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POLYMENISCOUS

Definition: POLYMENISCOUS

POLYMENISCOUS

Adjective

1. Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Polymeniscous \Pol`y*me*nis"cous\, adjective. [See Poly-, and Meniscus.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "POLYMENISCOUS"

Words rhyming with "POLYMENISCOUS" (pronounced 'Pol`y*me*nis"cous'): Aduncous, Amurcous, Anasarcous, Anticous, Bifurcous, Bisulcous, Caducous, Couscous, fuscous, Glaucous, Leucous, Molluscous, Monoicous, Mucous, Noctilucous, Obuncous, Ochroleucous, Opacous, Pentacoccous, Petulcous, raucous, Rebucous, Rescous, Sarcous, Semiopacous, Spicous, Subfuscous, Submucous, Uncous, Viscous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: POLYMENISCOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-m-n-o-o-p-s-s-u-y"

-2 letters: compulsions, myoclonuses.

-3 letters: compulsion, polysemous, semicolons, semicolony, speciously.

-4 letters: coemploys, coliseums, colonises, colosseum, complines, copiously, eclosions, empoisons, emulsions, eponymous, lemniscus, liposomes, lumpiness, monecious, myoclonus, myoscopes, noisomely, ominously, picomoles, poloniums, polysomes, seclusion, semicolon, simoleons, spinulose, spoilsmen.

-5 letters: cesspool, clonisms, clonuses, closeups, coemploy, coliseum, colonies, colonise, compiles, complies, compline, complins, composes, conioses, consoles, consumes, coolness, coulises.

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

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Alternative Orthography: POLYMENISCOUS


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

50 4F 4C 59 4D 45 4E 49 53 43 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 01001111 01001100 01011001 01001101 01000101 01001110 01001001 01010011 01000011 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004F 004C 0059 004D 0045 004E 0049 0053 0043 004F 0055 0053

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

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

50494659473948435337495553

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INDEX

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


  

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