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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PILEOUS

Ultimately from Latin pilus a hair.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PILEOUS

pileous  [ˈpaɪlɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PILEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pileous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PILEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pileous in the English dictionary

The definition of pileous in the dictionary is of or relating to hair.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PILEOUS


alias
ˈeɪlɪəs
antibilious
ˌæntɪˈbɪlɪəs
Aurelius
ɔːˈriːlɪəs
bilious
ˈbɪlɪəs
coleus
ˈkəʊlɪəs
Delius
ˈdiːlɪəs
golias
ˈɡəʊlɪəs
Heraclius
hɛˈræklɪəs
ileus
ˈɪlɪəs
Lucilius
luːˈsɪlɪəs
micronucleus
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈnjuːklɪəs
nucleus
ˈnjuːklɪəs
pileus
ˈpaɪlɪəs
punctilious
pʌŋkˈtɪlɪəs
reptilious
rɛpˈtɪlɪəs
Sibelius
sɪˈbeɪlɪəs
sibilous
ˈsɪbɪlɪəs
soleus
ˈsɒlɪəs
supercilious
ˌsuːpəˈsɪlɪəs
Vesalius
vɪˈseɪlɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PILEOUS

pile cap
pile dwelling
pile it on
pile on the agony
pile shoe
pile up
pile-driver
pile-up
pilea
pileate
pileated
pilei
pileless
pileorhiza
piler
piles
pileum
pileus
pilework
pilewort

WORDS THAT END LIKE PILEOUS

advantageous
aqueous
ceruleous
courageous
courteous
cutaneous
erroneous
gaseous
gorgeous
heterogeneous
hideous
homogeneous
instantaneous
miscellaneous
outrageous
petroleous
righteous
simultaneous
spontaneous
subcutaneous

Synonyms and antonyms of pileous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pileous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PILEOUS

Find out the translation of pileous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pileous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pileous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pileous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pileous
570 millions of speakers

English

pileous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pileous
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

pileous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pileous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

piloso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pileous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de poil
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pileous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pileous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pileous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pileous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pileous
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

pileous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pileous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाजूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pileous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pileous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pileous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pileous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pileous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θυσανοειδές
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

pileous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

pileous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pileous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pileous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PILEOUS»

The term «pileous» is barely ever used and occupies the 193.814 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PILEOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pileous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILEOUS»

Discover the use of pileous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pileous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : ...
PILEOUS. PILEOUS — PILL. PILL — TILVLM. 719 Pilule npiatae —. 747 nutmeg and of sassafras, and of a spicy pungent taste. The medical properties are the same as those of other aromatics. Fur the bark, see Pe- ehurim cortex. PICK, ( from ...
Robley Dunglison, 1868
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Disease Dynamics
The cancers which have the biggest size are the tubular and pileous new growth types and cancers II-IV. There are many reasons for tumor development, but a crucial role is played by local factors: the state of the mucous membrane, the ...
A. L. Asachenkov, 1994
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Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, ...
Robley DUNGLISON. PICHURIM BEANS—PILEOUS. 747 _._..°'._ nutmeg and of sassafras, and of a spicy, pungent taste. The medical properties are the same as those of other aromatics. For the bark, sec Pechurim cortex. PICK, (from pukc,) ...
Robley DUNGLISON, 1865
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Homophones and Homographs: An American Dictionary, 4th ed.
... (see pial) pileous hairy pileus an umbrellashaped upper cap of many fungi; a cloud resembling a cap that sometimes appears above and partially obscures the bulging top of a cumuluscloud piler (see pilar) pileus (see pileous) piley havinga  ...
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order; with ...
The close alliance in sense of these words one to another is obvious from the abtwe explanation; pilevus is applicable to one's external expression of bodily or mental pain; a child makes pileous lamentations when it suffers for hunger, or has ...
George Crabb, 1824
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International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
Obstruction and infection of pileous follicles in the area, facilitated by repetitive microtraumata produced during physical exercise or motorcycle riding, together with deficient hygiene, tight clothes, etc. /3,4/. 3. More frequent occurrence of sinus ...
‎1989
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Both Flesh and Not: Essays
Pilous's ownsimilarity to pileous is not deceptive,since the latter, a medical adjective, means “consisting of or pertaining tohair”;e.g., certainhair intensive cancerous growthsare classified as pileous tumors. Onthe otherhand, pileous tumors are ...
David Foster Wallace, 2012
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The Works of Shakspeare; from the Text of Johnson, Steevens, ...
He envieth so much that man should have that stone.” LvPTos's NOTABLE Tnrscs. " To the which late a r s uester'd stag Did come to languish PM '4 -—-— aml the big round tears, Cours'd one (mother down his innocent nose In pileous chosa.
William Shakespeare, W. Harvey, 1825
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The Fair Penitent. A Tragedy
... Just ere we parted, as I seal'd my vows With rapture on her lips, I found her cold, As a dead lover's statue on his tomb; A rising storm of passion shook her breast, Her eyes a pileous show'r of tears let fall, And sCENE 1. THE FAIR PENITENT.
Nicholas Rowe, Charles Dibdin, John Till Allingham, 1815
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Weekly Orthodox Journal of Entertaining Christian Knowledge
... fear and horror shook, [pnin, At every wound she writh'd with deadly Her pileous eye express'd in every look Her woes too big for nature to sustain. Ah ! say what mortal could unmov'd behold Christ's sweetest Mother thus with grief opprest?
‎1832

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PILEOUS»

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The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 10/11/13
... pat on the band's debut, a half-hour of unironic existential caterwaul that also nods to Sabbath, Hawkwind, Mountain, and their pileous ilk. «Village Voice, Oct 13»
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Competitive bearding isn't tough if you have tuft enough
From pileous pork chop sideburns to fleecy faces full of fur, beards have become a wild and woolly way to stand out. It's as if some guys are ... «San Antonio Express, Oct 12»
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Richard Herring: I finally understand the phrase 'over the hill'
The pileous idiot. I ignored the rooftop protest and dealt with the situation with callous brutality, by pulling the rebel out and throwing it down the ... «Metro, Jul 12»

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