VERMIFUGAL

  

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VERMIFUGAL

Definition: VERMIFUGAL

VERMIFUGAL

Adjective

1. Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Vermifugal \Ver*mif"u*gal\, adjective. [Latin expression vermis worm fugare to drive away, from fugere to flee. See Worm, and Fugitive.]. (Websters 1913)

 

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Crosswords: VERMIFUGAL

Specialty definitions using "VERMIFUGAL": CEDRELLA ODORATA, CHENOPODIUM QUINOAQUISQUALIS INDICA. (references)
Etymologies containing "VERMIFUGAL": Vermifuge. (references)

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Rhyming with "VERMIFUGAL"

Words rhyming with "VERMIFUGAL" (pronounced 'Ver*mif"u*gal'): Agal-agal, Algal, Analogal, Astragal, Aurigal, Basifugal, Bengal, Branchiostegal, Cerebrifugal, Circumesophagal, Conjugal, Diphthongal, Dogal, Egal, Ergal, Esophagal, Espringal, Febrifugal, frugal, fungal, Gregal, illegal, Infrugal, Jingal, Jugal, legal, madrigal, Medico-legal, Medregal, Mendregal, Monophthongal, Orgal, Pedregal, Peregal, Pharyngal, Plagal, Portingal, Preterlegal, Pygal, Quadratojugal, Senegal, Septifragal, Superregal, Tagal, Tergal, Triphthongal, Unperegal, vagal, Vice-regal, Warragal. (additional references)

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Anagrams: VERMIFUGAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-i-l-m-r-u-v"

-2 letters: velarium.

-3 letters: failure, figural, flamier, fragile, gremial, gulfier, refugia, virgule.

-4 letters: aimful, armful, earful, eluvia, famuli, ferial, ferula, figure, filmer, flamer, frugal, fulmar, fumier, gamier, glaire, glaive, gluier, gravel, imager, ireful, ligure, maglev, maigre, mailer, malgre, marvel, mauger, maugre, mauler, milage, mirage, refilm, reguli, remail, rivage, uglier, uremia, vagile, vaguer, valuer, vulgar.

-5 letters: afire, agile, aimer, aiver, algum, alive, almug, argil, argle, argue, ariel, auger, aurei, email, ervil, farle, fauve, femur, feral, feria, fermi, feuar, filar, filer, filum, fiver, flair, flame, flare, fleam, flier, flume, frail, frame, fugal, fugle, fumer, gamer, gavel, gimel, giver, glair, glare, gleam, glime, gluer, glume, grail, grave, grief, grime, gruel, grume, guile, gular, ileum, image, lager, lamer, large, larum, laver, lemur, lifer, liger, liver, livre, luger, maile, marge, mauve, mavie, miaul, miler, mural, ramie, ravel, realm, regal, regma, rifle, rival, rugae, rugal, ulema, uraei, ureal, urial, uveal, vague, value, velar, velum, viler, viral, virga.

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

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Alternative Orthography: VERMIFUGAL


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

56 45 52 4D 49 46 55 47 41 4C

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)

01010110 01000101 01010010 01001101 01001001 01000110 01010101 01000111 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#69 &#82 &#77 &#73 &#70 &#85 &#71 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0045 0052 004D 0049 0046 0055 0047 0041 004C

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

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

56395247434055413546

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INDEX

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


  

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