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Definition: Tear Sac |
Tear SacNoun1. Either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | The membranous, sac-like structure which receives tears from the canaliculi, via the sinus of Maier, and conveys them into the nasolacrimal duct. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Tear SacSynonyms: dacryocyst (n), lacrimal sac (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tear Sac |
| Specialty definitions using "tear sac": lacrimal canaliculus. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "tear sac"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | sac lacrymal. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 涙嚢 (dacryocyst, lachrymal or tear sac). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | るいのう (dacryocyst, lachrymal or tear sac). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eartay acsay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: carates. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: arecas, caesar, carate, carats, carets, cartes, caster, caters, crates, reacts, reatas, recast, traces. | |
-2 letters: aceta, acres, areas, areca, aster, carat, cares, caret, carse, carte, carts, caste, cater, cates, cesta, crate, crest, escar, races, rates, react, reata, recta, sacra, scare, scart, serac, stare, taces, tares, tears, trace. | |
-3 letters: aces, acre, acta, acts, arcs, area, ares, arse, arts, asea, ates, care, cars, cart, casa, case, cast, cate, cats, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, race, rase, rate, rats, recs, rest, rets, sate, scar, scat, sear, seat, sect, sera, seta, star, tace, tare, tars, tear, teas, tsar. | |
-4 letters: aas, ace, act, arc, are, ars, art, ate, car, cat, ear, eat, era, ers, eta, ras, rat, rec, res, ret, sac, sae, sat, sea, sec, ser, set, tae, tar, tas, tea. | |
-5 letters: aa, ae, ar, as, at, er, es, et, re, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: abreacts, bearcats, cabarets, cabresta, cadaster, cadastre, cartages, castrate, caterans, seacraft, teacarts, tracheas. | |
+2 letters: acerbates, acierates, acrylates, actuaries, ancestral, anthraces, arcatures, artefacts, ascertain, ascorbate, attachers, attackers, bacterias, cabrestas, cabrettas, cadasters, cadastres, carcanets, caretakes, caritases, castrated, castrates, catharses, cathedras, catnapers, caveators, crabmeats, craniates, crustacea, escalator, lacerates, macerates, marcasite, placaters, racemates, radicates, reactants, reattacks, sacrament, seacrafts, sectarian, staircase, tailraces, theriacas, trackages, tractates, vicarates. | |
+3 letters: abstracted, abstracter, aerobatics, affricates, aftercares, afterclaps, alacrities, altercates, anticaries, applecarts, ascertains, ascorbates, autarchies, aviatrices, backwaters, brachiates, cafeterias, calibrates, campestral, carbamates, carbonates, caretakers, carpetbags, cartilages, caryatides, catalogers, catalyzers, catenaries, caterwauls, cathedrals, catnappers, centaureas, characters, ciguateras, clathrates, crustacean, curtalaxes, declarants, demarcates, discarnate, eradicates, escalators, escalatory, exarchates, excavators, fabricates, factorages, greatcoats, heartaches, incarnates, macerators, marcasites, mercaptans, metacarpus, parachutes, racetracks, rapacities, reactances, reattaches, reescalate, sacerdotal, sacraments, saltcellar, scleromata, sectarians, spacecraft, stagecraft, staircases, statecraft, stavesacre, tarriances, trabeculas, transacted, vicariates, waterscape. | |
+4 letters: abreactions, absorptance, abstracters, abstractest, abstractive, accelerants, accelerates, aeroelastic, aeronautics, aerostatics, aliteracies, altarpieces, ancestrally, anthracenes, anthracites, anthracnose, appreciates, architraves, arctangents, articulates, ascertained, autocracies, backscatter, backstabber, bacteremias, blackhearts, blackwaters, broadcasted, broadcaster, bureaucrats, camphorates, cantatrices, cantharides, caretakings, caricatures, carnalities, carnallites, cartularies, catachreses, catachresis, cataloguers, catarrhines, catastrophe, catchphrase, ceratopsian, coacervates, collaterals, crustaceans, defalcators, deracinates, divaricates, ejaculators, emasculator, eradicators, exacerbates, lacerations, macerations, malefactors, matchmakers, metacarpals, packthreads, paediatrics, pancreatins, patriciates, rascalities, reacquaints, reactivates, reallocates, rebroadcast, reescalated, reescalates, sacramental, saltcellars, sanctuaries, scattergram, secretarial, secretariat, spacecrafts, spectacular, spermatheca, stagecrafts, statecrafts, stavesacres, straitlaced, strategical, sugarcoated, tabernacles, tetracaines, theatricals, tracklayers, tradecrafts, translocate, triacetates, uncastrated, vacationers, vasculature, watchmakers, watercrafts, waterscapes, weathercast. | |
+5 letters: absorptances, abstractable, abstractedly, abstractness, accelerators, acculturates, accurateness, achromatizes, affricatives, altercations, anacreontics, antechambers, anthracnoses, antipiracies, apothecaries, appreciators, aquacultures, articulacies, ascertaining, asymmetrical, attractances, azotobacters, backscatters, backstabbers, bacteriostat, bacteriurias, bicarbonates, broadcasters, candidatures, cantankerous, capitularies, carboxylates, cardinalates, carminatives, catachrestic, cataphoreses, cataphoresis, catastrophes, catchphrases, caterpillars, centenarians, ceratopsians, characteries, chartularies, collaborates, comparatives, contrabasses, contrastable, deactivators, decapitators, decarbonates, declarations, demarcations, distractable, ectoparasite, emancipators, emasculators, entranceways, eradications, extramusical, forecastable, fractionates, gnatcatchers, incarcerates, interactants, intercalates, intercoastal, leatherbacks, macrogametes, magistracies, malpractices, manufactures, marketplaces, matriarchies, matriculates, metathoraces, nonsectarian, osteosarcoma, overabstract, pancreatitis, parasiticide, participates, particulates, patriarchies, prevaricates, quarterbacks, racetrackers, racquetballs, radiotracers, rarefactions, ratiocinates, rebroadcasts, recalculates, recalibrates, recantations, reclamations, reescalating, reescalation, reincarnates, revaccinates, sacerdotally, sacramentals, sarcomatoses, scatteration, scatterbrain, scattergrams, secobarbital, secretariats, sectarianism, sectarianize, semiabstract, separatistic, spectaculars, spectatorial, spermathecae, straitjacket, tetradrachms, trackwalkers, tradescantia, transhumance, translocated, translocates, transoceanic, transparence, transparency, vasculatures, weathercasts. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 61 72      53 61 63 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01100001 01110010 00100000 01010011 01100001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e a r   S a c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0061 0072      0053 0061 0063 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)547167842536769 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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