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Definition: Laterite |
LateriteNoun1. A red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | Red residual soil developed in humid, tropical, and subtropical regions of good drainage. It is leached of silica and contains concentrations particularly of iron oxides and hydroxides and aluminum hydroxides. It may be an ore of iron, aluminum, manganese, or nickel. Adj. lateritic.Syn:latosol. (references) |
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Crosswords: Laterite |
| English words defined with "laterite": Lateritic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "laterite": concrete bed ♦ duricrust ♦ tanette. (references) |
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Travel | Chad | This laterite road is sometimes well maintained but periodically falls into disrepair when funding is scarce. (references) |
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| "Laterite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Laterite" is used about 2 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) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
laterite | 9 |
ball laterite | 5 |
laterite soil | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "laterite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λατερίτησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | laterit, vörös agyag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ateritelay laterit, ferulit. (various references) "ินสีแ"ง (พบในบริเว"พื้นที่เขตร้อน). (various references) kırmızı kil. (various references) Laterit, đá ong. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "laterite": laterites. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "laterite": elaterite. (additional references) | |
Words containing "laterite": elaterites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "laterite" (pronounced 'Lat"er*ite'): Abderite, Abietite, Accite, Aciculite, Aconite, Acquisite, Acrite, Adamite, Adiaphorite, Aerolite, Aerosiderite, Agalmatolite, Albertite, Albite, Allanite, Allochroite, Alunite, Ambrite, Ammite, Ammonite, Ampelite, Analcite, Andalusite, Andesite, Anglesite, Anhydrite, Ankerite, Anorthite, Anorthosite, Antholite, Anthophyllite, Anthraconite, Anthropolite, Anthropomorphite, Anthropopathite, Anthropophagite, Antimonite, Apatite, Aphanite, Aphrite, Apophyllite, Apotactite, Appetite, Apposite, Aragonite, Archimandrite, Arenicolite, Areopagite, Argentite, Argillite, Arkite, Arragonite, Arsenite, Arsenopyrite, Artotyrite, Asterophyllite, Astroite, Atacamite, Attrite, Atwite, Augite, Aurichalcite, Autunite, Axinite, Azotite, Azurite, Azymite, Babingtonite, Baculite, Balanite, Ballistite, Barnabite, Baryto-calcite, Basanite, Basicerite, Basipodite, Bedlamite, Bedsite, Belemnite, Belonite, Benjamite, Benthamite, Berthierite, Bindheimite, Bipartite, Bismite, Bisulphite, Blatherskite, Blite, Bloedite, Bobwhite, Boltonite, Boracite, Bornite, Botryolite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Bowenite, Braunite, Brewsterite, Brochantite, Bromyrite, Bronzite, Brookite, Brucite, Brushite, Bucholzite, Bufonite, Byssolite, Cabrerite, Calaite, Calamite, Calaverite, Calcite, Caledonite, Campbellite, Cancerite, Cancrinite, Candite, Carbonite, Carnallite, Carpolite, Cassiterite, Catamite, Catlinite, Cenobite, Cerargyrite, Cerolite, Cervantite, Ceylanite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chalybite, Chesterlite, Chiastolite, Chondrite, Chondrodite, Chromite, Chrysolite, Cite, Cleavelandite, Coccolite, Coenobite, Colemanite, Colophonite, Coloradoite, Columbite, Composite, Conchite, Concite, Condurrite, Congenite, Conite, Convertite, Coprolite, Coquimbite, Corallinite, Corallite, Cordierite, Cordite, Cream-white, Crinite, Crocidolite, Crocoisite, Crocoite, Cronstedtite, Crotaphite, Cryolite, Crystallite, Cucurbit, Cucurbite, Cuprite, Cushite, Cyanite, Cyanosite, Dambonite, Danaite, Danalite, Danburite, Danite, Darbyite, Datolite, Daubreelite, Dawsonite, Dendrite, Dendrolite, Detrite, Dichroite, Digitipartite, Diorite, Dissite, Dite, Ditroite, Dolomite, Domeykite, Domite, Dopplerite, Dufrenite, Dulcite, Dynamite, Dyscrasite, Dysluite, Ebionite, Ebonite, Echinite, Eclogite, Ectoparasite, Edingtonite, Edomite, Ehlite, Ekebergite, Elaeolite, Elamite, Elaolite, Elaterite, Elcesaite, Embolite, Enargite, Encratite, Encrinite, Endite, Endoparasite, Endopleurite, Endopodite, Endosternite, Enstatite, Entomolite, Entrochite, Eosphorite, Epipodite, Epistilbite, Epithite, Epitrite, Epsomite, Eremite, Erinite, Erudite, Erythrite, Eschynite, Essonite, Eucairite, Euchite, Euchroite, Eulytite, Euxenite, Evite, Exinanite, Exopodite, Extradite, Fahlunite, Farcilite, Favosite, Fayalite, Felsite, Fengite, Fergusonite, Ferrocalcite, Fibrolite, Ficttelite, Fightwite, finite, Fiorite, Flea-bite, fluorite, Foralite, Forcite, Forewite, Fowlerite, Francolite, Franklinite, Freieslebenite, Frost-blite, Fulgurite, Fungite, gadolinite, gahnite, Galenite, Galerite, garnierite, Gaylussite, Geocronite, Geyserite, Gibbsite, Gieseckite, Gite, Glassite, Glauberite, Glauconite, Globulite, Glycerite, Gmelinite, Gnathastegite, Gnathite, Gnathopodite, Goniatite, Gothamite, Grahamite, Grangerite, Granulite, graphite, Grapholite, Graptolite, greenockite, Gryphite, Guerite, gummite, Gymnite, Gyrogonite, haematite, Haidingerite, halite, Hauerite, Hauynite, Heliolite, Hellkite, Helminthite, Hemacite, hematite, Hepatite, Heppelwhite, Heracleonite, Herapathite, Herderite, Hessite, Heulandite, Hicksite, Hiddenite, Hippurite, Hisingerite, Hittite, Holosiderite, Homilite, Hopeite, Hoplite, Humite, Hussite, Hyalite, Hydromagnesite, Hydrosulphite, hypochlorite, Hypocrite, Hyponitrite, Hypophosphite, Ichnite, Ichnolite, Ichthyocoprolite, Ichthyodorulite, Ichthyolite, Ichthyophthalmite, impolite, inapposite, incite, Incomposite, Incondite, indefinite, Indicolite, Indomite, Inerudite, Inosite, Insulite, Iodyrite, Iolite, Irvingite, Ischiocerite, Ischiopodite, Ishmaelite, Islamite, Isodulcite, Israelite, Itacolumite, -ite, jadeite, Jamesonite, Japhethite, Japhetite, Jarosite, Jaspilite, Jeffersonite, Jeronymite, Judahite, Juncite, Juniperite, kainite, Kampylite, Karaite, Karpholite, Karstenite, Keilhau-ite, Kerargyrite, Kerite, Kerolite, kieserite, Knebelite, Kobellite, Konite, Krokidolite, Kryolite, Kyannite, Labradorite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: literate. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: ariette, atelier, iterate, retitle, tertial. | |
-2 letters: attire, elater, latter, letter, litter, ratite, rattle, relate, retail, retial, retile, tailer, tilter. | |
-3 letters: aerie, alert, alter, arete, ariel, artel, atilt, eater, elate, elite, irate, laree, later, latte, liter, litre, ratel, relet, relit, retia, retie, taler, tater, telae, telia, terai, tetra, tiler, titer, title, titre, trail, trait, treat, trial, trite. | |
-4 letters: airt, alee, alit, aril, earl, ilea, lair, lari, late, lati, lear, leer, leet, liar, lier, lira, lire, lite, rail, rale, rate, real, reel, rete, rial, riel, rile, rite, tael, tail, tale, tali, tare, tart, tate, teal, tear, teat, teel, tela, tele, tier, tile, tilt, tire, tirl, tree, tret. | |
-5 letters: ail, air, ait, ale, alt, are, art, ate, att, ear, eat, eel, era, ere, eta, ire, lar, lat, lea, lee, lei, let, lie, lit, rat, ree, rei, ret, ria, tae, tar, tat, tea, tee, tel, tet, tie, til, tit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: aliterate, altimeter, elaterite, elutriate, laterites, literates, retaliate, statelier. | |
+2 letters: aliterates, alliterate, altimeters, earthliest, elaterites, elutriated, elutriates, flatteries, illiterate, literately, literature, littermate, obliterate, remittable, retaliated, retaliates, reticulate, retractile, stealthier, tolerative, trailerite, triathlete, tutelaries. | |
+3 letters: alliterated, alliterates, alternative, altimetries, centripetal, detrimental, dilatometer, ethereality, externality, extralities, illiterates, intercalate, interdental, interpolate, interrelate, iteratively, literatures, litterateur, littermates, nonliterate, obliterated, obliterates, preliterate, recultivate, restimulate, retaliative, reticulated, reticulates, subliterate, terrestrial, tetralogies, theoretical, therewithal, trailerites, triathletes. | |
+4 letters: acetonitrile, alliterative, alternatives, antielectron, antiliterate, atheoretical, blatherskite, centralities, detractively, detrimentals, dilatometers, entreatingly, extractively, extraditable, featherlight, illiterately, intercalated, intercalates, interpellate, interplanted, interpolated, interpolates, interrelated, interrelates, interstellar, intertextual, intertillage, inveterately, lighthearted, literalities, literateness, litterateurs, meteoritical, neutralities, nonliterates, obliterative, postliterate, preliterates, rearticulate, recapitulate, recultivated, recultivates, rehabilitate, relativities, repetitional, restimulated, restimulates, reticulately, retinotectal, semiliterate, telegraphist, teratologies, terrestrials, tetracycline, verticillate. | |
+5 letters: acetonitriles, alternatively, antielectrons, antiliterates, blatherskites, centripetally, determinantal, determinately, deterrability, detrimentally, dilatometries, electrostatic, etherealities, externalities, exterritorial, extraliterary, extrapolative, heterothallic, inadvertently, integralities, intemperately, interactively, interdentally, interlacement, intermetallic, internalities, interparticle, interpellated, interpellates, interpellator, interpolative, interpretable, interrelating, interrelation, intersocietal, interterminal, intertillages, letterspacing, materialities, nonretractile, overstimulate, overtalkative, parenthetical, penetrability, penetratingly, precipitately, rattlebrained, rearticulated, rearticulates, recapitulated, recapitulates, rehabilitated, rehabilitates, reiteratively, rentabilities, repeatability, resectability, retroactively, semiliterates, septentrional, stereotypical, streetwalking, subliterature, telegraphists, telemarketing, teleportation, temporalities, tercentennial, terminatively, terrestrially, tetrachloride, tetracyclines, tetrafluoride, tetraploidies, theatricalize, theoretically, threateningly, transliterate, untheoretical, versatilities, verticalities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 74 65 72 69 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- - . .-. .. - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a t e r i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0074 0065 0072 0069 0074 0065 |
| 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)4667867184758671 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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