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LAPUTAN

Definition: LAPUTAN

LAPUTAN

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rhyming with "LAPUTAN"

Words rhyming with "LAPUTAN" (pronounced 'La*pu"tan'): Augustan, Avestan, Cretan, harmattan, kaftan, Mercaptan, Moutan, Nehushtan, Orvietan, partan, Quintan, Rambutan, SATAN, Spartan, sultan, Teetan, titan. (additional references)

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Anagrams: LAPUTAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-p-t-u"

-1 letter: platan.

-2 letters: alant, lauan, natal, plant, ulpan, unapt.

-3 letters: alan, anal, anta, atap, aunt, luna, lunt, pant, plan, plat, pula, puna, punt, tala, tapa, tuna, ulan, ulna.

-4 letters: aal, ala, alp, alt, ana, ant, apt, lap, lat, nap, nut, pal, pan, pat, pul, pun, put, tan, tap, tau, tun, tup, uta.

-5 letters: aa, al, an, at, la, na, nu, pa, ta, un, up, ut.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-p-t-u"
 

+2 letters: cantaloup, tarpaulin.

 

+3 letters: antiplague, antiplaque, cantaloupe, cantaloups, manipulate, paniculate, plateauing, tarpaulins, unpastoral, unpleasant.

 

+4 letters: antenuptial, antiplagues, antipopular, aptitudinal, campanulate, cantaloupes, catapulting, encapsulate, manipulated, manipulates, manipulator, paramountly, pastureland, planetarium, puritanical, unadaptable, unadoptable, uniparental, unpalatable, unpractical.

 

+5 letters: antipleasure, capitulating, capitulation, contrapuntal, encapsulated, encapsulates, manipulating, manipulation, manipulative, manipulators, manipulatory, occupational, pansexuality, pasturelands, planetariums, platitudinal, populational, reputational, supernatural, unacceptable, unacceptably, uncapturable, unpatentable, unpleasantly, unrepeatable.

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

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Alternative Orthography: LAPUTAN


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

4C 41 50 55 54 41 4E

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)

01001100 01000001 01010000 01010101 01010100 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#65 &#80 &#85 &#84 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0041 0050 0055 0054 0041 004E

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

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

46355055543548

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INDEX

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


  

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