaching, preachily, rachillae, selachian, spherical, technical, theriacal, thylacine, unethical, vehicular. | |
+4 letters: achievable, acidophile, alchemical, alchemists, alchemized, alchemizes, alkahestic, alphabetic, alphameric, anthelices, apothecial, aspherical, bechalking, bioethical, birthplace, branchline, calipashes, caliphates, candlefish, catchflies, cephalexin, chainwheel, chalcocite, chamomiles, chandelier, changeling, channeling, channelize, charitable, charladies, chatelaine, chatelains, cheapishly, chelations, chelicerae, cheliceral, chelonians, chemically, chevaliers, chimerical, chivalries, chlamydiae, chloramine, chlorinate, coalfishes, cochineals, coleorhiza, coliphages, echolalias, enchiladas, ethicality, ethnically, haloclines, hatcheling, hectically, heliacally, helicoidal, hellacious, hemiacetal, herbicidal, hermetical, heroically, hierarchal, hysterical, inchoately, lightfaced, lightfaces, machinable, malachites, manchineel, mechanical, megalithic, methodical, mischannel, neophiliac, nonethical, pathetical, philatelic, phlegmatic, preethical, rhetorical, schmalzier, selachians, switchable, technicals, telepathic, theatrical, theistical, thetically, theurgical, thylacines, ultrafiche, unathletic, wheelchair. | |
+5 letters: acidophiles, aesthetical, alchemistic, alchemizing, aphetically, archangelic, archegonial, archipelago, atheistical, athleticism, backlighted, bellyaching, bibliotheca, biochemical, birthplaces, blackfishes, bleacherite, branchlines, calisthenic, candlelight, catechismal, catholicate, catholicize, cephalexins, cephalothin, chainwheels, chalcedonic, chalcocites, challenging, chamberlain, chameleonic, chandeliers, chandelling, chandleries, changelings, channelized, channelizes, channelling, chanticleer, charbroiled, charbroiler, chatelaines, cherishable, chiralities, chloramines, chlorinated, chlorinates, chocolatier, cholestasis, cholestatic, chrysalides, chrysalises, cliffhanger, coleorhizae, delphically, diencephala, edaphically, epithalamic, epithetical, ethicalness, ethological, feldspathic, geochemical, geophysical, hallucinate, hatchelling, hedonically, hematologic, hemiacetals, hemophiliac, heretically, hexadecimal, hibernacula, homiletical, hypokalemic, icosahedral, impeachable, intrathecal, lecithinase, logomachies, machineable, machinelike, manchineels, marshalcies, mechanicals, melancholia, melancholic, metaethical, mischannels, myelopathic, necrophilia, neophiliacs, nonathletic, nonchemical, oligarchies, oligochaete, patchoulies, pedophiliac, perithecial, preachingly, procephalic, prophetical, psychedelia, relaunching, rheological, schmaltzier, schmalziest, searchingly, searchlight, shellacking, spaceflight, spherically, spinachlike, spirochetal, stickhandle, switchblade, technically, telegraphic, thalassemic, theatricals, theological, theoretical, thermically, ultrafiches, untechnical, wheelchairs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 6C 69 61 63 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .-.. .. .- -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e l i a c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 006C 0069 0061 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)427178756769 |
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