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Definition: NECROPHAGOUS |
NECROPHAGOUSAdjective1. Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan. |
Date "NECROPHAGOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Crosswords: NECROPHAGOUS |
| Etymologies containing "NECROPHAGOUS": Necrophagan. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "NECROPHAGOUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | që ha mbeturinë. (various references) | |
Arabic | آكل الجيف. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | лешояден. (various references) | |
French | nécrophage. (various references) | |
Hungarian | dögevõ. (various references) | |
Manx | convaart-eeagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ecrophagousnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | necromântico. (various references) | |
Romanian | necrofag. (various references) | |
Russian | питающийся падалью. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | strvožderski. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ăn xác chết. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "NECROPHAGOUS" (pronounced 'Ne*croph"a*gous'): Algous, Analogous, Androphagous, Anthophagous, Anthropophagous, Antilogous, Aphidophagous, Azygous, Batrachophagous, Bijugous, Branchiostegous, Carpophagous, Clangous, Coprophagous, Dendrologous, Entomophagous, fungous, Galactophagous, Geodephagous, Geophagous, heterologous, Hippophagous, homologous, Hylophagous, Ichthyophagous, Isologous, Lithophagous, Meliphagous, Melliphagous, Multijugous, Naufragous, Noctivagous, Ophiophagous, Ossifragous, Pantophagous, Phyllophagous, Phytophagous, Polyphagous, Quadrijugous, Rhizophagous, Rugous, Rypophagous, saprophagous, Sarcophagous, Saxifragous, Slangous, Solivagous, Somnifugous, Steatopygous, Strigous, Tautologous, Trijugous, Vagous, Wrongous, Xylophagous, Zoophagous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-h-n-o-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-3 letters: canephors, chaperons, uncharges. | |
-4 letters: acrogens, canephor, canorous, changers, chaperon, choragus, choregus, corneous, coughers, courages, gouaches, groschen, grouches, harpoons, hencoops, nacreous, ocherous, ochreous, oreganos, panoches, paunches, poaceous, poachers, pouncers, prognose, punchers, purchase, raunches, roughens, schooner, scrounge, souchong, speargun, sunporch, uncharge. | |
-5 letters: acerous, acrogen, aerugos, anchors, apercus, archons, arenous, aurochs, cangues, cargoes, carhops, carouse, changer, changes, charges, cheapos, chooser, choreas, chouser, coarsen, cohunes, congers, congoes, congous, coopers, coprahs, corneas, coronae, coronas, corsage, cougars, cougher, coupons, courage, crepons, croupes, curaghs, enoughs, eparchs, garcons, gaucher, gauchos, gonophs, gophers, gorhens, gouache, hangers, hangups, harpoon, hencoop, hoarsen, hognose, honours, hoopers, hungers, narcose, ochrous, onagers, onerous, onshore, operons, oraches, oranges, oregano, orgones, orphans, ourangs, panoche, parches, pechans, persona, poacher, poaches, ponchos, pooches, porches, pouches, pouncer, pounces, prances, presong, puncher, punches, racoons, ranches, ranchos, recoups, rehangs, repugns, roaches, rouches, roughen, scauper, scooper, scourge, scrooge, scrouge, senhora, sharpen, shoepac, snooper, socager, soprano, soroche, soupcon, sponger, surgeon, uncages, unhorse, unsharp, uphroes, upreach. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 43 52 4F 50 48 41 47 4F 55 53 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . -.-. .-. --- .--. .... .- --. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01000011 01010010 01001111 01010000 01001000 01000001 01000111 01001111 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E C R O P H A G O U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0043 0052 004F 0050 0048 0041 0047 004F 0055 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)483937524950423541495553 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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