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Definitions: Ocher |
OcherAdjective1. Of a moderate orange-yellow color. Noun1. A moderate yellow-orange to orange color. 2. Any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ocher" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references) |
Synonym: OcherSynonym: ochre (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ocher |
| English words defined with "ocher": Abraum salts, Almagra ♦ Bismite, Bismuth ocher, Black ocher ♦ Guhr ♦ Lead ocher ♦ Massicot, Mineral paint, Molybdite ♦ Oaker, Ochreous, Oker ♦ Red ocher, Roman ocher, Rud, ruddle ♦ sinoper, sinopia, sinopis, Smitt ♦ Tiver, Tungsten ocher, Tungstic ocher ♦ Venetian red ♦ Wadd ♦ Yellow ocher. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ocher": blue ocher, brown ocher ♦ cadmium blend ♦ golden ocher ♦ miners'asthma, miners'dyspnea, molybdic ocher ♦ nickel ocher ♦ ocher lung, ocher pneumoconiosis, ochre silicosis ♦ pigment mineral ♦ stone ocher, stone yellow ♦ telluric ocher ♦ uraconite, uranic ocher ♦ vanadic ocher ♦ wolfram ocher. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ocher": Oaker, Ochroleucous ♦ Sinopite. (references) |
Expressions using "ocher": Bismuth ocher ♦ Black ocher ♦ cadmium ocher ♦ cobalt ocher ♦ Lead ocher ♦ ocher lung ♦ ocher mutant ♦ ocher mutation ♦ ocher ochre ♦ ocher pneumoconiosis ♦ red ocher ♦ roman ocher ♦ scarlet ocher ♦ tungsten ocher ♦ Tungstic ocher ♦ yellow ocher. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ocher": Uran-ocher. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
ocher | 8 |
color ocher picture renaissance | 3 |
ocher yellow | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ocher"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | okër (ochre, raddle, reddle, Ruddle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مغرة أكسيد الحديديك, أكسيد الرصاص (ochre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | охра (ochre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 茶黄, 赭 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | okr (ochre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | okker-silikose (ocher lung, ocher pneumoconiosis, ochre silicosis), koboltblomst (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore, red cobalt), cadmiumblende (cadmium blende, cadmium ocher, greenockite, xanthochroite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | erythriet (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore, red cobalt), cadmium-blende (cadmium blende, cadmium ocher, greenockite, xanthochroite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گل اخری (Yellowocher), باگل اخری رنگ کردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | greenockiitti (cadmium blende, cadmium ocher, greenockite, xanthochroite), erytriini (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, erythrite, peachblossom ore, red cobalt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ocre (ochre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ocker (ochre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ώχρα (ochre), κίτρινο χρώμα (ochre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | okkersárga (ochre), okker (ochre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ocra (ochre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 黄土色 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おうどいろ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ocheray ocre (ochre), ocelote (palm civet, palmer). (various references) ocru (ochre), limonit (limonit, ochre). (various references) охра (ochre). (various references) oker (ochre), boje okre (ochre), boja okre (ochre). (various references) ocre (ochre, raddle, reddle, Ruddle). (various references) ockra (ochre, okra, practise usury, reddle, Ruddle). (various references) สีเหลืองออกน้ำตาล (ochre). (various references) toprak boyası (ochre), koyu sarı (amber, fulvous, ochre), aşıboyası (ochre, red ochre paint). (various references) гроші (balsam, bean, blunt, brass, cash, charm, chink, clink, dibs, dime, dough, l.s.d., money, moo, necessary, needful, ochre, oil, oof, pelf, posh, scads, shekels, sugar, the stuff, treasure, wherewithal), вохра (ochre, sienna), монети (chink, ochre), золото (gold, ochre), брунатно-жовтий колір (ochre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ocher": ochered, ochering, ocherous, ochers, ochery. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ocher": moocher, tocher. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ocher": moochers, tochered, tochering, tochers. (additional references) | |
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"Ocher" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Achar, acher, achre, bochur, cher, echer, Gotcher, Hochner, Kocher, Lochar, ocaer, occer, occuer, ocder, ocear, ocfer, ocger, och, ocha, oche, ochim, ocho, ochred, Ochses, ochu, ocier, ocker, ocler, ocner, ocoer, ocrer, octer, ocuer, ocwer, ocyer, Ofhr, oher, Oiche, okeh, Okh, Okyere, Oncham, Oochi, Osha, oshere, Pokhrel, rocher, Rochere, uker, vocher. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: chore, ochre. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-o-r" | |
-1 letter: cero, core, echo, hero, hoer. | |
-2 letters: cor, her, hoe, orc, ore, rec, rho, roc, roe. | |
-3 letters: eh, er, he, ho, oe, oh, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-o-r" | |
+1 letter: broche, cheero, choker, choler, chorea, chored, chores, chrome, coheir, cohere, cosher, echoer, hector, heroic, hocker, ochers, ochery, ochrea, ochred, ochres, orache, reecho, rochet, rotche, rouche, tocher, troche. | |
+2 letters: botcher, brioche, caroche, cheerio, cheeros, cheroot, chevron, choicer, choired, chokers, chokier, cholera, cholers, chomper, chooser, chopper, chorale, chorded, choreal, choreas, choregi, choreic, chorine, chortle, chouser, chowder, chromed, chromes, coacher, coheirs, cohered, coherer, coheres, coshers, coucher, cougher, couther, cowherb, cowherd, crochet, echoers, hectors, heroics, hockers, kerchoo, moocher, notcher, ochered, ochreae, oraches, poacher, porches, rechose, retouch, roached, roaches, rochets, rotches, rouches, scherzo, shocker, soroche, tochers, torched, torches, toucher, trochee, troches, voucher, zorched, zorches. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 63 68 65 72 |
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