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PRAECORDIA

Definition: PRAECORDIA

PRAECORDIA

Noun

1. The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PRAECORDIA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Praecordia \Pr[ae]*cor"di*a\, noun. [Latin expression, from prae before cor, cordis, the heart.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: PRAECORDIA

Non-English Usage: "PRAECORDIA" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (breast, chest as the seat of feelings, diaphragm, vitals).

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Rhyming with "PRAECORDIA"

Words rhyming with "PRAECORDIA" (pronounced 'Pr[ae]*cor"di*a'): Arcadia, Arthrodia, Cardia, Cirripedia, Fissipedia, Hemicardia, India, Leptocardia, Lindia, Madia, Misericordia, Octopodia, Pinnipedia, Redia, Scandia, Shepherdia, Synarthrodia, Woodwardia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PRAECORDIA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-o-p-r-r"

-3 letters: acaroid, acrider, airdrop, cardiae, carried, corrade, corrida, eardrop, parader, parador, pareira, parodic, parried, peracid, percoid, picador, rapider, ripcord.

-4 letters: acarid, acedia, adorer, arcade, arider, carder, cardia, caried, carped, carper, codeia, copied, copier, corder, corrie, craped, diaper, dopier, dorper, draper, orrice, paired, parade, pardie, parred, period, picara, picaro, priced, pricer, racier, raider, rapier.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-o-p-r-r"
 

+3 letters: particleboard.

 

+4 letters: cardiographies, particleboards, procrastinated.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PRAECORDIA


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

50 52 41 45 43 4F 52 44 49 41

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 01010010 01000001 01000101 01000011 01001111 01010010 01000100 01001001 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#82 &#65 &#69 &#67 &#79 &#82 &#68 &#73 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0052 0041 0045 0043 004F 0052 0044 0049 0041

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

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

50523539374952384335

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INDEX

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


  

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