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Definition: Smallest |
SmallestAdjective1. Having or being distinguished by diminutive size; "the least bittern". 2. Minimal in magnitude; "lowest wages"; "the least amount of fat allowed"; "the smallest amount". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "smallest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Synonyms: SmallestSynonyms: least (adj), littlest (adj), lowest (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inferiority | Least, smallest; (see little, small; ); lowest. |
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Screenplays | But sometimes the smallest thing can make the biggest changes of all. (Dinosaur; writing credit: Walon Green; Thom Enriquez) Wow, it is the seventies, right down to the smallest detail (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan) I wanna help because people shouldn't suffer as they do. Because, if there isn't any bigger meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the world (Angel; writing credit: Letícia Dornelles) Yourmerciful God. He destroyed His own beloved, rather than let a mediocrity share in the smallest part of His glory (Amadeus; writing credit: Peter Shaffer;) | |
Clever | Even the smallest candle burns brighter in the dark. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) Smallest Train in the World (1899) | |
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 | Here we see two Treponema pallidum bacteria scanned by an electron microscope, magnified 36,000X. T. pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC. |  | A photomicrograph of a virulent T. pallidum bacterium, ruptured at 6,000 psi. Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC. |
 | The Hubble telescope's crisp vision has captured a first-time view of one of the smallest ... Credit: NASA. |  | Three-color filter image of the smallest Galilean satellite, Europa. Credit: NASA. |
 | Mars' smallest satellite, Deimos. Reproduced from Volume 59 of theMission to Mars: Viking Orbiter Images of Mars CD-ROM set. Credit: NASA. |  | A ringed seal - Phoca hispida - the smallest of all Alaska pinnipeds. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | The bridge at Depoe Bay - the entrance to "the world's smallest harbor". Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Entrance to Depoe Bay, known as the "World's Smallest Harbor." 15 miles north of Newport, Oregon. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Spotted turtle - Clemmys guttata. According to some accounts this is the smallest of turtles. It is found in brackish and freshwater. It has a low tolerance for pollution and is thus an indicator species of water quality. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | A Galapagos penguin - Spheniscus mendiculus. The Galapagos penguin is the smallest of the penguin family. Credit: Small World. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met. |
Francis Bacon | God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires. |
George Eliot | You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable. |
Henry David Thoreau | The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair. |
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne | The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most. |
Sallust | By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed. |
Samuel Butler | The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. |
Sri Swami Sivananda | Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I have not the smallest doubt of the issue |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Of this solution there did not seem to be the very smallest probability |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Hence, for the responsible chief, the necessity of examining the smallest tuft of trees and appreciating the slightest details of contour |
The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | Relations are simply a tedious pack of people who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | One value even of the smallest well is, that when you look into it you see that earth is not continent but insular |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Capillaries -- the smallest blood vessels, which route blood to individual cells. (references) | |
Cell -- the smallest unit of a living organism that is capable of functioning independently. (references) | ||
They are the smallest known organisms that can live without a host. Mycoplasma can cause pneumonia and a type of arthritis. (references) | ||
Business | The banks with the smallest GOU share comprise the third group. (references) | |
Building products and materials range from the smallest of items to heavy machinery and equipment. (references) | ||
The solidification/stabilization treatment services market is the smallest segment of the hazardous waste management services market. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Eritrea | Three independent newspapers, Setit, Kestedebana, and Tsighenai, each had a circulation of 15,000. The smallest publication was Mekalih, with a circulation of 10,000, and the largest was Setit, with a circulation of 20,000. In September the Government closed all of these publications, and there were no independent print media operating in the country, other than religious media, at year's end. (references) |
Economic History | Oman | Oman intends to have such services available in all but the smallest villages. (references) |
Paraguay | The air force, the newest and smallest of the services, has about 1,500 personnel. (references) | |
Human Rights | Saudi Arabia | Government security forces reportedly arrest Shi'a based on the smallest suspicion, hold them in custody for lengthy periods, and then release them without explanation. (references) |
Political Economy | Poland | It is the smallest of the major parties in Poland and had no representation in the 1997 parliament. (references) |
Luxembourg | The political implications of European enlargement are clear for Luxembourg in its capacity as the smallest member state. (references) | |
Trade | Colombia | Even after the merge, the new exchange is still one of the smallest in Latin America. (references) |
Luxembourg | Consequently, the process of paying for imported goods is well understood by banking staffs-even in the smallest regional and local branches. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ADVICE, n. The smallest current coin. "The man was in such deep distress," Said Tom, "that I could do no less Than give him good advice." Said Jim: "If less could have been done for him I know you well enough, my son, To know that's what you would have done." Jebel Jocordy |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Bush would have narrowly prevailed in the partial recount sought by Al Gore, but Al Gore could have reversed the outcome by the smallest of margins had he pursued and gained a complete statewide recount. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | My very reluctance to ascribe too much importance to the opposition, had its extent been accurately seen, would have been a decided inducement to the smallest efficient numbers. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | To secure our commerce in that sea with the smallest force competent, we have supposed it best to watch strictly the harbor of Tripoli. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The State legislatures, instead of studying to restrict their State expenditures to the smallest possible sum, will claim credit for their profusion, and harass the General Government for increased supplies. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We've just implemented the first and smallest phase of a three-year tax-rate reduction plan designed to stimulate the economy and create jobs. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Based on decisions already made, we will have cut a total of more than a quarter of a million positions from the federal government, making it the smallest it has been since John Kennedy was president, by the time I come here again next year. |
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| "Smallest" is generally used as an adjective (superlative) -- approximately 99.72% of the time. "Smallest" is used about 1,057 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 (superlative) | 99.72% | 1,054 | 7,092 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.28% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,057 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "smallest": smallest meaningful unit ♦ smallest subdivision ♦ smallest submerged depth. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "smallest": largest-is-smallest. | |
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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. |
| Language | Translations for "smallest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 最少 (least), 最小 (littlest, minimal). (various references) | |
Danish | minimum elektrodetryk til sikring af god elektrisk kontakt (the smallest electrode pressure necessary to make a good electrical contact at the faying surfaces), mindsteklasse (infima species, smallest subdivision, ultimate class), mindste tilladte boejeradius (smallest bending radius permitted), mindste neddykningsdybde (smallest submerged depth), mindste betydningsbærende enhed (smallest meaningful unit), for sekskantstaal er afvigelsen fra den korrekte form forskellen mellem det stoerste og mindste maal i samme tvaersnit,lagt vinkelret paa laengdeaksen (for hot rolled hexagonal bars, the out of hexagon is the difference between the largest dimension and the smallest dimension measured in the same plane perpendicular to the axis of the bar), den nedre straekgraense er den laveste spaending i flydeomraa det, idet der ses bort fra indsvingningsforloebet (ignoring transitory phenomena, the lower yield point or lower limit of elasticity is the smallest unit stress during plastic deformation), den kubiske tekstur giver minimale hysteresetab i længde-og tværretning;den har dog endnu ikke opnået stor industriel udvikling som Goss'teksturen (but has not yet seen the wide industrial development of the Goss texture, the cubic texture gives the smallest hysteresis losses in the longitudinal and transverse directions), de meget fine vanadinkarbidudskillelser fremkalder en let toning af den ferritiske grundmasse ved aetsning (the smallest vanadium carbide precipitates cause a faint staining of the ferritic matrix during etching). (various references) | |
Dutch | kleinste (least). (various references) | |
Finnish | vähin (least), pienin (least). (various references) | |
French | unité significative minimale (smallest meaningful unit), profondeur d'immersion minimum (smallest submerged depth), pression minimale d'accostage (the smallest electrode pressure necessary to make a good electrical contact at the faying surfaces), pour les barres hexagonales laminées chaud,le hors hexagone est la différence entre la dimension la plus grande et la dimension la plus petite mesurées dans le même plan perpendiculaire l'axe de la barre (the "out of hexagon" is the difference between the largest dimension and the smallest dimension measured in the same plane perpendicular to the axis of the bar), plus petite unité de gestion (Smallest Administrative Unit), plus petite dimension isolée d'un arrondi (smallest single chamfer dimension), plus petit rayon de pliage admis (smallest bending radius permitted), les précipités de carbure de vanadium fins, entraînent un léger assombrissement de la matrice ferritique lors de l'attaque (the smallest vanadium carbide precipitates cause a faint staining of the ferritic matrix during etching), les facteurs de concentration les plus élevés se rencontrent chez les organismes les plus petits (the highest concentration factors(CF)are found in the smallest organisms), la texture cubique donne des pertes par hystérésis minimum dans le sens long et dans le sens travers: mais elle n'a pas encore atteint un grand développement industriel comme la texture de Goss (the cubic texture gives the smallest hysteresis losses in the longitudinal and transverse directions), la limite inférieure d'écoulement ou limite inférieure d'élasticité est la plus faible valeur de la charge unitaire pendant l'écoulement plastique en négligeant les phénomènes transitoires (the lower yield point or lower limit of elasticity is the smallest unit stress during plastic deformation), espèce minimale (smallest subdivision). (various references) | |
German | kleinste (littlest, minute, puniest, scrawniest, skimpiest, teeniest). (various references) | |
Greek | έσχατη τάξη (infima species, smallest subdivision, ultimate class), έσχατο είδος (infima species, smallest subdivision, ultimate class), η κυβική υφή δίνει τις μικρότερες απώλειες από υστέρηση κατά την επιμήκη και εγκάρσια κατεύθυνση,χωρίς όμως να έχει τύχει ακόμη μεγάλης βι (but has not yet seen the wide industrial development of the Goss texture, the cubic texture gives the smallest hysteresis losses in the longitudinal and transverse directions), ελάχιστη σημασιολογική μονάδα (smallest meaningful unit), ελάχιστη πίεση επαφής (the smallest electrode pressure necessary to make a good electrical contact at the faying surfaces), ελάχιστη επιτρεπόμενη ακτίνα κάμψης (smallest bending radius permitted), ελάχιστο βάθος βύθισης (smallest submerged depth), τα λεπτομερή κατακρημνίσματα καρβιδίου του βαναδίου προκαλούν ελαφρά αμαύρωση του φερριτικού φόντου κατά την διάρκεια της χημικής διάβρω (the smallest vanadium carbide precipitates cause a faint staining of the ferritic matrix during etching). (various references) | |
Indonesian | abus (of no value, smallest portion, worthless). (various references) | |
Italian | minore (inferior, junior, less, lesser, lower, lowest, minor, petty, shorter, smaller, younger, youngest). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 最少 (least, minimum). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さいしょう (another victory, least, minimum, one's wife and mistress, Prime Minister). (various references) | |
Korean | 가장 작은 (littlest). (various references) | |
Manx | sloo (least, shortest), by loo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allestsmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | profundidade de imersão mínima (smallest submerged depth), para as barras hexagonais laminadas a quente,o "fora de hexágono" é a diferença entre a dimensão maior e a dimensão menor medidas no mesmo plano perpendicular ao eixo da barra (for hot rolled hexagonal bars, the "out of hexagon" is the difference between the largest dimension and the smallest dimension measured in the same plane perpendicular to the axis of the bar), os mais elevados factores de concentração encontram-se nos organismos de menores dimensões (the highest concentration factors(CF)are found in the smallest organisms), o limite inferior de deformação plástica ou limite inferior de elasticidade é o mais pequeno valor da carga unitária durante a deformação plástica desprezando os fenómenos transitórios (ignoring transitory phenomena, the lower yield point or lower limit of elasticity is the smallest unit stress during plastic deformation), nível inferior da classe mais restrita (infima species, smallest subdivision, ultimate class), menor raio de dobragem admissível (smallest bending radius permitted). (various references) | |
Russian | минимальный (irreducible, least, minimal, minimum). (various references) | |
Scottish | dad (anything, the smallest thing). (various references) | |
Spanish | menor (infant, junior, juvenile, kid, least, less, lesser, littler, littlest, minor, scrawnier, skimpier, small, smaller, under age, young, younger). (various references) | |
Swedish | minst (fewest, fully, least). (various references) | |
Turkish | en küçük (least, lowest, minimum, veriest). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | найменший (bare, least, very small). (various references) | |
Welsh | lleiaf (least). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | minima, minimae, minime, minimis, minimo, minimum, minimus, minor, minora, minore, minorem, minores, minori, minoribus, minoris, minus, parui, parva, parvae, parvam, parvas, parvi, parvis, parvo, parvos, parvum, parvus, pharue. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | nitemem. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 8, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | W proseicon panteV apo mikrou ewV megalou legonteV outoV estin h dunamiV tou qeou h megalh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cui auscultabant omnes a minimo usque ad maximum dicentes hic est virtus Dei quae vocatur Magna |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whom alle herkeneden, fro the leest to the moost, and seiden, This is the vertu of God, which is clepid greet. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Whom they regarded from ye lest to the greatest sayinge: this felow is the great power of God. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 8, Verse 10 |
| Albanian | Dhe të gjithë, nga më i madhi te më i vogli, ia vinin veshin, duke thënë: ''Ky është fuqia e madhe e Perëndisë''. |
| Cebuano | Ug kaniya naminaw ang tanan, gikan sa mga iwit hangtud sa kadagkuan, nga nanag-ingon, "Kining tawhana mao ang gahum sa Dios, ang gahum nga ginganlag Daku." |
| Chinese | 無 論 大 小 、 都 聽 從 他 、 說 、 這 人 就 是 那 稱 為 神 的 大 能 者 。 |
| Croatian | Priklanjalo mu se sve, malo i veliko, te govorilo: "Ovaj je Snaga Božja, zvana Velika." |
| Danish | På ham gave alle Agt, små og store, og sagde: "Det er ham, som man kalder Guds store Kraft." |
| Dutch | Welken zij allen aanhingen, van den kleine tot den grote, zeggende: Deze is de grote kracht Gods. |
| Finnish | ja häntä kuuntelivat kaikki, pienet ja suuret, ja sanoivat: "Tämä mies on se Jumalan voima, jota kutsutaan `suureksi`". |
| French | Tous, depuis le plus petit jusqu`au plus grand, l`écoutaient attentivement, et disaient: Celui-ci est la puissance de Dieu, celle qui s`appelle la grande. |
| German | Und sie sahen alle auf ihn, beide, klein und groß, und sprachen: Der ist die Kraft Gottes, die da groß ist. |
| Haitian Creole | Tout moun, piti kou gran, t'ap swiv tou sa li t'ap fè. Yo t'ap di: Nonm sa a gen pouvwa Bondye, sa yo rele gwo pouvwa a, nan tèt li. |
| Hungarian | Kire mindnyájan figyeltek, kicsinytõl nagyig, mondván: Ez az Istennek ama nagy ereje! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka semua orang di kota itu dari semua lapisan masyarakat sangat memperhatikan dia. "Orang ini adalah kekuatan Allah yang terkenal sebagai 'Kekuatan Besar' itu," kata mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sekalian orang kecil besar berpaut kepadanya serta mengatakan, "Orang inilah kuasa Allah yang disebut kuasa besar itu." |
| Italian | A lui aderivano tutti, piccoli e grandi, esclamando: «Questi è la potenza di Dio, quella che è chiamata Grande». |
| Maori | I whakarongo katoa hoki ratou ki a ia te iti me te rahi, i mea, Ko taua kaha o te Atua tenei tangata, e kiia nei ko te nui. |
| Norwegian | ham gav de akt på, både små og store, de sa: Han er Guds kraft som kalles den store. |
| Portuguese | ao qual todos atendiam, desde o menor até o maior, dizendo: Este é o Poder de Deus que se chama Grande. |
| Rumanian | Toyi, dela mic pknq la mare, kl ascultau cu luare aminte, wi ziceau: ,,Acesta este puterea lui Dumnezeu, cea care se numewte ,mare`. |
| Shuar | Tuma asamtai Ashí aents úmamkesar uchichisha, uuntcha, niin anturiarmiayi. Tura tiarmiayi "Ju Semunsha Yusa kakarmarijiai aitkiawai." |
| Spanish | Todos estaban atentos a él, desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande, diciendo: "¡Éste sí que es el Poder de Dios, llamado Grande!" |
| Swahili | Watu wote, wadogo na wakubwa, walimsikiliza kwa makini wakisema, "Simoni ndiye ile nguvu ya kimungu inayoitwa `Nguvu Kubwa."` |
| Swedish | Till honom höllo sig alla, både små och stora, och sade: "Denne är vad man kallar 'Guds stora kraft.'" |
| Uma | Hi hi'a-damo nono hawe'ea ihi' ngata, lompe' maradika lompe' ntodea, ra'uli': "Simon toei, ria-ki-hana baraka' -na ngkai Alata'ala to rahanga' Kabaraka' Bohe." |
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"Smallest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sallet, sallets, smalles. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "smallest" (pronounced smô"lust) |
| 5 | -ô" l u s t | tallest. |
| 4 | -l u s t | agriculturalist, analyst, ablest, ballast, bicyclist, calloused, capitalist, catalyst, cellist, colonialist, conversationalist, coolest, cruelest, cyclist, idealist, imperialist, dullest, editorialist, environmentalist, federalist, finalist, formalist, fullest, fundamentalist, generalist, gentlest, herbalist, humblest, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, internationalist, journalist, littlest, loyalist, materialist, medalist, mercantilist, monopolist, motorcyclist, nationalist, naturalist, neutralist, noblest, novelist, palest, panelist, photojournalist, populist, psychoanalyst, semifinalist, simplest, socialist, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, survivalist, televangelist, traditionalist, ultranationalist, violist, vocalist. |
| 3 | -u s t | agonist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, absolutist, accompanist, abolitionist, abortionist, activist, artist, atheist, August, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, canoeist, canvassed, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cultist, darkest, hygienist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, impressionist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, freest, freshest, friendliest, funnest, funniest, furthest, geneticist, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humorist, interest, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, meanest, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, newest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, sweetest, swiftest, tannest, technologist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, virologist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-l-m-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: mallets, matless, sallets, samlets, stellas. | |
-2 letters: lamest, leasts, mallet, metals, sallet, samlet, slates, smalls, smalts, smells, smelts, stales, stalls, steals, steams, stella, tassel, teslas. | |
-3 letters: almes, asset, easts, lames, lases, lasts, least, males, malls, malts, masse, masts, mates, meals, meats, mells, melts, mesas, metal, sales, salts, satem, sates, seals, seams, seats, sells, setal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-l-m-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: medallists, steamrolls. | |
+3 letters: ameloblasts, literalisms, matchlessly, millstreams, myeloblasts, semilethals. | |
+4 letters: bimetallisms, bimetallists, drillmasters, fathomlessly, installments, megaloblasts, melanoblasts, misallocates, miscellanist, osmolalities, sillimanites, smallclothes, steamrollers, symmetallism, systemically. | |
+5 letters: bilateralisms, mantelshelves, metallurgists, miscalculates, miscellanists, planetesimals, supplementals, symmetallisms, ultraleftisms, ultrarealisms. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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