HIPPURITE

  

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HIPPURITE

Definition: HIPPURITE

HIPPURITE

Noun

1. A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Hippurite \Hip"pu*rite\, noun. [Greek expression decked with horse's tail; "i`ppos horse tail: compare to the French expression hippurite.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: HIPPURITE

English words defined with "HIPPURITE": Radiolite, Rudistes. (references)

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Rhyming with "HIPPURITE"

Words rhyming with "HIPPURITE" (pronounced 'Hip"pu*rite'): Abderite, Acrite, Adiaphorite, Ambrite, Anhydrite, Aphrite, Archimandrite, Artotyrite, Attrite, Azurite, Bromyrite, Calaverite, Cerargyrite, Chondrite, Condurrite, Cuprite, Danburite, Dendrite, Detrite, Diorite, Endopleurite, Eosphorite, Epitrite, Erythrite, Eucairite, Fiorite, Fulgurite, hypochlorite, Hypocrite, Hyponitrite, Iodyrite, Ischiocerite, Kerargyrite, Kerite, Laminarite, Laurite, Leucopyrite, Liparite, Madreporite, Mandragorite, Margarite, marguerite, Masorite, Miargyrite, Milleporite, Miswrite, Nazarite, Nazirite, nephrite, Nitrite. (additional references)

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Anagrams: HIPPURITE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-h-i-i-p-p-r-t-u"

-2 letters: hippier, pithier, tippier.

-3 letters: euripi, hipper, hippie, pipier, pitier, tipper.

-4 letters: erupt, ither, piper, pipet, pipit, their, thrip, tripe, upper, uteri.

-5 letters: etui, heir, hire, hurt, peri, perp, pert, phut, pier, pipe, pith, prep, pure, puri, repp, ripe, rite, ruth, thir, thru, tier, tipi, tire, trip, true.

 Words containing the letters "e-h-i-i-p-p-r-t-u"
 

+5 letters: hyperpituitary.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HIPPURITE


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

48 49 50 50 55 52 49 54 45

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)

....    ..    .--.    .--.    ..-    .-.    ..    -    .

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

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

01001000 01001001 01010000 01010000 01010101 01010010 01001001 01010100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#73 &#80 &#80 &#85 &#82 &#73 &#84 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0049 0050 0050 0055 0052 0049 0054 0045

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

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

424350505552435439

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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