Apothecaries' Unit

  

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Apothecaries' Unit

Definition: Apothecaries' Unit

Apothecaries' Unit

Noun

1. Any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces.

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


Synonym: Apothecaries' Unit

Synonym: apothecaries' weight (n). (additional references)

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Anagrams: Apothecaries' Unit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-a-c-e-e-h-i-i-n-o-p-r-s-t-t-u"

-4 letters: haruspication, naturopathies, retinopathies, theoreticians.

-5 letters: aesthetician, anticipators, antistrophic, apothecaries, crepitations, ectoparasite, housepainter, inspectorate, naturopathic, neuropathies, pancreatitis, pertinacious, ratiocinates, receptionist, theoretician, therapeutics.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Apothecaries' Unit


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

41 70 6F 74 68 65 63 61 72 69 65 73 27      55 6E 69 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

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

01000001 01110000 01101111 01110100 01101000 01100101 01100011 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100101 01110011 00100111 00100000 01010101 01101110 01101001 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#112 &#111 &#116 &#104 &#101 &#99 &#97 &#114 &#105 &#101 &#115 &#39 &#32 &#85 &#110 &#105 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0070 006F 0074 0068 0065 0063 0061 0072 0069 0065 0073 0027      0055 006E 0069 0074

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

3582818674716967847571859255807586

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INDEX

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


  

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