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Definition: CRYSTALLOMANCY |
CRYSTALLOMANCYNoun1. Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prediction | Divination by oracles, Theomancy; by the Bible, Bibliomancy; by ghosts, Psychomancy; by crystal gazing, Crystallomancy; by shadows or manes, Sciomancy; by appearances in the air, Aeromancy, Chaomancy; by the stars at birth, Genethliacs; by meteors, Meteoromancy; by winds, Austromancy; by sacrificial appearances, Aruspicy (or Haruspicy), Hieromancy, Hieroscopy; by the entrails of animals sacrificed, Extispicy, Hieromancy; by the entrails of a human sacrifice, |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The witch in Snow White who asks her mirror “Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?” can be said to be practicing crystallomancy.
See also: Scrying, Raymond Moody
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crystallomancy."
| Words rhyming with "CRYSTALLOMANCY" (pronounced 'Crys"tal*lo*man`cy'): Aeromancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Arithmancy, Astragalomancy, Austromancy, Axinomancy, Belomancy, Bibliomancy, Botanomancy, Capnomancy, Cartomancy, Catoptromancy, Ceromancy, Chaomancy, Chartomancy, Cleromancy, Coscinomancy, Dactyliomancy, Dactylomancy, Daphnomancy, Geomancy, Hieromancy, Homocercy, hydromancy, Lecanomancy, lithomancy, -mancy, Meteoromancy, Metopomancy, Myomancy, Necromancy, Oneiromancy, onomancy, Onomomancy, Onychomancy, Ophiomancy, Ornithomancy, Pedomancy, Pegomancy, Psychomancy, Pyromancy, Rabdomancy, Rhapsodomancy, Sciomancy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-l-l-m-n-o-r-s-t-y-y" | |
-4 letters: cycloramas. | |
-5 letters: cataclysm, clamantly, cyclorama, mayoralty. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 52 59 53 54 41 4C 4C 4F 4D 41 4E 43 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-. -.--. ... - .- .-.. .-.. --- -- .- -. -.-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01010010 01011001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001100 01001100 01001111 01001101 01000001 01001110 01000011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C R Y S T A L L O M A N C Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0052 0059 0053 0054 0041 004C 004C 004F 004D 0041 004E 0043 0059 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3752595354354646494735483759 |
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