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PHORONIS

Definition: PHORONIS

PHORONIS

Noun

1. A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Phoronis \Pho*ro"nis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression Phoronis, surname of Io, Greek]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: PHORONIS

English words defined with "PHORONIS": ActinotrochaVermiformia. (references)
Specialty definitions using "PHORONIS": Valens. (references)

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Rhyming with "PHORONIS"

Words rhyming with "PHORONIS" (pronounced 'Pho*ro"nis'): Adonis, Bipennis, Canis, Coronis, finis, Funis, Gastornis, lychnis, Manis, Notornis, Penis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PHORONIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "h-i-n-o-o-p-r-s"

-1 letter: poorish.

-2 letters: honors, orison, orpins, phonos, poison, pooris, pornos, prions, prison, rhinos, siphon, spinor.

-3 letters: honor, hoops, horns, irons, noirs, noris, opsin, ornis, orpin, phono, phons, pions, pirns, poohs, poons, poori, porno, porns, prion, proso, rhino, rosin, shoon, shorn, snoop, sopor, spoon, spoor.

-4 letters: hins, hips, hisn, hons, hoop, hops, horn, inro, ions, iron.

 Words containing the letters "h-i-n-o-o-p-r-s"
 

+1 letter: phoronids, rhodopsin.

 

+2 letters: hoofprints, ionophores, ionosphere, rhinoscopy, rhodopsins.

 

+3 letters: anthropoids, hydroponics, ionospheres, ionospheric, mesonephroi, microphones, monitorship, ornithopods, radiophones, sponsorship.

 

+4 letters: apomorphines, branchiopods, endomorphies, endomorphism, governorship, hemoproteins, microphonics, monitorships, monomorphism, negrophobias, nephrologies, nephrologist, nomographies, ornithopters, phrenologies, phrenologist, pigeonholers, porphyropsin, prohibitions, prothrombins, rhinoscopies, siphonophore, sonographies, spinsterhood, sponsorships, stereophonic, thoroughpins, thyrotropins, trapshooting.

 

+5 letters: bronchoscopic, cephalosporin, chemisorption, chloropicrins, cochairperson, comprehension, conidiophores, cosponsorship, counselorship, enantiomorphs, endomorphisms, governorships, heterophonies, hypochondrias, iconographers, iconographies, iontophoreses, iontophoresis, luteotrophins, mastigophoran, monomorphisms, morphogenesis, nephrologists, opisthobranch, philodendrons, phonographies, photofinisher, phrenologists, pornographies, porphyropsins, proconsulship, sharpshooting, siphonophores, somatotrophin, spinsterhoods, stereophonies, thyrotrophins, trapshootings, trichlorphons.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PHORONIS


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

50 48 4F 52 4F 4E 49 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)

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

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