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Definition: Anal |
AnalAdjective1. Of or related to the anus; "anal thermometer". 2. (psychoanalysis) a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "anal" was first used: 1769. (references) |
Note: Anal \A"nal\, adjective. [From Anus.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Having to do with the anus, which is the posterior opening of the large bowel. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Italian (anale). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| Anal. | English | Analysis | Chemistry, General |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Antonym: oral (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fastidiousness | Adjective: fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat, finical, finicky, demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal, difficult, dainty, lickerish, squeamish, thin-skinned; squeasy, queasy; hard to please, difficult to please; querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous; censorious; hypercritical; overcritical. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | So what's with anal probing (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon) Ready the anal probe (The Kids in the Hall; writing credit: Dave Foley; Bruce McCulloch) Yeah, that's the problem, you're occupying my air, anal probe (The Faculty; writing credit: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel) The only side effects are nause, impotence and anal leakage (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken) No, I can't go into a movie that's already started, because I'm anal. (Annie Hall; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Anal Dwarf (1971) El Kharij anal kanoun (1952) 2 Anal 4 U (2002) Young and Anal 24 (2002) Interracial Anal Vacation 2 (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | If the ventral brush is attached posteriorly to the saddle plate, or if the saddle does not encircle the anal segment completely, the genus is Aedes. Credit: CDC. |  | Coquillettida and Mansonia may be differentiated by characteristics of their anal segment, and their antennae. Credit: CDC. |
 | The anal segment of Coquillettidia does not bear prominent hair tufts on the ventral aspect of the saddle, although one or two small hairs may be present posteriorly, with 8 or more comb scales on the abdominal segment VIII in this genus. Credit: CDC. |  | VACTERL association or a nonrandom association of specific newborn abnormalities include to name a few, vertebral dysgenesis, anal defect, cardiac anomalies, tracheoesophageal fistulae, esophageal atresia, radial limb and renal anomalies. Credit: CDC. |
 | Anal Sex. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Normally, the anal muscle will relax. (references) | |
Discourage nail-biting and scratching bare anal areas. (references) | ||
Avoid anal intercourse, but if practiced, use a male condom. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Turkey | Commonly employed methods of torture reported by the HRF's treatment centers include: Systematic beatings; stripping and blindfolding; exposure to extreme cold or high-pressure cold water hoses; electric shocks; beatings on the soles of the feet (falaka) and genitalia; hanging by the arms; food and sleep deprivation; heavy weights hung on the body; water dripped onto the head; burns; hanging sandbags on the neck; near-suffocation by placing bags over the head; vaginal and anal rape with truncheons and, in some instances, gun barrels; squeezing and twisting of testicles; and other forms of sexual abuse. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Anal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.05% of the time. "Anal" is used about 528 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) | 99.05% | 523 | 11,665 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.57% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.38% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 528 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "anal": anal eroticism ♦ anal fin ♦ Anal Fissure ♦ Anal Fistula ♦ Anal fistulae ♦ Anal Gland Neoplasms ♦ anal intercourse ♦ anal orifice ♦ anal personality ♦ anal phase ♦ anal retentive ♦ anal retentive personality ♦ Anal Sacs ♦ anal sinuses ♦ anal sphincter ♦ anal stage ♦ stage I anal cancer ♦ stage II anal cancer ♦ stage III anal cancer ♦ stage IIIA anal cancer ♦ stage IIIB anal cancer ♦ stage IV anal cancer. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "anal": anal-fixation, anal-genital, anal-retentives, anal-sadistic. | |
Ending with "anal": pouch-anal. | |
Containing "anal": oral-aggressive-anal-retentive-come-and-see-me-five-times-a-week-for-years-at-vast-expense-or-how-do-i-know-you're-really-committed, oral-anal-phallic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
anal | 16,644 | anal sex pic | 422 |
sexo anal | 2,023 | anal toy | 406 |
anal teen | 1,210 | double anal | 399 |
anal destruction | 1,096 | anal pic | 391 |
anal fisting | 1,018 | anal cream pie | 382 |
anal sex free | 827 | anal bead | 372 |
gay anal | 809 | anal masturbation | 365 |
free anal | 771 | anal penetration | 364 |
anal asian | 701 | mature anal | 354 |
free anal sex picture | 696 | amateur anal | 348 |
free anal picture | 622 | anal gallery | 340 |
anal porn | 573 | anal cum | 334 |
gay anal sex | 558 | anal intercourse | 331 |
anal dildo | 538 | free anal movie | 308 |
anal lesbian | 532 | anal movie | 287 |
black anal | 518 | anal valley | 286 |
hardcore anal | 467 | xxx anal | 284 |
anal sex picture | 459 | anal girl | 276 |
anal virgin | 269 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "anal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | anaal. (various references) | |
Albanian | anal, i anusit. (various references) | |
Arabic | إسى, شرجي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | на ануса, анален. (various references) | |
Chinese | 肛门. (various references) | |
Czech | anální. (various references) | |
Danish | anal. (various references) | |
Dutch | anaal. (various references) | |
Esperanto | anala seksumo, bugro. (various references) | |
Farsi | مجاورمقعد, مربوطبه مقعد. (various references) | |
Finnish | anaalipapillit (anal papillae, papillae), ulosteenpidätyskyvyttömyys (anal sphincter incontinence, faecal incontinence, fecal incontinence, feces incontinence, rectal incontinence), peräaukon syylä (anal wart), peräaukon syöpä (anal cancer), incontinentia alvi (anal sphincter incontinence, faecal incontinence, fecal incontinence, feces incontinence, rectal incontinence). (various references) | |
French | anal. (various references) | |
German | anal. (various references) | |
Greek | πρωκτικός (rectal). (various references) | |
Hungarian | analis, végbél- (rectal). (various references) | |
Italian | anale. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | けつの穴 (ass, but, garish, gaudy, however). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | けつのあな (ass). (various references) | |
Korean | 항문 (Arse). (various references) | |
Manx | thoanney (rectum). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | analay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | anal. (various references) | |
Russian | заднепроходный, анальный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | analan. (various references) | |
Spanish | anal. (various references) | |
Swedish | anal-, anal. (various references) | |
Turkish | anal, anüsten yapılan, anüs ile ilgili. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | анальний. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Modern Latin | 1500-Modern | analis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "anal": analcime, analcimes, analcite, analcites, analecta, analects, analemma, analemmas, analemmata, analemmatic, analeptic, analeptics, analgesia, analgesias, analgesic, analgesics, analgetic, analgetics, analgia, analgias, analities, anality, anally, analog, analogic, analogical, analogically, analogies, analogist, analogists, analogize, analogized, analogizes, analogizing, analogous, analogously, analogousness, analogousnesses, analogs, analogue, analogues, analogy, analphabet, analphabetic, analphabetics, analphabetism, analphabetisms, analphabets, analysand, analysands, analyse. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "anal": artisanal, bacchanal, banal, canal, decanal, postanal, preanal, tetanal, tympanal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "anal": bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bacchanalians, bacchanalias, bacchanals, banalities, banality, banalize, banalized, banalizes, banalizing, banally, canaled, canalicular, canaliculi, canaliculus, canaling, canalise, canalised, canalises, canalising, canalization, canalizations, canalize, canalized, canalizes, canalizing, canalled, canaller, canallers, canalling, canals, cryptanalyses, cryptanalysis, cryptanalyst, cryptanalysts, cryptanalytic, cryptanalytical, electroanalyses, electroanalysis, electroanalytical, metanalyses, metanalysis, microanalyses, microanalysis, microanalyst, microanalysts, microanalytic, microanalytical, misanalyses, misanalysis. (additional references) | |
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"Anal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaal, aal, aan, aang, Abal, Adal, afal, agal, ainel, alal, amal, anaa, anaal, anad, anae, anaf, anagly, anai, anak, Anala, anale, analo, anals, analy, anam, anap, anar, anas, anat, Anau, Anax, anay, anda, andal, anea, aneal, aneale, anei, aneil, Anek, anel, anele, anell, anely, aneo, Angal, angl, Anhalt, anial, anila, aniv, anix, Anjad, anlas, anle, Annad, annah, annali, annaw, annel, Annell, Annelo, anoa, anol, anoo, anop, anov, Ansaf, antal, Anuak, anual, anuall, anul, anuld, anull, Anup, anva, anya, aonal, Apal, Apna, aral, Arnall, Arnao, arnel, Arnull, asal, Asnah, atal, aual, auna, aval, avall, awal, Awali, Danjal, enal, enil, Esnal, Fanal, hanel, incal, inol, inval, Kanael, kanal, knal, Manal, naal, Naali, nabal, Nagal, nahal, nal, Nala, naral, onal, qannai, rannal, sanal, unal, vanal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "anal" (pronounced ā"nul) |
| 4 | ā" n u l | morainal. |
| 3 | -n u l | infernal, abdominal, aberrational, aboriginal, additional, adrenal, annal, annul, Arsenal, atonal, attitudinal, autumnal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, carnal, channel, coeducational, collisional, Colonel, communal, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, cornel, correctional, criminal, Darnel, delusional, denominational, departmental, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, diurnal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, empanel, erosional, eternal, exceptional, external, factional, faunal, fennel, fictional, final, flannel, fluxional, foundational, fractional, fraternal, functional, funnel, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, impersonal, improvisational, spinal, subliminal, superregional, supranational, terminal, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, internal, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, journal, jurisdictional, juvenile, kennel, kernel, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, maternal, medicinal, monoclonal, monsoonal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nocturnal, nominal, noncriminal, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, panel, paternal, penal, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, polyvinyl, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, renal, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, semifinal, seminal, sensational, sentinel, shrapnel, signal, situational, tonal, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, tribunal, tunnel, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl, virginal, vocational. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: alan. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-n" | |
-1 letter: aal, ala, ana. | |
-2 letters: aa, al, an, la, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n" | |
+1 letter: aland, alane, alang, alans, alant, anlas, annal, banal, canal, lagan, lanai, lauan, liana, nasal, natal, naval, nyala. | |
+2 letters: agnail, agonal, alands, alanin, alants, alanyl, alkane, alumna, anally, analog, animal, anlace, anlage, annals, anneal, annual, anodal, antral, anural, apneal, aslant, atonal, axonal, azonal, callan, canals, canola, canula, carnal, faunal, galena, kalian, lacuna, lagans, laguna, lallan, lamina, lanais, lanate, landau, lauans, lawman, layman, lianas, manila, manual, napalm, narial, narwal, nasals, nasial, nyalas, planar, platan, raglan, ranula, salina, sandal, tarnal, vandal. | |
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