PARACROSTIC

  

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PARACROSTIC

Definition: PARACROSTIC

PARACROSTIC

Noun

1. A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Paracrostic \Par`a*cros"tic\, noun. [Prefix para- acrostic.]. (Websters 1913)

Modern Translations: PARACROSTIC

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

Pig Latin

  

aracrosticpay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "PARACROSTIC"

Words rhyming with "PARACROSTIC" (pronounced 'Par`a*cros"tic'): Absolutistic, Acatalectic, Acataleptic, Acephalocystic, Acetic, Acherontic, Acroteleutic, Adiaphoristic, Agrestic, Albinistic, Altruistic, Amnestic, Amphiblastic, Amyloplastic, Anacamptic, Anacathartic, Anachronistic, Anaclastic, Anaglyptic, Analectic, Analeptic, Anamnestic, Anapestic, Anaplastic, Anapodeictic, Anastaltic, Anatreptic, Animistic, Annalistic, Antapoplectic, Antarctic, Antephialtic, Antepileptic, Anthelmintic, Antiapoplectic, Anticlastic, Antiephialtic, Antiepileptic, Antigalastic, Antiorgastic, Antiperistaltic, Antiplastic, Antiscorbutic, Antispastic, Antonomastic, Antorgastic, Aoristic, Aortic, Aphlogistic, Aphotic, Aplastic, Apocrustic, Apolaustic, Apopemptic, Archaistic, Argentic, Arrhaphostic, Asbestic, Aseptic, Aspartic, Asphaltic, Asphyctic, Astromantic, Atlantic, Atomistic, Autoclastic, Autoplastic, Bacchantic, Ballistic, Baltic, Baptistic, Bibliopegistic, Bibliopolistic, Bicrescentic, Brachycatalectic, Buddhistic, Bullantic, Cameralistic, Canonistic, Catacoustic, Catalectic, Cataleptic, Catapeltic, Cataphractic, Catastaltic, Cato-cathartic, Centrostaltic, Ceroplastic, Cetic, Chloropeptic, Choristic, Cisatlantic, Citharistic, Clastic, Climactic, Communalistic, Communistic, Coptic, Corybantic, Cosmoplastic, Crescentic, Cretic, Curialistic, Deictic, Deltic, Deutoplastic, Diacoustic, Dichastic, Dioristic, Diploblastic, Discoblastic, Docimastic, Dokimastic, Donatistic, Dracontic, Drastic, Dynastic, Dyslogistic, Ecphractic, Ectoplastic, Electic, Electro-ballistic, Elohistic, Embryoplastic, Emeto-cathartic, Empaistic, Emphractic, Emphyteutic, Empiristic, Endeictic, Endoblastic, Entastic, Entheastic, Entoplastic, Entoptic, Epiblastic, Epicerastic, Epideictic, Epiglottic, Epilogistic, Epinastic, Epiotic, Erethistic, Esemplastic, Eteostic, Euhemeristic, Eupeptic, Euphuistic, Eutectic, Evangelistic, Externalistic, Fatalistic, Fibrinoplastic, Formularistic, frantic, Fustic, galactic, Galvanocaustic, Galvanoplastic, Gelastic, Gestic, Gigantic, Glossoepiglottic, Glyptic, Gymnoblastic, Haematoplastic, Haemoplastic, Hebraistic, hedonistic, Helvetic, Hepatocystic, Heteroplastic, heuristic, Hierophantic, Holoblastic, Holocryptic, Holophrastic, Homoplastic, Hudibrastic, humanistic, Humoristic, Hydromantic, hypercatalectic, Hyperplastic, Hypoblastic, Hypocoristic, Hyponastic, Iatraliptic, iconoclastic, ictic, idealistic, Illuministic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, Isopiestic, Jehovistic, journalistic, Judaistic, lactic, Lamaistic, Latinistic, Lettic, liberalistic, Lithontriptic, Lithotriptic, Locustic, Lustic, majestic, mantic, mastic, Mastodontic, Melanistic, Meloplastic, Meroblastic, Meroistic, mesoblastic, Metaleptic, Metapectic, Micracoustic, monistic, monocystic, Monogenistic, Monogoneutic, Monoplastic, monopolistic, monotheistic, Myristic, Nativistic, Naturalistic, Nautic, Nearctic, Neoplastic, Neo-Scholastic, Nihilistic, Nominalistic, Nonelastic, Nympholeptic, Octic, Onomastic, Optimistic, Orectic, Organoleptic, Organoplastic, Orgiastic, Orthoclastic, Osteoplastic, Ostic, Otic, oxyacetic, Oxyntic, Palearctic, Paleocrystic, Pancratiastic, Panoistic, Parablastic, Paracmastic, Paralactic, Parallelistic, Paratactic, Pectic, Pederastic, Peirastic, Pentacrostic, Pepastic, Periotic, Peristaltic, Philanthropistic, Phlogistic, Phonocamptic, Photic, Phrentic, Phyllotactic, Pistic, Plastic, Polaristic, Polyacoustic, Polygoneutic, Polyplastic, Pontic, Pornerastic, Postic, Practic, Preaortic, Prenostic, Procatarctic, Prootic, Proplastic, Protactic, Protoplastic, Pseudo-romantic, Pterotic, Pugilistic, Pyroacetic, Pyrognostic, Quantic, Quietistic, Quintic, realistic, revivalistic, Rhaetic, Rhetic, Rhinoplastic, ritualistic, romantic, Saccholactic, Sans-culottic, Sarcolactic, Scelestic, Scholiastic, Sciolistic, Scioptic, Sensualistic, Separatistic, Sextic, simplistic, skeptic, Solecistic, Somnambulistic, spastic, spiritualistic, Spodomantic, Stegnotic, stochastic, Stomatoplastic, Strontic, stylistic, subarctic, Subepiglottic, Subglottic, supernaturalistic, Sustaltic, Symplectic, Synchronistic, Synclastic, syncretistic, synergistic, Syrtic, Systaltic, Talmudistic, Telestic, Terpentic, Tetraschistic, Theochristic, Theopneustic, Thermosystaltic, Thermotactic, Thigmotactic, Toreutic, transatlantic, Triploblastic, Tryptic, unartistic, Unelastic, Unionistic, universalistic, Vedantic, Vitalistic, Vitre-o-electic, Xyloplastic. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PARACROSTIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-o-p-r-r-s-t"

-1 letter: capacitors.

-2 letters: aspirator, capacitor.

-3 letters: acrostic, airports, apractic, apricots, ascocarp, cariocas, carports, coscript, piscator, spiccato, tapiocas.

-4 letters: acrotic, airport, airpost, apricot, aprotic, arctics, captors, carioca, caritas, carport, carrots, corsair, ostraca, parotic, parrots, picaras, picaros, practic, prosaic, psoatic, raptors, ricracs, rosaria, tapioca, trocars, tropics.

-5 letters: accost, actors, aorist, aortas, aortic, arctic, arista, aristo, atopic, cacaos, capias, capita, capric, capris, captor, carats, carrot, cartop, casita, castor, coacts, coapts, coatis, copras, corsac, costar, crista, optics, parrot, pastor, patios, patois, picara, picaro, picots, priors, prosit, racist, rapist, raptor, ratios, riatas, ricrac, ripost, rostra, sapota, sartor, satori, satrap, scoria, scotia, script, scrota, tapirs, tarocs, tarsia, tiaras, topics, triacs, tripos, trocar, tropic.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-o-p-r-r-s-t"
 

+5 letters: crystallographic.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PARACROSTIC


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

50 41 52 41 43 52 4F 53 54 49 43

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)

01010000 01000001 01010010 01000001 01000011 01010010 01001111 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#65 &#82 &#65 &#67 &#82 &#79 &#83 &#84 &#73 &#67

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0041 0052 0041 0043 0052 004F 0053 0054 0049 0043

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

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

5035523537524953544337

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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