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Definition: GASTROLITH |
GASTROLITHNoun1. See Crab's eyes, under Crab. |
Note: Gastrolith \Gas`tro*lith\, noun. [Gastro- -lith.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A rounded stone or pebble, commonly highly polished, from the stomach of some reptiles, esp. dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, and crocodilians. Gastroliths are thought to have been used in grinding up food, but marine reptiles mayhave used them to provide body stability while in the water. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GASTROLITH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Japanese Kanji | 胃石 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いせき (changing household registry, dam, glorious achievements, historic ruins, register of physicians, remaining works, results of a man's labor, ruins, sluice, transfer). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | astrolithgay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "GASTROLITH": gastroliths. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "GASTROLITH" (pronounced 'Gas`tro*lith'): Acrolith, Aerolith, Albolith, Coccolith, Cyatholith, Cystolith, Discolith, Enterolith, Hippolith, megalith, Microlith, monolith, Paleolith, Rhabdolith, tallith, Trilith. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-h-i-l-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: starlight. | |
-2 letters: straight. | |
-3 letters: alights, alright, altoist, athirst, galiots, girasol, glorias, glottis, goatish, harlots, largish, latigos, oralist, rattish, rialtos, shortia, starlit, tailors, tartish, thorias, throats. | |
-4 letters: airths, algors, alight, aorist, argils, argols, argots, aright, aristo, artist, galiot, galosh, garish, garths, gaslit, gators, girths, glairs, gloats, gloria, gorals, grails, gratis, griots, griths, groats, harlot, holist, laighs, largos, lathis, latigo, latish, lights, liroth, lithos, lotahs, ogrish, ottars, ratios, rialto, righto, rights, sailor, satori, slight, stator, strait, strath, strati, tahsil, tailor, tarots, thiols, thirls, thirst, thoria, throat, tights, tilths, tolars, torahs, totals, trails, traits, trials, trigos, triols, troths. | |
-5 letters: agios, agist, airth, airts, algor, alist, altho, altos, argil, argol, argot, arils, astir, atilt, gaits, gaols, garth, gator, ghast, ghats, ghost, gilts, girls, giros, girsh, girth, girts, glair, glias, gloat, glost, goals, goats, goral, grail, griot, grist, grith, grits, groat, grots, hails, hairs, halos, halts, harls, harts, hilar, hilts, hoars, hoist, holts, horal, horas, horst, hosta, iotas, laigh, lairs, laith, largo, laris, lathi, laths, liars, light, liras, lirot, litas, litho, loath, logia, loris, lotah, lotas, oaths, ohias, orals, ostia, ottar, ragis, rails, ratio, ratos, rials, right, riots, roast, roils, rotas, rotis, rotls, saith, shalt, shirt, shoal, shoat, shorl, short, shott, sight, sitar, sloth, solar, staig, stair, start, stilt, stoai, stoat, stria, tahrs, tails, taros, tarot, tarsi, tarts, thiol, thirl, tight, tilth, tilts, tirls, tiros, toast, togas, toils, toits, tolar, tolas, torah, toras, torsi, torts, total, tragi, trail, trait, trash, trial, trigo, trigs, triol, trios, trois, troth, trots. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-h-i-l-o-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: gastroliths. | |
+4 letters: anthropologist, antilogarithms, rheumatologist. | |
+5 letters: anthropologists, orthogonalities, rheumatologists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 41 53 54 52 4F 4C 49 54 48 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- ... - .-. --- .-.. .. - .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01000001 01010011 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001100 01001001 01010100 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G A S T R O L I T H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0041 0053 0054 0052 004F 004C 0049 0054 0048 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41355354524946435442 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Derivations 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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