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PESSULUS

Definition: PESSULUS

PESSULUS

Noun

1. A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Pessulus \Pes"su*lus\, noun; plural Pessuli. [Latin expression, bolt.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: PESSULUS

English words defined with "PESSULUS": Pessuli. (references)
Non-English Usage: "PESSULUS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (bolt).

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Rhyming with "PESSULUS"

Words rhyming with "PESSULUS" (pronounced 'Pes"su*lus'): Abaculus, AEolus, Alto-cumulus, Alveolus, Angelus, Annulus, Articulus, Asilus, Astragalus, Bacillus, Baetulus, Bolus, Bucephalus, Callus, Canaliculus, Carolus, Cauliculus, Clitellus, Crotalus, Cucullus, Embolus, Flocculus, funiculus, Gladiolus, Glomerulus, hilus, homunculus, hydrocephalus, Lienculus, Limulus, loculus, Malleolus, modiolus, modulus, Monomphalus, Nautilus, Nucellus, Nucleolus, Obelus, Obolus, Ocellus, Oculus, Overplus, Palulus, Palus, Paxillus, Pediculus, Peplus, Phacellus, Phallus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PESSULUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-l-p-s-s-s-u-u"

-1 letter: lupuses, lususes, plusses.

-2 letters: pluses, pulses, pusses.

-3 letters: lupus, lusus, pules, pulse, puses, slues, spues, sulus, supes.

-4 letters: less, lues, plus, pule, puls, puss, sels, slue, spue, sues, sulu, supe, sups, suss, ulus, uses.

-5 letters: els, ess, leu, pes, pul, pus, sel, sue, sup, ulu, ups, use.

 Words containing the letters "e-l-p-s-s-s-u-u"
 

+1 letter: surpluses.

 

+3 letters: pushfulness, sulphurises, surplusages, suspenseful.

 

+4 letters: populousness, supersleuths.

 

+5 letters: pendulousness, pushfulnesses, superclusters, suspensefully, unsurpassable.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PESSULUS


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

50 45 53 53 55 4C 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)

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