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Definitions: Vehicle |
VehicleNoun1. A conveyance that transports people or objects. 2. A medium for the expression or achievement of something; "his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views"; "a congregation is a vehicle of group identity". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vehicle" was first used: 1612. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Transportation | Any motor vehicle intended for use on the road, with or without bodywork, having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h, and its trailers, with the exception of vehicles which run on rails and of agricultural tractors and machinery. Source: European Union. (references) |
Aerospace | Specifically, a structure, machine, or device, such as an aircraft or rocket, designed to carry a burden through air or space; more restrictively, a rocket vehicle.This word has acquired its specific meaning owing to the need for a term to embrace aircraft, rockets, and all other flying craft, and has more currency than other words used in this meaning. See launch vehicle. (references) |
Chemical Industry | The sum total of the constituents of the liquid phase of the paint. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemistry | Natural and synthetic resins with the ability to retain their adhesiveness after thickening. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To ride in a vehicle while dreaming, foretells threatened loss, or illness. To be thrown from one, foretells hasty and unpleasant news. To see a broken one, signals failure in important affairs. To buy one, you will reinstate yourself in your former position. To sell one, denotes unfavorable change in affairs. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | Any rolling-stock component unit, either motor or trailer. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | The non-volatile part of the medium which forms the film and binds the pigment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | A self-propelled, boosted, or towed conveyance for transporting a burden on land or sea or through air or space. See also air cushion vehicle; amphibious vehicle; combat vehicle; commercial vehicle; ground effect machine; remotely piloted vehicle; special-equipment vehicle; special-purpose vehicle; substitute transport-type vehicle; transport vehicle. (references) |
Sports & Leisure | An object upstream of a parachute. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
| AT Vehicle | English | All Terrain Vehicle | Transportation |
| VERDI | English | Vehicle Electronics Research Defence Initiative | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrumentality | Noun: instrumentality; aid; subservience, subserviency; mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium, vehicle, hand; agency. |
Journey | Vehicle; automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter',trolley, locomotive; legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters. |
Vehicle | Noun: vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common carrier; wagon, waggon, wain, dray, cart, lorry. |
Motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan; wheels, sports car, roadster, gran turismo, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | But I'd be honored to escort you to your vehicle. (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) See? See? I'm right again. Nobody could've predicted that Dr. Grant would suddenly, suddenly jump out of a moving vehicle. (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton) I would like to commandeer this vehicle! (So I Married an Axe Murderer; writing credit: Robbie Fox.) Have ya been to the Motor Vehicle Bureau? (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) I prefer a vehicle that doesn't hurt Mother Earth. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Clever | A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it. (references; author: unknown) If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights? (references; author: unknown) | |
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Song Titles | Vehicle (performing artist: The Ides of March) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Motor vehicle accident scene.Credit: CDC. |  | XV-15 proof of concept vehicle.Credit: NASA. |
 | HAZMAT Suit, Pack, and Vehicle.Credit: NASA. |  | Bell Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV).Credit: NASA. |
 | Little Joe Launch Vehicle.Credit: NASA. |  | Astronaut Jim Irwin sets up the first Lunar Roving Vehicle during Apollo 15.Credit: NASA. |
 | Castle Rock looms out of the fog. Thiocal tracked vehicle on the right.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Cups for crevasse searching mounted in front of vehicle. Pitons for human probing for crevasses on Minnesota Camp to Byrd Station.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Tornado crushes and rolls farm vehicle, pinning it against a post.Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |  | Top of NSSL chase vehicle showing A/C unit, compass, and Global Positioning System.Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Mrs. Jameson | In the art of design, color is to form what verse is to prose, a more harmonious and luminous vehicle of thought. |
O.m. Mitchell | The Bible furnishes the only fitting vehicle to express the thoughts that overwhelm us when contemplating the stellar universe. |
Sir Humphrey Davy | Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | These letters were but the vehicle for gallantry and trick. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Why was this vehicle in this place in the street, one may ask? First to obstruct the lane, and then to complete its work of rust. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | But the principal difficulty was to raise and place me in this vehicle. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Fatal injury-from accidents, including motor vehicle fatalities, suffered while intoxicated. (references) | |
Approximately 50 percent of TBIs are the result of motor vehicle, bicycle, or pedestrian-vehicle incidents. (references) | ||
However, managed care could serve as a useful vehicle to develop coordinated care for people with dementia. (references) | ||
Business | The average vehicle age is approximately 11 years. (references) | |
It's considerably expensive to own a vehicle in Singapore. (references) | ||
The outlook for the Slovak vehicle market is quite uncertain. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | The attackers beat a member of the production crew and the driver of the vehicle transporting the team. (references) |
Burundi | On June 11, rebels killed one nun in an ambush on a vehicle in the area of Mutambara belonging to the Roman Catholic bishop of Bururi. (references) | |
Mali | Police routinely stop and check both citizens and foreigners to restrict the movement of contraband and to verify vehicle registrations. (references) | |
Economic History | Kenya | It also supports local motor vehicle assemblers. (references) |
Turkey | Presently, there are 19 vehicle producers in the Turkish market. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong's roads have one of the highest vehicle densities in the world. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nepal | RNA troops exchanged gunfire with the Maoists in the vehicle. (references) |
Afghanistan | One vehicle was taken from the compound by the unidentified armed men. (references) | |
Venezuela | Neighbors witnessed the injured victim being placed in a DISIP vehicle and driven away. (references) | |
Minorities | Bosnia and Herzegovina | On March 12, a bomb destroyed a vehicle belonging to a Bosniak IDP who was visiting his brother in Prijedor. (references) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | On January 16, in Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia, an explosion destroyed the car of a Bosniak returnee, damaging a nearby vehicle and shattering several windows. (references) | |
Political Economy | SINGAPORE | Excise taxes are levied on petroleum products and motor vehicles to restrict motor vehicle use. (references) |
Trade | Kuwait | The Kuwait government views its offset program as a major vehicle for attracting foreign investment to Kuwait. (references) |
Ukraine | If marked transit, the container or vehicle will be sealed by customs authorities and then customs cleared at its final destination. (references) | |
Armenia | Foreigners who temporarily enter Armenia can bring one vehicle with its trailer duty free on the condition that it must be taken with them when they leave. (references) | |
Travel | Chad | A four-wheel drive vehicle is recommended. (references) |
Costa Rica | One should never leave valuables in the vehicle. (references) | |
Maldives | In Male', vehicle traffic moves on the left (British style). (references) | |
Women | Saudi Arabia | Women risk arrest by the Mutawwa'in for riding in a vehicle driven by a male who is not an employee or a close male relative. (references) |
Worker Rights | Nauru | Most families live in simple but adequate housing, and almost every family owns some sort of motor vehicle. (references) |
Czech Republic | They were protesting against changes in the law on vehicle registration, which they claimed would hurt their businesses. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Global warming, and environmentalism in general, is just the vehicle liberals are driving to advance their overall agenda, which is anti-capitalism and big-government socialism. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | I have seen television grow from a parlor novelty to become the most powerful vehicle of communication in history. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Vehicle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.51% of the time. "Vehicle" is used about 4,108 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) | 99.51% | 4,088 | 2,406 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.34% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (common) | 0.12% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,108 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "vehicle": accident involving one vehicle only ♦ actual vehicle weight ♦ age of road vehicle ♦ air cushion vehicle ♦ air vehicle ♦ all purpose vehicle ♦ alternative fueled vehicle ♦ alternative fuelled vehicle ♦ ambulance vehicle ♦ amphibious vehicle ♦ amphibious vehicle launching area ♦ armored combat vehicle ♦ armored command vehicle ♦ armored fighting vehicle ♦ armored recovery vehicle ♦ armored vehicle ♦ armoured command vehicle ♦ armoured fighting vehicle ♦ armoured recovery vehicle ♦ armoured troop vehicle ♦ armoured vehicle ♦ articulated vehicle ♦ assisting vehicle ♦ automated vehicle identification ♦ automated vehicle operation ♦ automated vehicle safety read out ♦ automatic vehicle classification ♦ automatic vehicle identification ♦ automatic vehicle location ♦ automotive vehicle ♦ ballistic vehicle ♦ breakdown vehicle ♦ commercial vehicle ♦ commercial vehicle information systems network ♦ completed vehicle ♦ control configured vehicle ♦ diesel/electric hybrid vehicle ♦ fighting vehicle ♦ foreign road vehicle ♦ goods loaded on a rail vehicle ♦ goods loaded on a road vehicle ♦ goods unloaded from a road vehicle ♦ gross vehicle weight ♦ ground effect vehicle ♦ heavy goods vehicle ♦ high occupancy vehicle lane management ♦ infantry fighting vehicle ♦ insurance against material damage to a motor vehicle ♦ laden vehicle ♦ launch vehicle ♦ light vehicle ♦ long combination vehicle ♦ longer combination vehicle ♦ low emission vehicle ♦ military vehicle ♦ monospace vehicle ♦ motor vehicle ♦ motor vehicle examiner ♦ motor vehicle inspection ♦ motor vehicle insurance ♦ nuclear delivery vehicle ♦ paint vehicle ♦ passenger road motor vehicle ♦ place of disembarkment from a road vehicle ♦ place of embarkment on a railway vehicle ♦ place of embarkment on a road vehicle ♦ place of loading on a rail vehicle ♦ private owned vehicle ♦ public service vehicle ♦ ramshackle vehicle ♦ reconnaissance vehicle ♦ recovery vehicle ♦ recreational vehicle ♦ refuse collection vehicle ♦ remotely piloted vehicle ♦ rescue vehicle ♦ rough terrain vehicle ♦ saddlebag vehicle ♦ space vehicle ♦ special purpose road vehicle ♦ sport utility vehicle ♦ staff vehicle ♦ steerable vehicle system ♦ tactical vehicle ♦ test instrument vehicle ♦ towing vehicle ♦ track vehicle ♦ tracked landing vehicle ♦ tracked vehicle ♦ tractive vehicle ♦ vehicle antenna ♦ vehicle distance ♦ Vehicle Emissions ♦ vehicle floor ♦ vehicle licence duty ♦ vehicle location accuracy ♦ vehicle noise measurement ♦ vehicle noise test site ♦ vehicle presence detection ♦ vehicle registration document ♦ vehicle straddling the guideway. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "vehicle": vehicle-bridge, vehicle-carrying, vehicle-checkpoints, vehicle-kilometer, vehicle-kilometre, vehicle-licence, vehicle-like, vehicle-loving, vehicle-parts, vehicle-soil, vehicle-taking. | |
Ending with "vehicle": multi-vehicle. | |
| 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 "vehicle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | voertuig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mjet transporti (carrier, conveyance, transportation), mjet (agent, apparatus, device, engine, expedient, implement, instrument, intermedium, mean, means, medium, mode, modus, recipe, route, tool, touch, wherewithal), automjet (hovercraft, machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مركبة (car, carriage, coach, wagon), لعبة (cat's paw, game, merry go round, play, plaything, poppet, servant, tool, toy), واسطة نقل, عربة (car, chariot, conveyance, dolly, van, waggon, wagon), الحمال سائل تذوب فيه الأدوية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сухопътно превозно средство, спойка (binder, binding, cement, clincher, seal, seam, solder, weld), разтворител (dissolvent, menstruum, resolvent, solvent), комуникационно средство, носител (bearer, carrier, circulator, holder), проводник (conductor, leader, medium), изразно средство. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 车, 車輛 , '界 (medium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vozidlo (conveyance), vehikulum, prostředník (go between, in between, intermediary, intermediator, link, mediator, middle finger, middleman), povoz (waggon, wagon), pojidlo, přísada (addition, additive, admixture, dressing, ingredient), nositel (bearer, holder, wearer), dopravní prostředek (conveyance), šiřitel (circulator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | køretøj, vehikel (carrier substance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | voertuig, wagen (be bold, car, carriage, cart, chariot, dare, hazard, risk, trolley, truck, typewriter carriage, venture), vehikel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | veturilo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ناقل , وسیله نقلیه (Conveyance, Steed, Transport), حامل (Bearer, Carrier, Conveyer, Conveyor, Porter, Stave), رسانه (Medium), رسانگر, برندگر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ajoneuvo (conveyance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | voiture, véhicule (vehicular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vehikel (boneshaker, contraption, roadster, vehicles), Fahrzeug (car, craft, vessel, wheeler), Trägersubstanz (carrier substance), Träger (beam, bearer, braces, cantilever, carrier, carrier substance, carrier wave, carriers, charged particle, connector, crossbeam, girder, holder, institution, joist, launch vehicle, launcher, litter, porter, porters, promoter, representative, shoulder strap, sliding splined shaft, sluggishly, sponsor, strap, strecher, substrate, support, supporter, supporters, upholder, vector, wearer, winner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όχημα (carriage, coach, conveyance, vector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מכו ית (automobile, car, motor car), כלי רכב (car), רכב (carriage, chariot, transport, wagon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | közlekedési eszköz, jármû. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | reið. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | wahana (mode), tunggangan (carriage, mount, riding animal), kendaraan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | veicolo (carrier, medium, wheeler), mezzo (average, center, centre, equipment, half, instrumentality, mean, means, medium, mid, middle, midst, semi, the middle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 車 (car, wheel), '介物 (agency, carrier, medium), 乗物 , 乗り物 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くるま (car, jinrikisha, rickshaw, wheel), ばいかいぶつ (agency, carrier, medium), のりもの. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 차량. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | kendaraan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ymmyrkagh (bearer, carrier, carrier person, conveyor, haulage contractor; sustaining, haulier, portable, porter, transporter), carriads (cab, carriage, chaise, compartment, enforced labour), carbyd (bier, bus, cabin, coach, hearse, stretcher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papago | mo'o (head). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | vehíkulo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ehiclevay veículo (carrier, diluent, dilutant, medium, megrim, toy motor car), viatura (car, carriage), meio (average, center, centre, device, entr'acte, environment, environmental, expedient, half, handle, interment, mean, means, medium, middle, midst, navel, organ, remedy, resource, resources, surroundings, wherewith). (various references) vehicul (conveyance), mijloc (center, centre, depth, handle, instrumentality, mean, means, medium, method, middle, midst, resource, thick, waist, way). (various references) растворитель (dissolvent, menstruum, resolvent, solvent), транспортное средство, летательный аппарат (flier, flyer, flying machine), проводник (cicerone, conductor, guide, pilot, porter, trainman), перевозочное средство. (various references) vozilo (wheeler). (various references) veidulu. (various references) vehículo (carrier, diluent, dilutant, rail car, tow). (various references) gari. (various references) fordon (cart, conveyance, truck, Van), bindemedel (adhesive, adhesive medium, binder, binding agent, bonding, bonding agent, co-solvent, coupling agent, excipient), åkdon (carriage, cart, conveyance). (various references) sasakyán. (various references) pere'o'o. (various references) vasıta (agency, facility, instrumentality, medium, resource, stepping stone), taşıyıcı (bearer, carrier, contact, conveyer, conveyor, germ carrier, haulier, mover, transporter, vector), taşıt (conveyance, transport, transportation), araç (agent, appliance, facility, implement, instrument, means, medium, organ, tool, vehicular). (various references) вуличний рух (street traffic, travel), засіб пересування, автомобіль (auto, automobile, cabriolet, car, machine, motor car). (various references) xe (body, procession, tortile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | carrus, vehiculum. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | vâsha. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vehicle": vehicles. (additional references) | |
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"Vehicle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vehcile, vehcle, vehical, vehichle, vehiclie, vehivle, veichle, veihcle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vehicle" (pronounced vē"hikul or vē"ikul) |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, 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, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, 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, 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, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, 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, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, 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, 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, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, 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 "c-e-e-h-i-l-v" | |
-1 letter: lichee. | |
-2 letters: chiel, chile, chive, helve, leech, lieve. | |
-3 letters: ceil, eche, elhi, evil, heel, heil, hive, lech, lice, lich, live, veil, vice, vile. | |
-4 letters: cee, cel, chi, eel, eve, hic, hie, ice, ich, lee, lei, lev, lie, vee, vie. | |
-5 letters: eh, el, he, hi, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-i-l-v" | |
+1 letter: vehicles. | |
+2 letters: chevalier, cleverish. | |
+3 letters: achievable, chevaliers, cohesively. | |
+4 letters: overchilled. | |
| 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)56 65 68 69 63 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) ( |
