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ELECTUARY

Definition: ELECTUARY

ELECTUARY

Noun

1. A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ELECTUARY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms within Context: ELECTUARY

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

Remedy

Medicine, physic, Galenicals, simples, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription, potion, draught, dose, pill, bolus, injection, infusion, drip, suppository, electuary; linctus, lincture; medicament; pharmacon.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ELECTUARY

English words defined with "ELECTUARY": Diacatholicon, DiatessaronElectary, ElectuariesLetuaryMithridateTheriaca. (references)

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Modern Translations: ELECTUARY

Language Translations for "ELECTUARY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

szirupos orvosság. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

練り薬 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ねりぐすり. (various references)

   

Manx

  

lectuaree. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

electuaryay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

galvanotipo. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

excipient. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

электуарий. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

elektuarijum. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

electuario. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

електуарій. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thuốc tê. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ELECTUARY

Misspellings

"ELECTUARY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alectura, electory. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "ELECTUARY"

Words rhyming with "ELECTUARY" (pronounced 'E*lec"tu*a*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry, Alveary, Alveolary, Amatory, Ambagitory, Ambry, Amburry, Amendatory, Amphigory, Amplificatory, Anabaptistry, Ancestry, Ancientry, Ancillary, Anemometry, Angelolatry, Angry, Annihilatory, Annotatory, Annuary, Annularry, Annulary, Annunciatory, Anthropolatry, Anthropometry, Anticipatory, Antidotary, Antimasonry, Antiphonary, Anury, Apiary, Apomecometry, Apothecary, Appellatory, Applicatory, Apprecatory, Appreciatory, Approbatory, Aratory, Arbitrary, Arborary, Archdeaconry, Areometry, Argentry, Armamentary, Armillary, Armory, Arrectary, Artistry, Aspiratory, Assentatory, Assertory, Asseveratory, Assimilatory, Astrictory, Astrolatry, Astrometry, Astrophotometry, Asymmetry, Atmiatry, Atrabiliary, Attry, Auctary, Auctionary, Augury, Aumbry, Aumery, Auncetry, Auscultatory, Autolatry, Auxiliatory, Aviary, Avowry, Avowtry, Aweary, Awry, Axillary, Babblery, Baboonery, Bachelry, Baculometry, Balladry, Ballatry, Balloonry, Balneary, Balneatory, Baneberry, Baptisteries, Baptistery, Baptistry, Barbary, Barberry, Barometry, Barratry, Barry, Basketry, Bathymetry, Bawdry, Beadlery, Bearberry, Bedelry, Belfry, Benedictionary, Benedictory, Bestiary, Bibitory, Bibliolatry, Bibliothecary, Bicentenary, Bigotry, Bijoutry, Bilberry, Biliary, Biochemistry, Biometry, Bistoury, Blackberry, Blaeberry, Blazonry, Bleaberry, Blindstory, Blomary, Bloomary, Blueberry, Blurry, Bob-cherry, Bogberry, Boilary, Bombastry, Bonitary, Bottomry, BOUNDARY, Boxberry, Breviary, Brothelry, Bummery, Bunchberry, Burglary, Bursary, Cachinnatory, Caducary, Calcinatory, Calculatory, Calendary, Calorimetry, Calumniatory, Calvary, Cambistry, Camelry, Cannonry, Canonry, Cantatory, Caperberry, Captainry, Caravansary, Cardioinhibitory, Cardiometry, Carnary, Carpellary, Carpentry, Cartulary, Cassioberry, Cassowary, Castlery, Casuistry, Category, Cautionary, Cautionry, Cavalry, Cavitary, Cedry, Cementatory, Cenatory, Centaury, Centry, Century, Cephalometry, Cessionary, Chandry, Chantry, Chapelry, Charlatanry, Charry, Chartulary, Cheerry, Chiccory, Chicory, Chivalry, Chlorimetry, Chlorometry, Chokeberry, Chokecherry, Choltry, Chorometry, Choultry, Chowry, Chrismatory, Chronometry, Chylificatory, Ciliary, Cinerary, Circulary, Circumgyratory, Circumlocutory, Citatory, Classificatory, Clerstory, Clinometry, Cloudberry, Coagulatory, Cochleary, Codicillary, Collegatary, Collusory, Collutory, Colorimetry, Columbary, Cometary, Comicry, Commandatory, Commandry, Commemoratory, Commendatary, Commentary, Comminatory, Commissary, Commonitory, Communicatory, Compellatory, Compensatory, Competitory, Complexionary, Complimentary, Compulsatory, Compulsory, Comradery, Concessionary, Concessory, Conchometry, Conchyliometry, Conciliatory, Concionatory, Conclusory, Concretionary, Condemnatory, Conditory, Condolatory, Conductory, Confabulatory, Confectory, Confessary, Confirmatory, Confiscatory, Congiary, Congratulatory, Conjury, Consecratory, Consignatary, Consignatory, Constabulatory, Consuetudinary, Consulary, Consultary, Consultatory, Contrarry, Contributary, Controversary, Conventionary, Coparcenary, Coplatry, Coquetry, Corollary, Correctory, Corrivalry, Corroboratory, Corrobory, Cosmolatry, Cosmometry, Costmary, Cottonary, Cotyledonary, Counterfleury, Counterflory, Cousinry, Coventry, Cowberry, Cowries, Cowry, Coxcombry, Cranberry, Craniometry, Criminatory, Crinatory, Crinitory, Crociary, Crowberry, Crystallometry, Cubatory, Cuckoldry, Culinary, Culpatory, Cursorary, Cursory, Cussuetudinary, Custumary, Cyclometry, Cymry, Dairy, Damnatory, Dangleberry, Dare-deviltry, Datary, Deaconry, Decennary, Deceptory, Decisory, Declamatory, Declaratory, Declinatory, Decretory, Decry, Decury, Deerberry, Defamatory, Defensory, Defiatory, Deglutitory, Dehortatory, Dejectory, Delegatory, Deletory, Delineatory, Delusory, Demissionary, Demonolatry, Demonry, Demonstratory, Dentary, Dentistry, Denunciatory, Dephlegmatory, Depilatory, Depletory, Depositary, Depository, Deprecatory, Depreciatory, Depredatory, Depulsory, Depuratory, Depurgatory. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ELECTUARY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-r-t-u-y"

-1 letter: ulcerate.

-2 letters: acutely, cautery, cruelty, cutlery, erectly, lecture, treacle, treacly.

-3 letters: acetyl, acuter, cartel, celery, cerate, cereal, claret, create, curate, curtal, curtly, cutely, cutler, eatery, ecarte, elater, eluate, elytra, lyrate, realty, rectal, relace, relate, reluct, tercel, tuyere.

-4 letters: acute, alert, alter, arete, artel, caret, carle, carte, cater, clary, clear, cleat, crate, creel, cruel, cruet, culet, curet, curly, cuter, cutey, early, eater, eclat, elate, elect, elute, erect, eruct, lacer, lacey, laree, later, layer, leary, leery, lucre, lutea, lyart, lycea, lycee, ratel, react, recta, recut, relay, relet, taler, teary, telae, terce, trace, truce, truly, tuyer, ulcer, ultra, urate, ureal, yurta.

-5 letters: acre, acyl, aery, alec, alee, arty, aryl, care, carl, cart, cate, caul, celt, cere, cete, clay, clue, cult, cure, curl, curt, cute, earl, ecru, eely, eery, eyer, eyra, eyre, lace, lacy, late, lear, leer, leet, luce, lure, lute, lyre, race, racy, rale, rate, real, reel, rely, rete, rule, ruly, tace, tael, talc, tale, tare, teal, tear, teel, tela, tele, tray, tree, trey, true, tule, tyee, tyer, tyre, urea, yare, year, yuca, yule, yurt.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-r-t-u-y"
 

+1 letter: creaturely.

 

+3 letters: perceptually, reticulately.

 

+4 letters: counterplayer, treacherously.

 

+5 letters: commensurately, counterplayers, percutaneously.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ELECTUARY


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

45 4C 45 43 54 55 41 52 59

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)

01000101 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01010101 01000001 01010010 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#76 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#85 &#65 &#82 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004C 0045 0043 0054 0055 0041 0052 0059

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

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

394639375455355259

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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