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Alula

Definitions: Alula

Alula

Noun

1. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.

2. Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing.

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

Etymology: Alula \Al"u*la\, noun. [New Latin expression, diminutive of Latin ala wing.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Alula

Synonyms: bastard wing (n), calypter (n), spurious wing (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Alula

English words defined with "alula": Bastard wingFalse wingspurious wingWinglet. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Alula

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ras Alula and the Scramble for Africa: A Political Biography: Ethiopia & Eritrea 1875-1897 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

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

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Image Slideshow: Alula

Illustrations:
Alula

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alula

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  alula deki

88

  alula

12

  alula deki news online

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Alula

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

Manx

  

far-skian. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alulaay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Alula

Derivations

Words beginning with "alula": alulae, alular. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Alula"

Words rhyming with "alula" (pronounced 'Al"u*la'): Acanthocephala, Acicula, Actinula, Ala, Algarovilla, Ametabola, Ampulla, Amygdala, Angola, Anopla, Aquila, Archencephala, Archiblastula, Areola, Armilla, Arolla, Artiodactyla, Auricula, Axilla, Baggala, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Blastula, Bulla, Cabala, Cabrilla, Caffila, Calcavella, Calendula, Calla, Camarilla, Campanula, Canella, Cannicula, Cannula, Capella, Capitula, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Chrysocolla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Alula

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-l-l-u"

-2 letters: aal, ala, all.

-3 letters: aa, al, la.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-l-l-u"
 

+1 letter: alulae, alular.

 

+2 letters: alluvia, ampulla, aurally, clausal, lacunal, paludal, planula, valvula.

 

+3 letters: actually, alleluia, alluvial, ampullae, ampullar, annually, blastula, casually, caudally, causally, faunally, langlauf, laudable, laudably, manually, nauplial, planulae, planular, quillaia, quillaja, unialgal, valuable, valuably, valvulae, valvular.

 

+4 letters: acellular, alleluias, alluvials, ampullary, angularly, aquarelle, asexually, blastulae, blastulas, calculate, calendula, claustral, cuadrilla, factually, glandular, gradually, haustella, landaulet, langlaufs, laughable, laughably, naturally, palladium, palladous, quillaias, quillajas, tactually, ungallant, unsalable, vallecula, valuables.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Alula


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

41 6C 75 6C 61

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)

.-    .-..    ..-    .-..    .-

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

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

01000001 01101100 01110101 01101100 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#108 &#117 &#108 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006C 0075 006C 0061

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

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

3578877867

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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