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FERRUGO

Definition: FERRUGO

FERRUGO

Noun

1. A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Ferrugo \Fer*ru"go\, noun. [Latin expression, iron rust, from ferrum iron.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Crosswords: FERRUGO

Etymologies containing "FERRUGO": Ferruginated, Ferruginous. (references)
Non-English Usage: "FERRUGO" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (the color of rust).

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Rhyming with "FERRUGO"

Words rhyming with "FERRUGO" (pronounced 'Fer*ru"go'): AErugo, Amigo, Arango, Argo, Bongo, Botargo, Bungo, Caligo, Camerlingo, Cargo, Cerago, Chimango, Colugo, Contango, Cundurango, Dago, Dingo, Drongo, Ego, Ergo, Eringo, Eryngo, Fandango, Farrago, Fidalgo, flamingo, galago, Ginkgo, gringo, Hidalgo, Hogo, imago, Imbargo, impetigo, intertrigo, jingo, lanugo, Largo, lentigo, lingo, lumbago, mango, Melligo, Non-ego, Pichiciago, plumbago, Pongo, Potargo, Prurigo, Rubigo. (additional references)

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Anagrams: FERRUGO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-f-g-o-r-r-u"

-1 letter: forger, furore.

-2 letters: erugo, forge, frore, furor, gofer, roger, rogue, rouge, urger.

-3 letters: ergo, euro, fore, four, froe, frog, frug, goer, gore, grue, ogre, roue, ruer, urge.

-4 letters: ego, erg, err, fer, feu, foe, fog, for, fou, fro, fug, fur, gor, ore, our, ref, reg, roe, rue, rug.

-5 letters: ef, er, go, oe, of, or.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-g-o-r-r-u"
 

+2 letters: frugivore.

 

+3 letters: foreground, fourragere, frugivores.

 

+4 letters: ferruginous, foregrounds, forerunning, fourrageres, overruffing, reconfigure.

 

+5 letters: foregrounded, reconfigured, reconfigures, thoroughfare.

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

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Alternative Orthography: FERRUGO


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

46 45 52 52 55 47 4F

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)

01000110 01000101 01010010 01010010 01010101 01000111 01001111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#69 &#82 &#82 &#85 &#71 &#79

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0045 0052 0052 0055 0047 004F

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

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

40395252554149

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INDEX

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


  

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