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Definition: Sagittate |
SagittateAdjective1. Of a leaf shape; like an arrow head without flaring base lobes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Sagittate \Sag"it*tate\, adjective. [New Latin expression. sagittatus, from the Latin expression sagitta an arrow.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SagittateSynonyms: arrow-shaped (adj), sagittiform (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sharpness | Adjective: sharp, keen; acute; acicular, aciform; aculeated, acuminated; pointed; tapering; conical, pyramidal; mucronate, mucronated; spindle shaped, needle shaped; spiked, spiky, ensiform, peaked, salient; cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated; cornute, cornuted, cornicultate; prickly; spiny, spinous, spicular; thorny, bristling, muricated, pectinated, studded, thistly, briary; craggy; (rough); snaggy, digitated, two-edged, fusiform; dentiform, denticulated; toothed; odontoid; starlike; stellated, stelliform; sagittate, sagittiform; arrowheaded; arrowy, barbed, spurred. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sagittate |
| English words defined with "sagittate": garden sorrel, genus Sagittaria ♦ Nephthytis afzelii ♦ Rumex acetosa ♦ Sagittaria, Sagittated, sour dock. (references) |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sagittate": sagittate-leaf. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sagittate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | стреловиден (arrowy, sagittal). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | agittatesay.(various references) | |
Romanian | în formã de sãgeatã. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "sagittate" (pronounced 'Sag"it*tate'): Abirritate, Ablactate, Acetate, Agitate, Amputate, Anastate, Angulo-dentate, Angustate, Aptate, Archontate, Argentate, Arietate, Aristate, Astate, Auscultate, Bicostate, Bidentate, Bidigitate, Bipeltate, Bipunctate, Biscutate, Biseptate, Capacitate, Capitate, Carbazotate, Circumagitate, Circumnutate, Circumrotate, Coestate, Commentate, Connotate, Constate, Contristate, Cooptate, Counterirritate, Crebricostate, Crepitate, Cristate, Cruentate, Curtate, Curvicostate, Curvidentate, Debilitate, Decantate, Decapitate, Decemdentate, Dehonestate, Deitate, Delectate, Denotate, Dequantitate, Detesttate, Devastate, Devenustate, Difficilitate, Discapacitate, Dishabilitate, Disorientate, Dissertate, Dubitate, Ecostate, Efflagitate, Elicitate, Eluctate, Enstate, Evitate, Exagitate, Exaltate, Exorbitate, Exosstate, Expeditate, Exsuscitate, Exuscitate, Facilitate, Farctate, Febricitate, Fertilitate, Flagitate, Flexicostate, gravitate, Guttate, Imbecilitate, imitate, Immutate, Imparidigitate, Impunctate, incapacitate, Inequitate, Inhabitate, Instate, interstate, Inusitate, Katastate, lactate, Laticostate, Latidentate, Limitate, Lubricitate, Mannitate, Mellitate, Mesostate, Metatungstate, militate, misstate, Multicostate, Multidentate, Multidigitate, Multiseptate, Myristate, Necessitate, Nictate, Nictitate, Nippitate, Nobilitate, Notate, Obequitate, Oblectate, Occrustate, Octodentate, Optate, Oscitate, Ostentate, Overagitate, Overstate, Palmitate, Palpitate, Parjdigitate, Pectate, Periclitate, Polytungstate, Portate, Potentate, Potestate, Precogitate, Pregravitate, Prostate, Quadricostate, Quadridentate, Ratitate, Recapacitate, Reestate, rehabilitate, reinstate, Reluctate, restate, Revegetate, Saccholactate, saltate, Scutate, septate, Squarroso-dentate, Stabilitate, Stipitate, Subacetate, Sulphotungstate, Superfetate, Suppeditate, Supputate, Suscitate, Sustentate, tomtate, Tricostate, Tripalmitate, Triplicostate, Tubulidentate, tungstate, understate, Unicostate, Uniseptate, Unstate, Vegetate, Venditate, Vittate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-s-t-t-t" | |
-1 letter: agitates. | |
-2 letters: agitate, etatist, satiate, tatties. | |
-3 letters: agates, ageist, attest, taigas, tattie. | |
-4 letters: aegis, agate, agist, gaits, gates, getas, saiga, stage, staig, state, taiga, taste, tates, teats, testa. | |
-5 letters: agas, ages, aits, asea, ates, east, eats, egis, etas, gaes, gait, gast, gate, gats, gest, geta, gets, gies, gist, gits, saga, sage, sate, sati, seat, seta, sett, site, stag, stat, stet, tags, tate, tats, teas, teat, tegs, test, tets, ties, tits. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-i-s-t-t-t" | |
+4 letters: magnetostatic. | |
+5 letters: multimegawatts, straightjacket. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 67 69 74 74 61 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- --. .. - - .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01100111 01101001 01110100 01110100 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a g i t t a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0067 0069 0074 0074 0061 0074 0065 |
| 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)536773758686678671 |
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