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Definition: ABNORMOUS |
ABNORMOUSAdjective1. Abnormal; irregular. |
Etymology: Abnormous \Ab*nor"mous\, adjective. [Latin expression abnormis; ab norma rule. See Normal.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Unconformity | Adjective: uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ABNORMOUS |
| Etymologies containing "ABNORMOUS": Abnormal, Abnormity. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abnormous | 15 |
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| Language | Translations for "abnormous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | abnormousay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "ABNORMOUS" (pronounced 'Ab*nor"mous'): Achymous, Angiomonospermous, Angiospermous, Antistrumous, Aspermous, Athermous, Biramous, Brumous, Campylospermous, Chromous, Chymous, Coelospermous, Diathermous, Disspermous, Edriophthalmous, Enneaspermous, Enormous, Epiphylospermous, Famous, grumous, Gummous, Heptaspermous, Heterochromous, Heteropelmous, Homochromous, Limous, Nomopelmous, Octospermous, Oligospermous, Orthospermous, Pentaspermous, Poikilothermous, Polychromous, Polyspermous, Ramous, Sarcasmous, Schizopelmous, Simous, Squaimous, Strumous, Synpelmous, Tetraspermous, Trachyspermous, Trispermous, Uniramous, Xanthospermous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-m-n-o-o-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: amorous, maroons, romanos, sunroom, unbosom, unmoors. | |
-3 letters: amours, barons, borons, bourns, bromos, brooms, burans, busman, manors, maroon, morons, mourns, ramous, ramson, ransom, romano, romans, rumbas, sambur, suborn, umbras, unarms, unbars, unmoor. | |
-4 letters: aboon, ambos, amour, arson, arums, barms, barns, baron, boars, bonus, booms, boons, boors, boras, boron, bosom, boson, bosun, bourn, brans, bromo, broom, broos, buran, buras, burns, bursa, manor, manos, manus, mason, moans, monas, monos, moons, moors, moras, morns, moron, mourn, muons, muras, nomas, nomos, norms, numbs, ramus, roams, roans, roman, rooms, rumba, sambo, sonar, umbos, umbra, unarm, unbar, urban. | |
-5 letters: abos, ambo, amus, anus, arbs, arms, arum, bams, bans, barm, barn, bars, boar, boas, boom, boon, boor, boos, bora, born, bran, bras, broo, bros, bums, buns, bura, burn, burs, mano, mans, mars, maun, moan, moas, mobs, mono, mons, moon, moor, moos, mora, morn, mors, muns, muon, mura, nabs, naos, nobs, noma, noms, norm, nous, nubs, numb, oars, onus, orbs, osar, ours, rams, roam, roan, robs, roms, room, rubs, rums, runs, snob, snub, soar, soma, soon, sora, sorb, sorn, sour, suba, sumo, sura, umbo, urbs, urns, ursa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-m-n-o-o-r-s-u" | |
+4 letters: neuroblastoma, neurofibromas. | |
+5 letters: macroglobulins, neuroblastomas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 42 4E 4F 52 4D 4F 55 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... -. --- .-. -- --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000010 01001110 01001111 01010010 01001101 01001111 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A B N O R M O U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0042 004E 004F 0052 004D 004F 0055 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)353648495247495553 |
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