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Definition: Ranula |
RanulaNoun1. A cyst on the underside of the tongue. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Ranula \Ran"u*la\, noun. [Latin expression, little frog, little swelling on the tongue of cattle, diminutive of rana frog.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A form of retention cyst of the floor of the mouth, usually due to obstruction of the ducts of the submaxillary or sublingual glands, presenting a slowly enlarging painless deep burrowing mucocele of one side of the mouth. It is also called sublingual cyst and sublingual ptyalocele. (references) |
Medicine | A cystic swelling of the floor of the mouth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Ranula |
| Non-English Usage: "Ranula" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (frog tongue, ranula). |
| 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 |
ranula | 31 |
marsupialization ranula | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ranula"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | ranula, svulst under tungen (frog tongue). (various references) | |
Dutch | ranula (frog tongue), kikvorsgezwel (frog tongue). (various references) | |
French | ranula, grenouillette. (various references) | |
German | Ranula inflammatoria (frog tongue), Ranula. (various references) | |
Greek | βατράχιον, βατράχιο (buttercup, crowfoot, frog tongue, ranunculus, spearwort). (various references) | |
Italian | ranula (frog tongue), idroglossia, cisti sublinguale. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anularay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rela (frog tongue, tree frog), rânula. (various references) | |
Spanish | ranula (frog tongue), ránula. (various references) | |
Swedish | spottkörtelhypertrofi (frog tongue). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ranula. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ranula": ranulae, ranulas. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ranula": degranulation, degranulations, granular, granularities, granularity, granulate, granulated, granulates, granulating, granulation, granulations, granulator, granulators, intergranular, nongranular. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ranula" (pronounced 'Ran"u*la'): Acanthocephala, Acicula, Actinula, Ala, Algarovilla, Alula, Ametabola, Ampulla, Amygdala, Angola, Anopla, Aquila, Archencephala, Archiblastula, Areola, Armilla, Arolla, Artiodactyla, Auricula, Axilla, Baggala, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Blastula, Bulla, Cabala, Cabrilla, Caffila, Calcavella, Calendula, Calla, Camarilla, Campanula, Canella, Cannicula, Cannula, Capella, Capitula, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Chrysocolla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Collembola, Columbella, Columella, Comatula, Copula, Coronilla, Cunabula, Cupola, Cypsela, Cytula, Dendrocoela, Dongola, E-la, Emgalla, Enopla, Euplectella, Fabella, Faecula, Falcula, Fasciola, Favella, Fecula, Fenes-tella, Fibrilla, fibula, fistula, flotilla, Forficula, formula, Foveola, Fovilla, Fringilla, furcula, gala, Ganocephala, Gentianella, Geophila, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, Granilla, Grubbla, guerilla, Gula, Gyrencephala, Hemimetabola, Hexapla, Holometabola, hyperbola, Impalla, Infula, Intermaxilla, Itala, kabala, Kamala, koala, Lacinula, lamella, Lenticula, Ligula, Lingula, Lipocephala, Lirella, Lissencephala, Locustella, lunula, Lyencephala, macula, Magdala, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla, Marginella, Marsala, maxilla, medulla, Mesoscapula, Micella, Miliola, Mochila, Monerula, Monocondyla, morula, Mulla, Myelencephala, Nebula, Neurula, Nubecula, Nucula, Nyula, Octapla, Olla, Orbicula, osteocolla, Padella, Paleola, Palla, palola, Papilla, Papula, Parabola, Paracorolla, Patela, Patella, Patellula, Pathopoela, Peninsula, Pennatula, Penumbrala, Pergola, Perilla, Perissodactyla, Perula, Phainopepla, Phanerodactyla, Philomela, Pimola, Pinnula, Planula, Plumula, Polygala, Postscapula, Praemaxilla, Predella, Premaxilla, Presscapula, Pseudonavicella, Pseudonavicula, Pseudostella, Psylla, Pteryla, Pulsatilla, Pyla, Rachilla, Radula, ravenala, Retinula, Rhabdocoela, Rhachilla, Rhizocephala, Rhynchocephala, Rhynchonella, Rosella, roseola, Rotella, Rotula, rubella, rubeola, Rupicola, Sabadilla, Sabella, Saccharilla, Saltarella, sapodilla, sarsaparilla, Scagliola, Scala, Scaliola, scapula, scintilla, Scopula, Scrobicula, scrofula, Scybala, Scylla, Semiparabola, Semolella, sequela, Serpula, Serrula, Setula, Sigla, Silicula, Solidungula, spatula, spirula, Spongilla, Sportula, Squamella, Squamula, squilla, Stegocephala, stela, Stipula, Stola, Strobila, Subumbrella, Succula, Sula, Supermaxilla, Supramaxilla, Symphyla, Synapticula, Tabula, Taeniola, Talegalla, tarantella, tarantula, Tegula, tequila, Terebratula, Tetracoralla, Tetrapla, Thecla, Tigella, Tipula, Tola, tortilla, trabecula, Trehala, Tremella, Turbinella, Turritella, Ulula, umbrella, Urodela, Ursula, uvula, Vaginicola, Vaginula, Valhalla, vallecula, Valvula, Vanilla, Varicella, Variola, Velella, Vesicula, Villa, Villanella, Vitrella, Vorticella, Whala, Wyla, Zilla, Zoochlorella, Zorilla. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anural. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-r-u" | |
-1 letter: aural, lauan, laura, lunar, ruana, ulnar. | |
-2 letters: alan, alar, anal, aura, luna, nurl, ulan, ulna. | |
-3 letters: aal, ala, ana, lar, ran, run, urn. | |
-4 letters: aa, al, an, ar, la, na, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: angular, annular, lacunar, lupanar, natural, ranulae, ranulas. | |
+2 letters: anovular, binaural, cannular, granular, lacunars, lacunary, lunarian, lupanars, manurial, monaural, naturals, planular. | |
+3 letters: alaruming, angularly, auslander, avuncular, canicular, glandular, granulate, granuloma, inaugural, lacunaria, luminaria, lunarians, manipular, naturally, navicular, neuralgia, tarantula, tarpaulin, unawarely, unnatural, vulgarian. | |
+4 letters: adulterant, aneurysmal, angularity, ankylosaur, antennular, aquaplaner, auslanders, binaurally, connatural, culinarian, granulated, granulates, granulator, granulomas, inarguable, inarguably, inaugurals, intramural, jubilarian, langlaufer, laundromat, laundryman, laureating, laureation, luminarias, mandibular, monaurally, naturalise, naturalism, naturalist, naturalize, naviculars, neuralgias, nonaccrual, nonnatural, quadrangle, quadrantal, rainsquall, retinacula, saturnalia, suprarenal, tarantulae, tarantulas, tarpaulins, tentacular, transvalue, triangular, ultraclean, ultrahuman, unarguable, unarguably, unbearable, unbearably, unfamiliar, unicameral, unilateral, unpastoral, unreadable, unsalaried, unwearable, vernacular, vulgarians. | |
+5 letters: ablutionary, adulterants, albuminuria, ankylosaurs, anovulatory, antiburglar, antinatural, antinuclear, antipopular, antitumoral, aquaplaners, avuncularly, calumniator, canalicular, candelabrum, carbuncular, contractual, culinarians, entablature, equiangular, glandularly, gradualness, granularity, granulating, granulation, granulators, granulomata, gratulating, gratulation, hibernacula, interannual, intraocular, jubilarians, langlaufers, laundromats, laureations, manipulator, matriculant, microfaunal, naturalised, naturalises, naturalisms, naturalists, naturalized, naturalizes, naturalness, nongranular, nonvascular, paramountly, pastureland, planetarium, puritanical, quadrangles, quadrennial, rainsqualls, rectangular, revaluating, revaluation, saturnalian, saturnalias, seminatural, strangulate, submarginal, subrational, suprarenals, transsexual, transvalued, transvalues, triangulate, ultramarine, unalterable, unalterably, unbreakable, unelaborate, unfavorable, unfavorably, ungraspable, uniparental, unlearnable, unnaturally, unpractical, unreachable, untraceable, utilitarian, vernaculars. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 6E 75 6C 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- -. ..- .-.. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01101110 01110101 01101100 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a n u l a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 006E 0075 006C 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)526780877867 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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