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Definitions: Infect |
InfectVerb1. Fill with revolutionary ideas. 2. Communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this bead cold". 3. Contaminate with a disease or microorganism. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "infect" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: InfectSynonyms: inspire (v), revolutionise (v), revolutionize (v), taint (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: disinfect (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deterioration | Deteriorate; weaken; put back, set back; taint, infect, contaminate, poison, empoison, envenom, canker, corrupt, exulcerate, pollute, vitiate, inquinate; debase, embase; denaturalize, denature, leaven; deflower, debauch, defile, deprave, degrade; ulcerate; stain; (dirt); discolor; alloy, adulterate, sophisticate, tamper with, prejudice. |
Excitation | Verb: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame. |
Mixture | Instill, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Malignant spirochetes infect your bloodstream, eventually spreading to your spinal fluid and on into the brain. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
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 | The HHV-6, or the human herpes virus-6, was thought to infect b-cells and was at one time called HBLV, human b-lymphotropic virus. It is now known to infect t-cells as well. The HHV-6 is a double stranded DNA virus of the herpes family. The virus particles shown here have matured and are then released from the lymphocyte which has been infected. The "owl's eye" appearance of the virus particles is characteristic of the herpes family.Credit: Bernard Kramarsky (photographer). |  | The photo of an electron micrograph of HHV-6 also includes a labeled insert of the mature virus particle. The HHV-6 is a double stranded DNA virus of the herpes family. The virus particles shown here have matured and are then released from the lymphocyte which has been infected. The "owl's eye" appearance of the virus particles is characteristic of the herpes family. The HHV-6, or the human herpes virus-6, was thought to infect b-cells and was at one time called HBLV, human b-lymphotropic virus. It is now known to infect t-cells and is the cause of the childhood rash "roseola" and some cases of mononucleosis.Credit: Bernard Kramarsky (photographer). |
 | When amebae infect the brain or spinal cord the condition is known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM.Credit: CDC. |  | West Nile virus is a flavivirus commonly found in Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East. It is closely related to St. Louis encephalitis virus found in the United States. The virus can infect humans, birds, mosquitoes, horses and some other mammals.Credit: CDC. |
 | The Schizont stage of the life cycle precedes the formation of merozoites, which will be released to go on to infect more red blood cells. This erythrocyte contains a young immature schizont with underdeveloped merozoites.Credit: CDC. |  | N. gonorrhoeae, a gram-negative diplococcus, is the causative agent for Gonorrhea. These bacteria can infect the genital tract, the mouth, and the rectum.Credit: CDC. |
 | Cultures of a destructive mold called Phomopsis strains that infect both crop and noncrop plants. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Spores released from the fan-shaped basidiocarp of this inch-wide Crinipellis perniciosa mushroom can infect cacao trees and drastically reduce yields of the beans from which cocoa and chocolate products are made. Photo Scott Bauer.Credit: USDA ARS News. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Plato | False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. |
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Young Zaphod Plays It Safe | Douglas Adams | |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Thou dost infect mine eyes. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Four species of Plasmodium infect humans. (references) | |
As a carrier of Crypto, you could infect other people. (references) | ||
Amazingly, up to a hundred worms can infect one person. (references) | ||
Children | Zimbabwe | However, the Sexual Offenses Act makes it a crime to knowingly infect anyone, including children, with HIV/AIDS. (references) |
Travel | Egypt | There is a low risk of exposure to exotic diseases in Egypt such as Rift Valley Fever (RVF). RVF, which flares up in parts of the country from time to time, is a mosquito-borne disease of domestic animals that can infect humans. (references) |
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| "Infect" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 76.19% of the time. "Infect" is used about 105 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 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 76.19% | 80 | 37,112 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Unclassified Items | 2.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.95% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 105 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "infect": infect with. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "infect": re-infect. | |
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| 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 |
clin dis infect | 5 |
infect truth | 4 |
computer infect virus | 3 |
infect | 3 |
aids infect ways | 2 |
ed infect | 2 |
infect virus | 2 |
clin infect microbiol | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "infect"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | infektoj (canker, contaminate), moleps (contaminate, foul, pollute, taint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فسد (be corrupted, be decayed, be decomposed, be depraved, be evil, be immoral, be marred, be pervert, be putrid, be rotten, be spoiled, be vicious, become corrupted, become decayed, become decomposed, become depraved, become evil, become immoral, become marred, become pervert, become perverted, become putrid, become rotten, become spoiled, become vicious, contaminate, corrupt, decay, decompose, degenerate, deprave, deteriorate, disintegrate, foul, go bad, impair, mangle, mar, mess, mess up, misrule, putrefy, rot, spoil, spoilt), نقل مرضا, عدى (contract), أصاب (bilge, blast, come, get, hit, inflict, pick off, shoot, strike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | корумпирам (corrupt), заразявам (communicate, contaminate, defile, plague, poison, stuff), инфектирам (poison). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | " (infected, Infecting, infection), 傳" (contagious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | infikovat, nakazit (poison). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | smitte (contaminate, to contaminate, to infest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | infecteren (communicate, contaminate), besmetten (communicate, to contaminate, to infest), aansteken (blowing in, communicate, illuminate, kindle, light, lighting up, switch, to blow in, to light up, turn on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | infekti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | smitta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ملوث کردن (Deflower, Ntaminate, Pollute, Taint), مبتلاودچارکردن , گندزده کردن , سرایت کردن (Permeate, Transmit), عفونی کردن , الوده کردن (Defile, Mess, Muck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tartuttaa (transmit something to), saastuttaa (contaminate, pollute, taint, to contaminate, to infest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | infecter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ynfektearje, oanstekke (communicate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | infizieren (contaminate, poison, to infect), anstecken (be catching, be contagious, be infectious, fix on, light, pin on, set alight, set fire to, tack on, to contaminate, to infest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μολύνω (contaminate, defile, foul, pollute, taint, to contaminate, to infest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לאלח (contaminate, taint), לז"ם (contaminate, grime, pollute, taint), ל 'ע (afflict with leprosy, smite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szennyez (to contaminate, to pollute, to vitiate), megront (bewitch, blight, corrupt, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, pervert, pollute, seduce, to canker, to debauch, to deprave, to deteriorate, to hex, to pervert, to seduce sy, to taint, to violate, to vitiate, to voodoo, to warp, vitiate), megmételyez (to canker, to infect, to vitiate), megfertõz (contaminate, poison, pollute, taint, vitiate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menyakiti (agonizing, hurt), menular (contaminate, contigious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | infettare (become infected, communicate, contaminate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 移す (to infect, to remove, to transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うつす (to cast, to describe, to duplicate, to film, to imitate, to infect, to photograph, to picture, to project, to reflect, to remove, to reproduce, to trace, to transcribe, to transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 감염하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | foutaghey, dourinaghey (distemper), doghaney (disease, distemper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | infisere, smitte (contagion, infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | infectay infectar (diseased, inoculate, taint). (various references) infecta (attaint, canker, contaminate, corrupt, poison, rankle, taint). (various references) заражать (contaminate, inoculate). (various references) inficirati, zaraziti (contaminate). (various references) infectar (contaminate), inficionar (communicate, infected, taint), contaminar (contaminate, pollute, taint, to contaminate, to infest). (various references) smitta (catch the infection, contagion, infection, to contaminate, to infest, virus), infektera, besmitta (contaminate, taint). (various references) ทำให้ติ"เชื้อ, ติ"โรค. (various references) enfekte etmek, bulaştırmak (bedabble, bedaub, besmear, blur, communicate, contaminate, corrupt, daub, dirty, drag, embroil, entangle, imbrue, implicate, involve, inweave, propagate, slush, smear, smudge, splodge, splotch, spread, taint, transmit, twine), bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck), aşılamak (bud, engraft, envenom, fertilize, graft, imbue, impregnate, indoctrinate, infuse into, ingraft, inoculate, inspire, instil, instill, pass on an ilness, plant, suggest, transfuse, vaccinate). (various references) заражати (canker, contaminate, poison, taint). (various references) heintio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | contaminabatur, contaminabis, contaminabit, contaminabitur, contaminabunt, contaminabuntur, contaminare, contaminarentur, contaminastis, contaminata, contaminatae, contaminate, contaminatum, contaminatus, contaminaverit, contaminaverunt, contaminavi, contaminavit, contaminent, contaminetur, contamino, contigerat, contigerit, contigerunt, contigisse, contigisset, contigit, contineo, contingat, contingatis, contingebant, contingebat, contingent, contingere, continget, contingetis, contingi, contingit, contingunt, incontaminatam, incontaminati, incontaminatos, incontaminatum, infecta, infectum, polluam, polluamini, polluamus, polluant, polluantur, polluat, polluatis, polluatur, polluent, polluentur, polluerat, polluere, polluerent, pollueretur, polluerint, polluerit, pollueritis, polluerunt, pollues, polluet, polluetur, pollui, polluimini, polluimus, polluisti, polluistis, polluit, polluitur, polluta, pollutae, polluti, pollutio, pollutione, pollutum, pollutus, pollutusque. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | geblandan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 13, Verse 49 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai genhtai h afh clwrizousa h purrizousa en tw dermati h en tw imatiw h en tw sthmoni h en th krokh h en panti skeuei ergasimw dermatoV afh lepraV estin kai deixei tw ierei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si alba aut rufa macula fuerit infecta lepra reputabitur ostendeturque sacerdoti |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If it were infect with whijt or reed wemme, it shal be holdun a lepre, and shal be shewid to the preest; the which, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Yf the disease be pale or somwhat redysh in the cloth or skynne: whether it be in the warpe or wolfe or any thinge that is made of skynne, the it is a very leprosye and must be shewed vnto the preast. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin: it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | If there are red or green marks on the clothing, or on the leather, or in the threads of the cloth, or in anything made of skin, it is the leper's disease: let the priest see it. |
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| Language | Leviticus Chapter 13, Verse 49 |
| Cebuano | Kong ang sakit malunhaw, kun mapula-pula diha sa bisti kun sa panit, kun sa lindog, kun sa hulog, kun sa bisan unsa nga dapit sa panit; kini mao ang sakit nga sanla, ug igapakita siya ngadto sa sacerdote. |
| Croatian | pa ako mrlja na odijelu ili koži, na osnovi ili na potki, ili na bilo kakvu predmetu od kože, bude zelenkasta ili crvenkasta, to je guba i neka se sveæeniku pokaže. |
| Danish | og det angrebne Sted på Klædningen, Læderet, det vævede eller knyttede Stof eller Lædertingene viser sig at være grønligt eller rødligt, så er det Spedalskhed og skal synes af Præsten. |
| Dutch | En die plaag aan het kleed, of aan het vel, of aan den scheerdraad, of aan den inslag, of aan enig vellentuig, groenachtig of roodachtig is; het is de plaag der melaatsheid; daarom zal zij den priester vertoond worden. |
| Finnish | ja jos tartunnan paikka näyttää vihertävältä tai punertavalta vaatekappaleessa tai nahassa tai kudotussa tai solmustetussa kankaassa tai missä nahasta tehdyssä esineessä tahansa, niin se on pitalia, ja se on näytettävä papille. |
| French | et que la plaie sera verdâtre ou rougeâtre sur le vêtement ou sur la peau, la chaîne ou la trame, ou sur un objet quelconque de peau, c`est une plaie de lèpre, et elle sera montrée au sacrificateur. |
| German | und wenn das Mal grünlich oder rötlich ist am Kleid oder am Fell oder am Aufzug oder am Eintrag oder an irgend einem Ding, das von Fellen gemacht ist, das ist gewiß ein Mal des Aussatzes; darum soll's der Priester besehen. |
| Haitian Creole | si kote ki vle kanni an gen yon ti koulè vèt osinon wouj, sa vle di se kanni l'ap kanni. Se pou nou pote l' moutre prèt la. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | dan warna kelapukan itu kehijau-hijauan atau kemerah-merahan, maka kelapukan itu jenis yang menyebar dan harus ditunjukkan kepada imam. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka jikalau pada pakaian atau belulang atau kain atau belacu atau perkakas kulit, tempat yang kena itu kehijauan atau kemerahan warnanya, ia itulah bala kusta, maka hendaklah ia itu ditunjuk kepada imam. |
| Italian | se la macchia sar verdastra o rossastra, sulla veste o sulla pelliccia, sul tessuto o sul manufatto o su qualunque cosa di cuoio, è macchia di lebbra e sar mostrata al sacerdote. |
| Maori | Ki te mea ha ma kakariki, he puwhero ranei te wahi i pangia o te kakahu, o te hiako ranei, o te whenu ranei, o te aho ranei, o tetahi mea hiako ranei, he panga tena no te repera, a me whakakite ki te tohunga: |
| Norwegian | og flekkene på klæsplagget eller på skinnet eller på renningen eller på isletten eller på noget som er gjort av skinn, er grønnlige eller rødlige, da er det spedalskhet, og det skal vises frem for presten. |
| Portuguese | se a praga na vestidura, quer na urdidura, quer na trama, ou na pele, ou em qualquer coisa de pele, for verde ou vermelha, é praga de lepra, pelo que se mostrará ao sacerdote; |
| Rumanian | wi rana va fi verzuie sau rowieticq pe hainq sau pe piele, kn urzealq sau kn bqtqturq, sau pe vreun lucru de piele, este o ranq de leprq, wi trebuie arqtatq preotului. |
| Russian | Й СФОП 'Х"ЕФ ЪЕМЕОПЧБФПЕ ЙМЙ ЛТБУОПЧБФПЕ ОБ П"ЕЦ"Е, ЙМЙ ОБ ЛПЦЕ, ЙМЙ ОБ ПУОПЧЕ, ЙМЙ ОБ ХФПЛЕ, ЙМЙ ОБ ЛБЛПК-ОЙ'Х"Ш ЛПЦБОПК ЧЕЭЙ, --ФП ЬФП СЪЧБ ТПЛБЪЩ: "ПМЦОП ПЛБЪБФШ ЕЕ УЧСЭЕООЙЛХ; |
| Spanish | si la mancha en el vestido, en la urdimbre, en la trama o en cualquier objeto de cuero es verdosa o rojiza, es mancha de lepra. Ha de ser mostrada al sacerdote. |
| Swedish | och det angripna stället visar sig grönaktigt eller rödaktigt, på klädnaden eller skinnet, eller på det vävda eller virkade tyget, eller på skinnsaken, vad det vara må, då är stället angripet av spetälska och skall visas för prästen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "infect": infected, infecter, infecters, infecting, infection, infections, infectious, infectiously, infectiousness, infectiousnesses, infective, infectivities, infectivity, infector, infectors, infects. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "infect": disinfect, reinfect, superinfect. (additional references) | |
Words containing "infect": autoinfection, autoinfections, disinfectant, disinfectants, disinfected, disinfecting, disinfection, disinfections, disinfects, noninfected, noninfectious, noninfective, postinfection, reinfected, reinfecting, reinfection, reinfections, reinfects, superinfected, superinfecting, superinfection, superinfections, superinfects, uninfected. (additional references) | |
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"Infect" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inef, inefect, ineft, infact, infat, infe, infit, inoffe, inpect. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "infect" (pronounced i'nfe"kt) |
| 5 | -n f e" k t | confect, disinfect. |
| 4 | -f e" k t | affect, disaffect, effect, perfect. |
| 3 | -e" k t | bedecked, checked, collect, connect, correct, decked, deflect, deject, detect, direct, disconnect, disrespect, dissect, eject, elect, erect, expect, incorrect, indirect, inflect, inject, inspect, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, necked, neglect, overprotect, protect, rechecked, recollect, reconnect, redirect, reelect, reflect, reinspect, reject, respect, resurrect, sect, select, subject, suspect, trekked, unchecked, wecht, wrecked. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-i-n-t" | |
-1 letter: feint. | |
-2 letters: cent, cine, cite, etic, fice, fine, neif, nice, nite, tine. | |
-3 letters: eft, fen, fet, fie, fin, fit, ice, net, nit, ten, tic, tie, tin. | |
-4 letters: ef, en, et, if, in, it, ne, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-i-n-t" | |
+1 letter: infects, inflect. | |
+2 letters: clefting, confetti, faceting, fanciest, fetching, flection, frenetic, infected, infecter, infector, inflects, reinfect. | |
+3 letters: affecting, affection, chieftain, confident, confiteor, confiture, defecting, defection, deficient, disinfect, effecting, efficient, facetting, fascinate, fecundity, fettucine, fettucini, flections, fletching, fornicate, frenetics, infarcted, infecters, infecting, infection, infective, infectors, inflected, inflicted, inflicter, infracted, interface, refecting, refection, reinfects, ventifact. | |
+4 letters: acetifying, affections, beneficent, centrifuge, certifying, chieftains, confecting, confection, confidante, confiscate, confiteors, confitures, conflicted, craftiness, defecating, defecation, defections, deficients, deflecting, deflection, dentifrice, disinfects, fanaticize, fascinated, fascinates, feministic, fetchingly, fettuccine, fettuccini, fianchetti, fianchetto, fictioneer, fictionize, finickiest, fletchings, flounciest, fornicated, fornicates, fractioned, functioned, infections, infectious, infelicity, inflecting, inflection, inflective, inflicters, inflictive, interfaced, interfaces, maleficent, munificent, omnificent, perfecting, perfection, pontifices, proficient, rectifying, refections, reflecting, reflection, refracting, refraction, reinfected, sanctified, sanctifier, sanctifies, scientific, sufficient, tenebrific, uninfected, ventifacts, vociferant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 66 65 63 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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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)01001001 01101110 01100110 01100101 01100011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n f e c t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0066 0065 0063 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)438072716986 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Bible Trace 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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