Navicular

Definitions: Navicular

Navicular

Adjective

1. (anatomy) shaped like a boat.

Noun

1. The largest wrist bone on the thumb side.

"Navicular" is a common misspelling or typo for: acicular, avuncular, nonvascular.

Synonyms: Navicular

Synonyms: scaphoid (adj), os scaphoideum (n), scaphoid bone (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Navicular

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Curvature	Aduncated, arclike, arcuate, arched,beaked; bicorn, bicornuous, bicornute; clypeate, clypeiform; cymbiform, embowed, galeiform; hamate, hamiform, hamous; hooked; linguiform, lingulate; lobiform, lunate, navicular, peltate, remiform, rhamphoid; rostrate, rostriferous, rostroid; scutate, scaphoid, uncate; unguiculate, unguiform.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Navicular

English words defined with "navicular": Centrale ♦ Navicular bone, Navicular disease ♦ scaphoid bone. (references)

Specialty definitions using "navicular": Foot Bones ♦ Lateral Ligament, Ankle ♦ Tarsal Bones. (references)

Etymologies containing "navicular": Pseudonavicula. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Navicular" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Portuguese (scaphoid).

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Commercial Usage: Navicular

Domain	Title
Books	Concise Guide to Navicular Syndrome: Revised Edition (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Navicular

"Navicular" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Navicular" 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
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	2	245,945

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

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Expressions: Navicular

Expressions using "navicular": navicular bone ♦ navicular disease. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Navicular

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
navicular	63
navicular disease	38
fracture navicular	17
bone navicular	15
accessory navicular	10
disease horse in navicular	8
navicular syndrome	6
disease horse navicular	6
horse navicular	5
horse in navicular	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Navicular

Language		Translations for "navicular"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		os naviculare pedis (navicular bone), hovsene-betaendelse (bone inflammation, navicular inflammation), baadbenet (navicular bone). (various references)

Dutch		podotrochleitis (navicular disease). (various references)

Finnish		sädeluuontuma (navicular disease). (various references)

French		maladie naviculaire (navicular disease). (various references)

German		Strahlbeinlähme (navicular disease). (various references)

Greek		σκαφοειδήσ (scaphoid), πάθηση του σκαφοειδούς (navicular disease). (various references)

Italian		malattia navicolare (navicular disease). (various references)

Manx		jeh cummey baatey. (various references)

Pig Latin		avicularnay.(various references)

Portuguese		osso navicular do tarso (navicular bone), osso escafóide do tarso (navicular bone). (various references)

Spanish		enfermedad navicular (navicular disease). (various references)

Swedish		strålbenshälta (bone inflammation, navicular disease, navicular inflammation). (various references)

Thai		ซึ่งมีรูปร่างเหมือนเรือ. (various references)

Turkish		kayık şeklinde. (various references)

Vietnamese		hình thuyền. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Navicular

Derivations
	Words beginning with "navicular": naviculars. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Navicular

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-r-u-v"
	-1 letter: avicular, carnival.
	-2 letters: carinal, cranial, lacunar, vincula.
	-3 letters: acinar, anural, anuria, anuric, arnica, canula, carina, carlin, carnal, caviar, crania, curial, lacuna, narial, racial, ranula, uncial, uracil, urania, uranic, urinal, vicuna.
	-4 letters: acari, anvil, arval, aulic, aural, auric, avail, avian, cairn, canal, cavil, clavi, craal, curia, incur, invar, laari, lanai, larva, lauan, laura, liana, linac, lunar, naira, naric, naval, navar, nival, ravin, rival, ruana, runic, ulnar, uncia, urial, vacua, varia, varna, vicar, vinal, vinca, viral.
	-5 letters: airn, alan, alar, anal, anil, aria, aril, aura, cain, carl, carn, caul, clan, curl, curn, laic, lain, lair, lari, lava, liar, lira, luna, nail, narc, nurl, raia, rail, rain, rani, rial, ruin, ulan, ulna, ulva, unai, unci, uric, vail, vain, vair, vara, vial, vina, virl.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-r-u-v"
	+1 letter: naviculars.
	+3 letters: avuncularity.
	+4 letters: intravascular, vernacularism.
	+5 letters: avuncularities, unattractively, vernacularisms.
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