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PTERIDOMANIA

Definition: PTERIDOMANIA

PTERIDOMANIA

Noun

1. A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Pteridomania \Pter`i*do*ma"ni*a\, noun. [from Greek expression fern English mania.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "PTERIDOMANIA"

Words rhyming with "PTERIDOMANIA" (pronounced 'Pter`i*do*ma"ni*a'): Acrania, Adansonia, AEgicrania, Ammonia, Anglomania, Anthomania, Arachnida, Arnica, Bibliomania, Bignonia, Britannia, Caledonia, Campania, Catamenia, Cavicornia, Chelonia, Cleptomania, Dalmania, Daphnia, Darlingtonia, Gallomania, gardenia, hemicrania, hernia, Houstonia, insignia, insomnia, kleptomania, Lamellicornia, Lawsonia, Longicornia, Mahonia, mania, Marsdenia, megalomania, Metromania, monomania, Musicomania, Musomania, Naenia, Nenia, Neomenia, nymphomania, OEnomania, Oinomania, Oxyammonia, Paulownia, Petunia, Phyllomania, Planipennia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PTERIDOMANIA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-i-m-n-o-p-r-t"

-2 letters: admiration.

-3 letters: ametropia, impainted, imprinted, marinated, mediation, perdition, predation, protamine, radiation.

-4 letters: adaption, aeration, animated, animater, animator, antidora, antipode, antirape, arointed, atropine, daintier, diamante, dipteran, dipteron, diriment, dominate, dopamine, dormient, emanator, ideation, impaired, imparted, imported, intrepid, iodinate, manatoid, mandator, marinade, marinate, mediator, meridian, midpoint, ordinate, orpiment, paintier, parament, paranoid, pearmain, piedmont, pimiento, pointier.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-i-i-m-n-o-p-r-t"
 

+2 letters: endoparasitism.

 

+3 letters: endoparasitisms.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PTERIDOMANIA


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

50 54 45 52 49 44 4F 4D 41 4E 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)

.--.    -    .    .-.    ..    -..    ---    --    .-    -.    ..    .-

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

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

01010000 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001001 01000100 01001111 01001101 01000001 01001110 01001001 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#73 &#68 &#79 &#77 &#65 &#78 &#73 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0054 0045 0052 0049 0044 004F 004D 0041 004E 0049 0041

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

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

505439524338494735484335

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INDEX

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


  

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