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Definition: ICHTHYOMANCY |
ICHTHYOMANCYNoun1. Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes. |
Etymology: Ichthyomancy \Ich"thy*o*man`cy\, noun. [from Greek expression fish -mancy: compare to the French expression ichthyomancie.]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prediction | Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy;Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy; by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy (or Alectromancy); by fishes, Ophiomancy; by herbs, Botanomancy; by water, Hydromancy; by fountains, Pegomancy; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy; by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy; by salt, Halomancy; by dice, Cleromancy; by arrows, Belomancy; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy; by a balanced sieve |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-h-i-m-n-o-t-y-y" | |
-4 letters: chthonic, cyanotic, hyacinth. | |
-5 letters: chaotic, chicano, chinchy, comatic, manihot, mycotic, tachyon. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 43 48 54 48 59 4F 4D 41 4E 43 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -.-. .... - .... -.--. --- -- .- -. -.-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01000011 01001000 01010100 01001000 01011001 01001111 01001101 01000001 01001110 01000011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I C H T H Y O M A N C Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0043 0048 0054 0048 0059 004F 004D 0041 004E 0043 0059 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)433742544259494735483759 |
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