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Disinterment

Definition: Disinterment

Disinterment

Noun

1. The act of digging up something (especially a corpse) that has been buried.

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

Date "disinterment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)


Synonyms: Disinterment

Synonyms: digging up (n), exhumation (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Disinterment

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Interment

Exhumation, disinterment; necropsy, autopsy, post mortem examination; zoothapsis.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Disinterment

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

disinterment

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Disinterment

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

Arabic 

  

‏نبش (dig into, dig out, dig up, exhume, grub, make a hole in, rake, resurrect, revelation, scratch up, snoop, snooping, unearthing). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отравяне (intoxication, poisoning, sepsis), изравяне. (various references)

   

Danish

  

opgravning af affald (disinterment of the waste). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

درارودن ازقبر. (various references)

   

French

  

déterrement, exhumation. (various references)

   

German

  

Exhumierung (exhumation). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εκταφή (exhumation). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

penggalian (dig, excavation, quarying). (various references)

   

Italian

  

dissotterramento. (various references)

   

Manx

  

jee-oanluckey (disinter, exhumation, exhume). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isintermentday

   

Romanian

  

dezgropare (digging out, digging up, exhumation, resurrection), exhumare (exhumation, resurrection). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

afloración de residuos (disinterment of the waste). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

topraktan çıkarma, mezardan çıkarma (exhumation), mezardan çıkarılma, eşeleme. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự khai quật, sự đ o mả, sự đ o lên (exhumation). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Disinterment

Derivations

Words beginning with "disinterment": disinterments. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Disinterment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: disenterment, distinctement. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Disinterment

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-r-s-t-t"

-1 letter: determinist, dinnertimes, intermedins.

-2 letters: detriments, dinnertime, intermedin, interments, ministered, netminders.

-3 letters: detriment, enteritis, indenters, intenders, interment, intermits, internist, interties, intestine, netminder, retinites, sentiment, trendiest.

-4 letters: demerits, dentines, desinent, dimeters, dinettes, diriment, dirtiest, disinter, einstein, emitters, enmities, entities, indenter, inditers, inserted, insetted, insetter, intender, intenser, interest, interims, intermit, interned, internes, intertie, itemised, metritis, minister, mintiest.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: disinterments, indeterminist, reindictments.

 

+2 letters: determinations, indeterminists.

 

+3 letters: indeterministic, intermediations, underestimating, underestimation.

 

+4 letters: codeterminations, indeterminations, intermediateness, nondeterministic, redeterminations, underestimations.

 

+5 letters: disintermediation, indeterminateness, predeterminations.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Disinterment


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

44 69 73 69 6E 74 65 72 6D 65 6E 74

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)

01000100 01101001 01110011 01101001 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#105 &#115 &#105 &#110 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#109 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0069 0073 0069 006E 0074 0065 0072 006D 0065 006E 0074

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

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

387585758086718479718086

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Disinterment"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arabo, Arabish, arabic, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, búlgaro, bulgaristan ile ilgili, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danez, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, tiếng Đan-mạch

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, neamţ, alemán, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, greacã, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm

Indonesian

‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indoneser, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonesiano, Indoneesagh, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, italyanca, italyan

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcireрумънски език, румънски, румънец, rumæner, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, rumeno, Roomainagh, român, rumano

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, turco, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchвиетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnameser, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, englezesc, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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