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ANATIFEROUS

Definition: ANATIFEROUS

ANATIFEROUS

Adjective

1. Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Anatiferous \An`a*tif"er*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression anas, anatis, duck -ferous.]. (references)

 

Crosswords: ANATIFEROUS

Etymologies containing "ANATIFEROUS": Anatifa. (references)

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Rhyming with "ANATIFEROUS"

Words rhyming with "ANATIFEROUS" (pronounced 'An`a*tif"er*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ANATIFEROUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-i-n-o-r-s-t-u"

-2 letters: aerations, aeronauts, nefarious, unfairest.

-3 letters: aeration, aeronaut, antisera, fainters, faitours, fantasie, farinose, fortunes, furanose, notaries, outearns, outfires, outraise, rainouts, ratanies, routines, ruinates, sautoire, seafront, seatrain, senorita, snoutier, taurines, uranites, urinates.

-4 letters: aerosat, anestri, antiars, antifur, antsier, anurias, arenous, aristae, aroints, artisan, asteria, atoners, atonies, atresia, aunties, entasia, erasion, fainest, fainter, fairest, faitour, farinas.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-f-i-n-o-r-s-t-u"
 

+2 letters: manufactories.

 

+4 letters: anfractuosities.

 

+5 letters: requalifications.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ANATIFEROUS


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

41 4E 41 54 49 46 45 52 4F 55 53

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 01001110 01000001 01010100 01001001 01000110 01000101 01010010 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

A N A T I F E R O U S

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004E 0041 0054 0049 0046 0045 0052 004F 0055 0053

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

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

3548355443403952495553

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