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Definitions: LABELLUM |
LABELLUMNoun1. A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects. 2. The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape. |
Date "LABELLUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
Etymology: Labellum \La*bel"lum\, noun; plural Latin Labella, English Labellums. [Latin expression, diminutive of labrum lip.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: LABELLUM |
| English words defined with "LABELLUM": Labella, Labellums. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "LABELLUM" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (a little lip /a small washing vessel). |
| Language | Translations for "labellum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | abellumlay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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Words ending with "LABELLUM": flabellum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "LABELLUM" (pronounced 'La*bel"lum'): Asylum, Cerebellum, Coelum, Collum, Corallum, Cribellum, Epiphyllum, Flabellum, flagellum, Glabellum, Haustellum, hilum, hoodlum, Intervallum, Involucellum, Mesophyllum, Peplum, Podophyllum, Postscutellum, Rostellum, Sacellum, Scutellum, Sigillum, Skellum, Specollum, spirillum, Vallum, Vellum, Veretillum, Vexillum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-l-l-l-m-u" | |
-1 letter: blellum. | |
-2 letters: bullae. | |
-3 letters: album, amble, blame, blume, bulla, label, mulla, ulema, umbel. | |
-4 letters: able, alme, alum, bale, ball, balm, beam, beau, bell, bema, blae, blam, blue, bull, lall, lamb, lame, leal, lube, lull, mabe, male, mall, maul, meal, mell, mule, mull. | |
-5 letters: alb, ale, all, amu, bal, bam, bel, bum, eau, ell, elm, emu, lab, lam, lea, leu, lum, mae, mel. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-l-l-l-m-u" | |
+1 letter: flabellum. | |
+2 letters: blamefully. | |
+3 letters: illuminable. | |
+5 letters: bimolecularly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 41 42 45 4C 4C 55 4D |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -... . .-.. .-.. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000001 01000010 01000101 01001100 01001100 01010101 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L A B E L L U M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0041 0042 0045 004C 004C 0055 004D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4635363946465547 |
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