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Definition: Distensible |
DistensibleAdjective1. Capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand; "the stomach is a distensible organ". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Distensible |
| English words defined with "distensible": bladder ♦ cormorant ♦ Distensibility ♦ pelican, Phalacrocorax carbo ♦ vesica. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "distensible": Cervical Ripening. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Distensible" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (distensible). |
| "Distensible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Distensible" is used about 3 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "distensible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i zgjerueshëm (expansible, expansive), i mufatshëm, i fryshëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قابل للنفخ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разтеглим, разширим (expansive), раздуваем, еластичен (ductile, elastic, pliable, resilient, rubbery, spongy, springy, stretch, stretchy, supple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | roztažitelný (tensile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | membran der kan forandre form (distensible membrane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | buigzaam membraan (distensible membrane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gonflable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | dehnbar (dilatable, ductile, elastic, expansive, flexible, malleable, stretchy, tensile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανασχηματιζόμενη μεμβράνη (distensible membrane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyújtható (ductile, malleable, tensile, tractile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dilatabile (expansive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | istensibleday dilatável (dilatable, dilative, expansible), elástico (elastic, pliable, pliant, rubber band, springy, supple). (various references) extensibil (expansible, extendible, extensible, tensile). (various references) растяжимый (dilatable, expansible, extendable, extendible, extensible, extensile, stretchable, tensile). (various references) rastegljiv (dilatable, dilative, ductile, expansible, flexible, tractile). (various references) distensible. (various references) elastisk (elastic, non-rigid, resilient, springy, stretchy). (various references) gerilebilir (stretchable, tensible, tensile), şişirilebilir (inflatable). (various references) розтяжний (dilatable, expansible, extendible, extensible, stretchable, tensile). (various references) có thể sưng ph"ng; có thể căng ph"ng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Distensible" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dispensible. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-i-i-l-n-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: densities, destinies, sidelines, stilbenes. | |
-3 letters: bilsteds, blindest, debtless, destines, enlisted, idleness, inedible, insisted, lenities, linseeds, listened, sensible, setlines, sideline, sienites, stibines, stilbene, tensible, tideless, tidiness, tinseled. | |
-4 letters: bedless, bedsits, besides, betides, betises, bilsted, bindles, blendes, blessed, blissed, deities, delists, densest, dentils, destine, diesels, dissent, distils, edibles, endites, endless, enisled, enisles, enlists, ensiled, ensiles. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-i-i-l-n-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: indigestibles. | |
+4 letters: defensibilities, indomitableness, indubitableness. | |
+5 letters: deliberativeness, disestablishment, dispensabilities, distensibilities, indisputableness, undesirabilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 74 65 6E 73 69 62 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... - . -. ... .. -... .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01101110 01110011 01101001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s t e n s i b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0074 0065 006E 0073 0069 0062 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875858671808575687871 |
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