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Definitions: EPITASIS |
EPITASISNoun1. The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. 2. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis. |
Etymology: Epitasis \E*pit"a*sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression stretching, from to stretch upon or over; 'epi` upon to stretch.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: EPITASIS |
| English words defined with "EPITASIS": Protasis. (references) |
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"EPITASIS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aiptasia, Epicharis, epipactis, potassic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "EPITASIS" (pronounced 'E*pit"a*sis'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anabasis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Apheresis, Aphesis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-p-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: pasties, patsies, petsais, tapises. | |
-2 letters: pastes, pastie, pastis, petsai, pietas, pistes, pities, sepias, siesta, spaits, spates, spites, stapes, stipes, tassie. | |
-3 letters: apses, apsis, aspis, asset, easts, issei, paise, pases, passe, paste, pasts, pates, peats, pests, pieta, piste, pitas, sates, satis, seats, sepia, septa, septs, sipes, sites, spaes, spait, spate, spats, spies, spite, spits. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-p-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: dissipate, epistasis, epistaxis, patissier. | |
+2 letters: antisepsis, asperities, dissipated, dissipater, dissipates, epinasties, epistasies, inspissate, papistries, parasitise, patisserie, patissiers, pityriases, privatises, sapidities, sparsities, specialist. | |
+3 letters: adiposities, antipyresis, antiseptics, appositives, baptistries, capitalises, disparities, dissipaters, dissipative, hospitalise, impatienses, inspissated, inspissates, palmistries, parasitised, parasitises, parasitizes, parotitises, passivities, patisseries, pediatrists, peristalsis, plasticines, plasticizes, poinsettias, psittacines, septicemias, specialists, specialties, speciations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 50 49 54 41 53 49 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .--. .. - .- ... .. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01010000 01001001 01010100 01000001 01010011 01001001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E P I T A S I S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0050 0049 0054 0041 0053 0049 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3950435435534353 |
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