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Definition: BULIMUS |
BULIMUSNoun1. A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America. |
Date "BULIMUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
| Words rhyming with "BULIMUS" (pronounced 'Bu*li"mus'): Accismus, Chiasmus, Cormus, humus, IGNORAMUS, isthmus, litmus, mandamus, marasmus, Momus, Nystagmus, Polyphemus, Primus, Ramus, Rhythmus, strabismus, tenesmus, Thymus, trismus, Ulmus, vaginismus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-l-m-s-u-u" | |
-1 letter: limbus. | |
-2 letters: limbs. | |
-3 letters: bums, libs, limb, lums, mibs, mils, slim, slub, slum, sulu, ulus. | |
-4 letters: bis, bum, bus, ism, lib, lis, lum, mib, mil, mis, mus, sib, sim, sub, sum, ulu. | |
-5 letters: bi, is, li, mi, mu, si, um, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-l-m-s-u-u" | |
+2 letters: umbilicus. | |
+3 letters: albuminous, botulinums, columbiums. | |
+4 letters: ambiguously, bumptiously, funambulism, funambulist, submultiple, umbilicuses. | |
+5 letters: albuminurias, cumulonimbus, equilibriums, funambulisms, funambulists, microtubules, submultiples. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 4C 49 4D 55 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-.. .. -- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01001100 01001001 01001101 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U L I M U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 004C 0049 004D 0055 0053 |
| 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)36554643475553 |
| 1. Definition 2. Rhymes 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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