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PROGLOTTIS

Definition: PROGLOTTIS

PROGLOTTIS

Noun

1. One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Proglottis \Pro*glot"tis\, noun; plural Proglottides. [New Latin expression. from Greek the tip of the tongue; forward the tongue.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: PROGLOTTIS

English words defined with "PROGLOTTIS": Proglottid, Proglottides. (references)

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Rhyming with "PROGLOTTIS"

Words rhyming with "PROGLOTTIS" (pronounced 'Pro*glot"tis'): Adenitis, Aortitis, Appendicitis, Arachnitis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Bursitis, Capsulitis, Carditis, Cellulitis, Cerebritis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Conjunctivitis, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis, Myelitis, myocarditis, Myositis, Myosotis, Nephritis, Nereocystis, Neuritis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PROGLOTTIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-i-l-o-o-p-r-s-t-t"

-2 letters: postriot, stolport.

-3 letters: girosol, glottis, gosport, grottos, ologist, poloist, prologs, protist, risotto, spotlit, topsoil.

-4 letters: griots, grotto, igloos, isolog, lottos, orlops, pilots, pistol, polios, pooris, pottos, prolog, prosit, ripost, spigot, spoilt, stript, trigos, triols, tripos, troops.

-5 letters: gilts, girls, giros, girts, glops, glost, goops, gorps, griot, grips, gript, grist, grits, grots, igloo, lirot, logoi.

 Words containing the letters "g-i-l-o-o-p-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: petrologist, proglottids.

 

+2 letters: cryptologist, petrologists, proctologist, proglottides.

 

+3 letters: cryptologists, herpetologist, primatologist, proctologists, pteridologist.

 

+4 letters: anthropologist, herpetologists, parasitologist, primatologists, progestational, protozoologist, pteridologists.

 

+5 letters: anthropologists, cryptozoologist, parasitologists, protozoologists.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PROGLOTTIS


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

50 52 4F 47 4C 4F 54 54 49 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 01010010 01001111 01000111 01001100 01001111 01010100 01010100 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#82 &#79 &#71 &#76 &#79 &#84 &#84 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0052 004F 0047 004C 004F 0054 0054 0049 0053

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

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

50524941464954544353

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INDEX

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


  

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