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HETERODROMOUS

Definitions: HETERODROMOUS

HETERODROMOUS

Adjective

1. Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis.

2. Having spirals of changing direction.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Heterodromous \Het`er*od"ro*mous\, adjective. [Hetero- Greek expression to run.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Rhyming with "HETERODROMOUS"

Words rhyming with "HETERODROMOUS" (pronounced 'Het`er*od"ro*mous'): Abnormous, Achymous, Acrotomous, Aetheogamous, Agamous, Allogamous, Allonymous, Amphigamous, Amphistomous, Anadromous, Androtomous, Angiomonospermous, Angiospermous, Angiostomous, Anonymous, Antidromous, Antistrumous, Aspermous, Athalamous, Athermous, Autogamous, Autonomous, Azymous, Bigamous, Biramous, Blasphemous, Brumous, Campylospermous, Catadromous, Catanadromous, Chromous, Chymous, Coelospermous, Defamous, Diathermous, Diatomous, Dichogamous, Dichotomous, Didymous, Didynamous, Digamous, Disspermous, Ditrichotomous, Edriophthalmous, Endogamous, Enneaspermous, Enormous, Epiphylospermous, Eponymous, Equanimous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: HETERODROMOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-h-m-o-o-o-r-r-s-t-u"

-3 letters: durometers, outhomered, resmoothed.

-4 letters: durometer, houseroom, murthered, odometers, orometers, outhomers, smothered, storeroom, udometers.

-5 letters: demurest, doomster, dormouse, druthers, modester, mothered, mouthers, murthers, mustered, odometer, orometer, outdoers, outdoors, outhomer, outmodes, redhorse, redroots, rehoused, rerouted, reroutes, resmooth, resorted, restored, restroom, roseroot, smoothed, smoother, theorems, udometer.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HETERODROMOUS


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

48 45 54 45 52 4F 44 52 4F 4D 4F 55 53

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)

01001000 01000101 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001111 01000100 01010010 01001111 01001101 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#69 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#79 &#68 &#82 &#79 &#77 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0045 0054 0045 0052 004F 0044 0052 004F 004D 004F 0055 0053

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

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

42395439524938524947495553

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INDEX

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


  

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