Whiplike

Definition: Whiplike

Whiplike

Adjective

1. Having or resembling a flagellum or flagella.

Date "whiplike" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1887. (references)

"Whiplike" is a common misspelling or typo for: wisplike.

Synonyms: Whiplike

Synonyms: flagellate (adj), flagellated (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Whiplike

English words defined with "whiplike": Alopius vulpinus ♦ brittle star, brittlestar ♦ cutlassfish ♦ flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, fox shark, frost fish ♦ hairtail ♦ infinitesimal ♦ mastigophoran, mastigophore, microscopic, minute ♦ serpent star, stingray ♦ thrasher, thresher, thresher shark, titanosaur, titanosaurian ♦ whip snake, whipsnake. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Whiplike

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This parasitic roundworm infection of the large intestine often has no symptoms, but a doctor usually can diagnose it by examining the stool and finding whipworm eggs. Heavy infections may cause intermittent stomach pain, bloody stools, diarrhea, and weight loss. The name whipworm comes from the parasite's long, very thin, whiplike shape. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Whiplike

"Whiplike" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Whiplike" is used about 2 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%	2	245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Anagrams: Whiplike

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-h-i-i-k-l-p-w"
	-1 letter: hiplike.
	-3 letters: pilei, whelk, whelp, while.
	-4 letters: elhi, heil, help, hike, hili, kelp, kepi, kiwi, like, lipe, lwei, phew, pike, piki, pile, pili, plew, plie, whip, wile, wipe.
	-5 letters: elk, hep, hew, hie, hip, ilk, kep, khi, kip, lei, lek, lie, lip, peh, pew, phi, pie.
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