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POSTAXIAL

Definition: POSTAXIAL

POSTAXIAL

Adjective

1. Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Postaxial \Post*ax"i*al\, adjective. [Prefix post- axial.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "POSTAXIAL"

Words rhyming with "POSTAXIAL" (pronounced 'Post*ax"i*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references)

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Anagrams: POSTAXIAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-o-p-s-t-x"

-2 letters: apostil, oxtails, solatia, spatial, tapalos, topsail.

-3 letters: oxalis, oxlips, oxtail, palais, pastil, patios, patois, pilots, pistol, plaits, postal, sapota, spital, spoilt, tapalo.

-4 letters: alias, alist, altos, ataps, atlas, axial, axils, iotas, lapis, litas, lotas, opals, ostia, oxlip, pails, paisa, pasta, patio, pilot, pitas, plait, plats, plots, polis, posit, psoai, salpa, slipt, spail, spait.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-o-p-s-t-x"
 

+3 letters: explanations, trophallaxis.

 

+4 letters: explantations, protogalaxies.

 

+5 letters: extrapolations, xerophthalmias.

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

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Alternative Orthography: POSTAXIAL


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

50 4F 53 54 41 58 49 41 4C

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 01010011 01010100 01000001 01011000 01001001 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#79 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#88 &#73 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004F 0053 0054 0041 0058 0049 0041 004C

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

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

504953543558433546

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INDEX

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


  

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