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EPITHECA

Definition: EPITHECA

EPITHECA

Noun

1. A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Epitheca \Ep`i*the"ca\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'epi` upon case, box, from to place.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Rhyming with "EPITHECA"

Words rhyming with "EPITHECA" (pronounced 'Ep`i*the"ca'): Anasarca, Arctisca, Areca, Asarabacca, Attacca, Baraca, Barranca, Bibliotheca, Bocca, Chachalaca, Chica, Cloaca, Coca, Cuca, Dactylotheca, Dertrotheca, Endotheca, Erica, Eruca, Exotheca, Felucca, Fistuca, Formica, Glyptotheca, Gnathotheca, Gonotheca, Hierotheca, Hippobosca, Hydrotheca, Hypotheca, Inca, Jararaca, Lactuca, Lectica, lorica, malacca, Manca, Mattowacca, Mesotheca, mica, Mollusca, Musca, Myrica, Noctiluca, Oca, Ootheca, paca, Pataca, Perca, Phoca. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EPITHECA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: petechia.

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-p-t"

-1 letter: aphetic, cheapie, hepatic.

-2 letters: apiece, haptic, hepcat, phatic, techie, thecae.

-3 letters: aitch, chape, chapt, cheap, cheat, cheep, epact, etape, ethic, patch, peace, peach, piece, pieta, pitch, tache, teach, theca.

-4 letters: ache, cape, caph, cate, cepe, cete, chap, chat, chia, chip, chit, cite, each, eath, eche, epha, epic, etch, etic, haet, hate, heap, heat, itch.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-p-t"
 

+1 letter: hepaticae, peachiest, petechiae, petechial, phenacite.

 

+2 letters: aphaeretic, empathetic, perithecia, phenacetin, phenacites, preachiest, preethical, telepathic.

 

+3 letters: champerties, epithetical, heptarchies, hyperactive, impeachment, metanephric, parenthetic, paresthetic, pentarchies, perithecial, phenacetins, spirochaete, telegraphic, therapeutic.

 

+4 letters: apothecaries, encephalitic, encephalitis, extrahepatic, hyperactives, impeachments, leptocephali, overemphatic, patchinesses, pathogenetic, phylacteries, spirochaetes, therapeutics.

 

+5 letters: acetaminophen, autocephalies, bacteriophage, cephalometric, cryotherapies, hematopoietic, hepatectomies, hyperacuities, hypermetrical, hyperreactive, metencephalic, parenthetical, petrochemical, preanesthetic, secretaryship, stereographic, telencephalic, terpsichorean.

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

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Alternative Orthography: EPITHECA


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

45 50 49 54 48 45 43 41

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 01001000 01000101 01000011 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#80 &#73 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#67 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0050 0049 0054 0048 0045 0043 0041

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

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

3950435442393735

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INDEX

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


  

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