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DEMULCE

Definition: DEMULCE

DEMULCE

Transitive verb

1. To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Demulce \De*mulce"\, transitive verb. [Latin expression demulcere; de- mulcere to stroke, soothe.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Derivations: DEMULCE

Derivations

Words beginning with "DEMULCE": demulcent, demulcents. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: DEMULCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-l-m-u"

-1 letter: culmed.

-2 letters: clued, deuce, educe, elude, muled.

-3 letters: cede, clue, cued, culm, deem, dele, deme, duce, duel, emeu, leud, luce, lude, meed, meld, mule.

-4 letters: cee, cel, cud, cue, cum, dee, del, due, ecu, eel, eld, elm, eme, emu, led, lee, leu, lum, med, mel, mud.

-5 letters: de, ed, el, em, me, mu, um.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-l-m-u"
 

+2 letters: demulcent.

 

+3 letters: cuddlesome, demulcents, luminesced.

 

+4 letters: emasculated, multicelled, overmuscled, uncompleted, unreclaimed.

 

+5 letters: closemouthed, documentable, multifaceted, telecommuted, vermiculated.

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

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Alternative Orthography: DEMULCE


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

44 45 4D 55 4C 43 45

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)

01000100 01000101 01001101 01010101 01001100 01000011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#69 &#77 &#85 &#76 &#67 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0045 004D 0055 004C 0043 0045

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

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

38394755463739

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INDEX

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


  

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