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Definition: HAIRSPLITTER |
HAIRSPLITTERNoun1. One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. |
| Language | Translations for "HAIRSPLITTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | Haarspalter (pedant, pettifogger, quibbler). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | airsplitterhay.(various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sitničar (huckster, pedant, stickler). (various references) | |
Turkish | kılı kırk yaran kimse. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HAIRSPLITTER": hairsplitters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "HAIRSPLITTER" (pronounced 'Hair"split`ter'): Amphiaster, Anglemeter, Animater, Archiater, Backwater, Bandmaster, Bargemastter, Beemaster, Bergmaster, Black-letter, Blendwater, Bloodletter, Bogtrotter, Breakwater, Burghermaster, Burghmaster, Burgomaster, Calc-sinter, Capellmeister, Catchwater, Chalkcutter, Coal-meter, Cockmaster, Colporter, Confederater, Constituter, Controverter, Corncutter, Court-plaster, Craftsmaster, Criticaster, Cutwater, Dekaliter, Dekameter, Demonstrater, Desecrater, Desolater, Dishwater, Divulgater, Drillmaster, Dynamiter, Electroplater, Ergmeter, Exasperater, Executer, Experimenter, Eyewater, Fillibuster, Fresh-water, goddaughter, Great-granddaughter, Half-sister, Hay-cutter, Headwater, Horse-litter, Instituter, Ironmaster, Joulemeter, Latinitaster, limewater, Macerater, manslaughter, Masticater, Medicaster, Meliorater, micromillimeter, midwinter, Mint-master, news-letter, Ohmmeter, Outfitter, Penteconter, Philosophaster, Poetaster, Politicaster, Pomewater, Postmaster, Quartermaster, Red-letter, Reprobater, ringmaster, Rose-water, Roughsetter, Saymaster, schoolmaster, shearwater, Sheepmaster, Sheerwater, shinplaster, Shipmaster, Spurn-water, stepdaughter, stepsister, stonecutter, Straw-cutter, Strong-water, Subject-matter, Surfeit-water, Sward-cutter, Sweetwater, Tail-water, taskmaster, Teeswater, Tetter-totter, Theologaster, three-quarter, toastmaster, Trackmaster, Triaconter, typesetter, Underletter, Undermaster, Undersetter, Voltammeter, Voltmeter, Wag-halter, Wattmeter, Weighmaster, Wheremaster, White-water, Witticaster, Woodcutter, Workmaster, Wreck-master, Ziment-water. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-i-l-p-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: trailerist. | |
-3 letters: arteritis, arthritis, hepatitis, irritates, paltriest, phratries, prattlers, pretrials, shirttail, therapist, thirstier, thistlier, triplites. | |
-4 letters: airstrip, earlship, hairiest, haplites, harelips, irritate, lathiest, literati, paltrier, parities, partiers, partlets, philters, philtres, pilaster, pithiest, plaister, plaiters, plashier, platiest, platters, prairies, prattler, prattles, pretrial, rarities, rattlers, reprisal, reptilia, retrials, shirtier, shittier, splatter, splitter, sprattle, startler, straiter, stripier, tarriest, tertials, thelitis, thirster, thirties, trailers, trashier, triphase, triplets, triplite. | |
-5 letters: airiest, airship, aplites, artiest, artiste, artsier, aspirer, atheist, athirst, attires, elitist, hailers, hairier, halites, halters, haplite, harelip, harpers, harpies, harpist, harries, harslet, hastier, hatters, heliast, hipster, hirples, hitters, iratest, laities, lathers, lathier, lithest, lithias, litters, paliest, palters, parrels, parries, partier, parties, partite, partlet, pastier, patters, patties, peltast, persalt, pettish, philter, philtra, philtre, piaster, piastre, pietist, pirates, pithier, pitiers, plaiter, plasher, plaster, platers, platier, platies, platter, prairie, praiser, praters, prattle, psalter, railers, rapiers, raspier, ratites, ratters, rattier, rattish, rattler, rattles, realist, repairs, resplit, restart, retails, retrial, ritters, saltier, saltire, shalier, sharper, sharpie, shatter, shilpit, siltier, slather, slatier, slither, slitter, spatter, spheral, spirier, spitter, spittle, staithe, stapler, starlet, starlit, starter, startle, stealth, striate, striper, tailers, talipes, tapster, tarries, tarsier, tartish, tastier, tephras, territs, tertial, thalers, thistle, threaps, threats, tilters, tipsier, tipster, tithers, trailer, traipse, tripart, triples, triplet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-i-l-p-r-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: hairsplitters. | |
+5 letters: interrelationship. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 41 49 52 53 50 4C 49 54 54 45 52 |
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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)01001000 01000001 01001001 01010010 01010011 01010000 01001100 01001001 01010100 01010100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H A I R S P L I T T E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0041 0049 0052 0053 0050 004C 0049 0054 0054 0045 0052 |
| 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)423543525350464354543952 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Derivations 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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