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Lapful

Definition: Lapful

Lapful

Noun

1. The quantity that can be held in the lap.

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

Date "lapful" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1878. (references)

 

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Crosswords: Lapful

English words defined with "lapful": Lapfuls. (references)
Specialty definitions using "lapful": Melons. (references)

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Modern Translations: Lapful

Language Translations for "lapful"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

në prehër. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

یک دامن پر, انچه دریک دامن جاگیرد, به قوریک دامن . (various references)

   

Manx

  

skyrtlagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apfullay

   

Romanian

  

poalã plinã. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

ultach (a lapful, armful). (various references)

   

Thai

  

จำนวนเต็มหนึ่งตัก. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kucak dolusu (armful). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Lapful

Derivations

Words beginning with "lapful": lapfuls. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Lapful" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: legful, Luapula, Ulanfu. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Lapful"

Words rhyming with "lapful" (pronounced 'Lap"ful'): Abuseful, Affrightful, Aidful, Amazeful, Amendful, Annoyful, Armful, Artful, Assistful, Avengeful, Aviseful, Awful, Baleful, Baneful, Barful, Bashful, Bateful, Batful, Beamful, Behooveful, Beliefful, Blameful, Blissful, Blitheful, Blushful, Boastful, Boatful, Bodeful, Bookful, Breathful, Bretful, Brimful, Capful, Careful, Causeful, Chanceful, Changeful, Chargeful, Charmful, Cheerful, Choiceful, Complaintful, Contentful, Corruptful, Crimeful, Cropful, Cupful, Dareful, Darkful, Deathful, Debateful, Deceitful, Deedful, Delightful, Dernful, Desertful, Designful, Desireful, Despairful, Despiteful, Deviceful, Devoutful, Direful, Dirgeful, Discontentful, Discordful, Disdainful, Diseaseful, Disgraceful, Disgustful, Dishful, Dislikeful, Dismayful, Dispatchful, Disregardful, Disrespectful, Distasteful, Distractful, Distressful, Distrustful, Doleful, Doomful, Doubtful, Dreadful, Dreamful, Dueful, Dureful, Earnful, Easeful, Entreatful, Eventful, Exciteful, Eyeful, Faithful, Fateful, Faultful, Fearful, Feastful, Fenceful, Fiendful, Fishful, fitful, Foodful, forceful, forgetful, Formful, Fountful, Fraudful, fretful, frightful, Friskful, fruitful, gainful, Gameful, Gashful, Gaudful, Gazeful, Gerful, Ghastful, Gladful, Gleeful, graceful, grateful, Griefful, Gripeful, Groanful, Growthful, Grudgeful, Guardful, guileful, Gyreful, handful, Harangueful, harmful, hateful, Healful, healthful, heedful, helpful, Hoful, hopeful, hurtful, Increaseful, Intreatful, Inventful, ireful, Jestful, joyful, LAWFUL, Leapful, Leful, Lengthful, Leveful, Lifeful, Lightful, Listful, Loathful, Lossful, Loudful, Loveful, lustful, manful, Mastful, Mazeful, Meedful, Mightful, Milkful, mindful, mirthful, Mischanceful, Misdoubtful, Mistful, mistrustful, Moanful, Moistful, Molestful, Mopeful, Mournful, Mouthful, Museful, Needful, Neglectful, Nestful, Noiseful, Noteful, Noyful, Offenseful, Overawful, Overcareful, Overfruitful, Pailful, Painful, Panful, Pangful, Peaceful, Pestful, Pithful, Placeful, Plagueful, Plaintful, Plateful, Playful, Plotful, Prateful, Prayerful, Presageful, Pretenseful, Preyful, Prideful, Purseful, Quemeful, Rageful, Rapeful, Rashful, Rebukeful, Recourseful, refreshful, regardful, regretful, Reliefful, remindful, Remissful, remorseful, Renownful, reposeful, reproachful, Researchful, resentful, Resistful, resourceful, respectful, restful, Resultful, Retreatful, revengeful, rewardful, Rewful, rightful, Riskful, rueful, Rustful, Sapful, Scathful, Sceneful, Scentful, Schemeful, scornful, Senseful, Shadeful, shameful, Sheetful, Shendful, Shipful, Sightful, sinful, skilful, skillful, Skinful, Sleepful, Sleightful, Slightful, slothful, Sneerful, songful, Spaceful, spadeful, Spareful, Sparkful, Speechful, Speedful, Spellful, spiteful, Spitful, Spleenful, Spoilful, spoonful, Sportful, Sprightful, Startful, Stateful, Stealthful, Stickful, Stormful, Streamful, Strengthful, stressful, Strifeful, successful, Supportful, Surgeful, Suspectful, Swayful, tactful, Taleful, tasteful, tearful, Teemful, Teenful, Tentful, thankful, thoughtful, Threatful, Timeful, Toilful, Toothful, Topful, Tormentful, Toyful, Tradeful, Trayful, Treeful, Tressful, Trunkful, trustful, truthful, tubful, tuneful, Tureenful, unartful, Unbashful, Unblestful, unfaithful, unfruitful, ungraceful, ungrateful, unlawful, unskillful, unsuccessful, Untrustful, untruthful, Urnful, useful, Vatful, Vauntful, Vengeful, Voiceful, Wailful, Wakeful, Wareful, Warmful, Wasteful, Watchful, Wealful, Wealthful, Weepful, Weleful, Wileful, Willful, Wishful, Wistful, Witful, Workful, Worthful, Wrackful, Wrathful, Wrawful, Wreakful, Wreckful, Wretchful, Wrongful, Yardful, Yearnful, Youthful, Zealful. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Lapful

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-l-l-p-u"

-2 letters: fall, flap, full, pall, pula, pull.

-3 letters: all, alp, flu, lap, pal, pul.

-4 letters: al, fa, la, pa, up.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-l-l-p-u"
 

+1 letter: lapfuls, pailful, playful.

 

+2 letters: pailfuls, pailsful, plateful, puffball.

 

+3 letters: painfully, plaintful, platefuls, platesful, playfully, puffballs.

 

+4 letters: painfuller, peacefully, platterful.

 

+5 letters: painfullest, peacefuller, platterfuls, plattersful, playfulness, prayerfully, unflappable, unflappably.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Lapful


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

4C 61 70 66 75 6C

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 01110000 01100110 01110101 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#97 &#112 &#102 &#117 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 0070 0066 0075 006C

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

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

466782728778

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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