BUSIRIS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Busiris A king of Egypt, who used to immolate to the gods all strangers who set foot on his shores. Hercules was seized by him; and would have fallen a victim, but he broke his chain, and slew the inhospitable king. Busiris, according to Milton, is the Pharaoh who was drowned in the Red Sea. "Vex'd the Red-Sea coast, whose waves o'er-threw Busiris and his Memphian chivalry." Paradise Lost, book i. 306, 307. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Busiris

Usage Frequency: BUSIRIS

"BUSIRIS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BUSIRIS" is used about 2 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)

Anagrams: BUSIRIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-i-i-r-s-s-u"
	-2 letters: risus.
	-3 letters: bris, burs, buss, ibis, iris, ribs, rubs, sibs, sirs, sris, subs, urbs.
	-4 letters: bis, bur, bus, rib, rub, sib, sir, sis, sri, sub, urb.
	-5 letters: bi, is, si, us.
	Words containing the letters "b-i-i-r-s-s-u"
	+1 letter: bursitis.
	+3 letters: bistouries, bursitises, disbursing, suberising, subsidiary, subsidizer.
	+4 letters: absurdities, boilersuits, burnishings, distributes, filibusters, obituarists, obscurities, salubrities, subdistrict, subdividers, subminister, subscribing, subsidizers.
	+5 letters: abstrusities, agribusiness, bourgeoisies, distributees, distributors, equilibrists, insalubrious, resubmission, shipbuilders, subdistricts, subirrigates, subministers, subscription, subsidiaries, subsidiarily, subsidiarity, subvarieties, tribuneships, tuberosities.
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