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Definition: Ventricose |
VentricoseAdjective1. (biology; anatomy) having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: VentricoseSynonym: ventricous (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Adjective: convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting; Verb: bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy; clavate, clavated, claviform; hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform; papulous, papilose; hemispheric, bulbous; bowed, arched; bold; bellied; tuberous, tuberculous; tumous; cornute, odontoid; lentiform, lenticular; gibbous; club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ventricose |
| English words defined with "ventricose": Ventricose shell, ventricous. (references) |
Expression using "ventricose": Ventricose shell. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ventricose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Vietnamese | phá»"ng lên (bullate, inflated). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-n-o-r-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: contrives, erections, evections, neoterics, resection, secretion, virescent. | |
-2 letters: cointers, conserve, contrive, converse, converts, corniest, coteries, coveters, enticers, erection, esoteric, evection, eversion, evictors, investor, neoteric, nerviest, noticers, oneriest, orective, overnice, reinvest, revoices, secretin, seicento, serotine, sirvente, vertices, vortices. | |
-3 letters: cenotes, centers, centres, cerites, cervine, cistern, cistron, citrons, coesite, coiners, cointer, convert, cornets, cortins, corvees, corvets, corvine, costive, coterie, coverts, coveter, cretins, cronies, encores, enteric, enticer, entices, entires, entries, enviers, erosive, erotics, estrone, evictor, evinces, inverse, inverts, necrose, norites, noticer, notices, novices, oestrin, orceins, orients, overset, recites, recoins, renvois, restive, retines, revoice, revotes, scrieve, section, senecio, service, sincere, stonier, striven, tenrecs, tensive, tierces, trienes, vectors, veiners, venires, venters, veriest, verites, versine, version, vetoers, victors, voicers. | |
-4 letters: cenote, censer, censor, center, centos, centre, cerise, cerite, certes, cestoi, citers, citron, civets, coiner, conies, contes, cornet, corset, cortin, corvee, corves, corvet, cosier, cosine, coster, covens, covers, covert, covets, covins, cretin, crones, encore, enters, entice, entire, envier, envies, envois, eosine, erects, erotic, escort, estrin, events, everts, evicts, evince, evites, icones, incest, inerts, insect, insert, inters, intros, invert, invest, irones, nereis, nerves, nester, nestor, nicest, nieces, nieves, niters, nitres, nitros, noetic, norite, nosier, noters, notice, novice, orcein, orcins, orient, oscine, ovines, recent, recite, recoin, recons, rectos, reives, renest, rentes, renvoi, resect, resent, resite, reties, retine, revest, revets, revise, revote, rivets, scoter, screen, scrive, secern, secret, sector, seiner, senior, serein, serine, sinter, soever, soiree, sortie, soviet, stereo, steric, stiver, stoner, stover, strive, strove, tenors, tenrec, tenser, tensor, terces, ternes, tierce, tocsin, toners, tonics, tonier, tories, treens, trices, triene, triens, trines, triose, trones, troves, vector, veiner, venire, venose, venter, verist, verite, verset, verste, vetoer, vetoes, victor, vireos, voicer, voices, voters. | |
-5 letters: cense, cento, cents, ceres, ceros, cesti, cetes, cines, cions, cires, citer, cites, civet, coins, coirs, cones, conte, cores, corns, corse, coset, cosie, cotes, coven, cover, coves, covet, covin, crest, cries, crone, enter, envoi, eosin, erect, ernes, erose, escot, ester, evens, event, evert, evict, evite, icons, inert, inset, inter, intro, irone, irons, neist, nerts, nerve, never, neves, nicer, niece, nieve, niter, nites, nitre, nitro, noirs, noise, noris, noter, notes, onces, onset, ontic, orcin, ornis, osier, ovens, overs, overt, ovine, recon, recti, recto, reest, reins, reive, rente, rents, reset, resin, retie, revet, rices, rinse, riots, risen, rites, riven, rives, rivet, roset, rosin, rotes, rotis, roven, roves, scene, scent, scion, scone, score, scorn, scree, seine, senor, sente, senti, serin, serve, servo, seton, seven, sever, sieve, since, siree, siren, siver, sneer, snore, snort, sonic, steer, stein, steno. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-n-o-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: insectivore. | |
+2 letters: consecrative, conservative, conservatize, convertibles, counterviews, divorcements, eigenvectors, evisceration, insectivores. | |
+3 letters: conservatives, conservatized, conservatizes, conservatoire, controversies, conventiclers, eviscerations, interconverts, introspective, overreactions, oversecretion. | |
+4 letters: conservatively, conservatoires, conservatories, contraceptives, conventioneers, convertiplanes, deconstructive, decorativeness, nondescriptive, nondestructive, nonrestrictive, overdiscounted, overeducations, oversecretions, overstretching, preconventions, productiveness, protectiveness, reconstructive, ultraviolences. | |
+5 letters: comparativeness, convertibleness, cooperativeness, interconversion, introspectively, neoconservatism, neoconservative, nonconservative, noncreativities, obstructiveness, overcentralizes, overcommitments, overcorrections, overdecorations, overextractions, overmedications, overprotections, overspeculating, overspeculation, provocativeness, superconductive, superconvenient. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 6E 74 72 69 63 6F 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . -. - .-. .. -.-. --- ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101001 01100011 01101111 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e n t r i c o s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 006E 0074 0072 0069 0063 006F 0073 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56718086847569818571 |
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