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Definition: Siliceous |
SiliceousAdjective1. Relating to or containing or resembling silica; "gritrock is siliceous sandstone". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "siliceous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Siliceous \Si*li"ceous\, adjective. [Latin expression siliceus, from silex, silicis, flint.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | Containing silica which is silicon dioxide. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | Generally refers to a rock rich in quartz. (references) |
Mining | A. Of, relating to, or derived from silica; containing or resembling silica or a silicate; silicic. Also spelled silicious b. Said of a rock containing free silica or, in the case of volcanicglass, silica in the norm. (references) |
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Synonym: SiliceousSynonym: silicious (adj). (additional references) |
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| "Siliceous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Siliceous" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "siliceous": siliceous schist ♦ siliceous shale ♦ siliceous sinter. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "siliceous": Calcareo-siliceous. | |
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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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
siliceous | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "siliceous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سليكوني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | силициев (silicic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kiselholdig (quartzose, quartzy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kiezelhoudend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | piipitoinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | silicieux, siliceux (silicic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kiesig (gravelly, pebbly, shingly), Kieselsaeurereich, kies-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυριτικόσ (silicic), πυριτικόν. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | siliceo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | silicoil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iliceoussay silicioso (silica). (various references) silicios. (various references) содержащий кремний, кремнистый (flinty). (various references) silíceo. (various references) kvartshaltig, kiselhaltig. (various references) silisli (basic, silicic, silicious). (various references) крем'янистий (flinty). (various references) silixic (silicic, siliciferous, silicious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Siliceous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: salicious, selaceous, silicious, silicous, sillacious, solicious. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "siliceous" (pronounced 'Si*li"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. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-l-o-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: coulises, coulisse. | |
-2 letters: oscules, ossicle, sluices. | |
-3 letters: closes, coleus, colies, cosies, coulis, cuisse, louies, louses, oscule, ousels, scouse, slices, sluice, socles, soleus. | |
-4 letters: ceils, close, clues, coils, coles, coses, cosie, cusso, ileus, isles, issei, issue, lieus, locus, loess, loses, louie, louis, louse, luces, oculi, oleic, ousel, sices, silos, slice, sloes, slues, socle, soils, solei. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-l-o-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: isoleucines, pediculosis, solicitudes. | |
+3 letters: exclusionist, musicologies, sacrilegious, supercilious, uricotelisms. | |
+4 letters: deliciousness, elocutionists, exclusionists, maliciousness, mischievously, molluscicides, vesiculations. | |
+5 letters: compulsivities, diverticuloses, diverticulosis, felicitousness, folliculitises, gesticulations, incombustibles, lasciviousness, licentiousness, meticulosities, oversolicitous, ridiculousness, sacrilegiously, scrupulosities, socioreligious, solicitousness, superciliously. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 6C 69 63 65 6F 75 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01101100 01101001 01100011 01100101 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i l i c e o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 006C 0069 0063 0065 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537578756971818785 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã" |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, Oekraïens, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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