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Definition: ARUSPICY |
ARUSPICYNoun1. Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice. |
Etymology: Aruspicy \A*rus"pi*cy\, noun. [Latin expression aruspicium, haruspicium.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: ARUSPICY |
| English words defined with "ARUSPICY": Haruspicy. (references) |
Expression using "ARUSPICY": Aruspicy or Haruspicy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 52 55 53 50 49 43 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. ..- ... .--. .. -.-. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010010 01010101 01010011 01010000 01001001 01000011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A R U S P I C Y |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3552555350433759 |
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