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EPIPLOCE

Definition: EPIPLOCE

EPIPLOCE

Noun

1. A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them."

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Epiploce \E*pip"lo*ce\, noun. [Latin expression, connection, from the Greek expression plaiting together, from to plait or braid in; 'epi` upon to twist, plait.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Rhyming with "EPIPLOCE"

Words rhyming with "EPIPLOCE" (pronounced 'E*pip"lo*ce'): Abaisance, Abduce, Abearance, Abeyance, Abhorrence, Abidance, Abodance, Abrenounce, Abscondence, Absence, Absistence, Abstinence, Abundance, Accedence, Acceptance, Accidence, Accomplice, Accordance, Accresce, Accrescence, Accustomance, Achievance, Acquaintance, Acquiesce, Acquiescence, Acturience, Acustumaunce, Adance, Adarce, Addice, Adduce, Addulce, Adherence, Admirance, Adolescence, Advice, Affirmance, Affluence, Afforce, Afterpiece, Aggrievance, Agrace, Aidance, Albescence, Allegeance, Allegiance, Allspice, Allurance, Almuce, Altarpiece. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EPIPLOCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-l-o-p-p"

-2 letters: people, police.

-3 letters: clepe, elope, oleic, piece.

-4 letters: ceil, cepe, clip, clop, coil, cole, cope, epic, lice, lipe, loci, lope, peel, peep, pele, pepo, pice, pile, pipe, plie, plop, pole, pope.

-5 letters: cee, cel, cep, col, cop, eel, ice, lee, lei, lie, lip, lop, oil, ole, ope, pec, pee, pep, pic, pie, pip, poi.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-l-o-p-p"
 

+4 letters: glycopeptide, leptocephali, perceptional, preceptorial.

 

+5 letters: epileptogenic, glycopeptides, postepileptic, preceptorials, prospectively.

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

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Alternative Orthography: EPIPLOCE


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

45 50 49 50 4C 4F 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)

01000101 01010000 01001001 01010000 01001100 01001111 01000011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#80 &#73 &#80 &#76 &#79 &#67 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0050 0049 0050 004C 004F 0043 0045

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

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

3950435046493739

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INDEX

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


  

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