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Definition: PREMAXILLA |
PREMAXILLANoun1. A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillae become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone. |
Etymology: Premaxilla \Pre"max*il"la\, noun; plural Premaxill[ae]. [New Latin expression. See Pre-, and Maxilla.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PREMAXILLA |
| English words defined with "PREMAXILLA": Intermaxilla ♦ Praemaxilla, Premaxillae, Premaxillary. (references) |
| "PREMAXILLA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PREMAXILLA" is used about 16 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) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "PREMAXILLA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | premaxilar. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PREMAXILLA": premaxillae, premaxillaries, premaxillary. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PREMAXILLA" (pronounced 'Pre"max*il"la'): Ala, Algarovilla, Ampulla, Angola, Armilla, Arolla, Axilla, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Bulla, Cabrilla, Calcavella, Calla, Camarilla, Canella, Capella, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Columbella, Columella, Coronilla, Fibrilla, flotilla, Fovilla, Fringilla, gala, Gentianella, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, guerilla, Gula, koala, lamella, Lirella, Locustella, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-l-m-p-r-x" | |
-2 letters: armillae, maxillae, preaxial. | |
-3 letters: armilla, axillae, axillar, impaler, impearl, lempira, maxilla, pallier, palmier, perilla. | |
-4 letters: aerial, alexia, ampler, axilla, earlap, impala, impale, lamiae, limper, mailer, mallei, miller, paella, paleal, palier, pallia, palmar, palmer, pillar, plexal, prelim, premix, primal, realia, remail, rimple. | |
-5 letters: aimer, alarm, ample, areal, ariel, axial, axile, email, ileal, iller, impel, laari. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-l-m-p-r-x" | |
+1 letter: premaxillae. | |
+2 letters: premaxillary. | |
+4 letters: premaxillaries. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 45 4D 41 58 49 4C 4C 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . -- .- -..- .. .-.. .-.. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01000101 01001101 01000001 01011000 01001001 01001100 01001100 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R E M A X I L L A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 0045 004D 0041 0058 0049 004C 004C 0041 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50523947355843464635 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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