Motile

Definition: Motile

Motile

Adjective

1. (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement.

Noun

1. One whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action.

Crosswords: Motile

English words defined with "motile": Agrobacterium, antherozoid, Athiorhodaceae ♦ class Cryptophyceae, Cryptophyceae ♦ division Eubacteria, Dracula ♦ erwinia, eubacteria, Eubacteriales, eubacterium ♦ family Athiorhodaceae ♦ genus Agrobacterium, genus Dracula ♦ Macrozoospore, Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, Microzoospore ♦ Oophyte, order Eubacteriales, order Pseudomonadales ♦ Phototonus, Pseudomonadales ♦ spermatozoid, subdivision Mastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycotina, Swarmspore ♦ taxis, true bacteria ♦ vibrio, vibrion. (references)

Specialty definitions using "motile": Alcaligenes, Azospirillum brasilense, Azotobacteraceae ♦ Bordetella bronchiseptica, Bordetella rhinotracheitis, bronchiseptica ♦ Chytridiomycota, Comamonas, Contractile Proteins ♦ Enterobacter aerogenes ♦ Hair Cells, Outer, heterophil granulocyte, heterophil leucocyte ♦ Methanococcaceae, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobiales, Methanospirillum ♦ Natronobacterium, neutrocyte, neutrophil granulocyte, neutrophil leucocyte, neutrophilic cell ♦ orthoneutrophil ♦ Pasteurella, pseudomonas bacteria ♦ Rhodospirillum ♦ Stenotrophomonas ♦ turkey bordetellosis, turkey coryza. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Motile

Domain	Title
Books	Motile muscle and cell models (reference) Primitive Motile Systems in Cell Biology (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Motile

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Leptospires are long, thin motile spirochetes. (references)
		Microscopic examination of wet mounts may establish the diagnosis by detecting actively motile organisms. (references)
		In Naegleria infections, the diagnosis can be made by microscopic examination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A wet mount may detect motile trophozoites, and a Giemsa-stained smear will show trophozoites with typical morphology. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Motile

"Motile" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Motile" is used about 6 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
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	6	143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Motile

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "motile": non-motile.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Motile

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
motile	2
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Modern Translation: Motile

Language		Translations for "motile"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		me aftësi lëvizore. (various references)

Danish		bevaegelseshukommelse (memory for motions, motile memory). (various references)

French		conservation amnésique des mouvements (memory for motions, motile memory). (various references)

German		freibeweglich (freemoving). (various references)

Greek		κινητόσ (ambulatory, detachable, mobile, movable, moveable), κινητήριοσ (actuating, locomotive, motive, motor). (various references)

Hebrew		� יעתי, � יע. (various references)

Hungarian		mozgékony (beany, chipper, corky, dapper, go ahead, go-ahead, mercurial, mobile, movable, nimble, nippy, snappy, to be full of beans). (various references)

Pig Latin		otilemay

Portuguese		dotado de mobilidade. (various references)

Russian		подвижный (agile, corky, mercurial, mobile, movable, rip-roaring). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pokretljiv (astatic, movable), pokretan (ambulatory, floating, impellent, locomotive, maneuverable, manoeuvrable, mobile, movable, moveable, moving, personal, shifting). (various references)

Spanish		memoria motriz (memory for motions, motile memory). (various references)

Turkish		kendiliğinden hareket eden, hareket edebilen. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Motile

Derivations
	Words beginning with "motile": motiles. (additional references)
	Words ending with "motile": immotile, nonmotile. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Motile" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Maoile, Matala, matilde, matile, matily, mattole, mefile, Moille, Moiola, moite, Moitel, montale, Montiel, mostle, Motala, motial, motife, motil, motiler, motiue, motle, motlee, Motler, motol, Motril, mottele, muftileri, Muotome, mustelae, Mutalov, mutie, Mutloe, Mutlu, Mytilene, Noltie, nutile, ottilia, potile, votile. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Motile"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "motile" (pronounced mō"tul)
5	m ō" t u l	immotile.
4	-ō" t u l	anecdotal, total.
3	-t u l	accidental, acquittal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Motile

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-o-t"
	-1 letter: motel, teloi, toile.
	-2 letters: emit, item, lime, limo, lite, loti, melt, mile, milo, milt, mite, moil, mole, molt, mote, omit, tile, time, toil, tole, tome.
	-3 letters: elm, lei, let, lie, lit, lot, mel, met, mil, mol, mot, oil, ole, tel, tie, til, toe, tom.
	-4 letters: el, em, et, it, li, lo, me, mi, mo.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-o-t"
	+1 letter: filemot, melilot, motiles, motlier, telomic.
	+2 letters: amitrole, demivolt, dolomite, helotism, immolate, immotile, impolite, limonite, loamiest, longtime, melilots, melodist, milepost, moatlike, modelist, moldiest, mothlike, motliest, mylonite, outsmile, polemist, rolamite, toilsome, tomblike.
	+3 letters: amitroles, bloomiest, collimate, columbite, comeliest, demivolts, diplomate, dolomites, emollient, emotional, emotively, emulation, ethmoidal, gloomiest, guillemot, helotisms, hemolytic, homebuilt, homeliest, homiletic, immolated, immolates, kilometer, leitmotif, leitmotiv, lightsome, limestone, limonites, lithesome, megilloth, melanotic, melatonin, meliorate, meliorist, melodists, metabolic, metalloid, mileposts, milestone, millstone, mislocate, mistletoe, modelists, molesting, monthlies, mouldiest, mouthlike, multimode, multipole, multitone, mylonites, nonmotile, outsmiled, outsmiles, polemists, rolamites, semitonal, simpleton, solemnity, timeously, tormentil, tremolite, tumorlike, turmoiled.
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