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Painter

Definitions: Painter

Painter

Noun

1. An artist who paints.

2. A worker who is employed to cover objects with paint.

3. A line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing).

4. Large American feline resembling a lion.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "painter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Painter

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Painter The rope which binds a ship's boat to the ship. (Latin, panthera; French, pantière, a drag-net; panteur, a stretcher.)
I'll cut your painter for you. I'll send you to the right about in double quick time. If the painter is cut, of course the boat drifts away. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Occupations

Applies coats of paint, varnish, stain, enamel, or lacquer to decorate and protect interior or exterior surfaces, trimmings, and fixtures of buildings and other structures: Reads work order or receives instructions from supervisor or homeowner regarding painting. Smooths surfaces, using sandpaper, brushes, or steel wool, and removes old paint from surfaces, using paint remover, scraper, wire brush, or blowtorch to prepare surfaces for painting. Fills nail holes, cracks, and joints with caulk, putty, plaster, or other filler, using caulking gun and putty knife. Selects premixed paints, or mixes required portions of pigment, oil, and thinning and drying substances to prepare paint that matches specified colors. Removes fixtures, such as pictures and electric switchcovers, from walls prior to painting, using screwdriver. Spreads dropcloths over floors and room furnishings, and covers surfaces, such as baseboards, door frames, and windows with masking tape and paper to protect surfaces during painting. Paints surfaces, using brushes, spray gun, or paint rollers. Simulates wood grain, marble, brick, or tile effects. Applies paint with cloth, brush, sponge, or fingers to create special effects. Erects scaffolding or sets up ladders to perform tasks above ground level. May be designated according to type of work performed as Painter, Interior Finish (construction); Painter, Maintenance (any industry); or according to type of material used as Calciminer (construction); Varnisher (construction). May also hang wallpaper and fabrics [PAPERHANGER (construction) 841.381-010]. May wash surfaces prior to painting with mildew remover, using brush. (references)
 Paints variety of original subject material, such as landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and abstracts, using watercolors, oils, acrylics, tempera, or other paint medium: Conceives and develops ideas for painting, based on assignment, personality, interests, and knowledge of painting methods and techniques. Applies color medium to canvas or other surface, using brushes, pallet knives, and various other artist's tools and equipment. Integrates and develops visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective to produce desired effect. May make preliminary sketch of painting. May coat finished painting with varnish or other preservative. May paint in particular style, such as realism, impressionism, naturalism, or regionalism. May specialize in particular media, or subject material. May teach painting [TEACHER, ART (education)]. May work in other art mediums, such as etching, drawing, or sculpture. May be identified according to specialization, style, media, technique, or subject matter. May paint scenic backgrounds, murals, portraiture, and other items for use on motion picture and television production sets and be designated Scenic Artist (motion picture; radio-tv broad.). (references)
 Applies paint to wire-framed, clear-plastic articles, such as flowers, leaves, and butterflies used in artificial artistic arrangements, to impart natural coloring, using brush: Selects specified colors of stain paint and adds paint thinner to each color to attain desired consistency. Applies successive coats of paint to plastic articles, using brush, to attain desired shades and hues necessary to achieve natural lifelike appearance. Removes excess paint, using brush or cotton swab. Hangs articles on rack to dry after each coat of paint. Maintains daily production record. (references)
 Brushes protective covering onto specified sections of jewelry articles to protect sections during electroplating, sandblasting, and polishing operations: Brushes or dabs lacquer or molten wax onto jewelry to prevent damage to coated areas during electroplating or sandblasting. Brushes shellac on sandblasted areas to protect areas during polishing. May correct plating defects, using paint and brush. (references)

Slang in 1811

PAINTER. I'll cut your painter for you; I'll send you off; the painter being the ropfe that holds the boat fast to the ship. SEA TERM. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Painter

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A painter in the fine arts is a person who creates paintings -- two-dimensional artworks -- by applying a coloured emulsion called paint to a flat surface. Contrast this with a person whose trade is covering surfaces with paint, also called a painter. The difference is the artistic intent of the former.

Some surrealistss (in particular Joan Miro, who called for the "murder of painting") have denounced or attempted to "supersede" painting, and there have also been other anti-painting trends among artistic movements, such as that of conceptual art.

The trend away from painting in the 20th century (of course, there were still people painting all this time) has been countered by various movements, for example Stuckism.

See also: List of painters, Art History

Painter is the name of a software package used to create natural-looking artistic images using a computer. Originally available on the Macintosh, it is now also available for Windows. Using a graphics tablet, the user is able to create remarkably realistic images freehand, with the package simulating a wide range of classical effects such as watercolor and oil paints, as well as a wide range of unique effects.

Painter is now owned and marketed by the Corel corp




Painter, Virginia

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Painter is a town located in Accomack County, Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 246.

Geography


Painter is located at 37°35'8" North, 75°47'0" West (37.585632, -75.783445)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 246 people, 104 households, and 69 families residing in the town. The population density is 150.8/km² (388.0/mi²). There are 117 housing units at an average density of 71.7/km² (184.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 65.45% White, 30.08% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.44% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races. 5.69% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 104 households out of which 22.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% are married couples living together, 19.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% are non-families. 31.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 21.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.37 and the average family size is 2.99. In the town the population is spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 25.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 75.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 69.6 males. The median income for a household in the town is $19,583, and the median income for a family is $31,250. Males have a median income of $24,167 versus $20,469 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,350. 18.5% of the population and 13.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 37.1% are under the age of 18 and 19.4% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Painter."

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Synonyms: Painter

Synonyms: catamount (n), cougar (n), mountain lion (n), panther (n), puma (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Painter

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Artist

Noun: artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draftsman, draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist.

Historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician.

Connection

Bond, tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string; (filament).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Painter

English words defined with "painter": house painteroil painterPainter stainer, portrait painterscene painter. (references)
Specialty definitions using "painter": 23420Anacreon, ANGELO, ApellesBambocciades, barrel painter, ButClaude Lorraine, Cornish WonderDeath from Strange Causes, DEVIL DRAWER, Dunstanfilm painter, final-touch-up painter, FOXING PAINTERGenre Painter, Giles of Antwerphand painter, HobbemaJohn of BrugesKing of PaintersLelyMani, Manes, Manichæ'ans, Michael Angelo, MODEL, ARTISTS', Monkey's MoneyPAINTER AND GRADER, CORK, PAINTER APPRENTICE, SHIPYARD, PAINTER APPRENTICE, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, PAINTER HELPER, SHIPYARD, PAINTER HELPER, SIGN, Painter of Nature, Painter of the Graces, PAINTER, AIRBRUSH, PAINTER, ANIMATED CARTOONS, PAINTER, BOTTOM, PAINTER, CLOCK AND WATCH HANDS, PAINTER, ELECTROSTATIC, PAINTER, HAND, PAINTER, MIRROR, PAINTER, PANEL EDGE, PAINTER, PLATE, painter, railroad car, PAINTER, RUG TOUCH-UP, painter, set, PAINTER, SHIPYARD, PAINTER, SIGN, PAINTER, SKI EDGE, PAINTER, STAGE SETTINGS, PAINTER, TOUCH-UP, PAINTER, TUMBLING BARREL, Painters and Artists, PaintingRaphael of Cats, RELIGIOUS PAINTER, REMBRANDT, Roger, roller painter, Ryparographersalvage painter, silk-screen painter, SpagnalettoTITIAN, TOUCH-UP PAINTER, HAND, TURNERUbedaVandyck, VINCIZeuxis. (references)
Etymologies containing "painter": Bambocciademaul-stickPaintership, Pictorial, Picturer, Portraitist. (references)

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Modern Usage: Painter

DomainUsage

Screenplays

God must be a painter. Why else would we have so many colors? (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Oh, right, the painter! (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

A lady once asked famous painter and momma's boy James Whistler if he thought genius was hereditary. (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner)

You were a poet and a painter, William Blake. (Dead Man; writing credit: Jim Jarmusch)

Movie/TV Titles

A Painter of Our Times (1974)

Through the Eyes of a Painter (1966)

Day of the Painter (1960)

Painter of Women Utamaro (1959)

Fresh Painter (1953)

Song Titles

Painter Man (performing artist: The Creation)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Painter

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Velasquez - The Painter of Painters (reference)

  • Balthus the Painter (reference)

  • Vision on Art: Pieter Brueghel the Elder - A Painter for All Time (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Wagner Power Products 315 Two-Speed Power Painter with Back Pack (2400 PSI) (reference)

  • Wagner Model 305 Wide Shot Power Painter (reference)

  • Wagner Power Products 290 Wide Shot Power Painter (reference)

  • EZ Paintr 50344 Simple Solutions Speed Painter Replacement Pad (reference)

  • Wagner Power Products 220 Power Painter - One Speed - 1600 PSI (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Painter

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Familiar Quotations: Painter

AuthorQuotation

Edgar Degas

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.

John Ruskin

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.

Leonardo Da Vinci

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind.

Schiller

The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.

Shenstone

The profession of the player, like that of the painter, is one of the imitative arts, whose means are pleasure, and whose end should be virtue.

Vincent Van Gogh

If you hear a voice within you saying, ''You are not a painter,'' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.

W.s. Maverick

The musician, the painter, the poet, are, in a larger sense, no greater artists than the man of commerce.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Painter

AuthorDateQuotation

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

And in Sweatt v. Painter, supra, the Court expressly reserved decision on the question whether Plessy v. Ferguson should be held inapplicable to public education. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Painter

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

There was a Greek painter, Euphorion, who was surnamed painter of lips.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Painter

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Belarus

In autumn 2000, the authorities refused to grant permission to a painter, Ales Pushkin, who had earlier been convicted of malicious hooliganism because of a 1999 protest-performance critical of Lukashenka, to travel to Poland to exhibit his works. (references)

Economic History

Romania

Despite strong Austrian, German, and especially French influence, many of Romania's great artists, such as the painter Nicolae Grigorescu, the poet Mihai Eminescu, the composer George Enescu, and the sculptor Constantin Brancusi, drew their inspiration from Romanian folk traditions. (references)

Peru

Painter Francisco Fierro made a distinctive contribution to this school with his portrayals of typical events, manners, and customs of mid-19th-century Peru. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

PAINTING, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic. Formerly, painting and sculpture were combined in the same work: the ancients painted their statues. The only present alliance between the two arts is that the modern painter chisels his patrons.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Painter

"Painter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.78% of the time. "Painter" is used about 1,044 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)93.78%9797,475
Noun (proper)4.4%4650,285
Lexical Verb (base form)1.72%1882,615
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.1%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,044N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Painter

The following table summarizes the usage of "painter" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
PainterLast name8,0001,460
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Painter


1. Painter, VA (town, FIPS 60296)
Location: 37.58550 N, 75.78379 W
Population (1990): 259 (113 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 23420
Country: USA

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Expressions: Painter

Expressions using "painter": classify a painter as an impressionist cut the painter good painter great painter house painter landscape painter oil painter painter and decorator painter colors painter colours painter stainer portrait painter scene painter shank painter sign painter sunday painter. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "painter": painter-architects, painter-critic, Painter-etchers, painter-family, painter-husband, painter-sculptors, painter-signatures, painter-stainer, Painter-stainers, painter-travellers, painter-wife.

Ending with "painter": house-painter, vase-painter, wall-painter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Painter

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

painter

1,575

wagner power painter

323

famous painter

310

fish magic painter

192

virtual painter

154

red house painter

130

american painter

121

corel painter

110

painter turtle

97

painter 8

93
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Painter

Language Translations for "painter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

piktor (draftsman, draughtsman). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حبل توثيق المركب, ‏الرسام (draftsman, draughtsman), ‏الدهان. (various references)

   

Basque

  

pintatzaile. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

художник (artist, craftsman, draftsman, draughtsman, limner), фалин, кугуар (american panther), живописец, американска пума, бояджия (decorator). (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

pípenta. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

畫家 , " . (various references)

   

Czech

  

natìraè, malíř (artist, limner), lakýrník. (various references)

   

Danish

  

maler. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

huisschilder (interior painter), verver (operative dyer), schilder. (various references)

   

Ecuadorian Quechua

  

shuyuc. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

pentristo, farbisto. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پیکرنگار (Iconography), نقاش (Drawer), نگارگر. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

taidemaalari (artist), maalari (artist). (various references)

   

French

  

peintre. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

skilder, ferver. (various references)

   

German

  

Maler (artist, decorator, painters), malerin, fangleine (rigging line, sling, strap). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μπογιατζήσ, χρωματιστήσ, χρωματιστής προσόψεως, χρωματιστής οικοδομών (interior painter), ζωγράφοσ (colorist). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

piktor. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

צובע, צבעי. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szobafestő (decorator), mázoló, festő (decorator, limner, tinctorial). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

málari. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pelukis (designer, illustrator). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pittore, imbianchino (whitewasher). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

絵描き (artist), 絵師 (artist, painter supported by patron), "人 (artist), " (artist), "手 (artist), "工 (artist), "家 (artist), "師 (artist, painter supported by patron), 塗工 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

がしゅ (artist, elegance, picturesqueness), がしょう (A Happy New Year!, artist, confined to bed, correct name, elegant name, name of poem, picture dealer, pictured paper doors), がか (artist, easel, Song of Solomon), が"う (artist, sketch), がじ" (artist, individual of taste), がし (artist, congratulations, drawing paper, greetings, painter supported by patron, starvation), と"う (going on foot, voyage, walking), えかき (artist), え くみ (artist), えし (artist, necrosis, painter supported by patron). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

"가. (various references)

   

Malay

  

pelukis. (various references)

   

Manx

  

thow (buoy rope, line, rope), slaader (dauber, slogan writer), peinteyr (artist), daahder (colourer, colourist, dyer, exaggerator, garbler). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

maler. (various references)

   

Occitan

  

pintre. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

pintor, ferfdó. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ainterpay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

malarz. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

pintor (artist, joint, limnology, mooter, painting, reefer, splint, stick). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pictor (animalist, artist, knight of the brush), zugrav (dauber, decorator), vopsitor (Dyer, Stainer), barbetã. (various references)

   

Romansch

  

pictur. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

художник (artist, knight of the brush, sign-painter), маляр (decorator), живописец. (various references)

   

Sepedi

  

moferefi. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

uže za vezivanje čamaca, slikar (artist, limner), moler, farbar (dyer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pintor (colorman, colourman, decorator, Dyer). (various references)

   

Swazi

  

mapéntane. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

målare (court card, decorator, face card, paintress, paper hanger). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

pruva halatı, ressam (artist, brush, illustrator, limner, paintress), boyacı (dipper, Dyer, shoe black), çıma. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

маляр (decorator), живописець. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thợ sơn hoạ sĩ, đoạn tuyệt. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

peintiwr. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Painter

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

pictor. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Painter

Derivations

Words beginning with "painter": painterliness, painterlinesses, painterly, painters. (additional references)

Words ending with "painter": housepainter. (additional references)

Words containing "painter": housepainters. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Painter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aintura, Bainter, Daintree, Paintal, painteir, paintey, painti, paintjet, Painton, paintor, paite, paiute, Panitia, pantar, Panter, pantler, Pauntley, paytner, Peindre, Peiner, penite, pianer, pinater, pinter, pintter, plaindre, Planitzer, Punitor. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Painter"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "painter" (pronounced pā"nter or pā"ner)
4-ā" n t erfainter.
3-n t erbanter, blunter, canter, Cantor, carpenter, center, centre, counter, covenanter, discounter, dissenter, enchanter, encounter, enter, epicenter, experimenter, grantor, headhunter, Hunter, inventor, mentor, Midwinter, Minter, multicenter, overwinter, planter, pointer, presenter, printer, punter, reenter, renter, saunter, splinter, sprinter, Stentor, Supercenter, tormentor, Venter, winter.
4p ā" n ercampaigner.
3-ā" n ercomplainer, container, drainer, entertainer, gainer, nonplanar, plainer, planar, planer, retainer, saner, trainer.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Painter

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pertain, repaint.

Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-p-r-t"

-1 letter: arpent, enrapt, entrap, panier, pantie, parent, patine, pineta, pirate, pterin, rapine, ratine, retain, retina, trepan.

-2 letters: antre, apter, arpen, atrip, entia, inapt, inept, inert, inter, irate, niter, nitre, paint, paten, pater, patin, peart, pieta, pinta, prate, print, repin, retia, riant, ripen, taper, tapir, tenia, terai, tinea, train, trine, tripe.

-3 letters: airn, airt, ante, anti, aper, earn, etna, nape, neap, near, neat, nipa, nite, pain, pair, pane, pant, pare, part, pate, pean, pear, peat, pein, pent, peri, pert, pian, pier, pina, pine, pint, pirn, pita, prat, rain, rani, rant, rape, rapt, rate, reap, rein, rent, ripe, rite, tain, tape, tare, tarn, tarp, tear, tepa, tern, tier, tine, tire, trap, trip.

-4 letters: ain, air, ait, ane, ani, ant, ape, apt, are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, ern, eta, ire, nae, nap, net, nip, nit, pan, par, pat, pea, pen, per, pet, pia, pie, pin, pit, ran, rap, rat, rei, rep, ret, ria, rin, rip, tae, tan, tap, tar, tea, ten, tie, tin, tip.

-5 letters: ae, ai, an, ar, at, en, er, et, in, it, na, ne, pa, pe, pi, re, ta, ti.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-p-r-t"
 

+1 letter: antirape, aperient, atropine, dipteran, interlap, painters, paintier, pantries, perianth, pertains, pinaster, pretrain, pristane, repaints, retaping, tapering, terrapin, trapline, triplane, triptane.

 

+2 letters: antipress, aperients, appertain, atropines, carpeting, crepitant, departing, dipterans, implanter, interlaps, interplay, operating, operation, painterly, paltering, parenting, pargeting, paternity, patienter, patronise, patronize, pattering, perianths, perinatal, peritonea, pertained, pinasters, pistareen, preacting, predating, predation, pretaping, pretorian, pretrains, printable, printhead, pristanes, protamine, reappoint, reimplant, repainted, repasting, repeating, replating, reptilian, sparteine, spearmint, tampering, terrapins, threaping, transpire, trapesing, traplines, trepidant, triplanes, triptanes, uptearing.

 

+3 letters: antiherpes, antipyrine, appertains, apprentice, asperating, biparental, carpetings, chaptering, depurating, discrepant, dispersant, entrapping, epicentral, euphoriant, expiration, fortepiano, hemipteran, hierophant, hypertonia, impairment, impartment, implanters, importance, impregnant, impregnate, inapparent, interparty, interphase, interplant, interplays, interplead, interspace, intraplate, operations, paltriness, pancreatic, pancreatin, panegyrist, parentings, pargetting, parliament, parqueting, partnering, parturient, pathfinder, patronised, patronises, patronized, patronizes, patterning, pedantries, pedestrian, penetralia, peritoneal, permeating, permeation, perorating, peroration, pertaining, pianoforte, pigmentary, pinfeather, pistareens, planetaria, planimeter, plastering, portamenti, praetorian, pratincole, precasting, precaution, predations, pregenital, preheating, prenuptial, prepasting, pretasting, pretorians, pretrained, printheads, printmaker, propionate, protamines, proteinase, prudential, readapting, readopting, reappoints, reimplants, repainting, reparation, repatching, replanting, reptilians, reputation, restamping, resupinate, separating, separation, septenarii, sparteines, spattering, spearmints, supergiant, trampoline, transpired, transpires, trepanning, tripinnate, tryptamine, waitperson.

 

+4 letters: accipitrine, aminopterin, antileprosy, antiphrases, antipoverty, antipyreses, antipyresis, antipyretic, antipyrines, antistrophe, aponeurotic, appertained, apportioned, apprenticed, apprentices, attempering, becarpeting, carpentries, centripetal, ceratopsian, chiropteran, cooperating, cooperation, crepitating, crepitation, deportation, depravation, deprecating, deprecation, depredating, depredation, deprivation, desperation, dispersants, emancipator, enrapturing, euphoriants, evaporating, evaporation, expirations, exploration, exportation, expurgating, expurgation, extirpating, extirpation, fortepianos, greasepaint, hemipterans, hierophants, hypertonias, impairments, impartments, impermanent, impersonate, impetrating, impetration, importances, importunate, imprecating, imprecation, impregnants, impregnated, impregnates, impregnator, incorporate, inoperative, intemperate, intercampus, interlapped, interparish, interphases, interplants, interplayed, interpleads, interpolate, interspaced, interspaces, metanephric, metanephroi, misanthrope, narcoleptic, neuropathic, nonoperatic, operational, outcapering, pageantries, pancreatins, panegyrists, paragenetic, parenthesis, parenthetic, parliaments, partitioned, partitioner, partnership, parturients, paternalism, paternalist, paternities, pathfinders, patrilineal, patrimonies, patternings, peasantries, pedestrians, penetrating, penetration, penetrative, pentarchies, percolating, percolation, peregrinate, perennating, perennation, perforating, perforation, perinatally, periodontal, permeations, permutation, perorations, personalist, personality, personating, personation, personative, pertinacity, petitionary, pianofortes, pinfeathers, plaistering, planarities, planetarium, planimeters, planimetric, plantigrade, plasterings, platyrrhine, pleinairist, potentiator, praelecting, praetorians, pratincoles, preadapting, preadopting, precautions, precipitant, predicament, predicating, predication, predominant, predominate, predynastic, preenacting, prelibation, prenominate, preparation, preplanting, preromantic, prestamping, presynaptic, preterminal, pretraining, pretreating, printmakers, privateness, probationer, procreating, procreation, profanities, proletarian, propionates, proteinases, proteinuria, reaccepting, reappointed, reapportion, rebaptizing, recapturing, recarpeting, reimplanted, reoperating, reoperation, reparations, repartition, replicating, replication, reprobating, reprobation, repudiating, repudiation, reputations, rerepeating, respiration, retinopathy, sempiternal, senatorship, separations, septenarius, shinplaster, spessartine, splattering, springwater, stipendiary, supergiants, supernation, tapestrying, traineeship, trampoliner, trampolines, transalpine, transhipped, transpierce, trapnesting, trepanation, trepidation, trespassing, tryptamines, unaspirated, uniparental, unprintable, upgathering, waitpersons, wiretapping, xiphisterna.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Painter


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 69 6E 74 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    .-    ..    -.    -    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#105 &#110 &#116 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0069 006E 0074 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50677580867184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency
13. Cities
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Orthography
22. Bibliography


  

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