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EPENCEPHALON

Definition: EPENCEPHALON

EPENCEPHALON

Noun

1. The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Epencephalon \Ep`en*ceph"a*lon\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'epi` upon, near brain.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Crosswords: EPENCEPHALON

English words defined with "EPENCEPHALON": Epen, Epencephalic. (references)

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Misspellings: EPENCEPHALON

Misspellings

"EPENCEPHALON" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: telencephalon. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "EPENCEPHALON"

Words rhyming with "EPENCEPHALON" (pronounced 'Ep`en*ceph"a*lon'): Abutilon, Aquilon, Bellon, Billon, Bouillon, Bullon, Carillon, Cephalon, Chalon, Coilon, Confalon, Decathlon, Diencephalon, Eidolon, Encephalon, Erythroxylon, Fellon, Haematoxylon, Hersillon, Mamelon, Merlon, mesencephalon, Mesocephalon, mesocolon, metencephalon, Moellon, Monoxylon, Mouflon, Muflon, Myelencephalon, Myelon, Myroxylon, Orillon, Paillon, Phylon, Pilon, Postencephalon, Propylon, Prosencephalon, rhinencephalon, semicolon, shallon, Sideroxylon, Sillon, solon, Stallon, stolon, Tenaillon, Tetracolon, Thalamencephalon. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EPENCEPHALON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-l-n-n-o-p-p"

-2 letters: encephalon.

-3 letters: peneplane.

-4 letters: peephole, penoncel.

-5 letters: alencon, chalone, channel, cheapen, echelon, enhance, enplane, epochal, panoche, penance, penoche, planche.

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

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Alternative Orthography: EPENCEPHALON


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

45 50 45 4E 43 45 50 48 41 4C 4F 4E

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 01010000 01000101 01001110 01000011 01000101 01010000 01001000 01000001 01001100 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0050 0045 004E 0043 0045 0050 0048 0041 004C 004F 004E

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

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

395039483739504235464948

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INDEX

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


  

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