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PERIGYNOUS

Definition: PERIGYNOUS

PERIGYNOUS

Adjective

1. Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Perigynous \Pe*rig"y*nous\, adjective. [Prefix peri- Greek expression woman.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: PERIGYNOUS

Etymologies containing "PERIGYNOUS": Perigynium. (references)

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Rhyming with "PERIGYNOUS"

Words rhyming with "PERIGYNOUS" (pronounced 'Pe*rig"y*nous'): Abdominous, Asparaginous, asynchronous, Athermanous, Bimanous, Binominous, Binotonous, Binous, Bituminous, Blennogenous, Bombycinous, Coterminous, Ferruginous, Fibrinogenous, fibrinous, Fluctisonous, Fluminous, Foraminous, Fortitudinous, Fuliginous, gangrenous, Gelatigenous, gelatinous, Geminous, -genous, Glutinous, heinous, heterogenous, homogenous, indigenous, isochronous, larcenous, lithogenous, lomatinous, Longimanous, Lumbaginous, Manganous, Marigenous, Megalophonous, Melligenous, microphonous, Moliminous, Molybdenous, Monogenous, Monophanous, Monopyrenous, Montigenous, Mucigenous, Mucilaginous, Multisonous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PERIGYNOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-i-n-o-p-r-s-u-y"

-1 letter: epigynous.

-2 letters: epigonus, groupies, ingroups, perigons, perusing, pirogues, pruinose, pyrogens, reposing, seignory, spongier, supering, youngers.

-3 letters: epigons, eringos, eryngos, espying, groupie, groynes, gurneys, igneous, ignores, ingroup, inpours, isogeny, orpines, perigon, pigeons, pigsney, pingers, pingoes, pirogen, pirogue, porgies, pouring, presong, preying, progeny, prosing, purines, pursing, pyrogen, pyrones, regions, repugns, reusing, rouping, rousing, serpigo, signore.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-i-n-o-p-r-s-u-y"
 

+3 letters: oversupplying, serpiginously.

 

+5 letters: neurophysiology.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PERIGYNOUS


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

50 45 52 49 47 59 4E 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 01010010 01001001 01000111 01011001 01001110 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#69 &#82 &#73 &#71 &#89 &#78 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0045 0052 0049 0047 0059 004E 004F 0055 0053

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

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

50395243415948495553

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INDEX

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


  

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