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PECTOUS

Definition: PECTOUS

PECTOUS

Adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, pectose.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Rhyming with "PECTOUS"

Words rhyming with "PECTOUS" (pronounced 'Pec"tous'): Acetous, Acronyctous, Agalactous, Anhistous, Aproctous, Argentous, Asbestous, Azotous, Boistous, Cataractous, Cruentous, filamentous, Gummatous, Heterotactous, Immomentous, Lentous, Macrotous, momentous, Ostentous, Pedetentous, Perichaetous, Pigmentous, Polyglottous, Sarmentous, Singultous, Tometous, Unguentous, Xanthodontous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PECTOUS

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-1 letter: coupes.

-2 letters: copes, copse, coset, cotes, coupe, coups, cutes, escot, estop, pesto, poets, pouts, puces, scope, scout, scute, setup, spout, stope, stoup, stupe, topes, touse, upset.

-3 letters: ceps, cope, cops, cost, cote, cots, coup, cues, cups, cusp, cute, cuts, ecus, epos, opes, opts, opus, oust, outs, pecs, peso, pest, pets, poet, pose, post.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-o-p-s-t-u"
 

+1 letter: computes, couplets, octuples, outpaces.

 

+2 letters: computers, conceptus, copulates, croupiest, octopuses, octuplets, outcapers, outprices, pouchiest, poultices, prosecute.

 

+3 letters: conspectus, corrupters, corruptest, counterspy, leucoplast, miscompute, outpitches, outpunches, outscooped, peculators, persecutor, pleustonic, pocketfuls, pocketsful, prosecuted, prosecutes, prosecutor, prospectus, recomputes, speculator, subpotency, subproject, superscout, superstock, supertonic.

 

+4 letters: cantaloupes, champertous, colporteurs, computerese, computerise, computerist, conceptuses, consumptive, copulatives, corruptness, counterpose, counterstep, countertops, couplements, eucalyptols, expunctions, leucoplasts, miscomputed, miscomputes, mouthpieces, outcompetes, outpreaches, outproduces, patchoulies, peculations, persecution, persecutors, persecutory, precautions, precipitous, precomputes, preconquest, procrustean, prosecuting, prosecution, prosecutors, recoupments, speculation, speculators, subprojects, superscouts, superstocks, supertonics.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PECTOUS


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

50 45 43 54 4F 55 53

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)

.--.    .    -.-.    -    ---    ..-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0045 0043 0054 004F 0055 0053

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

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

50393754495553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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