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LITHOPHYSE

Definition: LITHOPHYSE

LITHOPHYSE

Noun

1. A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by expanding gas, whence the name.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Lithophyse \Lith"o*physe\, noun. [Litho- Greek expression flatus, air bubble.]. (Websters 1913)

Anagrams: LITHOPHYSE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-h-h-i-l-o-p-s-t-y"
	-2 letters: helistop, hoplites, isopleth.
	-3 letters: eoliths, hipshot, holiest, hoplite, hostile, isohyet, isotype, ophites, peyotls, phytols, piolets, pistole, typhose.
	-4 letters: eolith, ethyls, helios, helots, holies, holist, hostel, hostly, hotels, hoyles, isohel, lithos, ophite, peyotl, phytol, pilose, pilots, piolet, pistol, poleis, polies, polish, polite, polity, poshly, potsie, shelty, sopite, spilth, spoilt, stipel, tepoys, thiols, tholes, toiles.
	Words containing the letters "e-h-h-i-l-o-p-s-t-y"
	+1 letter: lithophytes.
	+3 letters: hypochlorites, theophyllines.
	+4 letters: anthophyllites, heterophyllies, theosophically.
	+5 letters: phenylthioureas, phosphorylative, phthalocyanines.
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Alternative Orthography: LITHOPHYSE

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

4C 49 54 48 4F 50 48 59 53 45

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)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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