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HOMODROMOUS

Definition: HOMODROMOUS

HOMODROMOUS

Adjective

1. Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.

2. Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Crosswords: HOMODROMOUS

English words defined with "HOMODROMOUS": Homodromal. (references)

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Anagrams: HOMODROMOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-3 letters: mudrooms, mushroom.

-4 letters: hoodoos, mudroom, odorous.

-5 letters: dorsum, duomos, hommos, hoodoo, humors, mohurs, odours, shroud.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HOMODROMOUS


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

48 4F 4D 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 01001111 01001101 01001111 01000100 01010010 01001111 01001101 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

H O M O D R O M O U S

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 004F 004D 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)

4249474938524947495553

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