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MASTAX

Definitions: MASTAX

MASTAX

Noun

1. The lore of a bird.

2. The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Mastax \Mas"tax\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression mouth, jaws.]. (Websters 1913)

Rhyming with "MASTAX"

Words rhyming with "MASTAX" (pronounced 'Mas"tax'): syntax. (additional references)

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Anagrams: MASTAX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-m-s-t-x"

-1 letter: atmas.

-2 letters: amas, atma, mast, mats, tams, taxa.

-3 letters: aas, ama, mas, mat, max, sat, sax, tam, tas, tax.

-4 letters: aa, am, as, at, ax, ma, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-m-s-t-x"
 

+3 letters: maxicoats, toxaemias, xanthomas.

 

+4 letters: examinants, exanthemas, maximalist, toxoplasma.

 

+5 letters: axiomatizes, maximalists, toxoplasmas.

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

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Alternative Orthography: MASTAX


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

4D 41 53 54 41 58

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)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01011000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#88

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 0053 0054 0041 0058

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

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

473553543558

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INDEX

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


  

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