甲
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Definitions
- 1. first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
- 2. (used for an unspecified person or thing)
- 3. first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
- 4. letter \A\ or roman \I\ in list \A
- 5. B
- 6. C\, or \I
- 7. II
- 8. III\ etc
- 9. armor plating
- 10. shell or carapace
- 11. (of the fingers or toes) nail
- 12. ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
Words Containing 甲
fingernail
1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuàng yuán], 榜眼[bǎng yǎn], and 探花[tàn huā], respectively)
sixty years
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination
trinitrotoluene (TNT)
chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)
inferior nasal conchae
Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
dichloromethane
2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
xylene
armillarisin (fungal enzyme used as antibiotic)
manicure
to lay down arms
(place name)
top three
forward deck (of a boat)
oracle tortoise shell
onychophagia (nail biting)
Dajia or Tachia Town in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
Dajia or Tachia Town in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)
Hsuehchia town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
Hsuehchia town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
paraben (chemistry)
Nebuchadnezzar
afterdeck
Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system
weapons and armor
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
anti-bacterial metronidazole
to don armor
thumbnail
nail clipper
nail clipper
nail polish
fingernail
nail clipper
boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)
to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
somebody
to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
mecha (human-operated robots in Japanese manga)
carbamate
methyl chloride CH3Cl
cyanobenzyl bromide
nail polish remover
one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
methylene glycol
hyperthyroidism
Jiaxian or Chiahsien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
Jiaxian or Chiahsien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
type A
alpha globulin
hepatitis A
methyl group (chemistry)
methamphetamine
methamphetamine
first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tiān gān] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[dì zhī])
51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
first party (law)
deck (of a boat etc)
carapace
crustacean
chitin
the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
coleoptera
crustacean
methoxy (chemistry)
methicillin (a semisynthetic penicillin) (loanword)
methyalamino group
fenpropathrin (insecticide)
type A influenza
paronychia (medicine)
methane CH4
thyroid (gland)
parathyroid
thyroid gland
hyperthyroidism
thyroid hormone
goiter (enlargement of thyroid gland)
21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops
metronidazole (antibacterial agent)
methionine (Met), an essential amino acid
pralidoxime mesylate
residence of a noble
first-class
first rate
a grade A war criminal
gentian violet
hepatitis A
armor
methylamine
methamidophos (chemistry)
toluene C6H5CH3
beetle
Volkswagen Beetle
41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
cresol (chemistry)
formylic acid (HCOOH)
methyl alcohol
methyl alcohol poisoning
methyl ether CH3OCH3
formaldehyde (HCHO)
armor
tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones
oracle script
oracle script
turtle
armor
armor piercing shell
imperial examinations
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
drugstore beetle
red waistcoat
manicure and-or pedicure
carbocysteine
polyformaldehyde (CH2O)n
helmet and armor
breastplate
toenail
boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)
complete sexagenary cycle
benzoil chloride C6H5COCl
benzoic acid C6H5COOH
sodium benzoate, E211 (a food preservative)
benzaldehyde C6H5CHO, the simplest aromatic aldehyde
armor
vehicle armor
armored car
armored vehicles
La Liga, the top division of the Spanish football league system
to remove armor
to remove armor and return to the farm
armor
weevil
toenail
to be pregnant (idiom)
Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans
benzoil peroxide
benzoil peroxide
phthalate (chemistry)
armor
mail plating
armored ship
ironclad
armored car
flight deck
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
Strait of Malacca
corset
Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
turtle shell
scale
turbinate
tortoise shell
Mauritius cowry
Kikkoman, Japanese brand of soy sauce, food seasonings etc