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PITUITOUS

Definition: PITUITOUS

PITUITOUS

Adjective

1. Consisting of, or resembling, pituite or mucus; full of mucus; discharging mucus.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PITUITOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Etymology: Pituitous \Pi*tu"i*tous\, adjective. [Latin expression pituitosus: compare to the French expression pituiteux.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: PITUITOUS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Semiliquidity

Gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous; glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted; viscid, viscous; sticky, tacky, gooey; slab, slabby; lentous, pituitous; mucid, muculent, mucous; gummy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: PITUITOUS

English words defined with "PITUITOUS": Pituitous fever. (references)

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Expression: PITUITOUS

Expression using "PITUITOUS": Pituitous fever. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translations: PITUITOUS

Language Translations for "PITUITOUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Vietnamese 

  

đầy đờm dâi; như đờm dãi; tiết ra chất nhầy. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "PITUITOUS"

Words rhyming with "PITUITOUS" (pronounced 'Pi*tu"i*tous'): Acclivitous, Acetous, Achromatous, Acronyctous, Agalactous, Angiospermatous, Anhistous, Apostematous, Aproctous, Archaeostomatous, Argentous, Aromatous, Asbestous, Asomatous, Aspermatous, Atheromatous, Automatous, Azotous, Bicipitous, Boistous, Calamitous, Carcinomatous, Cataractous, Centicipitous, Cespitous, Chilostomatous, Circuitous, Comatous, Compositous, Cruentous, Echinodermatous, filamentous, fortuitous, Glaucomatous, gratuitous, infelicitous, iniquitous, Lentous, Lithophytous, Macrotous, momentous, Monotrematous, Necessitous, Odontostomatous, OEdematous, Ostentous, Pachydermatous, Papillomatous, Pectous, Pedetentous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PITUITOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-i-o-p-s-t-t-u-u"

-2 letters: outputs, putouts, utopist.

-3 letters: otitis, output, outsit, putout.

-4 letters: pious, posit, pouts, putti, putto, putts, situp, spout, stopt, stoup, stout, tipis, titis, toits, topis, touts, tutus.

-5 letters: opts, opus, oust, outs, piso, pits, pois, post, pots, pout, puts, putt, soup, spit, spot, stop, suit, tipi, tips, titi, tits, toit, topi, tops, tost, tots, tout.

 Words containing the letters "i-i-o-p-s-t-t-u-u"
 

+3 letters: disputatious.

 

+4 letters: platitudinous, subreptitious, superstitious, surreptitious.

 

+5 letters: disputatiously, supernutrition, supposititious.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PITUITOUS


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

50 49 54 55 49 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 01001001 01010100 01010101 01001001 01010100 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#73 &#84 &#85 &#73 &#84 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0049 0054 0055 0049 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)

504354554354495553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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