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Definition: Ignescent |
IgnescentAdjective1. Can emit sparks or burst into flame. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Ignescent \Ig*nes"cent\, adjective. [Latin expression ignescens, present participle of ignescere to become inflamed, from ignis fire: compare to the French expression ignescent.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Mining | Applied to a mineral that sparks when struck with steel or iron; e.g.,pyrite. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "ignescent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | ignescentay.(various references) | |
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"Ignescent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Iglesden, ignoscent, nigrescent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ignescent" (pronounced 'Ig*nes"cent'): Acaulescent, Accrescent, Acquiescent, Adducent, Adipescent, Adnascent, Albescent, Alkalescent, Arborescent, Candescent, Canescent, Caulescent, Cerulescent, Cinerescent, Circumjacent, Coalescent, Complacent, Conducent, Connascent, Contabescent, Decent, Dehiscent, Deliquescent, Delitescent, Depascent, Docent, Effervescent, Efflorescent, Enascent, Equicrescent, Erubescent, -escent, Evanescent, Excandescent, Excrescent, Exercent, Fervescent, Flavescent, Florescent, fluorescent, Fremescent, Frutescent, Gangrenescent, Glaucescent, Herbescent, Inacquiescent, Incalescent, incandescent, Incanescent, Increscent, indecent, indehiscent, Ineffervescent, Interjacent, Interlucent, Intumescent, iridescent, Jacent, Juvenescent, Lactescent, Latescent, liquescent, lucent, Lutescent, Maledicent, Manuducent, Marcescent, Maturescent, Nascent, Nigrescent, Obsolescent, Opalescent, Papescent, Petrescent, Phosphorescent, Photoluminescent, Precent, Producent, Pubescent, Putrescent, Rancescent, recent, Recrudescent, Reducent, Rejuvenescent, Relucent, renascent, Revalescent, Reviviscent, Rigescent, Rubescent, Rufescent, Self-complacent, Semitranslucent, senescent, Spinescent, Spinulescent, Spumescent, subjacent, Subnascent, Subtranslucent, suffrutescent, Sugescent, Supercrescent, superjacent, Tabescent, Toppescent, Traducent, Tralucent, translucent, tumescent, Turgescent, Undecent, Violascent, Violescent, Virescent, Viridescent, Vitrescent. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-g-i-n-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: genetics, nescient, scenting. | |
-2 letters: censing, engines, entices, genetic, incense, intense, nesting, tennies, tensing. | |
-3 letters: engine, ensign, entice, genets, genies, gentes, gestic, incest, ingest, insect, nicest, nieces, seeing, sennet, sennit, signee, signet, teeing, tennis, tinges. | |
-4 letters: cense, cents, cesti, cetes, cines, cites, egest, geest, genes, genet, genic, genie, gents, geste, inset, neist, nenes, niece, nines, nites, scene, scent, segni, seine, sengi, sente, senti, siege, since, singe, stein, sting, teens, tenge, tense, tines, tinge, tings. | |
-5 letters: cees, cent, cete, cigs, cine, cist, cite, egis, engs, etic, gees, gene, gens, gent, gest, gets, gien, gies, gins, gist, gits, ices, inns, nene, nest, nets, nice, nine, nite, nits, sect, seen, sene, sent, sice, sign, sine, sing, site, snit, teen, tees, tegs, tens, tics, ties, tine, ting, tins. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-g-i-n-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: sentencing, tangencies. | |
+3 letters: contingences, copresenting, decongesting, decongestion, exactingness, geanticlines, interchanges, intersecting, reinspecting, resentencing, stringencies. | |
+4 letters: acceptingness, astringencies, cogenerations, contingencies, countersigned, decongestions, genuflections, intelligences, interchangers, intransigence, miscegenation, necessitating, presentencing, rechristening. | |
+5 letters: antigenicities, congenialities, decompensating, deconsecrating, exactingnesses, fictioneerings, gemeinschaften, immunogenetics, intelligencers, intransigeance, intransigences, miscegenations, oncogenicities, presentencings, reconsecrating, serotoninergic, superinfecting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 67 6E 65 73 63 65 6E 74 |
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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).. --. -. . ... -.-. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01100111 01101110 01100101 01110011 01100011 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I g n e s c e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0067 006E 0065 0073 0063 0065 006E 0074 |
| 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)437380718569718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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