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QUINDECEMVIR

Definition: QUINDECEMVIR

QUINDECEMVIR

Noun

1. One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Quindecemvir \Quin`de*cem"vir\, noun; plural English Quindecemvirs, from Latin expression Quindecemviri. [Latin expression, from quindecim fifteen vir man.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: QUINDECEMVIR

English words defined with "QUINDECEMVIR": Quindecemviri, Quindecemvirs. (references)

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Rhyming with "QUINDECEMVIR"

Words rhyming with "QUINDECEMVIR" (pronounced 'Quin`de*cem"vir'): Centumvir, Decemvir, Duumvir, Levir, Septemvir, triumvir. (additional references)

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Anagrams: QUINDECEMVIR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-m-n-q-r-u-v"

-3 letters: decemviri, vermicide.

-4 letters: decemvir, endermic, enquired, incurved, inquired, medicine, quercine, quivered, reinduce, urinemic, verecund, virucide.

-5 letters: cerumen, cervine, decurve, dimeric, dineric, diviner, eirenic, endemic, enquire, ermined, evinced, incurve, inducer, inquire, mincier, miniver, numeric, queried, requiem, unrimed, uridine, veinier, veridic, viremic.

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

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Alternative Orthography: QUINDECEMVIR


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

51 55 49 4E 44 45 43 45 4D 56 49 52

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)

01010001 01010101 01001001 01001110 01000100 01000101 01000011 01000101 01001101 01010110 01001001 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#81 &#85 &#73 &#78 &#68 &#69 &#67 &#69 &#77 &#86 &#73 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0051 0055 0049 004E 0044 0045 0043 0045 004D 0056 0049 0052

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

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

515543483839373947564352

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INDEX

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


  

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