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Definition: APTERYGES |
APTERYGESNoun plural1. An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx. |
Etymology: Apteryges \Ap*ter"y*ges\, plural noun. [New Latin expression. See Apteryx.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Words rhyming with "APTERYGES" (pronounced 'Ap*ter"y*ges'): Ambages, Asperges, Boanerges, Compages, Dagges, Limoges, meninges, Osages, Striges. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-p-r-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: ergates, grayest, greyest, gypster, gyrates, pargets, presage, repeats, restage, retapes, retypes. | |
-3 letters: agrees, aretes, eagers, eagres, easter, eaters, eatery, egesta, egrets, ergate, estray, etapes, gapers, gasper, gaster, gayest, geyser, grapes, grapey, grates, grease, greasy, greats, greets, gyrase, gyrate, pagers, parges, parget, paster, pastry, paters, payees, payers, peages, peseta, pester, peters, prates, preset. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-p-r-s-t-y" | |
+3 letters: stereography. | |
+5 letters: daguerreotypes, exasperatingly, supererogatory. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 50 54 45 52 59 47 45 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. - . .-. -.--. --. . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010000 01010100 01000101 01010010 01011001 01000111 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A P T E R Y G E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0050 0054 0045 0052 0059 0047 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)355054395259413953 |
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