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BLASTOCARPOUS

Definition: BLASTOCARPOUS

BLASTOCARPOUS

Adjective

1. Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Blastocarpous \Blas`to*car"pous\, adjective. [Greek expression sprout, germ fruit.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "BLASTOCARPOUS"

Words rhyming with "BLASTOCARPOUS" (pronounced 'Blas`to*car"pous'): Acanthocarpous, Acarpous, Acrocarpous, Angiocarpous, Anthocarpous, Apocarpous, Caulocarpous, Gymnocarpous, Heterocarpous, Lagopous, Pachycarpous, Pappous, Pedipalpous, Rhizocarpous, Sychnocarpous, syncarpous, Trachycarpous, Trappous, Xanthocarpous, Xylocarpous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BLASTOCARPOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-l-o-o-p-r-s-s-t-u"

-3 letters: portulacas.

-4 letters: albatross, autocross, barstools, carousals, clubroots, cobaltous, copastors, pastorals, portulaca, pulsators, scapulars, sculptors, uprootals.

-5 letters: acarpous, acrobats, alastors, arousals, australs, barstool, borstals, caltraps, caltrops, caporals, capsular, carousal, carpools, claustra, clubroot, copastor, labrusca, locators, outclass, outcrops, outcross, outsoars, parasols, pastoral, pastural, postoral, postural, pulsator, robustas, saporous, scabrous, scapular, scapulas, scopulas, sculptor, spatular, spatulas.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-l-o-o-p-r-s-s-t-u"
 

+2 letters: claustrophobias.

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

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Alternative Orthography: BLASTOCARPOUS


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

42 4C 41 53 54 4F 43 41 52 50 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)

01000010 01001100 01000001 01010011 01010100 01001111 01000011 01000001 01010010 01010000 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#76 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#79 &#67 &#65 &#82 &#80 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 004C 0041 0053 0054 004F 0043 0041 0052 0050 004F 0055 0053

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

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

36463553544937355250495553

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INDEX

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


  

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