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Definition: White Ant |
White AntNoun1. Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A member of the order Isoptera, which feeds on wood or the woody tissues of plants, directly or through symbiotic fungi or Protozoa. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: White AntSynonym: termite (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agent | Bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant; laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: White Ant |
| English words defined with "white ant": Duck ant. (references) |
| 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 |
white ant | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "white ant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | термит (termite, thermit, thermite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 白蟻 (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | termit (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | witte mier (termite), termiet (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | termiitti (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | termite pattes jaunes, termite, fourmi blanche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Termite (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λευκός μύρμηγκας (termite), λευκομύρμηξ, τερμίτης (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | termesz (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | laron (ant-fly, flying white ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | termite (termite), formica bianca (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 白蟻 (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しろあり (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itewhay antay térmite (termite, thermit, thermite), formiga branca (termite). (various references) termitã (termite). (various references) термит (termite, thermit, thermite). (various references) termitas (termite), termes (termite), hormigas blancas (termite). (various references) termit (termite, thermit, thermite). (various references) терміт (termite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Isoptera, Reticulitermes flavipes. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-n-t-t-w" | |
-2 letters: wahine, whiten. | |
-3 letters: entia, neath, taint, tawie, tenia, tenth, thane, thein, theta, thine, tinea, titan, tithe, twain, twine, wheat, whine, white, witan, withe. | |
-4 letters: anew, ante, anti, eath, etna, haen, haet, hant, hate, heat, hent, hewn, hint, hwan, neat, nett, newt, nite, tain, tate, teat, tent, teth, thae, than, that, thaw, then, thew. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-n-t-t-w" | |
+1 letter: antiwhite. | |
+3 letters: handwritten. | |
+4 letters: bantamweight. | |
+5 letters: bantamweights, mouthwatering. | |
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