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PAXWAX

Definition: PAXWAX

PAXWAX

Noun

1. The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



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Crosswords: PAXWAX

English words defined with "PAXWAX": Packwax, PaxywaxyWhitleather. (references)
Etymologies containing "PAXWAX": Faxed. (references)

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Commercial Usage: PAXWAX

DomainTitle

Books

  • Fall of the Families: Book Two of the Story of Pawl Paxwax, the Gardener (reference)

  • Master of Paxwax: Book One of the Story of Pawl Paxwax, the Gardener (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Derivations: PAXWAX

Derivations

Words beginning with "PAXWAX": paxwaxes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: PAXWAX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-p-w-x-x"

-3 letters: awa, paw, pax, wap, wax.

-4 letters: aa, aw, ax, pa.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-p-w-x-x"
 

+2 letters: paxwaxes.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PAXWAX


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

50 41 58 57 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)

01010000 01000001 01011000 01010111 01000001 01011000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0041 0058 0057 0041 0058

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

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

503558573558

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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