LABELLUM

  

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LABELLUM

Definitions: LABELLUM

LABELLUM

Noun

1. A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.

2. The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "LABELLUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references)

Etymology: Labellum \La*bel"lum\, noun; plural Latin Labella, English Labellums. [Latin expression, diminutive of labrum lip.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: LABELLUM

English words defined with "LABELLUM": Labella, Labellums. (references)
Non-English Usage: "LABELLUM" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (a little lip /a small washing vessel).

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Modern Translations: LABELLUM

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

Pig Latin

  

abellumlay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: LABELLUM

Derivations

Words ending with "LABELLUM": flabellum. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "LABELLUM"

Words rhyming with "LABELLUM" (pronounced 'La*bel"lum'): Asylum, Cerebellum, Coelum, Collum, Corallum, Cribellum, Epiphyllum, Flabellum, flagellum, Glabellum, Haustellum, hilum, hoodlum, Intervallum, Involucellum, Mesophyllum, Peplum, Podophyllum, Postscutellum, Rostellum, Sacellum, Scutellum, Sigillum, Skellum, Specollum, spirillum, Vallum, Vellum, Veretillum, Vexillum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: LABELLUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-l-l-l-m-u"

-1 letter: blellum.

-2 letters: bullae.

-3 letters: album, amble, blame, blume, bulla, label, mulla, ulema, umbel.

-4 letters: able, alme, alum, bale, ball, balm, beam, beau, bell, bema, blae, blam, blue, bull, lall, lamb, lame, leal, lube, lull, mabe, male, mall, maul, meal, mell, mule, mull.

-5 letters: alb, ale, all, amu, bal, bam, bel, bum, eau, ell, elm, emu, lab, lam, lea, leu, lum, mae, mel.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-l-l-l-m-u"
 

+1 letter: flabellum.

 

+2 letters: blamefully.

 

+3 letters: illuminable.

 

+5 letters: bimolecularly.

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

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Alternative Orthography: LABELLUM


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

4C 41 42 45 4C 4C 55 4D

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)

01001100 01000001 01000010 01000101 01001100 01001100 01010101 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#65 &#66 &#69 &#76 &#76 &#85 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0041 0042 0045 004C 004C 0055 004D

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

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

4635363946465547

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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