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OBLONGUM

Definition: OBLONGUM

OBLONGUM

Noun

1. A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Oblongum \Ob*lon"gum\, noun; plural Oblonga. [New Latin expression. See Oblong.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: OBLONGUM

English words defined with "OBLONGUM": Oblatum, Oblonga. (references)

Rhyming with "OBLONGUM"

Words rhyming with "OBLONGUM" (pronounced 'Ob*lon"gum'): Begum, Figgum, Sagum, Slumgum. (additional references)

Anagrams: OBLONGUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-g-l-m-n-o-o-u"
	-2 letters: mongol, oblong.
	-3 letters: bloom, bongo, gloom, gluon, gombo, gumbo, mogul, mongo, mungo.
	-4 letters: bolo, bong, boom, boon, bung, glob, glom, glum, gobo, goon, lobo, logo, long, loom, loon, lung, mono, mool, moon, muon, nolo, numb, obol, umbo.
	-5 letters: bog, boo, bug, bum, bun, gnu, gob, goo, gul, gum, gun, lob, log, loo, lug, lum.
	Words containing the letters "b-g-l-m-n-o-o-u"
	+3 letters: outblooming.
	+4 letters: automobiling.
	+5 letters: macroglobulin.
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Alternative Orthography: OBLONGUM

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

4F 42 4C 4F 4E 47 55 4D

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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