Elymus

  

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Elymus

Definition: Elymus

Elymus

Noun

1. Tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Elymus" is a common misspelling or typo for: Olympus.

Synonym: Elymus

Synonym: genus Elymus (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Elymus

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In Greek mythology, Elymus (or Elumos) was the mythical ancestor of the Elymi, natives of Sicily.

In botany, Elymus is the genus of the wild rye.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Elymus."

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Crosswords: Elymus

English words defined with "Elymus": Elymus arenarius, Elymus canadensis, Elymus caput-medusae, Elymus condensatus, Elymus hispidus, Elymus trachycaulosgenus Elymus, genus LeymusLeymus, lyme grassWild rye. (references)

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Photo Album: Elymus

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Elymus elatumgrass.Credit: Roger Rosentreter.

Mt. Rye Grass Elymus,.Credit: Roger Rosentreter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Elymus

"Elymus" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Elymus" 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)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Elymus

Expressions using "Elymus": Elymus arenarius Elymus canadensis Elymus condensatus Elymus hispidus Elymus trachycaulos genus Elymus. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Elymus

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

elymus

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Elymus

Language Translations for "Elymus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hebrew 

  

בן שעור×". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elymusay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Elymus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: muleys.

Words within the letters "e-l-m-s-u-y"

-1 letter: mules, muley, ylems, yules.

-2 letters: elms, elmy, emus, leys, lues, lums, lyes, lyse, mels, mule, muse, slue, slum, ylem, yule.

-3 letters: elm, els, ems, emu, leu, ley, lum, lye, mel, mus, sel, sly, sue, sum, use, yes, yum.

-4 letters: el, em, es, me, mu, my, um, us, ye.

 Words containing the letters "e-l-m-s-u-y"
 

+1 letter: lyceums, mulleys.

 

+2 letters: amusedly, emulsify, slumbery, summerly, unseemly.

 

+3 letters: amygdules, bemusedly, emulously, fulsomely, mealybugs, museology, sublimely, supremely, timeously, yarmulkes.

 

+4 letters: aneurysmal, berylliums, consumedly, enormously, gruesomely, measurably, measuredly, numerously, polysemous, presumably, presumedly, shamefully, venomously.

 

+5 letters: emulsifying, humorlessly, imperiously, impetuously, impulsively, lumberyards, marvelously, masculinely, masterfully, melodiously, misguidedly, molybdenums, momentously, multisystem, murderously, myelogenous, myelomatous, myoclonuses, presumingly, squeamishly, subassembly, subdermally, subemployed, superfamily, sympetalous, tremulously, unashamedly, unemployeds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Elymus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6C 79 6D 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101100 01111001 01101101 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#108 &#121 &#109 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006C 0079 006D 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

397891798785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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