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Definition: MACTRA |
MACTRANoun1. Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam, under Surf. |
Etymology: Mactra \Mac"tra\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression kneading trough, from to knead.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: MACTRA |
| English words defined with "MACTRA": Hen clam ♦ Sea clam ♦ Trough-shell. (references) |
Expressions using "MACTRA": Mactra or Spisula solidissima ♦ Mactra solidissima ♦ Mactra stultorum. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "MACTRA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | glat trugmusling (smooth mactra), en art musling (hen clam, smooth mactra, South American rock mussel). (various references) | |
Dutch | gladde strandschelp (smooth mactra). (various references) | |
Finnish | vinohammassimpukka-laji (hen clam, smooth mactra). (various references) | |
French | mactre lisse (smooth mactra), \MAG (smooth mactra). (various references) | |
German | Glatte Mactra (smooth mactra). (various references) | |
Greek | γυαλιστερή (hard clam, smooth mactra). (various references) | |
Italian | madia glabra (smooth mactra). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | actramay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ameijola lisa (smooth mactra), ameijóla lisa (smooth mactra). (various references) | |
Spanish | mactra lisa (smooth mactra). (various references) | |
Swedish | glattmussla (smooth mactra). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Mactra glabrata. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "MACTRA" (pronounced 'Mac"tra'): Calyptra, Chittra, Conistra, Contra, Dicentra, Fenestra, Foutra, mantra, Mostra, Palestra, Solenogastra, Sutra, Tantra. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: amtrac, tarmac. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-m-r-t" | |
-1 letter: carat. | |
-2 letters: acta, atma, cart, cram, maar, marc, mart, tram. | |
-3 letters: act, ama, arc, arm, art, cam, car, cat, mac, mar, mat, ram, rat, tam, tar. | |
-4 letters: aa, am, ar, at, ma, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-m-r-t" | |
+1 letter: amtrack, amtracs, marcato, tarmacs, tramcar. | |
+2 letters: achromat, amtracks, aromatic, crabmeat, dramatic, macerate, racemate, tamarack, trachoma, trackman, tramcars. | |
+3 letters: achromats, amaurotic, aromatics, campcraft, carbamate, catamaran, crabmeats, craftsman, demarcate, dramatics, macerated, macerates, macerator, marcasite, matriarch, mercaptan, metacarpi, pragmatic, racemates, sacrament, sarcomata, tamaracks, trachomas, traumatic. | |
+4 letters: achromatic, antiracism, bacteremia, camorrista, campcrafts, campestral, camphorate, carbamates, catamarans, charismata, comparator, crematoria, demarcated, demarcates, lacrimator, macerating, maceration, macerators, machinator, magistracy, malefactor, marcasites, masticator, matchboard, matchmaker, matriarchs, matriarchy, matricidal, mercaptans, metacarpal, metacarpus, morganatic, pancratium, parametric, pharmacist, pragmatics, sacraments, scleromata, tarmacadam, ultramafic, undramatic, watchmaker. | |
+5 letters: accumulator, achromatism, achromatize, antechamber, antiracisms, aromaticity, astrocytoma, bacteremias, calumniator, camphorated, camphorates, caprolactam, carcinomata, carminative, catadromous, charismatic, comparatist, comparative, comparators, craftsmanly, craftswoman, declamatory, demarcating, demarcation, diametrical, dramaturgic, emancipator, emasculator, exclamatory, grammatical, impractical, lachrymator, lacrimation, lacrimators, macerations, machinators, macrogamete, malefactors, malpractice, manufactory, manufacture, marketplace, masticators, masticatory, matchboards, matchmakers, matriarchal, matriculant, matriculate, merchantman, metacarpals, multiracial, nonaromatic, nondramatic, pancratiums, paramountcy, pharmacists, pragmatical, reclamation, sacramental, sarcomatous, scattergram, spermatheca, tarmacadams, tetradrachm, ultravacuum, watchmakers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 41 43 54 52 41 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -.-. - .-. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000001 01000011 01010100 01010010 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M A C T R A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0041 0043 0054 0052 0041 |
| 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)473537545235 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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