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Definition: Spermaceti |
SpermacetiNoun1. A white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spermaceti" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Etymology: Spermaceti \Sper`ma*ce"ti\, noun. [Latin expression sperma sperm cetus, gen. ceti, any large sea animal, whale. See Sperm, Cetaceous.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Waxy substance extracted from the fat or oil contained in the head cavities or the sub-cutaneous ducts of sperm whales and similar cetaceans. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Oil | Noun: oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine; soap; soft soap, wax, cerement; paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere; petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil; vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil; animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil; ointment, unguent, liniment; aceite, amole, Barbados tar; fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil; hydrate |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spermaceti |
| English words defined with "spermaceti": black whale ♦ cachalot, camphor ice, Cetene, Cetin, Cetyl, Cetylic ♦ Methal ♦ Paraffine, Physeter catodon ♦ sperm oil, sperm whale, Stethal ♦ Whale shot. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spermaceti": cetyl alcohol. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "spermaceti": Sperm. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spermaceti" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (spermaceti), Hungarian (junk), Italian (spermaceti). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Grinding and pressing crude spermaceti for removal of taut-pressed oil. Interior view of oil refinery. Filling bottles with sperm oil. In: "Aquatic Products in Arts and Industries" by Charles H. Stevenson. Report of the Commissioner for the Year Ending June 30, 1902. P. 200, Plate 14. Credit: Fisheries. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "spermaceti": spermaceti whale. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
spermaceti | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spermaceti"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vaj balene (train oil, whale oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | العنبرية مادة شمعية عطرة الرائحة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спермацет (sperm, sperm oil), китова мас (blubber, sperm oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 鲸蜡. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tuk z vorvanì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spermacet, hvalrav. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | walschot of spermaceti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | spermaceti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Walrat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπερματοκηρός, λευκό της φάλαινας, λευκό του φυσητήρα, λίποσ κήτουσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | cetvelõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spermaceti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ermacetispay espermacetes, espermacete (sperm), branco de cachalote, branco de baleia. (various references) спермацет. (various references) spermacet. (various references) espermaceti, esperma de ballena, blanco de cachalote, blanco de ballena. (various references) valrav. (various references) ispermeçet (sperm), balina yağı (blubber, sperm, sperm oil, train oil, whale oil). (various references) спермацет. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spermaceti": spermacetis. (additional references) | |
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"Spermaceti" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sermoneta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "spermaceti" (pronounced 'Sper`ma*ce"ti'): Anti, Coati, Cognati, Confetti, gomuti, Graffiti, ILLUMINATI, Oblati, Pediculati, Physoclisti, Piatti, Sakti, Saraswati, spaghetti, Trimurti, Tutti, Vaginati, Volti, Wagati, Zati. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: imprecates. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-m-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: creamiest, impacters, imprecate, miscreate, spermatic. | |
-2 letters: campiest, campsite, casimere, ceramist, crampits, cremates, crepiest, crispate, emeritas, emirates, emptiers, impacter, matrices, mistrace, parecism, paretics, parietes, picrates, practise, primates, receipts, sapremic, scimetar, speciate, steamier, temperas. | |
-3 letters: aeriest, amerces, amperes, aperies, armpits, aseptic, campers, campier, carpets, cerates, cerites, cermets, crampit, creates, cremate, cristae, ecartes, emerita, emetics, emirate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-m-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: champerties, masterpiece, spermacetis. | |
+2 letters: masterpieces, predicaments. | |
+3 letters: intemperances, intercompares, spermatogenic. | |
+4 letters: cephalometries, chemotherapies, chemotherapist, contemporaries, magnetospheric, petrochemicals. | |
+5 letters: chemotherapists, comparativeness, complementaries, mercaptopurines, overcomplicates, prostatectomies. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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