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Definition: Theatrical |
TheatricalAdjective1. Of or relating to the theater. 2. Suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; "a theatrical pose"; "one of the most theatrical figures in public life". Noun1. A performance of play. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "theatrical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
Etymology: Theatrical \The*at"ric*al\, adjective. [Latin expression theatricus, Greek]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A movie theater or cinema is a location, usually a building, for viewing movies. in particular one for the general public: one can enter after buying a ticket. There are often several rooms, each showing another movie.There are a variety of movie theatres:
Some movie theaters are converted from conventional theaters, and some theaters may be temporarily converted to show movies.
- First-Run Theatre: A theatre that runs primarily mainstream film fare from the major film companies and distributors in their initial release period.
- Second Run or Discount Theatre: A theatre that runs films that have been pulled from the first run theatres and presented at a lower ticket price.
- Repertoire or Art House Theatre: A theatre that presents more alternative and art films as well as second run and classic films.
- IMAX Theatre: A variant theatre which uses an oversized screen and high power projection and typically runs films designed for this format.
Some movie theaters are outdoors and so can only be used when it is dark. A drive-in movie theater is basically a parking lot with a screen at one end and a projection booth at the other. Moviegoers drive into the parking spaces which are usually provided with portable loudspeakers or the vehicle's sound system over which the soundtrack is played, and the movie is viewed through the car windscreen. Drive-in movies were mainly found in the United States, and were especially popular in the 1950s and 1960s, but are now almost extinct.
Some outdoor movie theaters are just cleared areas where the audience sits upon chairs or blankets and watch the movie on a temorary screen, or even the wall of a convenient building.
According to motion picture rating systems, children or teenagers below a certain age may be forbidden access to theaters showing certain movies, or simply subject to parental guidance.
Sometimes couples go to a movie theater for the additional reason that it provides the possibility of some physical intimacy, where the dark provides some privacy (with additional privacy in the back-row). This applies in particular for young people who still live with their parents, and these parents tend to monitor and/or forbid certain activities. Compared with being together in a room without other people, it may also be reassuring for one or both of the couple (and for parents) that the intimacy is necessarily limited.
Arm rests may be a hindrance for intimacy. Some theaters have love seats: seats for two without armrest in the middle.
Movie theaters usually sell various snack foods and drinks which often represents the real income of the business. Some movie theaters forbid eating and drinking inside the viewing room (they are restricted to the lobby), while others encourage it, e.g. by selling large portions of popcorn.
See also: film, nickelodeon
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Theater (also Theatre in British and Commonwealth English) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle - indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. In addition to the standard narrative dialog style, theatre takes such forms as opera, ballet, mime, kabuki, chinese opera, and pantomime. Here is a list of acting terms.
Kinds of theater
"Drama" is that branch of theatre in which speech, either from written text (plays or "dramatic literature") or improvised, is paramount. "Musical theater" is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance routines, and spoken dialogue. There is a particularly long tradition of political theater, intended to educate audiences on contemporary issues and encourage social change. Various creeds, Catholicism for instance, have built upon the entertainment value of theatre and created (for example) mystery plays and morality plays.There is an enormous variety of philosophies, artistic processes, and theatrical approaches to creating plays and drama. Some are connected to political or spiritual ideologies, and some are based on purely "artistic" concerns. Some processes focus on story, some on the theatre as event, some as theatre as a catalyst for social change. According to Aristotle's seminal theatrical critique Poetics, there are six elements necessary for theatre. They are Plot, Character, Idea, Language, Music, and Spectacle. The 17th-century Spanish writer Lope de Vega wrote that for theatre one needs "three boards, two actors, and one passion." Others notable for their contributtion to theatrical philosophy are Konstantin Stanislavski, Antonin Artaud, Bertolt Brecht, Orson Welles, Jerzy Grotowski.
20th Century American Playwrights
- Edward Albee
- Jane Anderson
- Christopher Durang
- Horton Foote
- Lorraine Hansberry
- George S Kaufmann
- Tony Kushner
- Neil LaBute (The Shape of Things)
- David Mamet
- Arthur Miller
- Terrence McNally
- Eugene O'Neill
- Neil Simon
- Stephen Sondheim
- Rodolfo Usigli
- Tennessee Williams
- Thornton Wilder
- August Wilson
- Lanford Wilson
20th Century British Playwrights
- Alan Ayckbourn
- Peter Barnes
- Caryl Churchill
- Michael Frayn (Noises Off)
- John Galsworthy
- David Hare
- Sarah Kane
- John Osborne
- Harold Pinter
- J.B. Priestley
- Terence Rattigan
- Tom Stoppard
20th Century German Language Playwrights
- Heiner Mueller
- Bertolt Brecht
- Thomas Bernhardt
- Elfriede Jelinek
- Friederich Durrenmatt
- Wolfgang Hildesheimer
20th Century Irish Playwrights
See also: Irish theatre
- Samuel Beckett
- Brendan Behan
- Paul Vincent Carroll
- Brian Friel
- Lady Gregory
- Denis Johnston
- John B. Keane
- Thomas Kilroy
- Martin McDonagh
- M. J. Molloy
- Sean O'Casey
- Lennox Robinson
- George Bernard Shaw
- George Shiels
- John Millington Synge
- W. B. Yeats
Other 20th Century English-language playwrights
This gives a brief listing of some of the better-known playwrights; but theatre is a highly collaborative, multi-person, multi-media craft. Plays are usually produced by a production team*artistic staff combined with various technical, support, and design staff. Among these are the director, scenic designer, the lighting designer, the costume designer, the dramaturge, and the stage manager and production manager. This is not an all inclusive list, and may include other personnel from the world of technical theatre.
- Athol Fugard
20th Century English Language Theatre Directors
- Julie Taymor
- Harold Prince
- Kelly Johnston
- Peter Sellars
- Tyrone Guthrie
- Peter Brook
- Mike Nichols
- Peter Hall
20th Century Russian and French Theatre Directors
- Konstantin Stanislavski
- Anton Artaud
20th Century Polish Theatre Director
- Jerzy Grotowski
20th Century German Language Theatre Directors
- Fritz Kortner
- Claus Peymann
- Peter Stein
- Peter Zadek
- Frank Castorf
- August Everding
- Max Reinhardt
Awards
See also*Repertory theatre, dramatist, list of dramatists, history of theatre, improvisational theatre, radio and television drama, summer stock, cinematic drama, suspension of disbelief
- European Theatre Award
- Laurence Olivier Awards (United Kingdom)
- Tony Award (USA)
Theater building
A theatre is also the building in which works and plays are performed. There are as many styles of performance space as there are styles of performance, but most theatres include a designated "stage" or playing space, a designated audience area or "house," and some sort of off-stage area for preparation and storage, called "backstage," which is typically concealed from the audience. Theatres range from ornate, cathedral-like structures to simple undecorated rooms or black box theatres.Some of these buildings are masterpieces of architecture. Others, often those known for opera, have become major cultural references and symbols.
The original Greek theatre was semicircular in form and was normally built on a hillside, often overlooking the sea. These theatres also typically included a "raked" or sloped stage, with the back of the stage being higher than the front. Such theatres were often constructed with excellent acoustics, so that a player standing centre stage could be clearly heard throughout the auditorium. The Romanss copied this style of building, but tended not to be so concerned about the location, being prepared to build walls and terraces instead of looking for a naturally-occurring site.
During the Elizabethan era in England, theatres were constructed of wood and were circular in form, like the Globe Theatre in London, home to William Shakespeare's troupe of actors. The Globe has now been rebuilt as a fully working and producing theatre near its original site (largely thanks to the efforts of film director Sam Wanamaker) to give modern audiences an idea of the environment for which Shakespeare and other playwrights of the period were writing.
Contemporary theatres are often non-traditional, such as very adaptable spaces, or theatres where audience and performers are not separated. A major example of this is the modular theatre, (see for example the Walt Disney Modular Theatre). This large theatre has floors and walls divided into small movable sections, with the floor sections on adjustable hydraulic pylons, so that the space may be adjusted into any configuration for each individual play. As new styles of theatre performance have evolved, so has the desire to improve or recreate performance venues. This applies equally to artistic and presentation techniques, such as stage lighting.
Specific designs of contemporary live theaters include proscenium, thrust, black box theater, theater in the round, amphitheater, and arena. A special kind of theater is one in a train carriage (picture). See also movie theater and puppet theater.
See also: Stagecraft,Technical theater, Theater Techniques, Opera house, Home Theater, Irish theatre
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Theater."
Synonyms: TheatricalSynonyms: histrionics (n), theatrical performance (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: untheatrical (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affectation | Adjective: affected, full of affectation, pretentious, pedantic, stilted, stagy, theatrical, big-sounding, ad captandum; canting, insincere. |
Clothing | Array; tailoring, millinery; finery; (ornament); full dress; (show); garniture; theatrical properties. |
Ostentation | Theatrical, dramatic, spectacular; ceremonial, ritual. |
The Drama | Theatrical costume, theatrical properties. |
Adjective: dramatic; theatric, theatrical; scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic; stagy. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | They're making a mockery of my words, man. This whole thing is turning out to be a theatrical mockery (American Movie: The Making of Northwestern; writing credit: Claude Nuridsany; Marie Pérennou) He's very theatrical, you know, a pestilence here, a plague there (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) Every theatrical performance is a contrivance by its very nature (Topsy-Turvy; writing credit: Mike Leigh) | |
Tongue Twisters | They have left the thriftshop, and lost both their theatre tickets and the volume of valuable licenses and coupons for free theatrical frills and thrills. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | In the Theatrical Business (1917) Theatrical Collage (1976) | |
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 | American Red Cross Allied Theatrical Motion Picture Team. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Theatrical production by the ship's crew, assistance by a mascot dog, circa 1907-1909. Cleveland was then en route to, or serving in, the Far East. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Things theatrical. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | William Warfield singing during theatrical performance. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Teresa Truffi, full-length portrait of a woman, slightly to the left, eyes right, standing, in theatrical costume, holding small bottle. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Junius Booth, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in theatrical costume. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Theatrical performance at Dongan Hall. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fairmount School, 1711 Massachusetts Ave. Women in theatrical costume. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Miscellaneous subjects. Cast of theatrical production. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Theatrical wigs, beards, &c. M. Shindhelm, 100 Bowery, N.Y. / / The Graphic Co. photo-lith. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Bérénice" by Pedro Valdeolmillos Commentary: "Text detail from the Bérénice theatrical play by Racine." |
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Barry Humphries | There is perhaps, no more dangerous man in the world than the man with the sensibilities of an artist but without creative talent. With luck such men make wonderful theatrical impresarios and interior decorators, or else they become mass murderers or critics. |
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Business | Architectural design services for government office buildings, residential buildings, mixed-use buildings, theatrical and museum buildings, research institutes and laboratories, urban parklands, and urban redevelopment projects, including specialty consulting services (e.g., landscaping, interior design, and facilities management, and anti-seismic design). (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Saudi Arabia | During the year, the Government closed a number of Internet cafes, especially those established for women, after complaints that the cafes were being used for "immoral purposes." The Government censors all forms of public artistic expression and prohibits cinemas and public musical or theatrical performances, except those that are considered folkloric. (references) |
Ireland | Under the Censorship of Films Act, the censor has the authority to cut or ban any film that is "indecent, obscene, or blasphemous," or which tends to "inculcate principles contrary to public morality or subversive of public morality." No theatrical films were banned during the year, but 26 videos were banned, mainly because of their pornographic or violent content, compared with 38 in 2000. Decisions of the censor can be appealed to a nine-member appeal board within 3 months, but neither the censor nor the appeal board is required to hear arguments or evidence in public or to state the reasons for its decisions. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | On March 28, according to a report in the newspaper Novaya Gazeta, a group of heavily armed Interior Ministry forces from a unit charged with fighting organized crime forcibly entered a Moscow State University dormitory where students from the National Chechen Theatrical Studio Nakhi were living, without presenting a warrant. (references) |
Political Economy | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | The quota acts as a deterrent to imported films, cinema construction, and the expansion of theatrical distribution. (references) |
SPAIN | Despite remaining protectionist elements, Spain's theatrical film system has been modified sufficiently in recent years so that it is no longer a major source of trade friction. (references) | |
SPAIN | Motion Picture Screen Quotas and Dubbing Licenses: In 1997, the government adopted implementing regulations for the 1994 Cinema Law, which reserved a portion of the theatrical market for EU-produced films. (references) | |
Trade | China | Monopoly importers, such as those that exist for theatrical film imports, are able to establish de facto quotas. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Theatrical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.03% of the time. "Theatrical" is used about 619 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) | 99.03% | 613 | 10,522 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.97% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 619 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Kabuki Theatrical Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "theatrical": theatrical agent ♦ theatrical character ♦ theatrical costume ♦ theatrical performance ♦ theatrical poster ♦ theatrical producer ♦ theatrical production ♦ theatrical properties ♦ theatrical role ♦ theatrical season. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "theatrical": theatrical-machiavellian. | |
Ending with "theatrical": musico-theatrical, music-theatrical, pulpit-theatrical, quasi-theatrical. | |
Containing "theatrical": non-theatrical film. | |
| 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 "theatrical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | teatror, teatral (camp, scenic, scenical, stagey, stagy), shfaqje teatrale. (various references) | |
Arabic | متكلف (affected, artificial, assumed, constrained, factitious, faked, false, feigned, forced, mannered, overacted, put on, sham, stagy, stilted, stogie, strained, unnatural), متصنع (affected, artificial, assumed, mannered, overacted, phony, sham, simulated, stagy, strained, unnatural), مسرحي (dramatic, dramaturgic, scenic, scenical, stagy, thespian), مزيف (bogus, counterfeiter, fabricated, faked, forged, imitator, phoney, sham, specious, spurious, unoriginal), مصطنع (artificial, mannered, stagy, unreal). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сценичен (acting, histrionic, playable, presentable, scenic), театрален (dramatic, histrionic, scenic, stagy), надут (bombastic, conceited, consequential, coxcombical, declamatory, florid, grandiloquent, haughty, high-blown, highfaluting, important, inflated, magniloquent, mandarin, mouthy, orotund, overblown, pompous, portentous, prancing, puffy, sidy, solemn, sounding, stilted, swelling, swollen, tumid, uppish, uppity), показен (ostensible, ostentatious, show, showy, specious, trumpery), пищен (baronial, exuberant, flamboyant, florid, gaudy, gingerbread, gorgeous, lavish, lordly, luscious, lush, luxuriant, opulent, palatial, pompous, profuse, rich, riotous, spectacular, splendid, voluptuous, wanton), изкуствен (affected, artificial, factitious, false, imitation, man-made, mimic, pinchbeck, unnatural, unreal), драматичен (dramatic, spectacular, thespian). (various references) | |
Chinese | 戏剧性, 戲劇化 . (various references) | |
Czech | teatrální (camp, histrionic, stagy), herecký, divadelní (scenic, scenical, spectacular), afektovaný (affected, camp, genteel, mannered, mincing, minikin, stilted, studied, stuffy, unnatural). (various references) | |
Danish | teaterkostume (theatrical costume), teaterkonkurrence (theatrical competition), teaterfrisoer (theatrical wig maker), Pilotprojekt for støtte til oversættelse af skønlitterære,dramatiske samt litteratur-og kulturvidenskabelige værker (Pilot scheme to provide financial assistance for the translation of literary, theatrical and reference works), kostumier (theatrical dressmaker). (various references) | |
Dutch | toneel-, theater-, schouwburg-. (various references) | |
Esperanto | teatra. (various references) | |
Faeroese | sjónleikar-, keiputur. (various references) | |
Farsi | وابسته به تماشاخانه , تلاتری , درخورتماشا. (various references) | |
Finnish | teatterimainen. (various references) | |
French | théâtral (theatric), scénique. (various references) | |
German | theatralisch (histrionic, stagy, theatric). (various references) | |
Greek | θεατρικόσ (histrionic, scenic, stagy), θεατρικός. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מבוים (contrived, produced, rigged, staged), תאטרלי (dramatic, histrionic), בימתי (histrionic, stagey). (various references) | |
Hungarian | színpadias (scenic, scenical, stagey, stagy), színházi (histrionic). (various references) | |
Italian | teatrale (stage, stagey, stagy). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 芝居掛かった (affected, pompous), 芝居気 , 演劇的 (dramatic). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しばいぎ, しばいがかった (affected, pompous), しばいげ, えんげきてき (dramatic). (various references) | |
Manx | theateragh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eatricalthay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | teatral (dramatic, histrionic, scenic, scenical, stagey, stagy), vistoso (brave, clipping, dressy, faked, flaring, flash, flashy, gallant, garish, goodly, noisy, off-key, showy, spicy, viewy), relativo ao teatro, comediante (comedian), cênico (scenic, scenical), aparatoso (garish, grand, ostentatious, spectacular, tawdry), afetado (affected, bijou, conceited, coxcombical, dandified, dollish, far-fetched, finical, foppish, forced, fulsome, mannered, miminy-piminy, niminy-piminy, pompous, precious, pretentious, prim, scenic, scenical, smug, stilted, wiredrawn), adaptado de teatro. (various references) | |
Romanian | teatral (affected, dramatic, histrionic, scenic, spectacular, stagy, theatrically), spectacole de teatru, scenic (acting, scenic, stage, stagy), pompos (emphatic, exaggerative, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-flown, high-sounding, important, large, magniloquent, pompous, state, stilted, swollen, tumid), exagerat (exaggerated, exaggerative, hyperbolic, inordinate, overmuch, profuse, regardless, steep, swollen, tall, thick, undue), dramatic (acting, dramatic, dramatically, scenic, thespian), de teatru (scenic, stage), afectat (affected, affectedly, Arty, curious, demure, demurely, euphuistic, far fetched, finical, finicking, gushing, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-flown, lackadaisical, La-di-da, mannered, miminy-piminy, mincing, namby-pamby, niminy-piminy, preciously, pretty, primly, recherche, scenic, self conscious, stilted, studied, swollen), actoricesc (actor's, histrionic). (various references) | |
Russian | театральный (histrionic, scenic, scenical, stagey, stagy). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | teatralan (stagey, stagy), pozorišni (scenic, scenical, stage, stagey, stagy, theater, theatre). (various references) | |
Spanish | teatral (stagey, stagy, theatric). (various references) | |
Swedish | teatralisk (flamboyant, histrionic, operatic, stagy). (various references) | |
Turkish | tiyatroya ait (dramatic, histrionic, thespian), yapmacık (affected, artificial, campy, chichi, constrained, counterfeit, factitious, false, feigned, genteel, plummy, pretended, put on, rose water, set, shifty, sophisticated, studied, studious, unnatural), dramatik (dramatic, stagey, stagy), abartılı (dithyrambic, exaggerated, fond, fustian, hyperbolic, hyperbolical, inflated, magniloquent, ornate, overdone, puffy, slobbery, spread eagle, stagey, stagy, steep, swelling, tall, turgescent, turgid, well-rounded). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сценічний (histrionic, scenic, stage), театральний (dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, scenic, spectacular, stagey, stagy, theatral), неприродний (affected, artificial, far fetched, non-natural, strained), професіональний актор. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | màu mè (affected, affectedly, apish, butter, mincing, scenic, scenical), không tự nhiên (affected, affectedly, factitious, far-fetched), có vẻ sân khấu, có vẻ đóng kịch (histrionic), điệu bộ (affected, affectedly, attitude, gesture, mincing). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "theatrical": theatricalism, theatricalisms, theatricalities, theatricality, theatricalization, theatricalizations, theatricalize, theatricalized, theatricalizes, theatricalizing, theatrically, theatricals. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "theatrical": amphitheatrical, nontheatrical. (additional references) | |
Words containing "theatrical": amphitheatrically. (additional references) | |
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"Theatrical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: thematical. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "theatrical" (pronounced thēa"trikul) |
| 6 | -t r i k u l | asymmetrical, electrical, geometrical, symmetrical, metrical, nonelectrical. |
| 5 | -r i k u l | categorical, cylindrical, empirical, historical, hysterical, spherical, lyrical, metaphorical, rhetorical, semicylindrical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geological, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, hypercritical, hypocritical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphysical, methodological, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, sabbatical, semiclassical, semitropical, serological, sociological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-l-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: clathrate, theriacal. | |
-2 letters: athletic, attacher, chattier, hatteria, reattach, tailrace, theatric, theriaca, thetical, tracheal, tractile. | |
-3 letters: arietta, article, attache, calathi, cattail, cattier, chaetal, charlie, chattel, chatter, chitter, cithara, citrate, clatter, ethical, hetaira, lactate, latchet, lathier, lattice, rachial, ratchet, rattail, recital, tactile, teacart, tertial, theriac, trachea, trachle, trehala. | |
-4 letters: acetal, achier, aecial, aerial, althea, archil, atelic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-l-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: intrathecal, theatricals. | |
+2 letters: arithmetical, atheoretical, theatrically, theocratical. | |
+3 letters: architectural, bathymetrical, intrathecally, nontheatrical, parenthetical, straightlaced, theatricalism, theatricality, theatricalize. | |
+4 letters: arithmetically, catachrestical, multicharacter, theatricalisms, theatricalized, theatricalizes, theocratically. | |
+5 letters: amphitheatrical, antitheoretical, architecturally, bathymetrically, hypercatalectic, merchantability, orchestrational, parenthetically, theatricalities, theatricalizing, therapeutically. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Company Usage | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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