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Definition: Saponaceous |
SaponaceousAdjective1. Having the qualities of soap (and liable to slip away). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Saponaceous \Sap`o*na"ceous\, adjective. [Latin expression sapo, -onis, soap, of Teutonic origin, and akin to English soap. See Soap.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: SaponaceousSynonym: soapy (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Unctuousness | Adjective: unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous; unguinous; fat, fatty, greasy; waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous, pinguid, lardaceous; slippery. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Saponaceous |
| English words defined with "saponaceous": barbasco ♦ Jacquinia keyensis, joewood ♦ Opodeldoc ♦ Saponacity, Saponary. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "saponaceous": Oleaginous ♦ soapy heads. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OLEAGINOUS, adj. Oily, smooth, sleek. Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous." And the good prelate was ever afterward known as Soapy Sam. For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "saponaceous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sapunor, i sapuntë. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сапунен (soapy), мазнишки (greasy). (various references) | |
Czech | mýdlový (soapy). (various references) | |
Greek | σαπωνώδησ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szappanszerû. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aponaceoussay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | saponáceo (soapy), que contém sabão, da natureza de sabão. (various references) | |
Russian | мыльный (soapy, sudsy), елейный (churchy, oleaginous, smarmy, treacly, unctuous). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sapunast (soapy), ljigav (lubricous, slimy, slippery, slippy). (various references) | |
Spanish | saponáceo, meloso (honeyed, mealy, mealy mouthed, mellow, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, sweet). (various references) | |
Thai | คล้ายสบู่. (various references) | |
Turkish | sabunlu (soapy, sudsy), sabun gibi. (various references) | |
Ukranian | "лейний (churchy, oily, sleek, soapy, unctuous), мильний (soapy). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "saponaceous": saponaceousness, saponaceousnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "saponaceous" (pronounced 'Sap`o*na"ceous'): Acanthaceous, Acinaceous, Alliaceous, Alutaceous, Amarantaceous, Amentaceous, Ampullaceous, Amygdalaceous, Amylaceous, Anacardiaceous, Anonaceous, Apiaceous, Araceous, Arenaceous, Argillaceous, Arundinaceous, Asclepiadaceous, Atramentaceous, Aurantiaceous, Avenaceous, Bignoniaceous, Boraginaceous, Brassicaceous, Bromeliaceous, Bulbaceous, Butyraceous, Byssaceous, Cactaceous, Calcareo-siliceous, Campanulaceous, Camphoraceous, Capillaceous, Caryophyllaceous, Cepaceous, Ceraceous, Cetaceous, Chartaceous, Chylaceous, Cichoraceous, Cinchonaceous, Cineraceous, Confervaceous, Convolvulaceous, Corallaceous, Coriaceous, Corollaceous, Croceous, Crustaceous, Cucurbitaceous, Cycadaceous, Cylindraceous, Cyperaceous, Drupaceous, Equisetaceous, Ericaceous, Erinaceous, Extrafoliaceous, Fabaceous, Farinaceous, Ferulaceous, Filaceous, Filoplumaceous, foliaceous, Fringillaceous, Frumentaceous, Furfuraceous, gallinaceous, Gemmaceous, Gentianaceous, Geraniaceous, Glumaceous, Graminaceous, Hederaceous, herbaceous, Hydrocarbonaceous, Interfoliaceous, Intrafoliaceous, Julaceous, Juncaceous, Lappaceous, Lardaceous, Lauraceous, liliaceous, Limaceous, lobeliaceous, Lomentaceous, Lycopodiaceous, Magnoliaceous, Malpighiaceous, Malvaceous, Marasritaceous, Marlaceous, Marmoraceous, Melastomaceous, Meliaceous, Membranaceous, Menispermaceous, Micaceous, Minaceous, Musaceous, Myrtaceous, Nucamentaceous, Ochraceous, Oleaceous, Oleraceous, Olivaceous, Orchidaceous, Ostreaceous, Ovate-cylindraceous, Paleaceous, Palmaceous, Papaveraceous, Papilionaceous, Papyraceous, Pearlaceous, Pennaceous, Perlaceous, Piperaceous, Pistillaceous, Plumulaceous, Polemoniaceous, Polygalaceous, Polygonaceous, Pomaceous, Porphyraceous, Porraceous, Portulacaceous, Predaceous, Primulaceous, Proteaceous, Pultaceous, Pulveraceous, Pyritaceous, Ramentaceous, Ranunculaceous, Resinaceous, Rhamnaceous, rosaceous, Rubiaceous, Salicaceous, Sanguinaceous, Santalaceous, Sapindaceous, Sapotaceous, Sarmentaceous, Saxifragaceous, Schistaceous, Schorlaceous, Scoriaceous, Scrophulariaceous, sebaceous, Sepidaceous, sericeous, Setaceous, siliceous, solanaceous, Solenaceous, Spadiceous, Spathaceous, Spinaceous, Squamaceous, Stercoraceous, Sterculiaceous, Strobilaceous, Subcrustaceous, Subglumaceous, Supercretaceous, Supracretaceous, Suprafoliaceous, testaceous, Tiliaceous, Tophaceous, Truttaceous, Tufaceous, Turbinaceous, Ulmaceous, Urticaceous, Valerianaceous, Verbenaceous, Vinaceous, Violaceous, Xyridaceous, Zingiberaceous, Zinziberaceous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-n-o-o-p-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: saucepans. | |
-3 letters: paesanos, poaceous, saucepan, soupcons. | |
-4 letters: apnoeas, canapes, caseous, coupons, nauseas, paesano, paesans, pounces, scapose, soupcon, uncases, usances. | |
-5 letters: anuses, apneas, apnoea, aspens, canape, canoes, cansos, capons, causes, census, copens, copses, coupes, coupon, nausea, nooses, nouses, oceans, onuses, opuses, ounces, paeans, paeons, paesan, paseos, pauses, pecans, ponces, pounce, sauces, saunas, scapes, scaups, scenas, scones, scoops, scopes, scouse, season, sneaps, snoops, spaces, speans, spoons, spouse, uncaps, uncase, upases, usance, usneas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-n-o-o-p-s-s-u" | |
+4 letters: saponaceousness, uncompassionate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 70 6F 6E 61 63 65 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- .--. --- -. .- -.-. . --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110000 01101111 01101110 01100001 01100011 01100101 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a p o n a c e o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0070 006F 006E 0061 0063 0065 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5367828180676971818785 |
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