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Definitions: Girasol |
GirasolNoun1. An opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors. 2. Tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Industry | A variety of opal which reflects red and yellow lights. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A name applied to many gemstones with a girasol effect, e.g., moonstone; specif. a translucent variety of "fire opal" with reddish reflections in bright light and a faint bluish-white floating light emanating from the center of the stone. b. adj. Said of any gem variety, e.g., sapphire, chrysoberyl, that exhibits a billowy, gleaming round or elongated area of light that "floats" or moves about as the stone is turned or as the light source is moved.c. A name for glass spheres used in the manufacture of imitation pearls. e.g., moonstone; specif. a translucent variety of "fire opal" with reddish reflections in bright light and a faint bluish-white floating light emanating from the center of the stone. b. adj. Said of any gem variety, e.g., sapphire, chrysoberyl, that exhibits a billowy, gleaming round or elongated area of light that "floats" or moves about as the stone is turned or as the light source is moved.c. A name for glass spheres used in the manufacture of imitation pearls. (references) |
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Synonym: GirasolSynonym: fire opal (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Jewelry | Diamond, brilliant, rock; beryl, emerald; chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; girasol, girasole; onyx, plasma; sard, sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, tourmaline, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby, synthetic ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois, turquoise; zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Girasol |
| English words defined with "girasol": Girasole Girasol. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "girasol": fibrous calcite ♦ ruby cat's eye ♦ sapphire cat's eye. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Girasol" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (sunflower). |
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Expression using "girasol": Girasole Girasol. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
girasol | 169 |
aceite de girasol | 6 |
de flor girasol | 5 |
flor girasol | 5 |
el girasol | 4 |
de girasol semilla | 4 |
aceite girasol | 4 |
cultivo de girasol | 3 |
de flores girasol | 3 |
cultivos girasol | 3 |
girasol hotel cancun | 3 |
girasol planta | 3 |
de fotos girasol | 2 |
de girasol semillas | 2 |
girasol sur | 2 |
girasol semilla | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "girasol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | ildopal (fire opal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vuuropaal (fire opal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گل افتاب پرست , عین الهر (Opal), عین الشمس . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | opale miellee, opale flamboyante, opale de feu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Feueropal (fire opal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυροπάλιος (fire opal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | opale di fuoco (fire opal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irasolgay opala de fogo (fire opal). (various references) opalo de fuego (fire opal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "girasol": girasole, girasoles, girasols. (additional references) | |
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"Girasol" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Girassol, Girikola, girosol, Guisasola. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: glorias. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: algors, argils, argols, glairs, gloria, gorals, grails, largos, sailor. | |
-2 letters: agios, algor, argil, argol, arils, gaols, girls, giros, glair, glias, goals, goral, grail, lairs, largo, laris, liars, liras, logia, loris, orals, ragis, rails, rials, roils, solar. | |
-3 letters: agio, ails, airs, also, aril, gals, gaol, gars, girl, giro, glia, goal, goas, lags, lair, lari. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: airglows, algorism, garboils, gasolier, girasole, girasols, goliards, gorillas, seraglio. | |
+2 letters: algorisms, dialogers, gasoliers, geraniols, girasoles, glamorise, kilograms, longhairs, marigolds, oligarchs, oligurias, originals, prodigals, regionals, seraglios. | |
+3 letters: aerologies, agrologies, algorithms, allegories, allegorise, allegorist, alligators, areologies, bricolages, cigarillos, flavorings, gastrolith, girandoles, gladiators, glamorised, glamorises, glamorizes, glossarial, glossaries, glossarist, glycosuria, graciously, granulosis, legislator, litigators, logarithms, moralising, neuroglias, organismal, paralogism, polarising, prolapsing, rigmaroles, rosemaling, seignorial, solarising, solarizing, sporangial, tailorings, trialogues, valorising. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 69 72 61 73 6F 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .. .-. .- ... --- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01101001 01110010 01100001 01110011 01101111 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G i r a s o l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0069 0072 0061 0073 006F 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41758467858178 |
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