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METOPOSCOPY

Definition: METOPOSCOPY

METOPOSCOPY

Noun

1. The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "METOPOSCOPY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references)


Synonym: METOPOSCOPY

Synonym: Physiognomy. (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: METOPOSCOPY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Front

Pioneer; (precursor); metoposcopy.

Interpretation

Symptomatology, semiology, semeiology, semiotics; metoposcopy, physiognomy; paleography; (philology); oneirology

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: METOPOSCOPY

English words defined with "METOPOSCOPY": Metoposcopical, Metoposcopist. (references)

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Rhyming with "METOPOSCOPY"

Words rhyming with "METOPOSCOPY" (pronounced 'Met`o*pos"co*py'): Abdominoscopy, AEolotropy, Aeroscopy, Anthroposcopy, Antitypy, Apanthropy, Aphilanthropy, Astroscopy, Auriscopy, Autotypy, balneotherapy, Bumblepuppy, Cerebroscopy, Chappy, Chirrupy, Choppy, Concupy, Courtepy, Cranioscopy, Cuppy, Cynanthropy, Daguerreotypy, Floppy, fluoroscopy, Fool-happy, Galvanoscopy, gastroscopy, Geloscopy, Geoscopy, Happy, harpy, Hemitropy, Hieroscopy, horoscopy, hydrotherapy, isotropy, Lithotypy, Loppy, lycanthropy, Magnetotherapy, Manoscopy, Metallotherapy, microscopy, misanthropy, Mishappy, Myopy, Nauscopy, Nyctalopy, Oneiroscopy, Onomatopy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: METOPOSCOPY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-m-o-o-o-p-p-s-t-y"

-3 letters: compotes, myoscope, otoscope, otoscopy.

-4 letters: coempts, compose, compost, compote, cotypes, coyotes, moppets, myosote, oocytes.

-5 letters: coempt, comets, comose, compos, compts, comtes, cooeys, coopts, cotype, coyest, coyote, cymose, moppet, myopes, oocyst, oocyte, oppose, ostomy, tempos, tepoys.

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

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Alternative Orthography: METOPOSCOPY


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

4D 45 54 4F 50 4F 53 43 4F 50 59

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 01000101 01010100 01001111 01010000 01001111 01010011 01000011 01001111 01010000 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0045 0054 004F 0050 004F 0053 0043 004F 0050 0059

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

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

4739544950495337495059

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Rhymes 		5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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