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CRASIS

Definition: CRASIS

CRASIS

Noun

1. A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synaeresis; as, cogo for coago.

2. A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: CRASIS

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

Combination

Noun: combination; mixture; junction; union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization.

Composition

Noun: composition, constitution, crasis; combination; inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception; embodiment; formation.

Intrinsicality

Principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis, diathesis.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: CRASIS

Etymologies containing "CRASIS": idiosyncrasy. (references)

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Rhyming with "CRASIS"

Words rhyming with "CRASIS" (pronounced 'Cra"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CRASIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: crissa.

Words within the letters "a-c-i-r-s-s"

-1 letter: arsis, crass, saris, scars.

-2 letters: airs, arcs, asci, cars, cris, rias, sacs, sari, scar, sics, sirs, sris.

-3 letters: air, ais, arc, ars, ass, car, cis, ras, ria, sac, sic, sir, sis, sri.

-4 letters: ai, ar, as, is, si.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-r-s-s"
 

+1 letter: ascaris, crissal, cuirass, racisms, racists, sacrist.

 

+2 letters: acrasias, acrasins, arcsines, arsenics, ascarids, ascribes, astricts, brassica, cashiers, charisms, classier, corsairs, czarisms, czarists, discards, narcisms, narcissi, narcists, narcosis, rachises, raciness, rickshas, sacrings, sacrists, sacristy, sarcoids, scariest, scariose, scarious, scraichs, scraighs, scrapies, sidecars.

 

+3 letters: abstricts, acariases, acariasis, acridness, acrostics, acrotisms, adscripts, airscapes, airscrews, airspaces, anacrusis, archaises, archaisms, archaists, aruspices, ascarides, brassicas, brisances, canisters, caressing, caressive, caritases, caryopsis, casimeres, casimires, cassimere, casuistry, catharsis, causeries, ceramists, cesarians, chariness, chartists, chastiser, chrysalis, commissar, craziness, creasiest, croissant, crosshair, cuirassed, cuirasses, disgraces, distracts, dyscrasia, fricassee, graciosos, gripsacks, idocrases, increases, mistraces, narcissus, ossicular, ostracise, ostracism, parchesis, parchisis, parecisms, perisarcs, piscaries, piscators, practises, racemisms, rhachises, rickshaws, rusticals, sacristan, sarcastic, scarfpins, scarfskin, scarifies, scarriest, scenarios, scenarist, scimetars, scimitars, scrapings, scrimshaw, sectaries, smiercase, spagyrics, spiracles, staircase, subvicars, suricates, wiseacres.

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

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Alternative Orthography: CRASIS


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

43 52 41 53 49 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)

01000011 01010010 01000001 01010011 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#82 &#65 &#83 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0052 0041 0053 0049 0053

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

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

375235534353

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INDEX

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


  

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