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Definition: Phintias |
PhintiasNoun1. Friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the Tyrant released them both (4th century BC). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: PhintiasSynonym: Pythias (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Phintias |
| English words defined with "Phintias": Damon ♦ Pythias. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: antiship. | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-i-n-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: hatpins, pianist, tahinis. | |
-2 letters: hatpin, isatin, paints, patins, pintas, ptisan, shanti, tahini. | |
-3 letters: antis, aphis, apish, hants, hints, inapt, intis, nipas, pains, paint, pants, paths, patin, pians, pinas, pinta, pints, pitas, piths, saint, saith, satin, snath, spahi, spait, stain, staph, tains, tapis, thins, tipis. | |
-4 letters: ains, aits, anis, anti, ants, hant, haps, hasp, hast. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-i-n-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: saintship. | |
+2 letters: saintships. | |
+3 letters: antipathies, antiphonies, antiphrasis, artisanship, captainship, dispatching, empathising, interparish, mispatching, pantheistic, pharyngitis, spaghettini, staphylinid, traineeship, xiphisterna. | |
+4 letters: antistrophic, artisanships, asphyxiating, asphyxiation, captainships, encephalitis, inhospitable, inhospitably, intrapsychic, misanthropic, partisanship, pathfindings, phoneticians, prehistorian, relationship, scintigraphy, spaghettinis, staphylinids, sympathising, sympathizing, traineeships, transhipping, vibraphonist. | |
+5 letters: amphictyonies, antiphonaries, antipsychotic, apotheosizing, asphyxiations, assistantship, azathioprines, chieftainship, containership, custodianship, diaphaneities, elephantiasis, hairsplitting, haruspication, hospitalising, hospitalizing, hypersalinity, hypostatizing, inhospitality, lymphadenitis, metaphysician, misanthropies, pantheistical, partisanships, pharyngitides, phosphatizing, prehistorians, punishability, relationships, retinopathies, rhinoplasties, scintigraphic, transshipping, trephinations, vibraphonists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 69 6E 74 69 61 73 |
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