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Definition: CALAMISTRUM |
CALAMISTRUMNoun1. A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs. |
Etymology: Calamistrum \Cal`a*mis"trum\, noun. [Latin expression, curling iron.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Language | Translations for "calamistrum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | alamistrumcay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "CALAMISTRUM" (pronounced 'Cal`a*mis"trum'): Alabastrum, Antrum, Centrum, Claustrum, Colostrum, Intercentrum, lustrum, Nostrum, Plectrum, Pleurocentrum, rostrum, Sequestrum, Sistrum, spectrum, tantrum, Triquetrum, Zygantrum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-m-m-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: simulacra. | |
-3 letters: alarmism, alarmist, altruism, claustra, curtails, marasmic, multicar, muralist, rustical, samarium, summital, timaraus, ultraism. | |
-4 letters: alarums, amritas, amtracs, atriums, austral, calamus, camails, caritas, citrals, crustal, cultism, curtail, curtals, lactams, lariats, latrias, macular, maculas, marital, martial, miasmal, mistral, musical, ramtils, rituals, samurai, simular, talcums, tamaris, tarmacs, timarau, traumas, ultimas, uracils. | |
-5 letters: acarus, actual, alarms, alarum, altars, amicus, amrita, amtrac, amusia, arista, asarum, astral, atrial, atrium, aurist, autism, calami, camail, camisa, carats, casita, casual, caulis, causal, citral, citrus, claims, craals, crista, curial, curtal, cutlas, imaums, lactam, lamias, lariat, larums, lascar, latria, lauras, litmus, lustra, macula, malars, mastic, miasma, miauls, misact, miscut, mitral, mulcts, murals, muscat, mutism, racial, racism, racist, ramtil, rascal, ratals, riatas, rictal, rictus, ritual, rustic, sacral, sacrum, salami, scalar, smalti, struma, summit, talars, talcum, tamals, tamari, tarmac, tarsal, tarsia, tiaras, ticals, trails, trauma, triacs, trials, truism, ulamas, ultima, ultras, umiacs, uracil, uratic, urials. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-m-m-r-s-t-u" | |
+3 letters: multiracialism. | |
+4 letters: circumambulates, multiracialisms. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 41 4C 41 4D 49 53 54 52 55 4D |
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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)-.-. .- .-.. .- -- .. ... - .-. ..- -- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01000001 01001100 01000001 01001101 01001001 01010011 01010100 01010010 01010101 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C A L A M I S T R U M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0041 004C 0041 004D 0049 0053 0054 0052 0055 004D |
| 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)3735463547435354525547 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Rhymes 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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