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GEITONOGAMY

Definition: GEITONOGAMY

GEITONOGAMY

Noun

1. Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Geitonogamy \Gei"to*nog"a*my\, noun. [Greek expression neighbor marriage.]. (Websters 1913)

Usage Frequency: GEITONOGAMY

"GEITONOGAMY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "GEITONOGAMY" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Ancestral Language Translations: GEITONOGAMY

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

geitonogamia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Rhyming with "GEITONOGAMY"

Words rhyming with "GEITONOGAMY" (pronounced 'Gei"to*nog"a*my'): Academy, Adenotomy, Adesmy, Adynamy, Agronomy, Alchemy, Allogamy, Anatomy, Andranatomy, Androtomy, Angiotomy, Anomy, Antinomy, Aplotomy, Apogamy, Aponeurotomy, Archenemy, Army, Arrhytmy, Arteriotomy, Astronomy, Atimy, Autogamy, Autonomy, Belamy, BIGAMY, Bionomy, Blasphemy, Blosmy, Bronchotomy, Capsulotomy, Celotomy, Cephalotomy, Chalazogamy, Chasmy, Chirognomy, Chironomy, Cholecystotomy, Chondrotomy, Cirsotomy, Clammy, Cleronomy, Coenogamy, Colotomy, Craniognomy, Craniotomy, Crummy, Cystotomy, Dactylonomy, Demonomy, Deuterogamy, Deuteronomy, Dichogamy, Dichotomy, Digamy, Dormy, Droumy, Dysnomy, Economy, Embryotomy, Encephalotomy, Endogamy, Enterotomy, Entomotomy, Epithalamy, Eponymy, Esophagotomy, Euchymy, Eunomy, Eurythmy, Exogamy, Exophthalmy, Gastroelytrotomy, Gastrohysterotomy, gastronomy, gastrostomy, Gastrotomy, Gemmy, Gerocomy, Glummy, gummy, Gurmy, Heliochromy, Herniotomy, Herpetotomy, Heterogamy, Heteronomy, Heterophemy, Hippotomy, Histonomy, Histotomy, Homodermy, Homodynamy, Homogamy, Homonomy, Homonymy, Homoplasmy, hysterotomy, Ichthyoomy, Ignomy, infamy, iridectomy, Isonomy, jimmy, laparotomy, laryngectomy, Laryngotomy, Lipothymy, lithotomy, Loxodromy, mammy, Metallochromy, metonymy, Metronomy, Metrotomy, Microtomy, misogamy, Monochromy, monogamy, Morphonomy, my, Myotomy, Necrotomy, Nephrotomy, Neurotomy, Nymphotomy, Occamy, Octogamy, OEconomy, Omphalotomy, Omy, oncotomy, Oophorectomy, Ophthalmy, Orchotomy, Organonymy, Ornithotomy, orthogamy, Orthotomy, Osteotomy, Ovariotomy, Panspermy, Parelectronomy, Paronymy, Pathognomy, Pharyngotomy, Phlebotomy, Photochromy, Physiognomy, Physnomy, Phytochimy, Phytonomy, Plummy, Polemy, Polychromy, Polygamy, Polyonomy, Polyspermy, Polytomy, Posthetomy, Prismy, Proctotomy, Pumy, Rammy, Scotomy, scummy, shammy, shimmy, Splanchnotomy, Splenotomy, Staphylotomy, Stemmy, Stereochromy, Stereotomy, strabotomy, Subdichotomy, Symphyseotomy, Synchondrotomy, synonymy, Syntomy, Syringotomy, tammy, Tarsectomy, Tarsotomy, taxidermy, taxonomy, Tenotomy, Theriotomy, Thoracotomy, Thrummy, Thyrotomy, Tommy, Tonsilotomy, Toponomy, Toponymy, tracheotomy, Trichotomy, Trigamy, Typocosmy, Urethrotomy, Uvulatomy, Varicotomy, Vasectomy, Visnomy, Whimmy, Xenogamy, Xerophthalmy, Xylotomy, Zoochemy, Zoogamy, Zoonomy, Zootomy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: GEITONOGAMY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-i-m-n-o-o-t-y"

-3 letters: myotonia.

-4 letters: amenity, amniote, amotion, anytime, emoting, emotion, gigaton, maggoty, magneto, megaton, mintage, mitogen, moating, montage, mooting, teaming, tegmina, yeggman.

-5 letters: ageing, anomie, eating, enigma, enmity, etamin, etymon, gaeing, gagmen, gaiety, gamine, gaming, gating, gentoo, gitano, gooney, goonie, ingate, inmate, maggot, magnet, mangey, manito, mating, maying, meting, moggie, moiety, mongoe, mooing, motion, omenta, oogamy, oogeny, tamein, taming, toeing, toying, yeoman.

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

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Alternative Orthography: GEITONOGAMY


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

47 45 49 54 4F 4E 4F 47 41 4D 59

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)

01000111 01000101 01001001 01010100 01001111 01001110 01001111 01000111 01000001 01001101 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#69 &#73 &#84 &#79 &#78 &#79 &#71 &#65 &#77 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0045 0049 0054 004F 004E 004F 0047 0041 004D 0059

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

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

4139435449484941354759

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage Frequency
3. Translations: Ancient
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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