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Definition: HIPPOCRAS |
HIPPOCRASNoun1. A cordial made of spiced wine, etc. |
Date "HIPPOCRAS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Hippocras \Hip"po*cras\, noun. [French expression hippocras, hypocras, New Latin vinum hippocraticum, literally, wine of Hippocrates.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Hippocras A cordial made of Lisbon and Canary wines, bruised spices, and sugar; so called from the strainer through which it is passed, called by apothecaries Hippocrates' sleeve. Hippocrates in the Middle Ages was called "Yypocras" or "Hippocras." Thus: "Well knew he the old Esculapius, And Deiscorides, and cek Rufus, Old Yypocras, Haly, and Galien. Chaucer: Canterbury Tales Prologue, 431). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: HIPPOCRAS |
| English words defined with "HIPPOCRAS": Ipocras ♦ Ypocras. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "HIPPOCRAS": Copus. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "HIPPOCRAS": Ipocras ♦ Ypocras. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "HIPPOCRAS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Romanian | vin condimentat. (various references) | |
Turkish | baharatlı şarap. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HIPPOCRAS": hippocrases. (additional references) | |
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"HIPPOCRAS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hippocrass, hippocrat, hippurate, Hippuris, hypocro. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "HIPPOCRAS" (pronounced 'Hip"po*cras'): Ipocras, Ypocras. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: prophasic. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-o-p-p-r-s" | |
-2 letters: carhops, coppras, coprahs, isopach, picaros, prosaic, sapphic. | |
-3 letters: capris, carhop, chairs, chiros, chirps, choirs, coppra, coprah, copras, hippos, ichors, orchis, orphic, parish, pharos, phasic, picaro, poisha, popish, rachis, raphis, scarph, scoria. | |
-4 letters: aphis, apish, aspic, caphs, capos, carpi, carps, chair, chaos, chaps, chars, chiao, chias, chips, chiro, chirp, choir, chops, coirs, copra, coria. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-o-p-p-r-s" | |
+2 letters: apostrophic, hippocrases, pictographs, saprophytic. | |
+3 letters: coprophagies, coprophilias. | |
+4 letters: cephalosporin, copartnership, coprophiliacs, pharmacopeias, physiographic, pictographies, prophylactics, reprographics, sharecropping, spectatorship. | |
+5 letters: archiepiscopal, cephalosporins, copartnerships, cryptographies, pharmacopoeias, prosencephalic, spectatorships, spectrographic, spermatophytic, spinthariscope. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 49 50 50 4F 43 52 41 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .. .--. .--. --- -.-. .-. .- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01001001 01010000 01010000 01001111 01000011 01010010 01000001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H I P P O C R A S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0049 0050 0050 004F 0043 0052 0041 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)424350504937523553 |
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