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Definition: Seiche |
SeicheNoun1. A wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Geography | Oscillation of the surface of a lake or other small body of water, caused by minor earthquakes, winds, or variations of atmospheric pressure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | A free or standing wave oscillation of the surface of water in an enclosed basin that is initiated by local atmospheric changes, tidal currents, or earthquakes. Similar to water sloshing in a bathtub. (references) |
| The sloshing of a closed body of water from earthquake shaking. Swimming pools often have seiches during earthquakes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Seiche |
| Non-English Usage: "Seiche" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (Cuttle, cuttlefish), German (piss), Scottish (a hide). |
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| 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. |
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seiche | 5 |
seiche wave | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "seiche"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | seiche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | seiche, kabbelen van water. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | seiche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Seiche (piss), Schaukelwellen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μακρύς κυματισμός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tóingás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sessa, onda sessa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eichesay seiche. (various references) сейш. (various references) nagla promena nivoa vode. (various references) seiche. (various references) triều giả ở h". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "seiche": seiches. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-i-s" | |
-1 letter: eches. | |
-2 letters: cees, chis, eche, hies, ices, ichs, sice. | |
-3 letters: cee, chi, cis, hes, hic, hie, his, ice, ich, sec, see, sei, she, sic. | |
-4 letters: eh, es, he, hi, is, sh, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-i-s" | |
+1 letter: chemise, chevies, dehisce, helices, lichees, seiches, seviche, techies. | |
+2 letters: achieves, cepheids, ceviches, cheapies, chedites, cheerios, cheesier, cheesily, cheesing, chemises, cherries, chestier, chewiest, chickees, chiefest, chimeres, chiseled, chiseler, cohesive, dehisced, dehisces, enriches, esthetic, fetiches, heretics, icehouse, kimchees, schliere, seviches, sithence, techiest, vehicles. | |
+3 letters: achievers, aesthetic, alchemies, archeries, beachiest, beachside, beechiest, bewitches, cachexies, cashiered, cheddites, cheekiest, cheeriest, cheesiest, chelipeds, chenilles, cherished, cherisher, cherishes, chertiest, chestiest, chiselers, chiselled, chiseller, chivarees, clerihews, cleverish, clipsheet, coheiress, coinheres, creeshing, deciphers, dehiscent, enciphers, enrichers, eparchies, eschewing, esthetics, ethicizes, euphenics, euthenics, exarchies, hesitance, icehouses, impeaches, kerchiefs, leachiest, lecheries, peachiest, phenetics, reechiest, richweeds, scheelite, schlemiel, schlieren, showpiece, sketchier, speechify, stenchier, tetchiest. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 69 63 68 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . .. -.-. .... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101001 01100011 01101000 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e i c h e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0069 0063 0068 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)537175697471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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