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Swordlike

Definition: Swordlike

Swordlike

Adjective

1. Shaped like a sword blade; "the iris has an ensiform leaf".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Date "swordlike" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Synonyms: Swordlike

Synonyms: bladelike (adj), ensiform (adj), sword-shaped (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Swordlike

English words defined with "swordlike": Acorus calamus ♦ calamus ♦ flagroot, Flower-de-luce ♦ helleri ♦ myrtle flag ♦ sabertooth, saber-toothed tiger, Spanish bayonet, sweet calamus, sweet flag, swordfish, swordtail ♦ topminnow ♦ Xiphias gladius, Xyphophorus helleri ♦ Yucca baccata. (references)

Modern Translation: Swordlike

Language		Translations for "swordlike"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		ξιφοειδήσ. (various references)

Manx		cliweagh (ensiform). (various references)

Pig Latin		ordlikesway
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "Swordlike"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "swordlike" (pronounced sô"rdlī'k)
4	-d l ī' k	childlike.
3	-l ī' k	apelike, beaklike, berrylike, businesslike, catlike, computerlike, doglike, dreamlike, eellike, eyelike, fanlike, fernlike, ghostlike, grasslike, homelike, hornlike, knifelike, ladylike, leaflike, lifelike, lookalike, moonlike, mosslike, needlelike, netlike, pincerlike, plantlike, platelike, saltlike, sharklike, snakelike, starlike, statesmanlike, stemlike, tomblike, toothlike, unsportsmanlike, warlike, winglike, workmanlike, wormlike.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: Swordlike

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-i-k-l-o-r-s-w"
	-2 letters: dowries, keloids, rodlike, rowdies, skirled, soldier, solider, swirled, weirdos, weldors, wilders.
	-3 letters: dikers, dories, dorsel, dowels, dowers, dowser, drowse, idlers, keloid, likers, lories, lowers, oilers, oldies, oriels, reoils, resold, risked, roiled, rowels, sidler, silked, siloed, slider, slowed, slower, soiled, solder, weirdo, weirds, weldor, wields, wilder, worked, worlds.
	-4 letters: deils, delis, diker, dikes, diols.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-i-k-l-o-r-s-w"
	+1 letter: fieldworks.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern

5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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