Naiad

Definitions: Naiad

Naiad

Noun

1. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water.

2. (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains.

Date "naiad" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1817. (references)

Synonym: Naiad

Synonym: water nymph (n). (additional references)

A moon of Neptune, Naiad is named after the Naiads of Greek legend.

Naid was the last of the satellites discovered in 1989 by Voyager 2. It is irregularly shaped and shows no sign of any geological modification. Since its orbit is below Neptune's synchronous orbit radius it is slowly decaying due to tidal forces and will one day break up into a planetary ring or impact on Neptune's surface.

Orbital radius: 48,200 km
Diameter: 58 km
Mass: Unknown
Orbital period: 7 hours and 6 minutes (0.294396 days)
Orbital inclination: 4.74°

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Jupiter	Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas; water nymph, wood nymph; Yama, Varuna, Zeus; Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha; Isis, Osiris, Ra; Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth; Thor, Odin; Mumbo Jumbo; good genius, tutelary genius; demiurge, familiar; sibyl; fairy, fay; sylph, sylphid; Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd; Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite; denizens of the air; pixy; (bad spirit).
Ocean	Hydrography, hydrographer; Neptune, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Naiad, Nereid; sea nymph, Siren; trident, dolphin.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Naiad

English words defined with "naiad": naiad family, Nais. (references)

Etymologies containing "naiad": naid, Nais. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Dancing in the Dark: Erotic Love Stories by Naiad Press Authors (reference) Lady Be Good: Erotic Love Stories by Naiad Press Authors (reference) The Eden of imagination ; Safie ; The Naiad (reference) The Erotic Naiad: Love Stories by Naiad Press Authors (reference) The Naiad Voice: Essays on Poe's Satiric Hoaxing (reference) (more book examples)
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"Naiad" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Naiad" is used about 3 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)	66.67%	2	245,945
Noun (proper)	33.33%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	3	N/A

Expression using "naiad": naiad family. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "naiad"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		najadë (water nymph). (various references)

Arabic		‏النيادة حورية الماء. (various references)

Bulgarian		русалка (water nymph, water-sprite), наяда. (various references)

Danish		stor najade (holly-leaf naiad). (various references)

Dutch		waternimf, najade. (various references)

Esperanto		najado. (various references)

Finnish		vedenneito (water-nymph). (various references)

French		naïade. (various references)

German		Najade. (various references)

Greek		νεράιδα (brownie, fairy, mermaid, nereid, nymph, pixy, sylph, water nymph). (various references)

Hebrew		בתולת �"ים (mermaid, nymph, siren), � ימפת �"מים. (various references)

Hungarian		najád, hableány (mermaid, mermaiden, nereid, siren). (various references)

Italian		naiade. (various references)

Manx		caillin ushtey. (various references)

Pig Latin		aiadnay.(various references)

Portuguese		náiade (water nymph), ranzinza (brimstone, crabby, querulous). (various references)

Romanian		naiadã. (various references)

Russian		наяда (mermaid, water-nymph). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		najada. (various references)

Spanish		náyade (mermaid). (various references)

Swedish		vattennymf, najad. (various references)

Thai		เทพธิ�"าแห่งแม่น้ำหรือทะเลสาปในเทพนิยายกรีก. (various references)

Turkish		su perisi (nereid, Nix, nixie, nymph, undine, waterman), ırmak perisi. (various references)

Ukranian		наяда. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Naiadoida, Najas major All., Najas marina L.. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "naiad": naiades, naiads. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Naiad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aiadmk, anad, anaid, Anaud, Anjad, Daaaaad, naaa, naai, Na'am, nacid, nadab, nadai, Nadaud, Naea, naha, nahar, Nahida, naide, naiea, Naila, Naimat, naio, Nairab, naiu, Naja, Najah, Najand, naka, Nakai, Nakaz, Nalanda, Naoac, Naqada, narial, Naud, navaid, Navid, navied, naya, nayas, nayat, nayed, Nayib, nayika, ncia, ndia, negidal, Nelida, Nerida, Neuadd, Ngiau, niad, niaid, Niaux, nikiyas, niod, Nisad, Niyaz, noia, nsaid, Nsiad, Nuada, Numida, nyaaah, Nyiwa. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-n"
	-1 letter: nada.
	-2 letters: aid, ain, ana, and, ani, din.
	-3 letters: aa, ad, ai, an, id, in, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-n"
	+1 letter: aidman, indaba, naiads, navaid, radian.
	+2 letters: antacid, araneid, bandaid, candida, daphnia, indabas, laniard, nadiral, naiades, nandina, navaids, paladin, pandani, pintada, radians, radiant, scandia, tabanid, vanadic, zenaida.
	+3 letters: abdomina, abidance, abrading, acaridan, adapting, adaption, adnation, adynamia, adynamic, amandine, animated, antacids, anthodia, antidora, aphidian, arachnid, araneids, arcadian, arcading, ascidian, attained, awarding, badinage, bandaids, candidas, carangid, cardigan, cardinal, cyanamid, dairyman, damaging, daphnias, dentalia, diaconal, diagonal, diamante, diapason, dilatant, drainage, dulciana, gainsaid, gardenia, gonadial, guardian, hacienda, hairband, handicap, handmaid, handrail, harridan, indagate, intraday, laniards, maenadic, mainland, manatoid, mandalic, mandarin, mandioca, marinade, mridanga, nailhead, nandinas, paladins, parading, paranoid, pintadas, prandial, qindarka, radiance, radiancy, radiants, radicand, radioman, rainband, scandias, sialidan, tabanids, tamarind, unafraid, vanadium, vandalic, zamindar, zenaidas.
	+4 letters: abdominal, abidances, abstained, acaridans, adaptions, adenoidal, adnations, adoration, adulating, adulation, advancing, adynamias, affianced, aggrading, alienated, almandine, almandite, amygdalin, andantino, andradite, androecia, anhedonia, annelidan, antidotal, antidraft, antifraud, antinodal, antipodal, antiradar, aphidians, arachnids, arachnoid, arcadians, arcadings, arraigned, ascidians, attainder, attainted, avianized, avoidance, badinaged, badinages, baldachin, banalized, bandaging, bargained, bastinade, bastinado, cadential, calamined, canalised, canalized, candidacy, candidate, captained, carangids, cardigans, cardinals, carinated, cascading, circadian, cnidarian, cyanamide, cyanamids, dalliance, dalmatian, damasking, damnation, dandiacal, dealation, deaminase, deaminate, diaconate, diagonals, diamantes, diapasons, dilatancy, dilatants, draconian, drainages, dulcianas, dynamical, enchilada, fairyland, fantasied, gabardine, gammadion, gardenias, gradating, gradation, guardians, haciendas, hairbands, handicaps, handmaids, handrails, harridans, hazarding, indagated, indagates, indagator, jaborandi, japanized, laminated, laudation, mainlands, mandarins, mandating, mandiocas, marauding, marinaded, marinades, marinated, mridangam, mridangas, nailheads, nasalised, nasalized, navigated, nialamide, paganised, paganized, paginated, paranoids, patinated, qindarkas, radiances, radiantly, radiating, radiation, radicands, rainbands, sandaling, sanitated, sialidans, tamarinds, tragedian, trainband, trainload, vanadiums, vandalise, vandalism, vandalize, waistband, zamindari, zamindars.
	+5 letters: abandoning, abdicating, abdication, abominated, accidental, acetanilid, acquainted, adamancies, adamantine, adaptation, additional, adenoviral, adhesional, adjuration, admiration, admittance, adorations, adrenaline, adulations, adventitia, advocating, advocation, aficionada, aficionado, aggrandise, aggrandize, aldermanic, almandines, almandites, amantadine, ammoniated, amygdalins, analogized, anatomised, anatomized, andalusite, andantinos, andradites, anhedonias, animadvert, animalized, animatedly, annelidans, annualized, anodically, antedating, antependia, antheridia, antipodals, antipodean, antiquated, antitrades, applauding, aquatinted, arachnoids, attainders, avoidances, backdating, badinaging, baldachino, baldachins, balkanized, banderilla, barramundi, bastinades, bemadaming, brigandage, cadaverine, calamondin, campaigned, candidates, cardinally, chainsawed, chairmaned, cnidarians, cyanamides, dalliances, dalmatians, damagingly, damnations, deaerating, deaeration, dealations, deaminases, deaminated, deaminates, defamation, delaminate, demoniacal, deracinate, desalinate, diaconates, diagonally, diagraming, diapausing, diaphanous, dilatation, dipsomania, disarrange, discarnate, divagating, divagation, enchiladas, endamaging, endocardia, eradiating, escalading, fairylands, fantasised, fantasized, faradising, faradizing, fascinated, fricandeau, gabardines, galivanted, galvanised, galvanized, garlanding, gradations, graduating, graduation, granadilla, guarantied, haciendado, handicraft, handmaiden, hispanidad, ideational, imbalanced, inadequacy, inadequate, incarnated, indagating, indagation, indagators, infatuated, invalidate, irradiance, jaborandis, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, landladies, lanthanide, lapidarian, lapidating, latifundia, laudations, machinated, maidenhair, maidenhead, mainlander, maintained, mandarinic, mandibular, marginated, marinading, mediastina, mismanaged, mridangams, nialamides, noncardiac, palisading, paraffined, paranoidal, pasquinade, phantasied, placarding, quadrating, quadrennia, quandaries, radiancies, radiations, radicating, rainwashed, readapting, reanimated, reattained, redamaging, ritardando, sailplaned, salmagundi, sandalling, scandaling, scandalise, scandalize, shadchanim, shanghaied, smaragdine, staminodia, tantalised, tantalized, tillandsia, tragedians, trainbands, trainloads, unacademic, unassailed, undramatic, unsalaried, vacationed, vaccinated, validating, validation, vandalised, vandalises, vandalisms, vandalized, vandalizes, waistbands, zamindaris.
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