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AQUAPUNCTURE

Definition: AQUAPUNCTURE

AQUAPUNCTURE

Noun

1. The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Aquapuncture \A`qua*punc"ture\, noun. [Latin expression aqua water, punctura puncture, pungere, punctum, to, prick.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "AQUAPUNCTURE"

Words rhyming with "AQUAPUNCTURE" (pronounced 'A`qua*punc"ture'): Acture, Admixture, Affixture, Anfracture, Arboriculture, Attainture, Aventure, Belecture, Cincture, Commixture, Compacture, Composture, Concreture, Confecture, Conjuncture, Connature, Constructure, Contexture, Contracture, Creature, Decocture, Defeature, Dejecture, feature, fixture, Fructure, Galvanopuncture, imposture, intermixture, juncture, Loture, Metallifacture, misadventure, Misaventure, misfeature, Misnurture, mixture, moisture, Multure, Overmoisture, Overpicture, Painture, Paraventure, Parture, Photosculpture, Pisciculture, Pretexture, Pretorture, Projecture, Prompture. (additional references)

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Anagrams: AQUAPUNCTURE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-n-p-q-r-t-u-u-u"

-4 letters: catnaper, paraquet, puncture.

-5 letters: arcuate, cantrap, capture, cateran, centaur, parquet, quartan, racquet, uncrate.

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

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Alternative Orthography: AQUAPUNCTURE


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

41 51 55 41 50 55 4E 43 54 55 52 45

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 01010001 01010101 01000001 01010000 01010101 01001110 01000011 01010100 01010101 01010010 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#81 &#85 &#65 &#80 &#85 &#78 &#67 &#84 &#85 &#82 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0051 0055 0041 0050 0055 004E 0043 0054 0055 0052 0045

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

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

355155355055483754555239

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INDEX

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


  

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