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Definition: Mottling |
MottlingNoun1. The act of coloring with areas of different shades. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mottling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | Presence of irregularly shaped and randomly distributed areas of non-uniform appearance in colour, gloss or sheen. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Zones or bands of differing hue or depth of tint, sometimes resembling the markings on marble. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Mottling |
| English words defined with "mottling": Mosaic ♦ Spattle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mottling": chlorotic dwarf ♦ MOTTLER OPERATOR. (references) |
| "Mottling" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Mottling" is used about 7 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) | 57.14% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 42.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
mottling | 10 |
mottling skin | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "mottling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 呈杂色 (Mottled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | marmorering (marbling, mottle, mottle figure), perling (crawling, crystallization, mottle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | marmering (marbling), schiften/kralen (mottle), adering (marbling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | marmorointi (marbling), kirjavuus (diversity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | marbrure (mottle), marbrage, jaspage (mottle), effet moucheté (mottle), bigarrure (mottle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | marmorierend (marbling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στίγματα (stigmata), μαρμάρωση (marbling), μαρμάρωμα (marbling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mosaicatura (mottle), maculatura diffusa (mottle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ottlingmay mosqueamento (mottle), mosqueado (freaked, mottle, mottled, pepper-and-salt, powdered), marmoreado (fleck, marbling). (various references) jaspeado (marbled, marbling, mottled, variegated), efecto de mármol (marbling). (various references) marmorering (marbling, mottle, mottle figure), skäckighet (mottle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Mottling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Motlana, motting, mottlings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mottling" (pronounced mÄ"tuling) |
| 6 | -Ä" t u l i ng | bottling, throttling. |
| 5 | -t u l i ng | battling, belittling, chortling, disgruntling, dismantling, entitling, scuttling, settling, shuttling, totaling, totalling, unsettling. |
| 4 | -u l i ng | ambling, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, barreling, bicycling, boggling, bristling, bubbling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, bustling, cackling, canceling, cancelling, channeling, circling, coddling, commingling, counseling, cradling, crippling, crumbling, cycling, dabbling, dangling, dazzling, Dialing, disabling, doubling, dribbling, drizzling, dwindling, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, equaling, fizzling, fondling, fumbling, funneling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, groveling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hassling, hobbling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hustling, idling, imperiling, initialing, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, labeling, leveling, mangling, marshaling, meddling, middling, mingling, mislabeling, modeling, muddling, mumbling, muscling, nibbling, paddling, paneling, parceling, pedaling, peddling, piddling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quibbling, raveling, recycling, redoubling, refueling, remodeling, resembling, reshuffling, reveling, rippling, rivaling, ruffling, rumbling, saddling, scrambling, scribbling, shriveling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, spiraling, spiralling, squabbling, stapling, stenciling, strangling, struggling, stumbling, swiveling, tabling, tingling, tinkling, toppling, toweling, traveling, travelling, trembling, tripling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twinkling, unraveling, waggling, warbling, wiggling, wobbling, wrangling, wrinkling, yodeling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, beguiling, Belling, billing, blackmailing, boiling, Bolling, bowling, brawling, broiling, buckling, burgling, burling, cajoling, calling, Carling, ceiling, chilling, chronicling, chuckling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, crawling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, darling, dawdling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, drilling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, earthling, emailing, enrolling, entailing, entangling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, galling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, growling, hailing, handling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, holing, howling, hurling, hurtling, inhaling, inkling, installing, instilling, jailing, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, Marling, Melling, milling, mishandling, misspelling, mothballing, mulling, nailing, needling, nestling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, peeling, pickling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, quelling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, reeling, regaling, rekindling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruling, rustling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shuffling, sibling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squealing, stalling, starling, startling, stealing, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strickling, stripling, strolling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, Tilling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, trailing, trampling, trickling, trifling, trilling, trolling, twiddling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, wailing, walling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiling, willing, wrestling, yearling, yelling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-l-m-n-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: lotting, molting. | |
-2 letters: tiglon, toling, toting. | |
-3 letters: glint, ingot, lingo, tigon. | |
-4 letters: gilt, glim, glom, into, limn, limo, ling, lino, lint, lion, loin, long, loti, milo, milt, mint, mitt, moil, molt, mott, noil, omit, tilt, ting, tint, toil, toit, tong. | |
-5 letters: gin, git, got, ion, lin, lit, log, lot, mig, mil, mog, mol, mon, mot. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-l-m-n-o-t-t" | |
+3 letters: complotting. | |
+4 letters: entomologist, legitimation, multimegaton, nematologist. | |
+5 letters: antilogarithm, contemplating, entomologists, legitimations, multimegatons, nematologists, onomatologist, telecommuting. | |
| 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)4D 6F 74 74 6C 69 6E 67 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- - - .-.. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01110100 01110100 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o t t l i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0074 0074 006C 0069 006E 0067 |
| 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)4781868678758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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