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Definitions: LEPTOTHRIX |
LEPTOTHRIXNoun1. Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals. 2. A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated. |
| 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 |
leptothrix | 3 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-l-o-p-r-t-t-x" | |
-2 letters: heliport, plottier. | |
-3 letters: exploit, hoplite, philter, philtre, plotter, poitrel, politer, pottier, thorite, tortile, triolet, triplet, triplex. | |
-4 letters: eolith, ephori, exhort, export, extort, heriot, hirple, hitter, holier, hotter, liroth, lither, litter, loiter, ophite, petrol, piolet, plexor, polite, pother, potter, pottle, prolix, protei, replot, thorpe, tilter, tiptoe, tither, toiler, toilet, tother, triple. | |
-5 letters: ephor, extol, helio. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-l-o-p-r-t-t-x" | |
+5 letters: hydroxylapatite. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 45 50 54 4F 54 48 52 49 58 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . .--. - --- - .... .-. .. -..- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000101 01010000 01010100 01001111 01010100 01001000 01010010 01001001 01011000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L E P T O T H R I X |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0045 0050 0054 004F 0054 0048 0052 0049 0058 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46395054495442524358 |
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