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Definition: NYMPHEAN |
NYMPHEANAdjective1. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave. |
Date "NYMPHEAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1874. (references) |
Etymology: Nymphean \Nym*phe"an\, adjective. [from Greek expression. See Nymph.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: NYMPHEAN |
| English words defined with "NYMPHEAN": Nymphal. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "NYMPHEAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Ukranian | німфоподібний. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "NYMPHEAN" (pronounced 'Nym*phe"an'): Achean, Achillean, Adamantean, Adonean, AEgean, Alloxan, Amebean, Amoebean, Amphigean, Andean, Antaean, Anthozoan, Apogean, Archimedean, Argean, Argoan, Assidean, Astraean, Atlantean, Augean, Basan, Biscayan, Bryozoan, Cabirean, Cadmean, Chaldean, Chian, Chouan, Circean, Clachan, Colossean, Cowan, Cyclopean, Cytherean, Dantean, Genian, Gigantean, Iroquoian, Lernean, Lethean, Lochan, Logan, Lyncean, Maccabean, Mausolean, Medicean, metazoan, Murexan, Neogaean, OEnocyan. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-m-n-n-p-y" | |
-1 letter: nymphae. | |
-2 letters: nympha, penman. | |
-3 letters: hempy, henna, hyena, hymen, meany, mynah, nymph, panne, penna, penny, yamen. | |
-4 letters: ahem, amen, epha, haem, haen, hame, heap, hemp, hymn, hype, mane, many, mean, myna, name, nape, neap, nema, pane, pean, yeah, yean. | |
-5 letters: amp, ane, any, ape, aye, hae, ham, hap, hay, hem, hen, hep, hey, hyp, mae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-m-n-n-p-y" | |
+4 letters: hymenopteran, phenomenally. | |
+5 letters: aminophylline, diphenylamine, hymenopterans, naphthylamine. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 59 4D 50 48 45 41 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. -.--. -- .--. .... . .- -. |
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