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Definition: EYESTONE |
EYESTONENoun1. Eye agate. See under Eye. 2. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance. |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "EYESTONE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Eyestone | Last name | 100 | 73,129 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "EYESTONE": eyestones. (additional references) | |
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"EYESTONE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dewerstone, eyecon, Eysmont, Lepestone. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "EYESTONE" (pronounced ī"stō'n) |
| 4 | -s t ō' n | Firestone, bloodstone, Bluestone, brownstone, capstone, cherrystone, cobblestone, cornerstone, curbstone, flagstone, Freestone, gallstone, gemstone, Gladstone, Goldstone, gravestone, greenstone, grindstone, hailstone, headstone, keystone, limestone, lodestone, milestone, millstone, moonstone, rhinestone, sandstone, steppingstone, tombstone, touchstone, whetstone. |
| 3 | -t ō' n | acetone, baritone, halftone, monotone, overtone, undertone. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-n-o-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: stoney, teensy, yentes. | |
-3 letters: nosey, notes, onset, sente, seton, steno, stone, stony, teens, teeny, tense, tones, toney, tyees, tynes, yente. | |
-4 letters: eons, eyen, eyes, eyne, nest, nets, noes, nose, nosy, note, ones, oyes, seen, sene, sent, snot, snye, sone, stey, stye, syne, teen, tees, tens, toes, tone, tons, tony, toys, tyee, tyes, tyne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-n-o-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: eyestones. | |
+3 letters: heterodynes, honeyeaters. | |
+4 letters: deoxygenates, teenyboppers. | |
+5 letters: coextensively, polyethylenes, postemergency, redeployments, reemployments, venturesomely. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 59 45 53 54 4F 4E 45 |
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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 01011001 01000101 01010011 01010100 01001111 01001110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E Y E S T O N E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0059 0045 0053 0054 004F 004E 0045 |
| 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)3959395354494839 |
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