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POLYEMBRYONY

Definition: POLYEMBRYONY

POLYEMBRYONY

Noun

1. The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Polyembryony \Pol`y*em"bry*o*ny\, noun. [See Poly-, and Embryo.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "POLYEMBRYONY"

Words rhyming with "POLYEMBRYONY" (pronounced 'Pol`y*em"bry*o*ny'): Acrimony, Acrophony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrimony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Barony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny. (additional references)

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Anagrams: POLYEMBRYONY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-y-y-y"

-4 letters: bloomery.

-5 letters: benomyl, bloomer, blooper, boloney, borneol, embryon, eponymy, polymer, preboom, problem, pronely, rebloom.

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

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Alternative Orthography: POLYEMBRYONY


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

50 4F 4C 59 45 4D 42 52 59 4F 4E 59

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)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001111 01001100 01011001 01000101 01001101 01000010 01010010 01011001 01001111 01001110 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004F 004C 0059 0045 004D 0042 0052 0059 004F 004E 0059

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

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

504946593947365259494859

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INDEX

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


  

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