Acephalism

  

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Acephalism

Definition: Acephalism

Acephalism

Noun

1. Absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Acephalism

Synonyms: acephalia (n), acephaly (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Acephalism

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

Pig Latin

  

acephalismay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Acephalism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-l-m-p-s"

-1 letter: eclampsia.

-2 letters: acalephs, calipash, camelias, chiasmal, misplace, pashalic.

-3 letters: acaleph, apaches, aphasic, aphelia, apicals, caliphs, camails, camelia, chamise, chapels, chasmal, chiasma, chimlas, impalas, impales, impeach, malaise, malices, palaces, paschal, phaseal, plaices, plasmic, psalmic, spacial, special.

-4 letters: aecial, ahimsa, alephs, almahs, almehs, alphas, amices, apache, apical, apices, calami, calash, calesa, caliph, camail, camels, camisa, camise, capias, chaise, champs, chapel, chapes, cheaps, chelas, chiasm, chiels, chiles, chimes, chimla, chimps, chisel, claims, clamps, climes, emails, epical, espial, haemal, haemic, halmas, hamals, heliac, hiemal, impala, impale, impels, laches, laichs, lamiae, lamias, lampas, liches, limpas, lipase, maches, macles, mailes, malice, maples, mashie, mescal, mesial, miches, milpas, mishap, pachas, palace, palais, palish, pascal, phasic, phials, places, plaice, plasma, pleach, plicae, sachem, salami, salpae, samech, samiel, sample, scampi, schema, schlep, sheila, simple, spicae, splice.

-5 letters: aches, acmes, aecia, aisle, alecs, aleph, alias, almah, almas, almeh, almes, alpha, amahs, amias, amice, amies, ample, apace, aphis, apish, aspic, calms, camas, camel, cames, campi, camps, capes, caphs, ceils, champ, chams, chape, chaps, chase, chasm, cheap, chela, chias, chiel, chile, chime, chimp, chips, claim, clamp, clams, claps, clash, clasp, clime, clips, email, ephas, epics, haems, hails, hales, halma, halms, hamal, hames, heals, heaps, heils, helms, helps, hemal, hemic, hemps, ileac, impel, laces, laich, laics, lamas, lames, lamia, lamps, lapis, lapse, leach, leaps, leash, limas, limes, limpa, limps, maces, mache, machs, macle, maile, mails, males, malic, maple, meals, melic, mesic, micas, miche, milch, miles, milpa, pacas, paces, pacha, pails, paisa, paise, palea, pales, palms, pasha, peach, peals, pechs, phase, phial, pical, picas, pilea, piles, pimas, place, plash, plasm, pleas, plica, plies, psalm, saice, salep, salic, salmi, salpa, scale, scalp, scamp, scape, selah, sepal, sepia, sepic, shale, shame, shape, sheal, shiel, shlep, slice, slime, slipe, smile, space, spahi, spail, spale, speil, spica, spice, spiel, spile.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-l-m-p-s"
 

+2 letters: metaphysical.

 

+3 letters: alphanumerics, hypocalcemias.

 

+4 letters: accomplishable, hypercalcemias, metaphysically, pharmacologies.

 

+5 letters: atmospherically, hypercatabolism, pharmaceuticals, plainclothesman, sympathetically.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Acephalism


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

41 63 65 70 68 61 6C 69 73 6D

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)

01000001 01100011 01100101 01110000 01101000 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#99 &#101 &#112 &#104 &#97 &#108 &#105 &#115 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0065 0070 0068 0061 006C 0069 0073 006D

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

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

35697182746778758579

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INDEX

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


  

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