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Definition: Nictitation |
NictitationNoun1. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: NictitationSynonyms: blink (n), blinking (n), eye blink (n), nictation (n), wink (n), winking (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: nictation (medicine). |
| Language | Translations for "nictitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | nictitatio (nictation). (various references) | |
Dutch | nictitatio (nictation), nictitatie (nictation), nictatio (nictation), spasmus nictitans (nictation). (various references) | |
French | nictation (nictation), blépharospasme clonique (nictation). (various references) | |
German | Nictatio (nictation). (various references) | |
Greek | κάμμυση οφθαλμών. (various references) | |
Italian | ammiccamento (nictation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ictitationnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nictação (nictation), pestanejo (blink, nictation). (various references) | |
Romanian | clipire din ochi (blink, nictation, twinkle, wink). (various references) | |
Russian | мигание (flashing, flickering, winking). (various references) | |
Spanish | nictitación (nictation), nictación (nictation), parpadeo (blink, blinking, flicker, flickering, nictation, quiver, twinkle, wink, winking). (various references) | |
Turkish | göz kırpma (blinking, cock of the eye, twinkle, twinkling, winking). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кліпання (eyewink, nictation), моргання (blinking, nictation, wink, winking), мигання (flickering, nictation, twinkle). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự nháy mắt (nictation). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "nictitation" (pronounced 'Nic`ti*ta"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-i-n-n-o-t-t-t" | |
-1 letter: incitation. | |
-3 letters: citation, inaction, incitant. | |
-4 letters: actinon, anionic, contain, nicotin, taction, titanic. | |
-5 letters: action, anoint, atonic, cannot, canton, cation, incant, intact, nation, niacin, octant, otitic, tannic, titian. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-i-n-n-o-t-t-t" | |
+5 letters: antireductionist, autointoxication, incontestability, transcriptionist. | |
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