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Taste Bud

Definition: Taste Bud

Taste Bud

Noun

1. An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue.

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

Synonyms: Taste Bud

Synonyms: gustatory organ (n), tastebud (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Taste Bud

English words defined with "taste bud": caliculus, calycle, calyculusgustatory celltaste cell, Taste of buds, Taste of goblets. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Taste Bud

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

taste bud

177

taste bud tongue

18

picture of taste bud

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Taste Bud

Language Translations for "taste bud"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

smagsloeg (gustatory bud). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

smaakknop (gustatory bud), smaakbekertje (gustatory bud), caliculus gustatorius (gustatory bud). (various references)

   

French

  

bourgeon gustatif, bourgeon du gout. (various references)

   

German

  

Schmeckbecher (gustatory bud), Porus gustatorius (gustatory bud), Geschmacksknospe (gustatory bud), Geschmacksbecher (gustatory bud), Calyculi gustatorii (gustatory bud), Caliculus gustatorius (gustatory bud). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εμβρυονική καταβολή των γευστικών καλύκων 2)καταβολή των γευστικών οργάνων (gustatory bud). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ízlelőszemölcs (taste-bud). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

astetay udbay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

вкусовая почка. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

papila del gusto (gustatory bud), bulbo gustatorio (gustatory bud), botón gustativo (gustatory bud). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

smaklök. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ตุ่มรับรส (ที่ลิ้น). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tat alma cisimciği. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Taste Bud

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-s-t-t-u"

-1 letter: abutted, battues, statued.

-2 letters: abused, astute, basted, batted, battue, beauts, bestud, bettas, busted, butted, buttes, daubes, debuts, sauted, stated, statue, tabued, tasted, tauted, tubate.

-3 letters: abets, abuse, abuts, adust, based, baste, bated, bates, batts, battu, bauds, beads, beast, beats, beaus, beaut, betas, betta, bused, butes, butte, butts, dates, daube, daubs, dauts, debts, debut, duets, sabed, sated, saute, stade, state, stead, sutta, tabes, tabus, taste, tates, tauts, teats, testa, tsade, tsuba, tubae, tubas, tubed, tubes.

-4 letters: abed, abet, abut, ates, bade, bads, base, bast, bate, bats, batt, baud, bead, beat, beau, beds, bedu, best, beta, bets, buds, bust, bute, buts, butt, dabs, date, daub, daut, debs, debt, dubs, dues, duet, dust, east, eats, etas, sabe, sade, sate, seat, seta, sett, stab, stat, stet, stub, stud, suba, sued, suet, tabs, tabu, tads, tate, tats, taus, taut, teas, teat, teds, test, tets, tuba, tube, tubs, tuts, used, utas.

-5 letters: abs, ads, ate, att, bad, bas, bat, bed, bet, bud, bus, but, dab, deb, dub, due, eat, eau, eds, eta, sab, sad, sae, sat, sau, sea, set, sub, sue, tab, tad, tae, tas, tat, tau, tea, ted, tet, tub, tut, use, uta, uts.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-s-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: debutants.

 

+2 letters: beatitudes, debutantes, outboasted, outdebates, subtotaled, subtracted.

 

+3 letters: masturbated, subtotalled.

 

+4 letters: subdebutante, subsaturated, tolbutamides.

 

+5 letters: absquatulated, battlegrounds, flutterboards, misattributed, postdebutante, subcontracted, subdebutantes, subdepartment, substantiated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Taste Bud


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 73 74 65      42 75 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 00100000 01000010 01110101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#115 &#116 &#101 &#32 &#66 &#117 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 0073 0074 0065      0042 0075 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54678586712368770

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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