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Tear Sac

Definition: Tear Sac

Tear Sac

Noun

1. 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.
 



Specialty Definitions: Tear Sac

DomainDefinitions

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.

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Synonyms: Tear Sac

Synonyms: dacryocyst (n), lacrimal sac (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tear Sac

Specialty definitions using "tear sac": lacrimal canaliculus. (references)

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Modern Translations: Tear Sac

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.

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Anagrams: Tear Sac

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.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Tear Sac


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

54 65 61 72      53 61 63

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

    

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

01010100 01100101 01100001 01110010 00100000 01010011 01100001 01100011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#97 &#114 &#32 &#83 &#97 &#99

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 0061 0072      0053 0061 0063

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

547167842536769

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INDEX

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


  

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