Pectinate

  

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Pectinate

Definition: Pectinate

Pectinate

Adjective

1. Like a comb.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definitions: Pectinate

DomainDefinitions

Chemistry

Salt of pectinic acid. Source: European Union. (references)

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Synonym: Pectinate

Synonym by domain: pectinated (european union, chemistry).

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Crosswords: Pectinate

English words defined with "pectinate": Comb-shapedMermaid weedPectinate claw, Pectinated, Pectinately. (references)
Specialty definitions using "pectinate": ciliary canal. (references)
Etymologies containing "pectinate": Pecten, Peignoir. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Pectinate

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Expression: Pectinate

Expression using "pectinate": pectinate claw. Additional references.

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Modern Translations: Pectinate

Language Translations for "pectinate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏مشطى. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

с гребенообразни образувания. (various references)

   

Danish

  

pectinat. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pectinaat. (various references)

   

French

  

pectinate, pectiné. (various references)

   

German

  

Pektinat. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κτενοειδήσ, πηκτινική ένωση. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מסרקי (comb-like). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

fésûszerû. (various references)

   

Italian

  

pectinato. (various references)

   

Manx

  

kereagh (ctenoid, serrated, waxen, waxy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ectinatepay

   

Portuguese

  

pectinato. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

гребешковый. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

grebenast (ridged, ridgy), češljast. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pectinato. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

pektinera. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tarak şekli. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

гребінчастий (cristate, pectinated), зчіплюватися (gear). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Pectinate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-n-p-t-t"

-1 letter: patience, pittance.

-2 letters: nictate, patient, pectate, picante, tetanic.

-3 letters: acetin, apiece, apneic, catnip, cattie, centai, cetane, enatic, entice, incept, intact, pantie, patent, patine, pattee, patten, pattie, pecten, pectin, petite, pineta, tenace, teniae, tentie, tipcat.

-4 letters: actin, antic, attic, eaten, enact, enate, entia, epact, etape, inapt, inept, niece, paint, panic, paten, patin, peace, pecan, pence.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-n-p-t-t"
 

+2 letters: centripetal, expectation, pacesetting, parenthetic.

 

+3 letters: expectations, inspectorate, pathogenetic.

 

+4 letters: antiepileptic, antipesticide, centripetally, contemplative, contraceptive, decrepitating, decrepitation, expectational, expectorating, expectoration, inspectorates, interparticle, letterspacing, parenthetical, pertinacities, preanesthetic.

 

+5 letters: antiepileptics, contemplatives, contraceptives, decrepitations, electroplating, epicontinental, exceptionality, expectorations, intercorporate, letterspacings, nontherapeutic, pancreatitides, pectinesterase, pneumaticities, preanesthetics.

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Alternative Orthography: Pectinate


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 65 63 74 69 6E 61 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#101 &#99 &#116 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0065 0063 0074 0069 006E 0061 0074 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

507169867580678671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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