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Definition: EPITHECA |
EPITHECANoun1. A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals. |
Etymology: Epitheca \Ep`i*the"ca\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'epi` upon case, box, from to place.]. (Websters 1913) |
| 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) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 50 49 54 48 45 43 41 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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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 01001000 01000101 01000011 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E P I T H E C A |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3950435442393735 |
| 1. Definition 2. Rhymes 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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