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EXOTHECA

Definition: EXOTHECA

EXOTHECA

Noun

1. The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Exotheca \Ex`o*the"ca\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'e`xw outside case, box.]. (Websters 1913)

"EXOTHECA" is a common misspelling or typo for: Apothecary, Apothecia, Exanthema.

Crosswords: EXOTHECA

Etymologies containing "EXOTHECA": Exothecium. (references)

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Rhyming with "EXOTHECA"

Words rhyming with "EXOTHECA" (pronounced 'Ex`o*the"ca'): Anasarca, Arctisca, Areca, Asarabacca, Attacca, Baraca, Barranca, Bibliotheca, Bocca, Chachalaca, Chica, Cloaca, Coca, Cuca, Dactylotheca, Dertrotheca, Endotheca, Epitheca, Erica, Eruca, 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: EXOTHECA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-o-t-x"

-2 letters: coatee, thecae.

-3 letters: cheat, coxae, exact, tache, teach, theca.

-4 letters: ache, cate, cete, chao, chat, coat, coax, cote, coxa, each, eath, eche, echo, etch, exec, haet, hate, heat, hoax, oath, tace, tach, taco, thae, thee, toea.

-5 letters: ace, act, ate, axe, cat, cee, cot, cox, eat, eta, eth, hae, hao, hat, het, hex, hoe.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-o-t-x"
 

+2 letters: chemotaxes.

 

+4 letters: chatterboxes.

 

+5 letters: archaeopteryx.

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

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Alternative Orthography: EXOTHECA


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

45 58 4F 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 01011000 01001111 01010100 01001000 01000101 01000011 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#88 &#79 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#67 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0058 004F 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)

3958495442393735

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INDEX

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


  

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