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Definition: Wrist Watch |
Wrist WatchNoun1. A watch that is worn strapped to the wrist. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Wrist WatchSynonym: wristwatch (n). (additional references) |
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Clever | You are an engineer if your wrist watch has more buttons than a telephone. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Language | Translations for "wrist watch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | orë dore (wristlet watch). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ръчен часовник (wristlet watch). (various references) | |
Chinese | 手表 . (various references) | |
Czech | náramkové hodinky (wristlet watch). (various references) | |
Danish | armbaandsurkasse med trykknapper (wrist watch case with push-piece), armbaandsurkasse (wrist watch case). (various references) | |
Finnish | rannekello. (various references) | |
French | montre bracelet (wrist-watch), bracelet montre (wristwatch). (various references) | |
German | armbanduhr (watch, wristwatch). (various references) | |
Greek | Οι μετρήσεις που έγιναν με τη βοήθεια ενός μετρητή έδειξαν κατ ευθείαν στα τοιχώματα του γυαλιού μία δόση που αντιστοιχούσε περίπου στην α (a counter gave dose readings directly at the glass wall which corresponded roughly to the radiation from the luminous figures on a wrist watch). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שעון י". (various references) | |
Hungarian | karóra (watch, wristlet watch, wristwatch, wrist-watch). (various references) | |
Italian | misure effettuate con un contatore direttamente sull'involucro di vetro hanno indicato unadose corrispondente approssimativamente a quella del quadrante di un orologio fosforescente (a counter gave dose readings directly at the glass wall which corresponded roughly to the radiation from the luminous figures on a wrist watch), cassa braccialetto con pulsante (wrist watch case with push-piece), cassa braccialetto (wrist watch case). (various references) | |
Manx | ooreyder laue. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | istwray atchway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | o contador mediu doses na parede de vidro que correspondem aproximadamente radiação do visor luminoso de um relógio de pulso (a counter gave dose readings directly at the glass wall which corresponded roughly to the radiation from the luminous figures on a wrist watch), caixa de pulso com botao (wrist watch case with push-piece), caixa de pulso (wrist watch case). (various references) | |
Romanian | ceas-brãţarã, ceas de mânã, ceas de brãţarã. (various references) | |
Russian | наручный часы, наручные часы (wristlet watch). (various references) | |
Spanish | reloj de pulsera (watch, wristwatch, wrist-watch). (various references) | |
Turkish | kol saati (watch, wristlet watch, wristwatch). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: wristwatch. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-r-s-t-t-w-w" | |
-2 letters: chartist. | |
-3 letters: astrict, athirst, cattish, rattish, tachist, tartish, thwarts, trishaw, whatsit, wraiths. | |
-4 letters: airths, artist, attics, chairs, charts, crista, crwths, rachis, racist, rawish, starch, static, stitch, strait, strath, strati, strict, swarth, swatch, switch, thirst, thraws, thwart, tracts, traits, triacs, twitch, wraith, wraths. | |
-5 letters: airth, airts, aitch, astir, attic, carts, chair, chars, chart, chats, chaws. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-r-s-t-t-w-w" | |
+2 letters: wristwatches. | |
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