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DESMOGNATHOUS

Definition: DESMOGNATHOUS

DESMOGNATHOUS

Adjective

1. Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Desmognathous \Des*mog"na*thous\, adjective. [from Greek expression desmo`s bond jaw.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "DESMOGNATHOUS"

Words rhyming with "DESMOGNATHOUS" (pronounced 'Des*mog"na*thous'): Anacanthous, Ananthous, Antipathous, Aphthous, Dromaeognathous, Epanthous, Epignathous, Hysteranthous, Mesognathous, Metagnathous, Monanthous, Myriacanthous, Oliganthous, Orthognathous, Paragnathous, Prognathous, Proteranthous, Rhizanthous, Saurognathous, Schizognathous, Synanthous, Xanthous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: DESMOGNATHOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-h-m-n-o-o-s-s-t-u"

-3 letters: endogamous, handsomest, shogunates, soundstage, staghounds, unsmoothed.

-4 letters: aunthoods, autosomes, doghouses, madhouses, mastodons, methadons, moondusts, mudstones, mungooses, oasthouse, outgassed, outshamed, outshames, seamounts, shogunate, smoothens, staghound, stegodons, thousands, toughness.

-5 letters: agendums, amounted, astomous, astounds, augments, aunthood, autosome, demounts, doghouse, duotones, endosmos, gashouse, goodness, gumshoed, gumshoes, gunshots, handouts, handsets, handsome, hangouts, headmost, hogmanes, hognoses, hostages, houseman.

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

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Alternative Orthography: DESMOGNATHOUS


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

44 45 53 4D 4F 47 4E 41 54 48 4F 55 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)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01000101 01010011 01001101 01001111 01000111 01001110 01000001 01010100 01001000 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#69 &#83 &#77 &#79 &#71 &#78 &#65 &#84 &#72 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0045 0053 004D 004F 0047 004E 0041 0054 0048 004F 0055 0053

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

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

38395347494148355442495553

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INDEX

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


  

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