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Definitions: GASTROMANCY |
GASTROMANCYNoun1. A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art. 2. A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach. |
Etymology: Gastromancy \Gas`tro*man"cy\, noun. [Gastro- -mancy: compare to the French expression gastromancy.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prediction | Coscinomancy; by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy; by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy; by precious stones, Lithomancy; by pebbles, Pessomancy; by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy; by mirrors, Catoptromancy; by writings in ashes, Tephramancy; by dreams, Oneiromancy; by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy; by nails reflecting the sun's rays, Onychomancy; by finger rings, Dactylomancy; by numbers, Arithmancy; by drawing lots, Sortilege; by passages in books, Stichomancy; by the letters forming the name of the person, Onomancy, Nomancy; by the features, Anthroposcopy; by the mode of laughing, Geloscopy; by ventriloquism, Gastromancy; by walking in a circle, Gyromancy; by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy; by currents, Bletonism; by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "gastromancy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | astromancygay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "GASTROMANCY" (pronounced 'Gas`tro*man"cy'): Arithmomancy, Brevetcy, Dancy, Disfancy, Farcy, fleecy, Gramercy, Gyromancy, icy, juicy, mercy, Omphalomancy, pancy, Racy, Romancy, Rouncy, saucy, spicy, Unchancy, Vallancy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-m-n-o-r-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: martagons. | |
-3 letters: acronyms, angstrom, congrats, costmary, cragsman, martagon, stramony, syntagma, tangrams, trangams. | |
-4 letters: acronym, amatory, amongst, amtracs, anatomy, angoras, aroynts, cantors, cartons, caymans, contras, cratons, crayons, garcons, gymnast, macrons, mantras, marcato, margays, masonry, matrons, morgans, oarsman, ostraca, sacaton, sarcoma, tangram, tarmacs, trangam, transom, yantras. | |
-5 letters: acorns, actors, agoras, amtrac, angary, angora, aortas, argons, argosy, argots, aromas, aroynt, astony, astray, atmans, canary, cantor, cantos, carats, cargos, carman, caroms, carton, castor, cayman, congas, contra, costar, cotans, craton, crayon, cymars, cytons, gamays, gantry, garcon, gascon, gasman, gators, gramas, grants, groans, groats, gyrons, macons, macron, macros, magots, manats, mangos, manors, mantas, mantra, margay, mascon, mascot, matron, mayors, mongst, morays, morgan, narcos, notary, octans, orangs, orangy, organa, organs, orgasm, racons, ragman, ramson, ransom, ratans, ratany, rayons, romans, sancta, sangar, sarong, satang, scanty, scrota, smarty, socman, somata, sonata, stormy, strang, stroma, strong, syncom, tangos, tarmac, tarocs, tomans, tongas, tronas, yantra. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-m-n-o-r-s-t-y" | |
+4 letters: gastronomically. | |
+5 letters: syncategorematic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 41 53 54 52 4F 4D 41 4E 43 59 |
| 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)01000111 01000001 01010011 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001101 01000001 01001110 01000011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G A S T R O M A N C Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0041 0053 0054 0052 004F 004D 0041 004E 0043 0059 |
| 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)4135535452494735483759 |
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