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Lancelike

Definition: Lancelike

Lancelike

Adjective

1. Of a leaf shape; shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Date "lancelike" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Lancelike

Domain	Definitions
Biology & Biotechnology	Flax is a slender, straight-stemmed plant with narrow, medium-green -- leaves. . . . --. Slightly broad or tapering at base and tapering to point; lance-shaped. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Lancelike

Synonym: lanceolate (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Lancelike

English words defined with "lancelike": genus Yucca ♦ Tanystomata. (references)

Modern Translations: Lancelike

Language		Translations for "lancelike"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		lancéolaire (lanceolate, lance-shaped), lancéolé (lanceolate, lance-shaped). (various references)

Pig Latin		ancelikelay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Lancelike

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-k-l-l-n"
	-1 letter: lacelike.
	-2 letters: nacelle.
	-3 letters: alkene, alkine, calkin, cellae, clinal, enlace, inlace, lienal, lineal, nellie, nickel, nickle.
	-4 letters: ackee, akene, alien, alike, aline, allee, anele, anile, ankle, cella, celli, clank, clean, cleek, cline, clink, elain, ileac, ileal, inkle, kneel, knell, lance, liane, liken, lilac, linac, niece.
	-5 letters: acne, akee, akin, alec, alee, anil, cain, cake, calk, call, cane, ceil, cell, cine, clan, elan, ilea, ilka, kail, kain, kale, kane, keel, keen, kill, kiln, kina, kine, knee, lace, lack, laic, lain, lake, lane, lank, leak, leal, lean, leek, leke, lice, lick, lien, like, line, link, nail, neck, nice, nick, nill.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-k-l-l-n"
	+4 letters: chameleonlike, porcelainlike.
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Alternative Orthography: Lancelike

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 61 6E 63 65 6C 69 6B 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.. .- -. -.-. . .-.. .. -.- .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#97 &#110 &#99 &#101 &#108 &#105 &#107 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 006E 0063 0065 006C 0069 006B 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

466780697178757771

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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