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CAPILLIFORM

Definition: CAPILLIFORM

CAPILLIFORM

Adjective

1. In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Capilliform \Ca*pil"li*form\, adjective. [Latin expression capillus hair -form.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Synonyms within Context: CAPILLIFORM

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

Filament

Adjective: filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform; fibrous, fibrillous; thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy; capillary, capilliform; funicular, wire-drawn;

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Rhyming with "CAPILLIFORM"

Words rhyming with "CAPILLIFORM" (pronounced 'Ca*pil"li*form'): Acetabuliform, Aciculiform, Aciform, Acinaciform, Acinetiform, Aciniform, Actiniform, Aculeiform, Adeniform, Adipoceriform, Aeriform, Aliform, Aluminiform, Alveoliform, Ambulacriform, Amentiform, Amianthiform, Ampulliform, Anguiform, Anguilliform, Antenniform, Antheriform, Aquiform, Araneiform, Arboriform, Arciform, Asbestiform, Ascidiform, Aspergilliform, Auriform, Bacciform, Bacilliform, Basaltiform, Biform, Boniform, Botuliform, Boviform, Bromoform, Bursiform, Calceiform, Calciform, Calyciform, Calyptriform, Campaniform, Campaniliform, Cancriform, Capriform, Cauliform, Cerebriform, Cheliform. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CAPILLIFORM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-f-i-i-l-l-m-o-p-r"

-3 letters: piciform, picloram, piliform, proclaim, prolific.

-4 letters: aciform, airfoil, aliform, milfoil, oilcamp.

-5 letters: caroli, clamor, collar, copalm, filial, fillip, filmic, floral, foliar, formal, formic, frolic, impair, lipoma, lorica, moirai, pallor, picaro, pillar, plical, primal.

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

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Alternative Orthography: CAPILLIFORM


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

43 41 50 49 4C 4C 49 46 4F 52 4D

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)

01000011 01000001 01010000 01001001 01001100 01001100 01001001 01000110 01001111 01010010 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#65 &#80 &#73 &#76 &#76 &#73 &#70 &#79 &#82 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0041 0050 0049 004C 004C 0049 0046 004F 0052 004D

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

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

3735504346464340495247

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INDEX

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


  

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