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Definitions: Repellent |
RepellentAdjective1. Serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent". 2. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench". 3. Incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water". Noun1. A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water. 2. A chemical substance that repels animals. 3. The power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "repellent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Botanical | A substance supposed to keep bats away. Allium, Petiveria. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A substance so obnoxious to animal life, more particularly to insects, birds and mammalia, that it deters attack on the object, e. g. seed, seedlings, to which it has been applied. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Serving or tending to drive away or ward off. . . often used in combination(a mosquito-repellent spray). Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: RepellentSynonyms: disgustful (adj), disgusting (adj), distasteful (adj), foul (adj), loathly (adj), loathsome (adj), rebarbative (adj), repelling (adj), resistant (adj), revolting (adj), wicked (adj), yucky (adj), repellant (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pain | Odious, hateful, execrable, repulsive, repellent, abhorrent; horrid, horrible, horrific, horrifying; offensive. |
Recession | Adjective: repelling; Verb: repellent, repulsive; abducent, abductive. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Repellent |
| English words defined with "repellent": American pennyroyal, Apocrustic ♦ disgustful, disgusting, distasteful ♦ foul ♦ ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome ♦ Hedeoma pulegioides ♦ insect repellent, Interrepellent ♦ loathly, loathsome ♦ macabre ♦ pennyroyal, planographic printing, planography ♦ repel, repellant, repellently, repelling, repellingly, Repercussive, repulse, revolting ♦ shark repellent ♦ wicked ♦ yucky. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "repellent": agua oligo-mesotrófica ♦ CARAPA GUIANENSIS, CEPHAELIS IPECACUANHA ♦ DEET, dry cleaner, furniture, hand ♦ FURNITURE CLEANER, furniture shampooer ♦ Mano de tigre, MOSQUITO REPELLENT ♦ Pheromones ♦ Santa Maria, ski pants, Slighted ♦ WALLCOVERING TEXTURER, water repellent, waterless moulding sand. (references) |
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Screenplays | Hand down the shark repellent Batspray! (Batman; writing credit: Bob Kane; Lorenzo Semple Jr.) This may look like a popular brand of breath freshener, but it's really a carefully disguised demon repellent. (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Health | Use mosquito repellent. (references) | |
These include the use of insect repellent, protective clothing, and mosquito netting. (references) | ||
Repellents may irritate the eyes and mouth, so avoid applying repellent to the hands of children. (references) | ||
Business | Depending on the season and destination, you may need to use insect repellent and take other measures to reduce contact with mosquitoes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Repellent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.06% of the time. "Repellent" is used about 89 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 55.06% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 44.94% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Total | 100.00% | 89 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "repellent": insect repellent ♦ repellent force ♦ repellent resistant ♦ shark repellent ♦ water repellent. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "repellent": water-repellent. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
mosquito repellent | 659 | electronic mosquito repellent | 26 |
insect repellent | 584 | mouse repellent | 23 |
cat repellent | 231 | skunk repellent | 22 |
bear repellent | 137 | goose repellent | 20 |
deer repellent | 127 | ant repellent | 20 |
dog repellent | 114 | tick repellent | 20 |
animal repellent | 105 | mosquito plant repellent | 19 |
snake repellent | 91 | chipmunk repellent | 17 |
repellent | 78 | off mosquito repellent | 17 |
bug repellent | 75 | homemade mosquito repellent | 17 |
rabbit repellent | 71 | raccoon repellent | 16 |
natural mosquito repellent | 66 | pest repellent | 15 |
squirrel repellent | 53 | spider repellent | 15 |
bird repellent | 52 | natural ant repellent | 15 |
natural insect repellent | 51 | bat repellent | 14 |
off insect repellent | 43 | water repellent | 14 |
mole repellent | 33 | thermacell mosquito repellent | 13 |
cutter insect repellent | 28 | flea natural repellent | 13 |
fly repellent | 28 | insect repellent for baby | 13 |
deet insect repellent | 26 | homemade insect repellent | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "repellent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | afstootlik (repelling, repulsive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zmbrapsës, i pakëndshëm (awkward, bad, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, dreary, grating, hard, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, objectionable, ugly, unattractive, uncongenial, ungrateful, unlovable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpresentable, unsightly, warm), i neveritshëm (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, beastly, contemptible, damnable, damned, despicable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, execrable, fulsome, ghoulish, heinous, hideous, loathful, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, odious, putrid, rank, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sickening, sickly, slimy, sordid, squalid, unclean, unsavory, unsavoury), gjë që shkakton neveritje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كريه (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, bad, brackish, cursed, detestable, disagreeable, distasteful, foul, frightful, hateful, horrible, loathsome, nasty, objectionable, odious, offensive, out of favor, out of favour, repugnant, repulsive, seamy, sickening, sour, ugly, unattractive, unpleasant, unwholesome, wicked), منفر (antipathetic, disgusting, repugnant, repulsive), طارد (bouncer, chase, course, dog, evictor, expeller, fly, give chase, go after, hound, hunt, prosecute, pursue, run, run down, want), صاد (bag, hook, land), الصاد, رافض (disapproving, disobedient, negatory, recusant, refusing, rejecting), بغيض (abominable, accursed, antipathetic, beastly, blasted, cursed, damned, detestable, distasteful, dreadful, forbidding, frightful, hateful, horrid, impossible, nasty, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, out of favor, out of favour, repugnant, repulsive, sticky, ungrateful, unhappy, unlikely, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, unwelcome, villainous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | средство против насекоми, който прогонва, отвратителен (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, atrocious, awful, beastly, bestial, carrion, creepy, cursed, damnable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, execrable, foul, fulsome, gruesome, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, ill-favored, ill-favoured, infamous, loathsome, lousy, miserable, morbid, nasty, nauseous, noisome, odious, offensive, punk, putrid, rank, revolting, rotten, septic, shocking, sickening, ugly, unholy, unsavory, unsavoury, unspeakable, villainous, wicked), отблъскващ (abhorrent, forbidding, rebarbative, repulsive, unlovable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "水剂. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | repelent, odpuzující prostředek, odpuzující (repulsive), odpudivý (forbidding, repugnant, uninviting, unlovable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | repellent, repellant (insect repellent, repellant), afværgemiddel, afskraekningsmiddel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | repellent, onguur (nasty, repelling, repulsive, unreliable), insektenwerend middel (insect repellent, repellant), afweermiddel tegen insekten (insect repellent), afweermiddel, afstotelijk (repelling, repulsive), afstotelýk (repelling, repulsive), afschikkingsmiddel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | malloga (repelling, repulsive), insektforpelilo (insect repellent), forloga (repelling, repulsive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مانع (Balk, Bar, Barricade, Brake, Crimp, Dike, Drawback, Embargo, Encumbrance, Handicap, Hedge, Hinder, Hindrance, Hitch, Hurdle, Impediment, Let, Lock, Obstacle, Preventive, Setback, Shackle, Snag, Stay), زننده (Acrid, Acrimonious, Beater, Garish, Gaunt, Glassy, Harsh, Hideous, Knocker, Loathsome, Lurid, Nasty, Nippy, Pitapat, Poignant, Pungent, Repugnant, Repulsive, Sharp, Squalid, Striker, Tart, Vile), راننده (Driver, Helmsman), دافع (Eductor, Loathsome, Repulsive), بیزارکننده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | karkote (insect repellent, repellant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | repoussant (repulsive), rebutant (rejecting, repulsive), répulsif (repellent product, repulsive, repulsive product), répugnant (reluctant, repugnant, revolting), substance répulsive, insectifuge (insect repellent, repellant), horrible (repelling, repulsive), affreux (repelling, repulsive), épouvantable (repelling, repulsive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Repellent (insect repellent, repellant), widerlich (abhorrently, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathsome, lousy, lurid, nasty, nauseating, nauseatingly, nauseous, noisome, noisomely, objectionable, obnoxious, obnoxiously, offensive, offensively, rancid, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, stinkingly, ugly, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, vile, yukky), Insektenabwehrmittel, insektenabwehrend (insect repellent, repellant), Abwehrmittel (control means, protective means), abstoßend (forbidding, loathsome, odious, off putting, offensive, repugnant, repugnantly, repulsive, repulsiveliy, repulsively, revolting, unlovely, unsavory, unsavoury), Abschreckungsmittel (deterrant, deterrent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εντομοαπωθητικό (insect repellent, repellant), απωθών (repeller), απωθητικό (insect repellent, repellant), αποκρουστικόσ (abhorrent, forbidding, obnoxious, odious, repulsive, revolting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "וח" (forbidding, objectionable, repugnant, repulsive, unsavoury). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | visszataszító (abominable, appalling, distasteful, forbidding, foul, galoot, hideous, obnoxious, rank, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, repulsiveness, sickening, sleaze), víztaszító (water-repellent), undorító (abominable, carrion, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, fulsome, groaty, grotty, grovelling, hideous, loathful, loathsome, mucky, nauseating, nauseous, pooping, queasy, repugnant, repulsive, smarmy, ugly), rovarriasztó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | repellente (distasteful, grim, groin, groyne, jetty, repulsive, spur, spur dike), insettifugo (insect repellent, repellant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 虫除け (insect repellent, insecticide), 駆虫剤 (bug repellent, insecticide), 反発力 (elasticity, repellent force, resiliency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くちゅうざい (bug repellent, insecticide), むしよけ (insect repellent, insecticide), は"ぱつりょく (elasticity, repellent force, resiliency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | imman ergooyl (back, back vehicle, repel, reverse), graynoil (abhorrent, horrible, horrid, loathsome, repulsive), graynag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epellentray repelente (repulsive, ugly, unsavory, unsavoury). (various references) respingãtor (abhorrent, awful, awfully, disagreeable, dreadful, dreadfully, forbidding, foul, fulsome, hideous, infamous, obnoxious, obscene, odious, odiousness, offensive, pestilent, rebarbative, repulsive, repulsively, scurvy, unprepossessing, verminous), repulsiv (repulsive), impermeabil (damp proof, impermeable, impervious, imperviously, Mackintosh, raincoat, rainproof, tight, water proof, waterproof). (various references) репеллент, водоотталкивающий, отталкивающий (appalling, forbidding, repulsive), неприятный (disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful, galling, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, plaguesome, plaguy, rotten, ugly customer, unagreeable, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungrateful, unlovable, unlovely, unpalatable, unpleasant, wampus). (various references) sredstvo za zaštitu, odvratan (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, beastly, brackish, disgustful, disgusting, execrable, hideous, loathsome, mucky, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, obscene, odious, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, snotty, sordid, uncongenial, unlovely, vile), odbojan (bloody minded, repulsive). (various references) repelente (electric shock, repulsive, shock effect). (various references) repellerande, repellent, tillbakavisande, tillbakadrivande, frånstötande (forbidding, loathful, loathsome, off putting, repugnant, repulsive, unattractive), deterrent, avskräckningsmedel. (various references) uzaklaştırıcı (repelling, repulsive, suspensive), savar (repelling), püskürtücü (atomizer, injector, repelling, spray, sprayer, spreader, sprinkler), nahoş (disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, graceless, grating, repelling, unlikable, unlikeable, unpleasant), itici (impulsive, projectile, propellent, propelling, propulsive, pusher, pushing, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, unattractive, unlikable, unlikeable, unlovely, unprepossessing), geçirmez (impermeable, impervious, proof, repelling). (various references) відштовхуючий (off putting), водонепроникний (showerproof, waterproof, water-repellent, watertight), огидний (abhorrent, abject, abominable, accursed, accurst, antipathetic, antipathetical, atrocious, beastly, bilious, brackish, brutal, carrion, damnable, damned, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, filthy, ghoulish, grim, hanging, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, loathful, loathsome, mawkish, mucky, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, nefandous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, pesky, poisonous, putrid, rank, repulsive, revolting, shocking, snotty, sordid, sour, stinking, underfoot, wicked). (various references) có khuynh hướng đẩy ra, có ý khước từ l m khó chịu, có ý cự tuyệt, cái đẩy lùi vải không thấm nước thuốc trừ sâu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "repellent": repellently, repellents. (additional references) | |
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"Repellent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: repelant, repelent, Repelita, revelent, Tremellen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "repellent" (pronounced rupe"lunt) |
| 8 | r u p e" l u n t | propellant. |
| 4 | -l u n t | ambivalent, assailant, benevolent, coolant, divalent, equivalent, esculent, excellent, flatulent, fraudulent, gallant, indolent, inhalant, insolent, jubilant, malevolent, monovalent, nonviolent, opulent, petulant, prevalent, sealant, silent, somnolent, stimulant, succulent, talent, tetravalent, truculent, turbulent, vigilant, violent, virulent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, errant, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, frequent, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, solvent, stagnant, statement, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, tumescent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-l-l-n-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: preteen, replete, terpene. | |
-3 letters: entree, eterne, peeler, pellet, pelter, petrel, relent, repent, retell, retene, teener, teller. | |
-4 letters: enter, leper, peter, preen, relet, rente, repel, tepee, terne, treen. | |
-5 letters: epee, erne, leer, leet, lent, lept, neep, peel, peen, peer, pele, pelt, pent, pert, pree, reel, rent, rete, teel, teen, tele, tell, tern, tree. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-l-l-n-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: repellents. | |
+2 letters: repellently. | |
+3 letters: interpellate. | |
+4 letters: interpellated, interpellates, preenrollment, resplendently. | |
+5 letters: experientially, experimentally, preenrollments, preferentially. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 70 65 6C 6C 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . .--. . .-.. .-.. . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e p e l l e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0070 0065 006C 006C 0065 006E 0074 |
| 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)527182717878718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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