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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Fungoso A character in Every Man in His Humour, by Ben Jonson. "Unlucky as Fungoso in the play." Pope: Essay on Criticism (328). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FUNGOSO |
| Non-English Usage: "FUNGOSO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (fungous), Spanish (fungous). |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-n-o-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: gonofs. | |
-2 letters: fungo, gonof, goofs, goons. | |
-3 letters: fogs, fons, fugs, funs, gnus, goof, goon, goos, guns, nogs, nous, onus, snog, snug, song, soon, sung. | |
-4 letters: fog, fon, fou, fug, fun, gnu, goo, gos, gun, nog, noo, nos, nus, ons, son, sou, sun, uns. | |
-5 letters: go, no, nu, of, on, os, so, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-n-o-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: fourgons. | |
+4 letters: biofoulings, foregrounds, offscouring. | |
+5 letters: offscourings, overfocusing, pussyfooting, rustproofing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 55 4E 47 4F 53 4F |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. ..- -. --. --- ... --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01010101 01001110 01000111 01001111 01010011 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F U N G O S O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0055 004E 0047 004F 0053 004F |
| 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)40554841495349 |
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