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Definition: Nectary |
NectaryNoun1. A gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nectary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
Etymology: Nectary \Nec"ta*ry\, noun; plural Nectaries. [From Nectar: compare to the French expression nectaire.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Nectary" is a common misspelling or typo for: nectar, sectary. |
Synonym: NectarySynonym: honey gland (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Nectary |
| English words defined with "nectary": Nectareal, Nectarial, Nectaried, Nectaries ♦ Proper nectary ♦ Sexifid, Stamineous. (references) |
Expression using "nectary": proper nectary. Additional references. | |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nectary | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nectary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | الغدة الرحيقية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хоботче на растителна бълха, нектарна жлеза. (various references) | |
Danish | nektarium, honninggemme. (various references) | |
Greek | νεκτάριο. (various references) | |
Hungarian | mézfejtõ. (various references) | |
Manx | fairag volley. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ectarynay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nectarino. (various references) | |
Russian | нектарник. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mednica. (various references) | |
Swedish | nektarium. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "nectary" (pronounced 'Nec"ta*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry, Alveary, Alveolary, Amatory, Ambagitory, Ambry, Amburry, Amendatory, Amphigory, Amplificatory, Anabaptistry, Ancestry, Ancientry, Ancillary, Anemometry, Angelolatry, Angry, Annihilatory, Annotatory, Annuary, Annularry, Annulary, Annunciatory, Anthropolatry, Anthropometry, Anticipatory, Antidotary, Antimasonry, Antiphonary, Anury, Apiary, Apomecometry, Apothecary, Appellatory, Applicatory, Apprecatory, Appreciatory, Approbatory, Aratory, Arbitrary, Arborary, Archdeaconry, Areometry, Argentry, Armamentary, Armillary, Armory, Arrectary, Artistry, Aspiratory, Assentatory, Assertory, Asseveratory, Assimilatory, Astrictory, Astrolatry, Astrometry, Astrophotometry, Asymmetry, Atmiatry, Atrabiliary, Attry, Auctary, Auctionary, Augury, Aumbry, Aumery, Auncetry, Auscultatory, Autolatry, Auxiliatory, Aviary, Avowry, Avowtry, Aweary, Awry, Axillary, Babblery, Baboonery, Bachelry, Baculometry, Balladry, Ballatry, Balloonry, Balneary, Balneatory, Baneberry, Baptisteries, Baptistery, Baptistry, Barbary, Barberry, Barometry, Barratry, Barry, Basketry, Bathymetry, Bawdry, Beadlery, Bearberry, Bedelry, Belfry, Benedictionary, Benedictory, Bestiary, Bibitory, Bibliolatry, Bibliothecary, Bicentenary, Bigotry, Bijoutry, Bilberry, Biliary, Biochemistry, Biometry, Bistoury, Blackberry, Blaeberry, Blazonry, Bleaberry, Blindstory, Blomary, Bloomary, Blueberry, Blurry, Bob-cherry, Bogberry, Boilary, Bombastry, Bonitary, Bottomry, BOUNDARY, Boxberry, Breviary, Brothelry, Bummery, Bunchberry, Burglary, Bursary, Cachinnatory, Caducary, Calcinatory, Calculatory, Calendary, Calorimetry, Calumniatory, Calvary, Cambistry, Camelry, Cannonry, Canonry, Cantatory, Caperberry, Captainry, Caravansary, Cardioinhibitory, Cardiometry, Carnary, Carpellary, Carpentry, Cartulary, Cassioberry, Cassowary, Castlery, Casuistry, Category, Cautionary, Cautionry, Cavalry, Cavitary, Cedry, Cementatory, Cenatory, Centaury, Centry, Century, Cephalometry, Cessionary, Chandry, Chantry, Chapelry, Charlatanry, Charry, Chartulary, Cheerry, Chiccory, Chicory, Chivalry, Chlorimetry, Chlorometry, Chokeberry, Chokecherry, Choltry, Chorometry, Choultry, Chowry, Chrismatory, Chronometry, Chylificatory, Ciliary, Cinerary, Circulary, Circumgyratory, Circumlocutory, Citatory, Classificatory, Clerstory, Clinometry, Cloudberry, Coagulatory, Cochleary, Codicillary, Collegatary, Collusory, Collutory, Colorimetry, Columbary, Cometary, Comicry, Commandatory, Commandry, Commemoratory, Commendatary, Commentary, Comminatory, Commissary, Commonitory, Communicatory, Compellatory, Compensatory, Competitory, Complexionary, Complimentary, Compulsatory, Compulsory, Comradery, Concessionary, Concessory, Conchometry, Conchyliometry, Conciliatory, Concionatory, Conclusory, Concretionary, Condemnatory, Conditory, Condolatory, Conductory, Confabulatory, Confectory, Confessary, Confirmatory, Confiscatory, Congiary, Congratulatory, Conjury, Consecratory, Consignatary, Consignatory, Constabulatory, Consuetudinary, Consulary, Consultary, Consultatory, Contrarry, Contributary, Controversary, Conventionary, Coparcenary, Coplatry, Coquetry, Corollary, Correctory, Corrivalry, Corroboratory, Corrobory, Cosmolatry, Cosmometry, Costmary, Cottonary, Cotyledonary, Counterfleury, Counterflory, Cousinry, Coventry, Cowberry, Cowries, Cowry, Coxcombry, Cranberry, Craniometry, Criminatory, Crinatory, Crinitory, Crociary, Crowberry, Crystallometry, Cubatory, Cuckoldry, Culinary, Culpatory, Cursorary, Cursory, Cussuetudinary, Custumary, Cyclometry, Cymry, Dairy, Damnatory, Dangleberry, Dare-deviltry, Datary, Deaconry, Decennary, Deceptory, Decisory, Declamatory, Declaratory, Declinatory, Decretory, Decry, Decury, Deerberry, Defamatory, Defensory, Defiatory, Deglutitory, Dehortatory, Dejectory, Delegatory, Deletory, Delineatory, Delusory, Demissionary, Demonolatry, Demonry, Demonstratory, Dentary, Dentistry, Denunciatory, Dephlegmatory, Depilatory, Depletory, Depositary, Depository, Deprecatory, Depreciatory, Depredatory, Depulsory, Depuratory, Depurgatory. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-n-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: canter, carnet, carney, centra, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance. | |
-2 letters: antre, caner, canty, caret, carny, carte, cater, crane, crate, enact, entry, nacre, rance, react, recta, teary, trace, yearn, yenta. | |
-3 letters: acne, acre, aery, ante, arty, cane, cant, care, carn, cart, cate, cent, cyan, earn, etna, eyra, narc, nary, near, neat, race, racy, rant, rate, rent, tace, tare, tarn, tear, tern, tray, trey, tyer, tyne, tyre, yare, yarn, yean, year. | |
-4 letters: ace, act, ane, ant, any, arc, are, art, ate, aye, can, car, cat, cay, cry, ear, eat, era, ern, eta, nae, nay, net, ran, rat, ray, rec, ret, rya, rye, tae, tan, tar, tea, ten, try, tye, yar, yea, yen, yet. | |
-5 letters: ae, an, ar, at, ay, en, er, et, na, ne, re, ta, ya, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-n-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: ancestry, catenary, centaury, enactory. | |
+2 letters: ancientry, baronetcy, cabinetry, carpentry, centenary, centrally, certainly, certainty, insectary, pentarchy. | |
+3 letters: advertency, centrality, commentary, corybantes, cybernated, inveteracy, itinerancy, lectionary, reluctancy, transiency, trenchancy. | |
+4 letters: actinometry, ancestrally, anticruelty, antipyretic, antisecrecy, astringency, bicentenary, centrically, circinately, colinearity, contrariety, counterplay, countryseat, craniometry, crystalline, cybernation, determinacy, documentary, entranceway, glycerinate, granulocyte, hypocentral, interagency, intercalary, intricately, lycanthrope, pertinacity, predynastic, presynaptic, reactionary, reluctantly, technocracy, trenchantly, tyrannicide, uncertainly, uncertainty. | |
+5 letters: accretionary, aerenchymata, agranulocyte, antihysteric, antipyretics, clatteringly, collinearity, commendatory, compensatory, condemnatory, consecratory, conservatory, contemporary, coordinately, cotyledonary, counterplays, counterrally, countryseats, cybernations, cybernetical, cytomembrane, denunciatory, discrepantly, dynamometric, elocutionary, entranceways, entropically, extravagancy, frenetically, gerontocracy, glycerinated, glycerinates, granulocytes, gynecocratic, gyromagnetic, inaccurately, inadvertency, inextricably, intercompany, interfaculty, intermediacy, karyokinetic, laryngectomy, lycanthropes, neurotically, parenchymata, precipitancy, proteoglycan, renunciatory, scatteringly, secretionary, subcentrally, tercentenary, tetracycline, translucency, transparency, tyrannicides, unhysterical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 63 74 61 72 79 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . -.-. - .- .-. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01100011 01110100 01100001 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e c t a r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0063 0074 0061 0072 0079 |
| 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)48716986678491 |
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