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EPITASIS

Definitions: EPITASIS

EPITASIS

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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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Misspellings: EPITASIS

Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "EPITASIS"

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)

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Anagrams: EPITASIS

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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.

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Alternative Orthography: EPITASIS


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

45 50 49 54 41 53 49 53

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 01010100 01000001 01010011 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#80 &#73 &#84 &#65 &#83 &#73 &#83

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)

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

3950435435534353

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INDEX

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


  

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