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ARUSPICY

Definition: ARUSPICY

ARUSPICY

Noun

1. Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Aruspicy \A*rus"pi*cy\, noun. [Latin expression aruspicium, haruspicium.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: ARUSPICY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Prediction

Divination by oracles, Theomancy; by the Bible, Bibliomancy; by ghosts, Psychomancy; by crystal gazing, Crystallomancy; by shadows or manes, Sciomancy; by appearances in the air, Aeromancy, Chaomancy; by the stars at birth, Genethliacs; by meteors, Meteoromancy; by winds, Austromancy; by sacrificial appearances, Aruspicy (or Haruspicy), Hieromancy, Hieroscopy; by the entrails of animals sacrificed, Extispicy, Hieromancy; by the entrails of a human sacrifice,

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ARUSPICY

English words defined with "ARUSPICY": Haruspicy. (references)

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Expression: ARUSPICY

Expression using "ARUSPICY": Aruspicy or Haruspicy. Additional references.

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

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Rhyming with "ARUSPICY"

Words rhyming with "ARUSPICY" (pronounced 'A*rus"pi*cy'): Abbacy, Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy, Autocracy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ARUSPICY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-p-r-s-u-y"

-1 letter: piscary, pyurias.

-2 letters: capris, carpus, crispy, cyprus, piracy, pyuria, sirupy, sprucy.

-3 letters: arcus, aspic, auric, auris, carpi, carps, craps, crisp, curia, pairs, paris, picas, praus, prays, pricy, puris, pursy, pyric, raspy, saucy, saury, scarp, scary, scaup, scaur, scrap, scrip, sirup, spacy, spica, spicy, spiry, spray, supra, syrup, yaups, yucas.

-4 letters: airs, airy, arcs, asci.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-p-r-s-u-y"
 

+3 letters: rapaciously, specularity.

 

+4 letters: capriciously, precariously, puristically, scripturally, superciliary, supplicatory.

 

+5 letters: hyperacuities, hypercautious, superactivity, superficially, superphysical, ultraphysical.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ARUSPICY


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

41 52 55 53 50 49 43 59

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 01010010 01010101 01010011 01010000 01001001 01000011 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#82 &#85 &#83 &#80 &#73 &#67 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0052 0055 0053 0050 0049 0043 0059

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

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

3552555350433759

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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