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BLASTOPHORE

Definition: BLASTOPHORE

BLASTOPHORE

Noun

1. That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Blastophore \Blas"to*phore\, noun. [from Greek expression blasto`s sprout to bear.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: BLASTOPHORE

English words defined with "BLASTOPHORE": Blastophoric. (references)

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Modern Translations: BLASTOPHORE

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

Danish

  

blastofor. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

blastophore. (various references)

   

French

  

blastophore. (various references)

   

German

  

Blastophore. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βλαστοφόρο. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

astophoreblay

   

Portuguese

  

blastóforo. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

blastóforo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "BLASTOPHORE"

Words rhyming with "BLASTOPHORE" (pronounced 'Blas"to*phore'): Androphore, Anthophore, Carpophore, Chlamyphore, Chromatophore, Chromophore, Collophore, Ctenophore, Gonophore, Gynaecophore, Gynophore, Hydrophore, Hymenophore, Lophophore, Necrophore, Odontophore, Oophore, Photophore, Pneumatophore, Polyphore, Pterophore, Rheophore, Rhinophore, Rhynchophore, semaphore, siphonophore, Spermaphore, Spermatophore, Spermophore, sporangiophore, sporophore, Thecaphore, Thermophore, Trichophore. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BLASTOPHORE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-l-o-o-p-r-s-t"

-1 letter: blastopore.

-2 letters: boltropes, plethoras, portables, portholes.

-3 letters: barstool, blathers, bloaters, bloopers, boltrope, brothels, halberts, hoopster, loathers, petrosal, phorates, plethora, polestar, portable, porthole, posthole, postoral, potables, potherbs, potholes, probates, ratholes, sortable, storable, tapholes, tarboosh, theorbos.

-4 letters: aerosol, apostle, barhops, bathers, berthas, blaster, blather, bloater, blooper, boaster, boatels, boaters, boleros, bolster, bolters, booster, borates, borstal, bothers.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-h-l-o-o-p-r-s-t"
 

+2 letters: claustrophobe.

 

+3 letters: claustrophobes.

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

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Alternative Orthography: BLASTOPHORE


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

42 4C 41 53 54 4F 50 48 4F 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)

01000010 01001100 01000001 01010011 01010100 01001111 01010000 01001000 01001111 01010010 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#76 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#79 &#82 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 004C 0041 0053 0054 004F 0050 0048 004F 0052 0045

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

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

3646355354495042495239

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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