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Definition: Tear Gland |
Tear GlandNoun1. Any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | The -- forms the lacrimal fluid protion of the tears, to which mucin and sebum are added. Syn. glandula orbitaria. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: Tear GlandSynonyms: lachrymal gland (n), lacrimal gland (n). (additional references) |
| 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 |
tear gland | 6 |
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| Language | Translations for "tear gland"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | tårekirtel (glandula orbitaria, lacrimal gland). (various references) | |
Dutch | traanklier (glandula orbitaria, lacrimal gland). (various references) | |
French | glande lacrymale. (various references) | |
German | Tränendrüse (glandula orbitaria, lachrymal gland, lacrimal gland). (various references) | |
Italian | ghiandola lacrimale (glandula orbitaria, lacrimal gland). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 涙腺 (lachrymal or tear gland). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | るいせ" (lachrymal or tear gland). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eartay andglay.(various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-g-l-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: argental. | |
-2 letters: adrenal, dangler, dragnet, gardant, garland, gnarled, gradate, granted, lanated, laterad, tanager, tangled, tangler. | |
-3 letters: adnate, agenda, aglare, agnate, alated, alegar, angled, angler, anlage, antler, antral, ardent, argent, argled, danger, dangle, darnel, dartle, dental, galena, gander, garden, garnet, gelada, gelant, glared, grated, laager, lagend, lanate, lander, learnt, raglan, ranged, ranted, regnal, rental, tanged, tangle, tarnal, tergal. | |
-4 letters: adage, agate, agent, aglet, aland, alane, alang, alant, alate, alder, alert, algae, altar, alter, anear, angel, anger, angle, antae, anted, antra, antre, areal, arena, argal, argle, artal, artel, dater, dealt, delta, denar, derat, eland, galea, gated, glade, gland, glare, glean, gnarl, graal, grade, grana, grand, grant, grate, great, laden, lader, lagan, lager, large, lated, laten, later, leant, learn, naled, natal, raged, range, ratal, ratan, rated, ratel, reata, redan, regal, regna, renal, retag, talar, taler, tared, targe, terga, trade, tread, trend. | |
-5 letters: agar, aged, ager, alae, alan, alar, alga, anal, anga, anta, ante, area, dale, dang, dare, darn, dart, data, date, deal, dean, dear, delt, dent, drag, drat, dreg, earl, earn, egad, egal, elan, etna, gaed, gaen, gala, gale, gane, gate, gear, geld, gelt, gent, geta, glad, gled, glen, gnar, gnat, grad, gran, grat, lade, land, lane, lang, lard, late, lead, lean, lear, lend, lent, nada, nard, near, neat, nerd, raga, rage, rale, rand, rang, rant, rate, read, real, rend, rent, tael, tala, tale, tang, tare, tarn, teal, tear, tela, tend, tern, trad. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-g-l-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: granulated. | |
+2 letters: plantigrade. | |
+3 letters: adulterating, deflagrating, deflagration, plantigrades, revalidating, strangulated, triangulated. | |
+4 letters: congratulated, deflagrations, degranulation, grandfatherly, grandparental. | |
+5 letters: degranulations, denaturalizing, gastroduodenal. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 61 72 47 6C 61 6E 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01100001 01110010 00100000 01000111 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e a r   G l a n d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0061 0072 0047 006C 0061 006E 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5471678424178678070 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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