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Definitions: Terrestrial |
TerrestrialAdjective1. Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air. 2. Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball". 3. Operating or living or growing on land. 4. Concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality". 5. Of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "terrestrial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | Of or pertaining to the earth. (references) |
Mining | A. Pertaining to the Earth. (references) |
Weather | Pertaining to land. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| TERI | English | Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative | Environment |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TerrestrialSynonyms: land(a) (adj), mundane (adj), planetary (adj), sublunar (adj), sublunary (adj), tellurian (adj), telluric (adj), terrene (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: amphibious (adj), aquatic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
World | Adjective: cosmic, cosmical; mundane, terrestrial, terrestrious, terraqueous, terrene, terreous, telluric, earthly, geotic, under the sun; sublunary, subastral. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Nicholas L. Heck Fully developed wiredrag, invented Radio Acoustic Ranging Head of Divsion of Terrestrial Magnetism and Seismology.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | No paradise becomes terrestrial at the period in which we live. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | He sacrifices not to Ceres and the Terrestrial Jove, but to the infernal Plutus rather. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In addition to these terrestrial reservoirs, several species of insectivorous bats are also reservoirs for rabies. (references) | |
Geographic boundaries of currently recognized reservoirs for rabies in terrestrial mammals are shown on the map below. (references) | ||
In the United States, several distinct rabies virus variants have been identified in terrestrial mammals, including raccoons, skunks, foxes, and coyotes. (references) | ||
Business | The nationwide broadcasts are supplemented by eight regional terrestrial TV broadcasting companies. (references) | |
Slovak Telecom (ST) is the only supplier of terrestrial voice telecommunications services in the Slovak Republic. (references) | ||
There is no need to extend terrestrial lines any farther, and satellite communications is available from almost anywhere. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Austria | The first private terrestrial (land-based) television station is expected to begin broadcasts in mid-2002. (references) |
Nigeria | The NBC also challenged expansion plans by African Independent Television (AIT), a part of Daar Communications, claiming that AIT's global and terrestrial licenses do not allow them to act as a network. (references) | |
Economic History | Spain | Terrestrial digital TV went on the air on June 30, 1999. (references) |
Political Economy | AUSTRIA | In July 2001, a law on terrestrial private television was adopted that allows foreign investments in this area for the first time. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Terrestrial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.81% of the time. "Terrestrial" is used about 307 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 93.81% | 288 | 17,155 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.19% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 307 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "terrestrial": terrestrial digital audio broadcasting ♦ terrestrial dynamical time ♦ terrestrial globe ♦ terrestrial guidance ♦ terrestrial interference ♦ terrestrial magnetism ♦ terrestrial network ♦ terrestrial planet ♦ terrestrial planets ♦ terrestrial pole ♦ Terrestrial poles ♦ Terrestrial refraction ♦ terrestrial system ♦ Terrestrial telescope ♦ terrestrial television ♦ terrestrial time ♦ Terrestrial Trunk Radio ♦ terrestrial TV. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "terrestrial": extra-terrestrial, non-terrestrial, semi-terrestrial, supra-terrestrial. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "terrestrial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | aards (earthen, earthly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tokësor (above ground, earthbound, earthly, earthy, geo-, ground, land, planetary, praedial, predial, sublunary, tellurian, telluric, terrain, terrene, territorial, worldly), i kësaj bote (earthly, mundane, temporal, worldly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كوني (cosmic, universal), ساكن الأرض, أرضي (earthen, earthly, mundane), دنيوي (earthly, laity, material, materialistic, mundane, secular, temporal, worldly), بري (overland, sharpening, wild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сухоземен (land), сухопътен (overland), светски (earthbound, earthly, fashionable, fleshly, laic, lay, material, mundane, profane, secular, smart, social, society, temporal, terrene, unclerical, world, worldly), растящ в земята, растящ на земята, земен обитател, земен жител, живеещ в земята, живеещ на земята. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 地球 (Earth, Globe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zemní (humous), pozemský (earthly, terraneous, terrene, worldly), pozemní (overground, overland), pevninský (continental, off shore, offshore), kontinentální (continental). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | terrestrisk kikkert (terrestrial telescope), terrestrisk kamera (terrestrial camera), terrestrisk interferens (terrestrial interference), terrestrial path (land path, overland path, terrestrial path), terrestrisk station (terrestrial station), landlinie-net (landline network, terrestrial network), den naturlige straalingsbelastning af mennesket hidroerer fra den kosmiske straaling, den terrestriske straaling og den interne straaling (terrestrial radiation and internal radiation, the natural radiation to which man is exposed derives from cosmic radiation), fjernsyn sendt over jorden (terrestrial television, terrestrial TV), geografisk pol (geographic pole, terrestrial pole), jordbaseret digital lydtransmission (terrestrial digital audio broadcasting), jordbaseret interferens (terrestrial interference), jordbaseret kanal (terrestrial channel), jordglobe (terrestrial globe), jordlignende planet (terrestrial planet), jordpol (terrestrial pole), de stoerre terrestriske biocoenoser udviser distinkte egenskaber (distinctive features, the major terrestrial communities possess clearcut), jordstationsantenne (terrestrial aerial, terrestrial antenna), landplante (terrestrial plant), land-straekning (land path, overland path, terrestrial path), net paa jorden (landline network, terrestrial network), permanent leaset jordbaseret forbindelse (permanently leased terrestrial circuit), signal (beacon, ground target, mark, sign, signal, terrestrial target, token), signal på jorden (terrestrial signal), jordstation (terrestrial station). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aards (earthen, earthly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | tergloba, tera (earthen, earthly), surtera. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | زمینی (Agrarian, Earthly, Earthy, Territorial), خاکی (Dun, Earthborn, Earthen, Earthly, Earthy, Mundane, Worldly), این جهانی (Mundane, Worldly), دنیوی (Earthy, Mundane, Secular, Worldly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | terrestrinen kaukoputki (terrestrial telescope), terrestrinen digitaalinen ääniradiolähetys (T-DAB, terrestrial digital audio broadcasting), tähys (ground target, terrestrial target), napa (boss, button, fulcrum, hub, lever boss, nave, navel, pole, terrestrial pole), maantieteellinen napa (geographic pole, terrestrial pole), maanpäällinen televisiolähetys (terrestrial television, terrestrial TV), maanpäällinen signaali (terrestrial signal), maanpäällinen etenemistie (land path, overland path, terrestrial path), maanpäällinen digitaalinen ääniradiolähetys (T-DAB, terrestrial digital audio broadcasting), maanpäällinen antenni (terrestrial aerial, terrestrial antenna), maan aiheuttama häiriö (terrestrial interference), maakuvakamera (terrestrial camera), maakasvi (terrestrial plant), lankaverkko (landline network, terrestrial network), kiinteä verkko (landline network, terrestrial network). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | terrestre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ierdsk (earthen, earthly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | irdisch (earthen, earthly, mundane, planetary, terrestrially), weltlich (earthly, mundane, profane, profanely, secular, secularly, temporal, worldlily, worldly), terrestrisch (earthen, earthly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γήινοσ (earth, earthly, earthy, sublunar, terrene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יבשתי (continental), של כ"ור "ארץ, של "עולם "ז" (temporal), ארצי (earthly, material, mundane, territorial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szárazföldi (continental, ground, inland, overland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | terrestre (earthen, earthly, ground). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 陸" , 陸棲 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | りくせい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 지구 (Globe, region, strip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thallooinagh (agrarian, earth-born, earthly, earthy, risky, territorial), seihlltagh (earthly, materialistic, mundane, profane, secular, worldly), seihllt (earthy, profane, secular, temporal, worldly), ooirragh (earthy), dowanagh (cosmic, cosmical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | errestrialtay terrestre (earthen, earthly, earthy, land, Munich, overland, planetary, sublunary, terraneous, terrene). (various references) terestru (earthly, mundane, worldly). (various references) земной (earthbound, earth-bound, earthen, earthly, earthy, mundane, planetary, sublunary, telluric, terrain, terrene, worldly). (various references) cé (the earth, the terrestrial globe). (various references) zemaljski (earthborn, earthly, mundane, tellurian, temporal, terrene, worldly), suvozemni (land), kopneni (land, overland). (various references) terrestre (above ground, earthbound, earthen, earthly, ground, land, overland), terrenal (earthen, earthly). (various references) jordisk (earthborn, earthly, mortal, planetary, worldly). (various references) yeryüzüne ait, karasal (continental, inland), dünyasal (mundane, secular, worldly), dünyada var olan şey. (various references) світський (fashionable, genteel, laic, laical, lay, mundane, profane, secular, social), наземні тварини, наземний (above ground), мешканець землі, земний (earthborn, earthbound, earthen, earthly, mundane, natural, planetary, subcelestial, sublunar, sublunary, terrain, worldly). (various references) sống trên mặt đất (terrene). (various references) daearol (earthly, earthy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | terrena, terreni, terreno, terrenus, terrestria, terrestris, terrestrium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Corinthians Chapter 15, Verse 40 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai swmata epourania kai swmata epigeia all etera men h twn epouraniwn doxa etera de h twn epigeiwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et corpora caelestia et corpora terrestria sed alia quidem caelestium gloria alia autem terrestrium |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And `heuenli bodies ben, and `ertheli bodies ben; but oon glorie is of heuenely bodies, and anothir is of ertheli. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Ther are celestiall bodyes and ther are bodyes terrestriall. But ye glory of ye celestiall is one and ye glory of the terrestriall is another. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And there are bodies of heaven and bodies of earth, but the glory of the one is different from that of the other. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Corinthians Chapter 15, Verse 40 |
| Bulgarian | Какъвто е пръстният, такива са и пръстните; и какъвто е небесният, такива са и небесните. |
| Cebuano | Adunay mga lawas nga langitnon ug aduna usab ing mga lawas nga yutan-on, apan lain ang kasanag sa mga yutan-on. |
| Chinese | 有 天 上 的 形 " 、 也 有 地 上 的 形 " . 但 天 上 形 " 的 榮 光 是 一 樣 、 地 上 形 " 的 榮 光 又 是 一 樣 。 |
| Croatian | Ima tjelesa nebeskih i tjelesa zemaljskih, ali drugi je sjaj nebeskih, a drugi zemaljskih. |
| Danish | Og der er himmelske Legemer og jordiske Legemer; men een er de himmelskes Herlighed, en anden de jordiskes. |
| Dutch | En er zijn hemelse lichamen, en er zijn aardse lichamen; maar een andere is de heerlijkheid der hemelse, en een andere der aardse. |
| Finnish | Ja on taivaallisia ruumiita ja maallisia ruumiita; mutta toinen on taivaallisten kirkkaus, toinen taas maallisten. |
| French | Il y a aussi des corps célestes et des corps terrestres; mais autre est l`éclat des corps célestes, autre celui des corps terrestres. |
| German | Und es sind himmlische Körper und irdische Körper; aber eine andere Herrlichkeit haben die himmlischen Körper und eine andere die irdischen. |
| Haitian Creole | Konsa tou, gen kò ki fèt pou syèl la, gen kò ki fèt pou tè a. Men, yo chak bèl nan jan pa yo: Kò ki fèt pou syèl la gen yon bèlte ki pa menm ak bèlte kò ki fèt pou tè a. |
| Hungarian | És vannak mennyei testek és földi testek; de más a mennyeiek dicsõsége, más a földieké. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Begitu juga dengan benda-benda yang di langit dan benda-benda yang di bumi. Benda-benda yang di langit masing-masing mempunyai keindahannya sendiri, dan benda-benda yang di bumi pun begitu juga. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan adalah beberapa lembaga di langit, dan beberapa lembaga di bumi; tetapi kemuliaan lembaga yang di langit itu lain, dan kemuliaan lembaga yang di bumi itu lain. |
| Italian | Vi sono corpi celesti e corpi terrestri, ma altro è lo splendore dei corpi celesti, e altro quello dei corpi terrestri. |
| Korean | 하 늘 에 속 한 형 체 도 있 , 땅 에 속 한 형 체 도 있 으 나, 하 늘 에 속 한 자 의 영 광 이 " 로 있 , 땅 에 속 한 자 의 영 광 이 " 로 있 으 니 |
| Latvian | Ir arî debesu íermeòi un zemes íermeòi; bet citâds ir debesu un citâds zemes íermeòu krâðòums. |
| Maori | Ko etahi tinana no te rangi, ko etahi tinana no te whenua: otiia rere ke te kororia o nga mea o te rangi, rere ke to nga mea o te whenua. |
| Modern Greek | Ειναι και σωματα επουρανια και σωματα επιγεια· πλην αλλη μεν η δοξα των επουρανιων, αλλη δε η των επιγειων. |
| Norwegian | Og der er himmelske legemer, og der er jordiske legemer; men én herlighet har de himmelske legemer, en annen de jordiske. |
| Portuguese | Também há corpos celestes e corpos terrestres, mas uma é a glória dos celestes e outra a dos terrestres. |
| Rumanian | Tot awa, sknt trupuri cerewti wi trupuri pqmkntewti; dar alta este strqlucirea trupurilor cerewti, wi alta a trupurilor pqmkntewti. |
| Russian | еУФШ ФЕМБ ОЕ'ЕУОЩЕ Й ФЕМБ ЪЕНОЩЕ; ОП ЙОБС УМБЧБ ОЕ'ЕУОЩИ, ЙОБС ЪЕНОЩИ. |
| Shuar | Nayaimpiniam yaa írunui tura ju nunkanam írunna nujai Nusháa iimtin ainiawai. Nayaimpinmayasha nunkayasha Shíirmari nushaiti. |
| Spanish | También hay cuerpos celestiales y cuerpos terrenales. Pero de una clase es la gloria de los celestiales; y de otra, la de los terrenales. |
| Swahili | Iko miili ya mbinguni na miili ya duniani; uzuri wa miili ya mbinguni ni mwingine, na na uzuri wa miili ya duniani ni mwingine. |
| Swedish | Så finnas ock både himmelska kroppar och jordiska kroppar, men de himmelska kropparnas härlighet är av ett slag, de jordiska kropparnas av ett annat slag. |
| Thai | ร่างกายสำหรับสวรรค์ก็มี และร่างกายสำหรับโลกก็มี แต่ว่าสง่าราศีของร่างกายสำหรับสวรรค์ก็อย่างหนึ่ง และสง่าราศีของร่างกายสำหรับโลกก็อย่างหนึ่ง |
| Ukrainian | Є небесні тіла й тіла земні, але ж інша слава небесним, а інша земним. |
| Uma | Wae wo'o to hi langi', hewa eo, wula pai' betue', uma hibalia hante to hi dunia'. To hi langi' -hawo, kahanyala-na kancola-ra, pai' to hi dunia' kahanyala-na kancola-ra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "terrestrial": terrestrially, terrestrials. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "terrestrial": extraterrestrial, semiterrestrial. (additional references) | |
Words containing "terrestrial": extraterrestrials. (additional references) | |
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"Terrestrial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: terestrial, terresterial, terrestial, terrestirial, Terrestre, terrestrian, terrestrilal, terristrial, Trestrail. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "terrestrial" (pronounced tere"strēul) |
| 9 | t er e" s t r ē u l | extraterrestrial. |
| 6 | -s t r ē u l | industrial. |
| 5 | -t r ē u l | endometrial, vitriol. |
| 4 | -r ē u l | actuarial, adversarial, advertorial, aerial, ambassadorial, antibacterial, arboreal, Ariel, arterial, bacterial, biomaterial, burial, cereal, conspiratorial, curatorial, dictatorial, directorial, editorial, equatorial, ethereal, extraterritorial, gubernatorial, immaterial, immemorial, imperial, janitorial, magisterial, malarial, managerial, material, memorial, mercurial, ministerial, nomenclatorial, pictorial, professorial, prosecutorial, raptorial, reportorial, sartorial, secretarial, senatorial, serial, territorial, tutorial, venereal. |
| 3 | -ē u l | adverbial, alluvial, biaxial, bicentennial, biennial, binomial, bronchial, centennial, ceremonial, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, colonial, convivial, custodial, decennial, entrepreneurial, filial, fluvial, intracranial, jovial, laryngeal, lineal, marsupial, matrilineal, matrimonial, medial, menial, microbial, millennial, myocardial, parochial, patrilineal, perennial, pluvial, polynomial, primordial, proverbial, pseudopodial, quadrennial, radial, remedial, testimonial, tracheal, triennial, trivial, vestigial. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: laterites, literates, litterers, retailers, statelier. | |
-3 letters: alertest, alterers, ariettes, arrester, arteries, ateliers, earliest, iterates, laterite, leariest, literate, litterer, rattlers, realiser, realters, realties, rearrest, relaters, retailer, retirers, retitles, retreats, retrials, starrier, startler, straiter, tarriers, tarriest, teariest, terriers, tertials, trailers, treaters, treaties, treatise. | |
-4 letters: aeriest, alerter, alterer, ariette, artiest, artiste, artsier, atelier, attires, earlier, elaters, estreat, iratest, iterate, learier, leister, letters, litters, railers, ratites, ratters, rattier, rattler, rattles, realest, realise, realist, realter, rearers, relater, relates, reliers, reraise, reslate, restart, restate, retails, retaste, retears, retiles, retirer, retires, retitle, retreat, retrial, retries, ritters, saltier, saltire, seriate, serrate, settler, slatier, slitter, starlet, starlit, starter, startle, stealer, sterile, sterlet, stirrer, striate, tailers, tarrier, tarries, tarsier, tastier, tearers, tearier, terrets, terrier, terries, territs, tertial, testier, tilters, trailer, treater, trestle. | |
-5 letters: aerier, aeries, airers, airest, alerts, alters, aretes, ariels, arrest, artels, artier, artist, attire, easier, easter, eaters, elater, elates, elites, eraser, estate, estral, irater, irreal, larees, laster, latest, latter, lattes, leaser, letter, listee, lister, liters, litres, litter, railer, raiser, rarest, raster, ratels, raters, ratite, ratter, rattle, realer, reales, rearer, relate, relets, relier, relies, relist, rerise, resail, resale, reseal, reseat, resile, resite, rester, retail, retear, retest, retial, reties, retile, retire, retral, ritter, sailer, salter, saltie, satire, sealer, searer, seater, serail, serial, setter, settle, sierra, sirree, sitter, slater, staler, starer, stater, stelae, stelai, stelar, strait, strati, streel, street, striae, tailer, talers, tarres, tarter, taster, taters, tearer, teasel, teaser, terais, terrae, terras, terret, territ, terser, testae, tester, tetras, tilers, tilter, titers, titles, titres, trails, traits, treats, trials, triers, triste, triter. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-r-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: terrestrials. | |
+2 letters: terrestrially. | |
+4 letters: intercorrelates, semiterrestrial, territorializes. | |
+5 letters: arteriosclerotic, extraterrestrial, stereoregularity, territorialities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 72 72 65 73 74 72 69 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . .-. .-. . ... - .-. .. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01110010 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e r r e s t r i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0072 0072 0065 0073 0074 0072 0069 0061 006C |
| 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)5471848471858684756778 |
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