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Definition: Nictitate |
NictitateVerb1. Briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Nictitate \Nic"ti*tate\, intransitive verb. [See Nictate.]. (references) |
Synonyms: NictitateSynonyms: blink (v), nictate (v), wink (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Nictitate |
| English words defined with "nictitate": Harderian, Haw. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "nictitate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kapsallit sytë (nictate), hap e mbyll sytë (nictate). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мигам (blink, glimmer, nictate, wink). (various references) | |
Czech | mrknout (nictate). (various references) | |
Greek | καμμύω (wink). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pislog (blink, nictate, to blink, to twinkle, to wink, to wink one's eye, twinkle), hunyorog (nictate, to twinkle). (various references) | |
Italian | battere le palpebre (nictate), ammiccare (blink, nictate, Ogle, wink). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ictitatenay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pestanejar (blink, flicker, nictate, twinkle). (various references) | |
Romanian | clipi din ochi (blink, twinkle, wink one's eye). (various references) | |
Russian | мигать (bat one's eyes, blink, flicker, nictate, wink, winks). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | treptati (blink, nictate), žmirkati (nictate, squint). (various references) | |
Spanish | parpadear (bat one's eyelashes, blink, flicker, nictate, quiver, twinkle, wink). (various references) | |
Swedish | klippa med. (various references) | |
Thai | กระพริบตา (bat, nictate). (various references) | |
Turkish | göz kırpmak (blink, cock one's eye at, twinkle, wink, wink at). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кліпати (nictate), моргати (blink, flicker, nictate, wink), мигати (bat, bat one's eyes, blink, nictate, occult). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nictitate": nictitated, nictitates. (additional references) | |
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"Nictitate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nicotinate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "nictitate" (pronounced 'Nic"ti*tate'): Abirritate, Ablactate, Acetate, Agitate, Amputate, Anastate, Angulo-dentate, Angustate, Aptate, Archontate, Argentate, Arietate, Aristate, Astate, Auscultate, Bicostate, Bidentate, Bidigitate, Bipeltate, Bipunctate, Biscutate, Biseptate, Capacitate, Capitate, Carbazotate, Circumagitate, Circumnutate, Circumrotate, Coestate, Commentate, Connotate, Constate, Contristate, Cooptate, Counterirritate, Crebricostate, Crepitate, Cristate, Cruentate, Curtate, Curvicostate, Curvidentate, Debilitate, Decantate, Decapitate, Decemdentate, Dehonestate, Deitate, Delectate, Fertilitate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-n-t-t-t" | |
-1 letter: titanite. | |
-2 letters: nictate, tetanic, titanic. | |
-3 letters: acetin, attent, cattie, centai, enatic, incite, intact, tattie, titian, tittie. | |
-4 letters: acini, actin, antic, attic, enact, entia, tacet, tacit, taint, tecta, tenia, tinct, tinea, titan. | |
-5 letters: acne, ante, anti, cain, cane, cant, cate, cent, cine, cite, etic, etna, inia, inti, neat, nett, nice, nite, tace, tact, tain, tate, teat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-n-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: antithetic, nictitated, nictitates. | |
+3 letters: antipathetic, antithetical, authenticity, clarinettist. | |
+4 letters: anticigarette, clarinettists, taciturnities. | |
+5 letters: antithetically, authenticating, authentication, authenticities, inauthenticity, metafictionist, prettification, telangiectatic, teratogenicity. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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