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Definition: Ursine |
UrsineAdjective1. Of or relating to similar to bears. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ursine" was first used: sometime around 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Ursine \Ur"sine\, adjective. [Latin expression ursinus, from ursus bear. See Ursa.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Ursine |
| English words defined with "ursine": Araguato ♦ Ursal. (references) |
Expressions using "ursine": ursine baboon ♦ ursine dasyure ♦ ursine howler ♦ ursine seal. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
ursine | 7 |
hairy ursine | 2 |
nevada ursine | 2 |
gallery hairy ursine | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ursine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ariu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | دبي متعلق بالدب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | мечешки (bearish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | medvìdovitý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خرس مانند (Ursiform), شبیه خرس . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ourse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bärenartig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | של "וב, "ובי (bearish, clumsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | medveféle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | orsino. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ineursay ursino. (various references) медвежий. (various references) medveđi. (various references) ursino. (various references) ayıya benzer, ayı gibi (bearish, huge, ruffianly). (various references) схожий на ведмедя, ведмедячий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Heracleum sphondylium L., ursinus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words containing "ursine": pursiness, pursinesses. (additional references) | |
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"Ursine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dunsinea, Durstine, ersine, Nurminen, orsine, orsino, Oursin, pursine, Rusanen, rusyny, unsane, urinee, uriner, urinex, urini, urino, urssine, usine, Usines, ussine. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ursine" (pronounced 'Ur"sine'): Alphonsine, Ardassine, Arsine, Byssine, COSINE, Molossine, Narcissine, Neossine, Rusine. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: insure, inures, rusine, urines. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: inure, nurse, reins, resin, rinse, risen, ruins, runes, serin, sieur, siren, urine. | |
-2 letters: erns, ires, rein, reis, rins, rise, rues, ruin, rune, runs, ruse, sine, sire, suer, sure, urns, user. | |
-3 letters: ens, ern, ers, ins, ire, nus, rei, res, rin, rue, run, sei, sen, ser, sin, sir, sri, sue, sun, uns, urn, use. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: burnies, infuser, injures, insured, insurer, insures, mureins, murines, nutsier, purines, requins, reusing, ruiners, suberin, sunnier, sunrise, triunes, uniters, unrisen, unwiser, uprisen, urinose. | |
+2 letters: aneurins, aneurism, anuresis, brucines, coinsure, denarius, dourines, enquires, ensuring, enuresis, esurient, gunfires, incisure, incurves, inducers, infusers, inhumers, injurers, injuries, inquires, inrushes, insecure, insulter, insureds, insurers, intrudes, junipers, monsieur, neurines, neuritis, neurosis, numerics, penuries, perusing, pruinose, punisher, purlines, recusing, refusing, refusnik, reincurs, reinfuse, reinsure, rescuing, resinous, resuming, resupine, retinues, reunions, reunites, rheniums, routines, ruinates, runniest, runtiest, sciurine, securing, seigneur, senarius, sinecure, snoutier, snubbier, snuffier, sourdine, souvenir, spunkier, squinter, squireen, suberins, sundries, sunrises, supering, suzerain, taurines, terminus, tribunes, turbines, uneasier, unifiers, universe, unmiters, unmitres, unraised, unrinsed, unripest, unsicker, uranides, uranites, urbanise, uredines, uridines, urinates, ushering, venturis. | |
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