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Definition: Scandent |
ScandentAdjective1. 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: ScandentSynonym: climbing(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ascent | Adjective: rising; Verb: scandent, buoyant; supernatant, superfluitant; excelsior. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scandent |
| English words defined with "scandent": Bolbitis ♦ Clematis viorna, climbing ♦ Diplopterygium ♦ family Lomariopsidaceae ♦ genus Bolbitis, genus Diplopterygium, genus Hibbertia, genus Lomogramma, genus Polybotria, genus Polybotrya ♦ Hibbertia ♦ leather flower, Lomariopsidaceae, Lomogramma ♦ Polybotria, Polybotrya ♦ vase vine, vase-fine. (references) |
| 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 |
scandent | 3 |
group scandent | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 | ||||
| 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) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 61 6E 64 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .- -. -.. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c a n d e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0061 006E 0064 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5369678070718086 |
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