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Definition: HOLOSTERIC |
HOLOSTERICAdjective1. Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid. |
Note: Holosteric \Hol`o*ster"ic\, adjective. [Holo Gr.stereo`s solid.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
holosteric | 2 |
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| Words rhyming with "HOLOSTERIC" (pronounced 'Hol`o*ster"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-l-o-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: chlorites, clothiers. | |
-2 letters: ceorlish, cheroots, chlorite, choosier, chortles, cloister, clothier, coistrel, colorist, cortisol, costlier, isochore, oestriol, reschool, trochils. | |
-3 letters: cheroot, cholers, chooser, chortle, cithers, citoles, clothes, coheirs, cohorts, coilers, colters, coltish, coolers, coolest, coolies, coolish, coolths, cooters, cooties, corslet, costrel, creosol, eoliths, erotics, estriol, hectors, heriots, heroics, hoister, holiest, holster, hooters, hootier, hostile. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-l-o-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: interschool. | |
+2 letters: archeologist, chocolatiers, interschools, trichologies. | |
+3 letters: archaeologist, archeologists, collectorship, hypochlorites. | |
+4 letters: archaeologists, collectorships, controllership, schoolmistress. | |
+5 letters: anticholesterol, atherosclerosis, atherosclerotic, chlorothiazides, comptrollership, controllerships, dechlorinations, dichloroethanes, electrophoresis, ethnohistorical, geochronologist, geostrophically, orchestrational, schoolmasterish. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 4F 4C 4F 53 54 45 52 49 43 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... --- .-.. --- ... - . .-. .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01001111 01001100 01001111 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001001 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H O L O S T E R I C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 004F 004C 004F 0053 0054 0045 0052 0049 0043 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42494649535439524337 |
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