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POLYGORDIUS

Definition: POLYGORDIUS

POLYGORDIUS

Noun

1. A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Polygordius \Pol`y*gor"di*us\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Poly-, and Gordius.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: POLYGORDIUS

English words defined with "POLYGORDIUS": Loeven's larva. (references)

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Rhyming with "POLYGORDIUS"

Words rhyming with "POLYGORDIUS" (pronounced 'Pol`y*gor"di*us'): Abaciscus, Abaculus, Abacus, Abdominous, Abgeordnetenhaus, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acanthus, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acarus, Accismus, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acinus, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: POLYGORDIUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-g-i-l-o-o-p-r-s-u-y"

-2 letters: groupoids.

-3 letters: droopily, glorious, groupoid, odiously, porously.

-4 letters: dolours, duologs, duopoly, girosol, piously, podgily, prodigy, prologs, prosily, prosody, proudly, pudgily, pursily, pylorus, roupily, splurgy, sporoid, upgirds, urology, uropods.

-5 letters: dolors, dolour, dourly, drools, droops, droopy, dropsy, duolog, goodly, gorily, gourds, grisly, groups, guilds, guiros, igloos, iodous, isolog, isopod, odious, odours, orlops, pilous, ploidy, podsol.

 Words containing the letters "d-g-i-l-o-o-p-r-s-u-y"
 

+1 letter: prodigiously.

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

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Alternative Orthography: POLYGORDIUS


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

50 4F 4C 59 47 4F 52 44 49 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)

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

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

01010000 01001111 01001100 01011001 01000111 01001111 01010010 01000100 01001001 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004F 004C 0059 0047 004F 0052 0044 0049 0055 0053

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

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

5049465941495238435553

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INDEX

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


  

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