barnacles
Definitions
Noun
- Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
- European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "barnacles".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buttonholes | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | backpedals | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | balmorals | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | bluebottles | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | bojangles' | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | bookmobiles | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | boondoggles | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | brazzaville's | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | brooksville's | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | observables | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "barnacles".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | races | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | brace | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | barnes | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | braces | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | barns | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | oracles | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | brace's | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | bangles | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | tabernacle | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | barnacle | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | barnicle | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | barnas | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | bracelets | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | maracle | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | canales | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | bartles | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | barneys | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | branchlets | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | banalities | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | rales | 1 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "barnacles" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "barnacles" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "barnacles" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "barnacles".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 10
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Woman spends 92 days saving sea turtle covered in hundreds of barnacles: 'She doesn't even look like the same turtle'
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Scientists discover a completely new life form wreaking havoc on deep-sea sharks
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A New Trick to Keep Barnacles From Sticking to Ships (Published 2018)
Aug 27, 2018 The New York Times
Aug 27, 2018 The New York Times