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Definition: Insect |
InsectNoun1. Small air-breathing arthropod. 2. Has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "insect" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts(head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Insects are the predominant group of arthropods and of the animals in general. They may be found in nearly all environments except for the oceans.
Insects Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Orders Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails)
Monura - extinct
Thysanura (common bristletails)
Mantophasmatodea
Subclass Pterygota
Palaeodictyoptera - extinct
Ephemeroptera (mayflies)
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
Infraclass Neoptera
Blattodea (cockroaches)
Mantodea (mantids)
Isoptera (termites)
Zoraptera
Grylloblattodea
Dermaptera (earwigs)
Plecoptera (stoneflies)
Orthoptera (grasshoppers, cricketss, katydids)
Phasmatodea (walking sticks, timemas)
Embioptera (webspinners)
Superorder Hemipterodea
Psocoptera (booklice, barklice)
Phthiraptera (lice)
Hemiptera (true bugs)
Thysanoptera (thrips)
Superorder Endopterygota
Miomoptera - extinct
Megaloptera (alderflies, etc.)
Raphidioptera (snakeflies)
Neuroptera (net-veined insects)
Coleoptera (beetles)
Strepsiptera (twisted-winged parasites)
Mecoptera (scorpionflies, etc.)
Siphonaptera (fleas)
Protodiptera extinct
Diptera (true flies)
Trichoptera (caddisflies)
Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths)
Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, etc.)The scientific study of insects is entomology. More than 800,000 species of insects have been described. There are 5,000 dragonfly species, 20,000 orthopteran, 170,000 lepidopteran, 82,000 hemipteran, 350,000 coleopteran, and 110,000 hymenopteran species.
Insects are usually very small and have segmented bodies, divided into a head, thorax, and abdomen. The head supports a pair of sensory antennae, a pair of compound eyes as well as the mouth, the thorax has six legs, and the abdomen has excretory and reproductive structures. The excretory system directly effects the osmoregulation of insects. The insect body is supported by an exoskeleton made mostly of chitin. A few small groups with similar body plans, such as springtails (Collembola), are united with the insects as the Hexapoda. The true insects are distinguished from other forms in part by having ectognathous, or exposed, mouthparts. Insects have a complete digestive system.
Most insects also have two pairs of wings, located on the second and third thoracic segments. They are the only invertebrate group to have developed flight, and this has played an important part in their success. The winged insects, and their secondarily wingless relatives, make up the Pterygota. Insect flight is not very well understood, relying heavily on turbulent atmospheric effects. In primitive insects it tends to rely heavily on direct flight muscles, which act upon the wing.
More advanced flyers, which make up the Neoptera, generally have wings which can fold over their back, keeping them out of the way when not in use. In these, the wings are powered mainly by indirect flight muscles, which move them by stressing the thorax. These muscles have adapted to contract when stretched without nervous impulses, allowing the wings to beat much faster than would be otherwise possible.
Insects do not breathe and do not have lungs; Instead they use tracheal respiration in order to transport oxygen through their bodies. Insects have openings on the surface of their bodies called spiracles that lead to their tracheal systems. The air goes into the tracheal tubes and passes through the system of branching trachea. The circulatory system of insects, like that of other arthropods, is open: the heart pumps the hemolymph through arteries to open spaces surrounding the organs; when the heart relaxes, the haemolymph seeps back into the heart.
Insects hatch from eggs, and undergo a series of moults as they develop. In most groups the young, called nymphs, are basically similar in form to the adults, though the wings are not yet developed. This is called incomplete metamorphosis. Complete metamorphosis distinguishes the Endopterygota, which include many of the most successful insect groups. In these, the egg hatches to produce a larva, which is generally worm-like in form and may be fairly helpless. This in turn becomes a pupa, which is often sealed within a cocoon or chrysalis, and undergoes considerable change in form before emerging as an adult.
Many insects are considered pests, because they transmit diseases (mosquitos, flies), damage structures (termites) or destroy agricultural goods (locusts). Others are useful to humans because they pollinate flowering plants (wasps, bees, butterflies) or produce substances such as honey wax or silk. Unique in the animal kingdom are the social insects such as ants or bees that live together in large well-organized colonies, so tightly integrated and genetically identical that they are often considered superorganisms.
Insects are the major pollinators of the flowering plants and have co-evolved in step with them. As well as pollen, a lot of insects feed on the remains of animals.
For a more complete list of the species of insects that are covered in Wikipedia, see: List of insects.
Arthropods often confused with insects include centipedes, millipedes, scorpions and spiders.
Animals that feed on insects are said to be 'insectivorous' and are called 'insectivores'.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Insect."
Synonyms: InsectSynonyms: dirt ball (n), louse (n), worm (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe. |
Littleness | Animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon; bacteria; infusoria; microzoa; phytozoaria; microbe; grub; tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry; millet seed, mustard seed; barleycorn; pebble, grain of sand; molehill, button, bubble. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Insect |
| English words defined with "insect": cochineal insect ♦ Gall insect ♦ leaf insect, lepidopterous insect ♦ Mange insect, Manna insect ♦ neuropterous insect ♦ psocopterous insect ♦ scale insect, spittle insect ♦ thysanopterous insect ♦ Wax insect. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "insect": Genes, Structural, Insect ♦ insect hole, Insect Hormones, Insect Proteins ♦ SUPERVISOR, INSECT AND DISEASE INSPECTION. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "insect": tickseed. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Insect" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (bug, insect). |
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Screenplays | I'm saying I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it. But now the dream is over and the insect is awake (The Fly; writing credit: David Cronenberg and Charles Edward Pogue.) The little insect was justWaiting for that diaper to fall off. (Three Men and a Baby; writing credit: Jim Cruickshank; James Orr) We won't go down easy, insect! (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence) Compared with Man, we have to admit that the insect does not display what we can describe as intelligence (The Hellstrom Chronicle; writing credit: David Seltzer) Yeah, you learn her source, and we'll introduce her to her insect reflection (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain (Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny); performing artist: Elton John) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Insect to Injury (1956) A Golf Insect (1922) | |
Song Titles | Hey There, Little Insect (performing artist: Jonathan and The Modern Lovers Richman) | |
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 | Chagas Disease is caused by the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and is transmitted while the insect vector from the family Reduviidae, subfamily Triatominae, is blood-feeding on a human host. Credit: CDC. |  | There are four growth stages, or instars, in the development of the Culex mosquito larva. "Instar" is a term used to designate a stage in the metamorphosis experienced by insect nymphs or larvae. Credit: CDC. |
 | Farmer inspecting insect trap in apple orchard. Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | A gas chromatograph (GC) is used to identify individual scents emitted from potato foliage. Above, entomologist Joseph Dickens positions a Colorado potato beetle antenna in front of a GC outlet to find out which scents the insect detects. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Entomologist Richard Mayer (left) and technician Mike Burkhart examine insect cell cultures that will be used for metabolic studies. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Inside a sound room, or anechoic chamber, Everett Foreman (left) and Florida A&M University student Cornelius Dunmore insert an insect detection device into another kind of portable, sound-insulated enclosure. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
 | Researchers are just beginning to evaluate the potential for native insect predators—including spiders such as this long-jawed orb weaver—to hold agricultural pests in check. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | A sixteenth-inch-long female biting midge, Culicoides sonorensis, feeds blood delivered through artificial membrane developed for mass insect rearing. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Using a gasoline-powered insect vacuum, technician Brian Jones samples the number of spiders at various points in an Oklahoma wheat field. The tubular extension prevents crushing of wheat stems and enables the airflow to be maintained for efficient sampling. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Insect on leaf. Credit: Jerry Sintz. |
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| "Insect eggs" by hagit Commentary: "Insect eggs on a twig." | "Insect" by Daniel Mohorovic Commentary: "An insect in my room..." |
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 | Repetitive piano arpeggios with lots of digital bug and insect sounds. |
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E. M. Cioran | What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his? |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Hurt a fly! He would not for the world: he's pitiful to flies even. ''Sing,'' says he, ''and tease me still, if that's your way, poor insect.'' |
Samuel Johnson | A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | To bear even the sting of an insect for all eternity would be a dreadful torment |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Joad chuckled again while he brushed the bits of broken insect from his fingertips |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It is perennially young, and I may stand and see a swallow dip apparently to pick an insect from its surface as of yore |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Use insect repellant. (references) | |
These measures were targeted at both the larval and adult stages of the insect. (references) | ||
These include the use of insect repellent, protective clothing, and mosquito netting. (references) | ||
Business | Depending on the season and destination, you may need to use insect repellent and take other measures to reduce contact with mosquitoes. (references) | |
Political Economy | Mauritania | Drought, desertification, and insect infestation have contributed to rapid urbanization, extensive unemployment, pervasive poverty, and a burdensome foreign debt. (references) |
Trade | New Zealand | The Ministry of Agriculture may inspect the shipment on arrival, and if signs of insect infestation are present, order the consignment to be either fumigated or denied entry. (references) |
Finland | In mid-1996 the Finnish government's inter-ministerial licensing authority began, within the EU, selectively to oppose American company applications for commercialization of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) such as insect resistant corn. (references) | |
Travel | Eq. Guinea | Americans are urged to take appropriate malaria prophylactic medication and to use insect repellents. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | No matter which option is selected it should be combined with use of insect repellents during evening hours. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TZETZE (or :TSETSE:) :FLY:, n. An African insect (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist (Mendax interminabilis). U |
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| "Insect" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.60% of the time. "Insect" is used about 755 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) | 99.6% | 752 | 9,078 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.4% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 755 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "insect": antenna of insect ♦ boat insect ♦ coccid insect ♦ cochineal insect ♦ dictyopterous insect ♦ dipterous insect ♦ Froth insect ♦ Gall insect ♦ hemipterous insect ♦ heteropterous insect ♦ homopterous insect ♦ hymenopterous insect ♦ insect attack ♦ insect bite ♦ Insect Bites and Stings ♦ Insect Control ♦ insect eater ♦ insect hole ♦ Insect Hormones ♦ insect outbreak ♦ insect pest ♦ insect powder ♦ Insect Proteins ♦ insect repellant ♦ insect repellent ♦ Insect Repellents ♦ insect sterilization ♦ Insect Vectors ♦ Insect Viruses ♦ insect wax ♦ Itch insect ♦ leaf insect ♦ lepidopterous insect ♦ Mange insect ♦ Manna insect ♦ neuropterous insect ♦ orthopterous insect ♦ phasmid insect ♦ praying insect ♦ psocopterous insect ♦ scale insect ♦ snow insect ♦ species of insect ♦ spittle insect ♦ stick insect ♦ thysanopterous insect ♦ thysanuran insect ♦ trichopterous insect ♦ wax insect ♦ winged insect. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "insect": insect-bombarded, insect-borne, insect-busy, insect-carried, insect-eater, insect-eaters, insect-eating, insect-eating plant, insect-faced, insect-feeding, insect-freeing, insect-headed, insect-heads, insect-infested, insect-intent, insect-killer, insect-killers, insect-laden, insect-legs, insect-like, insect-loud, insect-net, insect-plant, insect-pollinated, insect-repelling, insect-resistant, insect-ridden, insect-snapping, insect-specific, insect-trapping, insect-view. | |
Ending with "insect": anti-insect, half-fish-half-insect, plant-insect, stick-insect. | |
Containing "insect": half-fish-half-insect-looking. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
insect | 7,800 | hornet insect | 73 |
beneficial insect | 2,320 | fly insect | 70 |
insect control | 2,213 | insect information | 66 |
insect repellant | 2,078 | caterpillar insect | 65 |
insect bite | 1,053 | bite insect photo | 64 |
insect repellent | 584 | firefly insect | 64 |
insect picture | 403 | insect fogger | 64 |
insect identification | 382 | florida insect | 63 |
identify an insect | 221 | cricket insect | 62 |
beetle insect | 217 | insect trap | 61 |
garden insect | 196 | walking stick insect | 61 |
insect bite picture | 168 | clipart insect | 60 |
insect ant | 167 | insect lore | 56 |
flying insect | 148 | insect screen | 52 |
insect locust | 110 | natural insect repellent | 51 |
identifying insect | 98 | insect anatomy | 51 |
bug insect | 87 | insect killer | 50 |
insect encyclopedia | 83 | insect tattoo | 48 |
insect photo | 81 | lawn insect | 47 |
household insect | 74 | stinging insect | 46 |
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| Language | Translations for "insect"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | insekt (bug), njeri i përçmuar (scullion, stinker), kandër. (various references) | |
Arabic | حشرة (bug, mealy bug, roach), سلحفاة (tortoise, turtle), شخص تافه (bauble, black sheep, bugger, crumb, deformity, dog, morsel, myrmidon, nitwit, peanut, pipsqueak, rag, sprat, swab, toad, trash), دودة (worm). (various references) | |
Basque | intsektu. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | насекомо, нищожество (nit, nobody, nonentity, nothing, null, nullity, pygmy, squit, wet, whiff), инсект. (various references) | |
Catalan | insecte (bug). (various references) | |
Chinese | 蟲子 (worm), 虫 (worm), 昆蟲 , 昆虫. (various references) | |
Czech | hmyz (bugs, creepy-crawly, vermin). (various references) | |
Danish | insekt (bug). (various references) | |
Dutch | insekt. (various references) | |
Esperanto | insekto (bug). (various references) | |
Faeroese | flogkykt (bug). (various references) | |
Farsi | کارتنه (Spider), کرم ریز, حشره (Bug), عنکبوت , جمنده . (various references) | |
Finnish | hyönteinen (bug). (various references) | |
French | insecte. (various references) | |
Frisian | ynsekt (bug). (various references) | |
German | Insekt (bug). (various references) | |
Greek | έντομο (bug, hopper). (various references) | |
Hebrew | יבחוש (gnat, mosquito), שרץ (creeping thing, reptile), חרק, כנימה (aphid, pest, vermin), רמש (creeping thing, reptile). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rovar (bug, digger, pest). (various references) | |
Indonesian | serangga. (various references) | |
Irish | feithid. (various references) | |
Italian | insetto (bug). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 昆虫 (bug). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こんちゅう (bug, sound post), むしけら (worm), むし (baseball with no outs, disregard, ignore, selflessness, steaming, the remote beginnings, unselfish). (various references) | |
Korean | 곤충. (various references) | |
Manx | meeyl (gnat, louse), beisteig (reptile). (various references) | |
Mohawk | otsi'nowa. (various references) | |
Norwegian | insekt (bug). (various references) | |
Occitan | insècte. (various references) | |
Papago | muhwal. (various references) | |
Papiamen | insekto (bug). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | insectay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | inseto (bug, feeler, jack-straw), insecto (bug, flier). (various references) | |
Romanian | insectã, vierme (creeper, gentle, grub, maggot, worm), gâzã (mite). (various references) | |
Russian | насекомое (bedbug, bug). (various references) | |
Scottish | speach (a blow, a wasp, any venomous insect, door step, wasp), gadmunn (hair insect), cartan (a small brown insect that eats into the flesh). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | insekt (doodle-bug), buba (beetle, bug). (various references) | |
Shona | kambuyu. (various references) | |
Sicilian | insettu. (various references) | |
Spanish | insecto (blackfly, bug, crotonbug, dor, dor-bug). (various references) | |
Swahili | mdudu (bug). (various references) | |
Swazi | si-lwányana. (various references) | |
Swedish | insekt (bug), kryp (bug, creeper, midge, worm). (various references) | |
Tagalog | maliít na háyop (bug), kulisáp (bug). (various references) | |
Thai | แมลง (bug, hexapod), คนเลวทราม. (various references) | |
Turkish | böcek (beetle, bug, crawler, lobster). (various references) | |
Turkmen | mцjek (bug, wolf). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | комаха (bug). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đồ sâu bọ, đồ giun dế. (various references) | |
Welsh | trychfil (animalcule), pryf (vermin, worm). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 1. uh. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | entomon. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | animal, animalia, animalibus, animalis, animalium, insectum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hosea Chapter 5, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egw wV tarach tw efraim kai wV kentron tw oikw iouda |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ego quasi tinea Ephraim et quasi putredo domui Iuda |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Y as a mouythe to Effraym, and as rot to the hous of Juda. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore will I be to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah. |
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| Language | Hosea Chapter 5, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Busa alang sa Ephraim ako nahimong usa ka tangkob, ug sa balay sa Juda maingon nga usa ka pagkadunot. |
| Croatian | A ja æu biti poput moljca Efrajimu, kao gnjilež kuæi Judinoj. |
| Danish | Jeg er som Møl for Efraim, Edder for Judas Hus. |
| Dutch | Daarom zal Ik Efraim zijn als een mot, en den huize van Juda als een verrotting. |
| Finnish | Minä olen Efraimille kuin koi ja Juudan heimolle kuin mätä. |
| French | Je serai comme une teigne pour Éphraïm, Comme une carie pour la maison de Juda. |
| German | Ich bin dem Ephraim wie eine Motte und dem Hause Juda wie eine Made. |
| Haitian Creole | M'ap fini ak moun Efrayim yo, m'ap manje yo tankou poudbwa manje bwa. M'ap disparèt moun peyi Jida yo, m'ap fè yo tounen pouriti. |
| Hungarian | Én pedig olyanná lettem Efraimnak, mint a moly, és a Júda házának, mint a rothadás. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Itu sebabnya Aku akan menghancurkan bangsa Israel, dan membinasakan orang Yehuda. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab itu Aku ini bagi Efrayim seperti gegat, dan bagi bangsa Yehudapun seperti ulat yang membinasakan. |
| Maori | Na reira, ka rite taku ki a Eparaima ki ta te purehurehu, ka rite hoki ki te pirau taku ki te whare o Hura. |
| Norwegian | Og jeg er som møll for Efra'im og som råttenhet for Judas hus. |
| Portuguese | Portanto para Efraim serei como a traça e para a casa de Judá como a podridão. |
| Spanish | Yo, pues, seré para Efraín como polilla, y como carcoma para la casa de Judá. |
| Swedish | Därför är jag nu för Efraim såsom mal och för Juda hus såsom röta i benen.\ |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "insect": insectan, insectaries, insectary, insecticidal, insecticidally, insecticide, insecticides, insectile, insectivore, insectivores, insectivorous, insects. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "insect": noninsect. (additional references) | |
Words containing "insect": noninsecticidal, noninsects. (additional references) | |
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"Insect" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inpect, inscest, inscet, Inscr, inse, insece, insecta, insecty, insest, insict, insock, insoect, Insoft, insuct, insuesco, insukt, isec, Niseac. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "insect" (pronounced i"nse'kt) |
| 5 | -n s e' k t | transect. |
| 3 | -e' k t | aftereffect, architect, aspect, circumspect, dialect, henpecked, intellect, introspect, prefect, retrospect. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: incest, nicest. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: cents, cesti, cines, cites, inset, neist, nites, scent, senti, since, stein, tines. | |
-2 letters: cent, cine, cist, cite, etic, ices, nest, nets, nice, nite, nits, sect, sent, sice, sine, site, snit, tens, tics, ties, tine, tins. | |
-3 letters: cis, ens, ice, ins, its, net, nit, sec, sei, sen, set, sic, sin, sit, ten, tic, tie. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: acetins, cineast, cistern, clients, cretins, cystein, cystine, entices, ethnics, incepts, incests, incites, infects, injects, insects, inspect, lectins, notices, pectins, section, stencil, sthenic. | |
+2 letters: aconites, amnestic, ancients, asthenic, cabinets, canister, canities, canniest, canoeist, centesis, centiles, centimes, centimos, centrism, centrist, ceratins, chanties, chintses, chintzes, christen, cineaste, cineasts, cisterna, cisterns, citherns, cithrens, citizens, citrines, citterns, cointers, conceits, coonties, corniest, counties, creatins, cresting, crinites, cutinise, cutlines, cyanites, cysteine, cysteins, cystines, cytosine, distance, entastic, enticers, escoting, estancia, etchings, excitons, extincts, fanciest, genetics, ichnites, inciters, inflects, insectan, inspects, instance, kinetics, kitchens, lections, linecuts, minciest, neckties, nescient, niceties, nictates, nitchies, noticers, pectines, scantier, scanties, scenting, secretin, sections, seicento, semantic, sithence, snitched, snitcher, snitches, sonicate, stencils, stenotic, stickmen, stricken, syenitic, syndetic, synectic, tacrines, technics, telsonic, tenesmic, tetanics, thickens, tonetics, tunicles, vesicant, zincates, zincites. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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