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Definitions: PANSPERMY |
PANSPERMYNoun1. The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation. 2. The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop. |
Etymology: Panspermy \Pan"sper`my\, noun. [Pan- Greek expression seed.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PANSPERMY |
| English words defined with "PANSPERMY": Panspermic, Panspermist. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "PANSPERMY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Greek | πανσπερμία (mixture of races). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anspermypay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "PANSPERMY" (pronounced 'Pan"sper`my'): Heliochromy, Homodermy, Homoplasmy, Metallochromy, Monochromy, Polychromy, Polyspermy, taxidermy, Typocosmy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-p-p-r-s-y" | |
-2 letters: mappers, nappers, pampers, preamps, prepays, snapper, yappers. | |
-3 letters: arpens, mapper, namers, napery, napper, nappes, pamper, papers, papery, payers, preamp, preman, prepay, pyrans, ramens, rappen, remans, remaps, repays, sapper, senary, smeary, snappy, yamens, yapper, yearns. | |
-4 letters: amens, apers, apery, apres, arpen, aspen, asper, earns, eyras, manes, manse, mares, marse, maser, means, meany, mensa, mynas, namer, names, napes, nappe, nappy, nares, neaps, nears, nemas, panes, pansy, paper, pares, parse, payer, peans, pears, perms, perps, prams, prase, prays, preps, presa, preys, pyran, pyres, ramen, ramps, rapes, raspy, reams, reaps, reman, remap, repay, repps, resay, saner, sappy, sayer, seamy, smear, snare, sneap, spare, spean, spear, sperm, spray, syren, yamen, yarns, yeans, yearn, years. | |
-5 letters: aery, amen, amps, anes, aper, apes, apse, ares, arms, army, arse, ayes, earn, ears, easy, eras, erns, espy, eyas, eyra, maes, mane, mans, many, maps, mare, mars, mays, mean, mesa, myna, name, nape, naps, nary, nays, neap, near, nema, pams, pane, pans, paps, pare, pars, pase, pays, pean, pear, peas, pens, peps, perm, perp, pram, pray, prep, prey, pyas, pyes, pyre, ramp, rams, rape, raps, rase, rasp, rays, ream, reap, rems, repp, reps, ryas, ryes, same, samp, sane, seam, sear, sera, snap, snye, spae, spam, span, spar, spay, spry, syne, yams, yaps, yare, yarn, yean, year, yeas, yens. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-p-p-r-s-y" | |
+2 letters: prepayments. | |
+4 letters: supplementary. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 41 4E 53 50 45 52 4D 59 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- -. ... .--. . .-. -- -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000001 01001110 01010011 01010000 01000101 01010010 01001101 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P A N S P E R M Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0041 004E 0053 0050 0045 0052 004D 0059 |
| 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)503548535039524759 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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