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Definition: LITHODOMUS |
LITHODOMUSNoun1. A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus. |
Etymology: Lithodomus \Li*thod"o*mus\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Lithodome.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: LITHODOMUS |
| English words defined with "LITHODOMUS": Lithodome, Lithodomous, Lithophagous ♦ Saxicavous, Stone borer. (references) |
| Words rhyming with "LITHODOMUS" (pronounced 'Li*thod"o*mus'): Accismus, Animus, Bulimus, Chiasmus, Cormus, Dedimus, Ginglymus, hippopotamus, humus, Hyoscyamus, IGNORAMUS, isthmus, litmus, mandamus, marasmus, Minimus, Mittimus, Momus, Mus, Nystagmus, Polyphemus, Primus, Prodromus, Ramus, Rhythmus, strabismus, tenesmus, thalamus, Thymus, trismus, Ulmus, vaginismus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-h-i-l-m-o-o-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: lustihood. | |
-2 letters: holdouts, hoodlums, modiolus. | |
-3 letters: dhootis, dimouts, doltish, holdout, hoodlum, loudish, loutish, ooliths, outsold, toluids. | |
-4 letters: dhooti, dhotis, dhutis, dimout, duomos, holism, holist, iodous, lithos, litmus, modish, moduli, modulo, moulds, moults, mouths, mulish, odious, odiums, oldish, oolith, ootids, ostium, sholom, should, smooth, sodium, stolid, studio, thiols, tholoi, tholos, toluid, ultimo. | |
-5 letters: dhoti, dhuti, diols. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-h-i-l-m-o-o-s-t-u" | |
+3 letters: dichotomously, hemodilutions. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 49 54 48 4F 44 4F 4D 55 53 |
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