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Definitions: Tentacle |
TentacleNoun1. Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp; "caught in the tentacles of organized crime". 2. Any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals used for feeling or grasping or locomotion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tentacle" was first used: 1762. (references) |
Etymology: Tentacle \Ten"ta*cle\, noun. [New Latin expression. tentaculum, from the Latin expression tentare to handle, feel: compare to the French expression tentacule. See Tempt.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Tentacle n. A covert pseudo, sense 1. An artificial identity created in cyberspace for nefarious and deceptive purposes. The implication is that a single person may have multiple tentacles. This term was originally floated in some paranoid ravings on the cypherpunks list (see cypherpunk), and adopted in a spirit of irony by other, saner members. It has since shown up, used seriously, in the documentation for some remailer software, and is now (1994) widely recognized on the net. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Retention | Fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum; bond; (vinculum). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tentacle |
| English words defined with "tentacle": Dactylozooid ♦ Tentacle sheath, Tentaculiform, Tentaculocyst, Tentaculum. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tentacle": cypherpunk. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tentacle": Tentaculum. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | So raise your hand if you think that was a Russian water tentacle. (The Abyss; writing credit: James Cameron.) Do you think that tentacle spew comes out with dry cleaning? (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Day of the Tentacle (1993) | |
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| "Tentacle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tentacle" is used about 416 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 416 | 13,620 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "tentacle": auditory tentacle ♦ Tentacle sheath. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tentacle": tentacle-arms, tentacle-bearing, tentacle-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
tentacle | 350 |
day of the tentacle | 204 |
tentacle anime | 126 |
ozric tentacle | 113 |
day download tentacle | 82 |
alternative tentacle | 52 |
tentacle manga | 43 |
monster tentacle | 19 |
story tentacle | 15 |
naughty tentacle | 15 |
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moon sailor tentacle | 11 |
alien impregnation tentacle | 10 |
day download free tentacle | 10 |
gallery tentacle | 9 |
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squidward tentacle | 9 |
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hental tentacle | 7 |
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| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tentacle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | këmbënofull, brith. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مجس نبات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | мустаче (antenna, barb, barbell, cirrus, feeler, runner, shoot, tendril, trailer), пипало. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tykadlo (antenna, feeler, horn), chapadlo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | موی حساس جانور(مثل موی سبیل گربه), ریشه حساس , بازوچه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tuntosarvi (antenna), lonkero (arm, runner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tentacule. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fühler (aerial, antenna, contour follower, feeler, feelers, head, horn, probe, pyrometer in protection tube, pyrometric rod, sensing device, sensor, sheathed pyrometer, tentacles, tracer), Fangarm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πλοκάμι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | איבר "משוש. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kar (polipé). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sungut (antenna, feeler, moustache), belalai (proboscis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tentacolo (horn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 触手 (feeler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょくしゅ (feeler, occupational category, type of occupation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | eairkan (feeler; peewit, lapwing), chionnag (tendril). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | entacletay tentáculo (horn). (various references) tentacul (feeler, horn, tentaculum), perişor senzitiv, antenã (aerial, antenna, antennae, feeler, horn). (various references) щупальце (antenna, feeler, palp, palpus). (various references) pipak (antenna, feeler, palp, palpus). (various references) tentáculo (arm, feeler, horn). (various references) tentakel, fångstarm. (various references) ercik sapı, dokunaç (palp). (various references) щупальце (antenna, feeler, palp, palpus), вусик (antenna, barb, cirrus, tendril, whisker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | flagella, flagelli, flagellis, flagello, flagellum, tentare. (various references) |
| Modern Latin | 1500-Modern | tentaculum. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tentacle": tentacled, tentacles. (additional references) | |
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"Tentacle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Tendale, tenticle, testacle, Tyndalle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tentacle" (pronounced te"ntukul) |
| 5 | -t u k u l | aeronautical, article, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, grammatical, hypothetical, impractical, nautical, obstacle, particle, political, practical, receptacle, skeptical, spectacle. |
| 4 | -u k u l | agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, hierarchical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, numerical, Oracle, oratorical, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, pontifical, quizzical, radical, reciprocal, satirical, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-t-t" | |
-2 letters: cantle, cattle, cental, cetane, enlace, lancet, lateen, latent, latten, nettle, talent, tectal, telnet, tenace. | |
-3 letters: anele, clean, cleat, eaten, eclat, elate, elect, enact, enate, lance, laten, latte, leant, tacet, tecta, telae, tenet. | |
-4 letters: acne, alec, alee, ante, cane, cant, cate, celt, cent, cete, clan, elan, etna, lace, lane, late, lean, leet, lent, neat, nett, tace, tact, tael, talc, tale, tate, teal, teat, teel, teen, tela, tele, tent. | |
-5 letters: ace, act, ale, alt, ane, ant, ate, att, can, cat, cee, cel, eat, eel, eta, lac, lat, lea, lee, let, nae, nee, net, tae, tan, tat, tea, tee, tel, ten, tet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: cattlemen, tentacled, tentacles. | |
+2 letters: centralest, licentiate, planchette. | |
+3 letters: centripetal, constellate, contemplate, contestable, delectation, denticulate, expectantly, intercalate, licentiates, planchettes, telecasting. | |
+4 letters: acetonitrile, antecedently, antielectron, centralities, coelenterate, constellated, constellates, contemplated, contemplates, delectations, denticulated, intellectual, intercalated, intercalates, malcontented, outplacement, retinotectal, tactlessness, tetracycline, undetectable. | |
+5 letters: acetonitriles, anticellulite, antielectrons, antiepileptic, centripetally, coelenterates, contemplative, contextualize, cyanoethylate, cytogenetical, electromagnet, expectational, incontestable, intellectuals, interactively, interlacement, intermetallic, interparticle, intersocietal, letterspacing, multinucleate, nonretractile, outplacements, parenthetical, tactfulnesses, tercentennial, tetracyclines, tractableness, untheoretical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6E 74 61 63 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . -. - .- -.-. .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01100011 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e n t a c l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006E 0074 0061 0063 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5471808667697871 |
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