Noctiluca

Definition: Noctiluca

Noctiluca

Noun

1. Large bioluminescent marine protozoan.

Etymology: Noctiluca \Noc`ti*lu"ca\, noun; plural Noctiluc[AE]. [Latin expression noctiluca something that shines by night, from nox, noctis, night lucere to shine, lux light.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Noctiluca

Synonym: Noctiluca miliaris (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Noctiluca

English words defined with "noctiluca": genus Noctiluca ♦ Myxocystodea ♦ Noctiluca miliaris, NoctilucAe, Noctilucine ♦ Pyrophorus noctiluca. (references)

Expressions using "noctiluca": genus Noctiluca ♦ L noctiluca ♦ Noctiluca miliaris ♦ Pyrophorus noctiluca. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "noctiluca"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		világító ostoros állatka. (various references)

Pig Latin		octilucanay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Words rhyming with "noctiluca" (pronounced 'Noc`ti*lu"ca'): Anasarca, Arctisca, Areca, Asarabacca, Attacca, Baraca, Barranca, Bibliotheca, Bocca, Chachalaca, Chica, Cloaca, Coca, Cuca, Dactylotheca, Dertrotheca, Endotheca, Epitheca, Erica, Eruca, Exotheca, Felucca, Fistuca, Formica, Glyptotheca, Gnathotheca, Gonotheca, Hierotheca, Hippobosca, Hydrotheca, Hypotheca, Inca, Jararaca, Lactuca, Lectica, lorica, malacca, Manca, Mattowacca, Mesotheca, mica, Mollusca, Musca, Myrica, Oca, Ootheca, paca, Pataca, Perca, Phoca. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-l-n-o-t-u"
	-1 letter: lactonic.
	-2 letters: account, auction, caution, conical, council, inocula, laconic, linocut, lunatic, outlain.
	-3 letters: action, alnico, atonic, calico, cantic, cation, catlin, citola, clonic, cocain, coital, cultic, incult, lactic, latino, occult, oilcan, talion, tincal, toluic, toucan, tunica, uncial, uncoil.
	-4 letters: actin, aloin, antic, aulic, cacti, canto, clout, coact, coati, colic, colin, conic, cotan, count, culti, cutin.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-l-n-o-t-u"
	+1 letter: inculcator.
	+2 letters: anacoluthic, calculation, circulation, conflictual, glauconitic, inculcation, inculcators, occultation, sacculation.
	+3 letters: accumulation, calculations, circulations, claudication, conductorial, conduplicate, conjunctival, counterclaim, flocculating, flocculation, granulocytic, inculcations, occultations, occupational, sacculations, sansculottic.
	+4 letters: acculturation, accumulations, calculational, claudications, cocultivating, cocultivation, coeducational, conceptualise, conceptualism, conceptualist, conceptuality, conceptualize, conjunctional, consultancies, counterclaims, fasciculation, flocculations, recalculation, recirculation, uncomplicated.
	+5 letters: accountability, acculturations, cocultivations, conceptualised, conceptualises, conceptualisms, conceptualists, conceptualized, conceptualizer, conceptualizes, constructional, contumaciously, counterclaimed, fasciculations, miscalculation, noncirculating, occupationally, recalculations, recirculations.
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