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Definition: Squill |
SquillNoun1. Bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant. 2. Having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties. 3. An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "squill" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references) |
Synonyms: SquillSynonyms: scilla (n), sea onion (n), sea squill (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Squill |
| English words defined with "squill": Culverkey ♦ Scillain, Scillitin, Sinistrin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "squill": squilla. (references) |
| "Squill" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Squill" is used about 3 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "squill": indigo squill ♦ sea squill ♦ spring squill. 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 |
squill | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "squill"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | العنصل نبات, بصل الفار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | синчец, вид скарида. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | druh rostliny (calendula, dog's grass, elecampane, endive, epiphyte, fenugreek, foxbane, foxglove, foxtail, furze, gentian, germander, gillyflower, ginseng, gloxinia, heliotrope, hellebore, hyssop, ipecacuanha, larkspur, lobelia, loganberry, loosestrife, sainfoin, salsify, saltwort, sea kale, shadberry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | strandloeg (scilla, sea onion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sterhyacint, zeeajuin (scilla, sea onion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | squille (mantis squillid), scille. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Meerzwiebel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κρόμμυο θάλασασ, σκιλοκρόμμυδο, σκίλλα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בן חצב. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csillagvirágpor, csillagvirág. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scilla maggiore (scilla, sea onion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 무릇. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | unnish varrey (spring squill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | illsquay cila, cebola-albarrã. (various references) морской лук. (various references) morski luk. (various references) escila, cebolla albarrana (scilla, sea onion). (various references) scilla. (various references) adasoğanı. (various references) морська цибуля, пролісок (blue bell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Urginea maritima, Urginea scilla. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "squill": squilla, squillae, squillas, squills. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: quills. | |
| Words within the letters "i-l-l-q-s-u" | |
-1 letter: quill. | |
-2 letters: ills, sill. | |
-3 letters: ill, lis, suq. | |
-4 letters: is, li, si, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l-l-q-s-u" | |
+1 letter: squilla, squills. | |
+2 letters: quillais, quillets, squillae, squillas. | |
+3 letters: coquilles, quillaias, quillajas, quillings, quinellas, soliloquy, squalidly, squallier, squalling. | |
+4 letters: cliquishly, colloquies, colloquist, ololiuquis, quadrilles, qualmishly, quesadilla, quillbacks, quillworks, rainsquall, squalliest, squirrelly. | |
+5 letters: aquarellist, colloquials, colloquists, colloquiums, maquillages, quesadillas, rainsqualls, soliloquies, soliloquise, soliloquist, soliloquize, squirrelled. | |
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