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DYSCRASITE

Definition: DYSCRASITE

DYSCRASITE

Noun

1. A mineral consisting of antimony and silver.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Dyscrasite \Dys"cra*site\, noun. [Greek expression bad compound.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: DYSCRASITE

DomainDefinition

Mining

A natural antimonide of silver, Ag3 Sb ; color and streak, silver-white; luster, metallic; usually tarnished; Mohs hardness, 3.5 to 4; sp gr, 9.74; found in Germany, France, and Canada. An ore of silver.Syn:antimonial silver. (references)

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

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Rhyming with "DYSCRASITE"

Words rhyming with "DYSCRASITE" (pronounced 'Dys"cra*site'): Acquisite, Andalusite, Anglesite, Anorthosite, Apposite, Bedsite, Cyanosite, Gaylussite, inapposite, magnesite, Marcasite, Microparasite, Monophysite, Mussite, Nitromagnesite, Overexquisite, Parasite, Perquisite, Plumosite, Polybasite, Pyrolusite, rhodochrosite, site, Supparasite, Visite, Wasite. (additional references)

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Anagrams: DYSCRASITE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-r-s-s-t-y"

-1 letter: ecdysiast.

-2 letters: acridest, actressy, diasters, disaster, disrates, sacristy, satyrids, scariest, sidecars.

-3 letters: actress, aridest, ascites, astride, casters, credits, cristae, diaster, dicasts, dietary, directs, discase, disrate, disseat, dissect, dissert, drastic, ecdysis, ecstasy, ectasis, edacity, estrays, raciest, racists, radices, recasts, redacts, sacrist, satires, satyric, satyrid, scarted, sectary, sidecar, staider, stayers, stearic, strayed, strides, tardies, tirades.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-r-s-s-t-y"
 

+2 letters: crystallised.

 

+3 letters: myocarditises, perissodactyl.

 

+4 letters: perissodactyls.

 

+5 letters: aerodynamicists, electrodialyses, electrodialysis.

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

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Alternative Orthography: DYSCRASITE


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

44 59 53 43 52 41 53 49 54 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 01011001 01010011 01000011 01010010 01000001 01010011 01001001 01010100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#89 &#83 &#67 &#82 &#65 &#83 &#73 &#84 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0059 0053 0043 0052 0041 0053 0049 0054 0045

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

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

38595337523553435439

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INDEX

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


  

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