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PRONUNCIATION OF SECRETIONARY

secretionary  [sɪˈkriːʃənərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SECRETIONARY

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

WHAT DOES SECRETIONARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of secretionary in the English dictionary

The definition of secretionary in the dictionary is of or relating to secretion.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SECRETIONARY


ablutionary
əˈbluːʃənərɪ
cautionary
ˈkɔːʃənərɪ
coevolutionary
ˌkəʊiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
concretionary
kənˈkriːʃənərɪ
convolutionary
ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃənərɪ
counter-revolutionary
ˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
diversionary
daɪˈvɜːʃənərɪ
elocutionary
ˌeləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
evolutionary
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
extortionary
ɪkˈstɔːʃənərɪ
illocutionary
ˌɪləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
incretionary
ɪnˈkriːʃənərɪ
institutionary
ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənərɪ
locutionary
ləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
macroevolutionary
ˌmækrəʊˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
perlocutionary
ˌpɜːləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
precautionary
prɪˈkɔːʃənərɪ
reversionary
rɪˈvɜːʃənərɪ
revolutionary
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
substitutionary
ˌsʌbstɪˈtjuːʃənərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SECRETIONARY

secretaries-general
secretary
secretary bird
secretary of state
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
Secretary of State for Scotland
secretary to the board
secretary-general
secretaryship
secrete
secretin
secretion
secretional
secretive
secretively
secretiveness
secretly
secretness
secretor
secretory

WORDS THAT END LIKE SECRETIONARY

accretionary
cardiopulmonary
confectionary
coronary
data dictionary
dictionary
discretionary
exclusionary
expansionary
expeditionary
inflationary
missionary
nonstationary
ordinary
post-Revolutionary
probationary
pulmonary
reactionary
revisionary
stationary
visionary

Synonyms and antonyms of secretionary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «secretionary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SECRETIONARY

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

Translator English - Chinese

secretionary
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

secretionary
570 millions of speakers

English

secretionary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

secretionary
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

secretionary
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

secretionary
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

secretionary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

secretionary
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

secretionary
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rahsia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

secretionary
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

secretionary
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

secretionary
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekretaris
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

secretionary
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

secretionary
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्रेक्रेशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

secretionary
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

secretionary
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

secretionary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

secretionary
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

secretionary
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

secretionary
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

secretionary
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

secretionary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sekret
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of secretionary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SECRETIONARY»

The term «secretionary» is used very little and occupies the 158.867 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SECRETIONARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «secretionary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «secretionary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECRETIONARY»

Discover the use of secretionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to secretionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Monthly Bulletin of the State Plant Board of Florida
Figure 16 A shows the exuviae as central or subcentral (nearly central) with the secretionary portion around them and illustrates such as the Florida Red, San Jose, Dictyospermum and Latania Scales. Figure 16 B shows the exuviae as ...
‎1922
2
Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America, Series III
Buried beneath bark flakes, the small secretionary scale and exuviae covering merely the attenuated posterior extremity of the adult female, the secretionary scale dark brown. Scale of the male not recognized. RECOGNITION CHARACTERS.
Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America, Series III
3
The Solomon Islands and their natives
On the one hand, there are those who hold that this substance is a secretionary product : on the other hand, the opinion is held that the nest is constructed of a vegetable matter, usually resulting from the growth of a microscopic alga, which is ...
Henry Brougham Guppy, 1887
4
Oceanology
All the species were secretionary, with the small species Brizalina costata dominant. At station 285 (depth of 50 m), the sediment consisted of pelitic jellylike greenish-black ooze with fish bones, shells, and a sharp odor of H28, 3.65% Corg, ...
‎1974
5
Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The study yielded data on the general quantitative distribution of secretionary benthic, agglutinating and plankton foraminifers in the surface layer of sediments throughout the eastern Mediterranean. _ . ' “Ml ~ Kithira Andildtliira Z' Z I _ E__ 1)  ...
‎1966
6
A Classification of the Higher Groups and Genera of the ...
... the body adjacent to the clusters of specialized spines, with some more heavily chitinized, quadrilocular disk pores in and near the spine clusters over the dorsal surface and in rows outlining the spine cluster supporting the secretionary tufts, ...
Harold Morrison, 1928
7
Bulletin
1A. — Scale of female with oxuviae tWO Shed SKinS (eXUViae), central: a. first exuvia: b. second exuvia; c. *« j-i • i , i secretionary covering. forms the insect's sea e or □,•,„=,,,,,., Fig. IB. — Scale of female with exuviae tcr- (An exception mina': ...
State Plant Board of Florida, 1953
8
Hemiptera reprints
Leonardi., Mon. Cocc. Ital. p. 207 (1920). Scale of adult female in Egyptian examples large, approximately circular, opaque white and not very convex. Pellicles small and straw coloured. Secretionary covering very thin and transparent giving a ...
‎1962
9
The Monthly Bulletin ... of the State Plant Board of Florida
Figure 16 A shows the exuviae as central or subcentral (nearly central) with the secretionary portion around them and illustrates such as the Florida Red, San Jose, Dictyospermum and Latania Scales. Figure 16 B shows the exuviae as ...
State Plant Board of Florida, 1922
10
Bulletin
(An eXCeiDtioll minal: d. first exuvia; e. second exuvia; f, " secretionary covering. to this procedure is found in the case of Praecocaspis diversa Ferris, which scale- insect secretes its covering immediately after the first larval exuvia is formed.) ...
‎1953

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SECRETIONARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term secretionary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wimal's lone flight to his castle in the air
Wimal's musth started setting in early May this year, the seasonal summer time in which such secretionary spurts have been observed to occur in his behavioral ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Aug 14»

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