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HETEROPHEMY

Definition: HETEROPHEMY

HETEROPHEMY

Noun

1. The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Heterophemy \Het`er*oph"e*my\, noun. [Hetero- Greek expression voice, speech, from to speak.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Crosswords: HETEROPHEMY

English words defined with "HETEROPHEMY": Heterophemist. (references)

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Rhyming with "HETEROPHEMY"

Words rhyming with "HETEROPHEMY" (pronounced 'Het`er*oph"e*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. (additional references)

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Anagrams: HETEROPHEMY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-h-m-o-p-r-t-y"

-4 letters: mothery, premeet, prythee, theorem.

-5 letters: emoter, empery, hereto, hetero, meeter, meteor, metope, mopery, mother, peyote, poetry, pother, remeet, remote, retype, rhythm, teemer, tempeh, temper, theory, therme, thorpe, threep, trompe, trophy.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HETEROPHEMY


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

48 45 54 45 52 4F 50 48 45 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)

01001000 01000101 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001111 01010000 01001000 01000101 01001101 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#69 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#69 &#77 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0045 0054 0045 0052 004F 0050 0048 0045 004D 0059

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

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

4239543952495042394759

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INDEX

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


  

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