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Atavist

Definition: Atavist

Atavist

Noun

1. An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism.

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


Synonym: Atavist

Synonym: throwback (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Atavist

English words defined with "atavist": atavisticthrowback. (references)

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Modern Translation: Atavist

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

Russian 

  

атавист. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

atacı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Atavist

Derivations

Words beginning with "atavist": atavistic, atavistically, atavists. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Atavist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alawist, atavis, atavise, atavista. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Atavist

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-i-s-t-t-v"

-2 letters: avast, vista, vitta.

-3 letters: aits, sati, stat, tats, tavs, tits, vasa, vast, vats, visa, vita.

-4 letters: aas, ais, ait, att, ava, its, sat, sit, tas, tat, tav, tis, tit, vas, vat, via, vis.

-5 letters: aa, ai, as, at, is, it, si, ta, ti.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-s-t-t-v"
 

+1 letter: atavists.

 

+2 letters: activates, aestivate, atavistic, cavitates.

 

+3 letters: activators, aestivated, aestivates, captivates, gravitates, lovastatin, starvation.

 

+4 letters: abstractive, activations, adventitias, aestivating, aestivation, assortative, bodhisattva, captivators, cavitations, deactivates, devastating, devastation, devastative, inactivates, lovastatins, reactivates, starvations, translative, vacationist, vaticinates.

 

+5 letters: adaptivities, aestivations, alternatives, antivitamins, boddhisattva, bodhisattvas, captivations, deactivators, devastations, gravitations, salvationist, substantival, vacationists, vasoactivity, vaticinators, visitatorial.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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