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Scandent

Definition: Scandent

Scandent

Adjective

1. Used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "a climbing fern"; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature".

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

Etymology: Scandent \Scan"dent\, adjective. [Latin expression scandens, -entis, present participle of scandere to climb.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Scandent

Synonym: climbing(a) (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Scandent

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

Ascent

Adjective: rising; Verb: scandent, buoyant; supernatant, superfluitant; excelsior.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Scandent

English words defined with "scandent": BolbitisClematis viorna, climbingDiplopterygiumfamily Lomariopsidaceaegenus Bolbitis, genus Diplopterygium, genus Hibbertia, genus Lomogramma, genus Polybotria, genus PolybotryaHibbertialeather flower, Lomariopsidaceae, LomogrammaPolybotria, Polybotryavase vine, vase-fine. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scandent

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

scandent

3

group scandent

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Scandent

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

Bulgarian 

  

виещ се (running, vertiginous), пълзящ (creeping, procumbent, prostrate, rambling, repent, reptile, running, serpigious). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αναρριχητικόσ (scansorial). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

andentscay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Scandent"

Words rhyming with "scandent" (pronounced 'Scan"dent'): Ardent, Bident, Cadent, Claudent, Credent, Frondent, imprudent, Inclaudent, Miscredent, Prudent, resplendent, Rident, Sedent, Splendent, strident, student, Transplendent, Unprudent. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Scandent

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-n-n-s-t"

-1 letter: candent, decants, descant, nascent, scanned, scanted.

-2 letters: anenst, ascend, ascent, cadent, cadets, canned, canted, centas, dances, decant, enacts, nances, secant, stance, staned, tanned.

-3 letters: acned, acnes, acted, anent, anted, antes, cades, cadet, caned, canes, canst, cants, cased, caste, cates, cents, cesta, daces, dance, dates, deans, dents, enact, etnas, nance, nates, neats, saned, sated, scant, scena, scend, scent, sedan, senna, stade, stand, stane, stead, taces, tends, tsade.

-4 letters: aced, aces, acne, acts, ands, anes, ante, ants, ates, cade, cads, cane, cans, cant, case, cast, cate, cats, cent, dace, date, dean, dens, dent, east, eats, ends, etas, etna, nans, neat, nest, nets, sade, sand, sane, sate, scad, scan, scat, seat, sect, send, sent, seta, sned, tace, tads, tans, teas, teds, tend, tens.

-5 letters: ace, act, ads, and, ane, ant, ate, cad, can, cat, den, eat, eds, end, ens, eta, nae, nan, net, sac, sad, sae, sat, sea, sec, sen, set, tad, tae, tan, tas, tea, ted, ten.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-n-n-s-t"
 

+1 letter: ascendant, ascendent, instanced, tendances, transcend.

 

+2 letters: ascendants, ascendents, candescent, candlenuts, condensate, descanting, descendant, disenchant, mendicants, sanctioned, transcends.

 

+3 letters: antecedents, ascendantly, attendances, clandestine, condensates, confidantes, constrained, contredanse, descendants, disenchants, incidentals, inductances, intendances, stanchioned, transcended.

 

+4 letters: advancements, antecedences, codefendants, commandments, condensation, conductances, consternated, contredanses, countermands, decantations, declinations, decongestant, disenchanted, disenchanter, disinfectant, fecundations, incandescent, infanticides, nondiabetics, transcendent, transcending, tyrannicides, unsanctioned.

 

+5 letters: antidesiccant, clandestinely, clandestinity, commendations, condemnations, condensations, consideration, constrainedly, containerised, decongestants, densification, denunciations, deracinations, disenchanters, disenchanting, disinfectants, handcraftsmen, identicalness, inadvertences, incandescents, inconsiderate, indoctrinates, indomethacins, nicotinamides, nonassociated, noncandidates, noneducations, transactinide, transcendence, transcendency, uncompensated, unconsecrated, unconstrained, unconsummated, undercoatings.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Scandent


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

53 63 61 6E 64 65 6E 74

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

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

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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)

01010011 01100011 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#99 &#97 &#110 &#100 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0063 0061 006E 0064 0065 006E 0074

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

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

5369678070718086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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