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GESTATORY

Definitions: GESTATORY

GESTATORY

Adjective

1. Capable of being carried or worn.

2. Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Gestatory \Ges"ta*to*ry\, adjective. [Latin expression gestatorius that serves for carrying: compare to the French expression gestatoire.]. (Websters 1913)

Rhyming with "GESTATORY"

Words rhyming with "GESTATORY" (pronounced 'Ges"ta*to*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references)

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Anagrams: GESTATORY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-o-r-s-t-t-y"

-1 letter: garottes, gyrostat, strategy.

-2 letters: garotes, garotte, grayest, gyrates, orgeats, rotates, storage, targets, toaster, yatters.

-3 letters: argosy, argots, ergots, estray, garote, gaster, gators, gayest, grates, greasy, greats, groats, grotty, gyrase, gyrate, gyrose, oaters, orates, orgeat, ottars, otters, oyster, retags, rotate, rottes, stager, stagey, stater, stator, stayer, stogey, storey, targes, target, tarots, taster, taters, tetras.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-o-r-s-t-t-y"
 

+2 letters: gastrectomy, geostrategy.

 

+4 letters: geostationary, gesticulatory, investigatory.

 

+5 letters: seronegativity.

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

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Alternative Orthography: GESTATORY


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

47 45 53 54 41 54 4F 52 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 01010011 01010100 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#69 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0045 0053 0054 0041 0054 004F 0052 0059

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

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

413953543554495259

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INDEX

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


  

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