PROFICUOUS

  

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PROFICUOUS

Definition: PROFICUOUS

PROFICUOUS

Adjective

1. Profitable; advantageous; useful.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Proficuous \Pro*fic"u*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression proficuus.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: PROFICUOUS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Utility

Adjective: useful; of use; Noun: serviceable, proficuous, good for; subservient; (instrumental).; conducive; (tending); subsidiary; (helping).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Rhyming with "PROFICUOUS"

Words rhyming with "PROFICUOUS" (pronounced 'Pro*fic"u*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PROFICUOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-f-i-o-o-p-r-s-u-u"

-2 letters: croupous.

-3 letters: copious, cuprous, curious, furioso, furious.

-4 letters: corpus, croups, curios, fucous, pooris, porous, proofs, rufous, scroop.

-5 letters: coifs, coirs, coofs, coops, corps, coups, crisp, crops, croup, cuifs, curfs, curio, ficus, focus, fours, fucus, pious, pisco, poofs, poori, poufs, pours, profs, proof, proso, puris, roofs, roups, scoop, scour, scrip, scurf, sirup, sopor, spoof, spoor.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PROFICUOUS


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

50 52 4F 46 49 43 55 4F 55 53

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)

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

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

01010000 01010010 01001111 01000110 01001001 01000011 01010101 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#82 &#79 &#70 &#73 &#67 &#85 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0052 004F 0046 0049 0043 0055 004F 0055 0053

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

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

50524940433755495553

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INDEX

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


  

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