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SCAMILLUS

Definition: SCAMILLUS

SCAMILLUS

Noun

1. A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Scamillus \Sca*mil"lus\, noun; plural Scamilli. [Latin expression, originally, little bench, diminutive of scamnum bench, stool.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Crosswords: SCAMILLUS

English words defined with "SCAMILLUS": Scamilli. (references)
Non-English Usage: "SCAMILLUS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (low stool, shambles).

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Rhyming with "SCAMILLUS"

Words rhyming with "SCAMILLUS" (pronounced 'Sca*mil"lus'): Asilus, Bacillus, Bolus, Callus, Clitellus, Cucullus, Dolus, Entellus, Gryllus, hilus, Hydrocaulus, Iulus, Julus, Nucellus, Ocellus, Palus, Paxillus, Peplus, Phacellus, Phallus, Prothallus, Pullus, Pulvillus, thallus, Verticillus, Villus, Vitellus, Zulus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SCAMILLUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-l-m-s-s-u"

-1 letter: miscalls, musicals.

-2 letters: alliums, miscall, musical, scillas.

-3 letters: allium, amicus, callus, caulis, claims, cullis, lilacs, maills, miauls, missal, mullas, musics, salmis, scalls, scilla, sculls, smalls, sulcal, sumacs, umiacs.

-4 letters: alums, amiss, ascus, aulic, calls, calms, casus, cauls, claim, clams, class, culls, culms, laics, lilac, limas, maill, mails, malic, malls, mauls, miaul, micas, mills, mulla, mulls, musca, music, sails, salic, salmi, sauls, scall, scams, scull, scums, sials, sills, simas, sisal, slams, slims, slums, small, sulci, sumac, umiac.

-5 letters: ails, aims, alls, alms, alum, amis, amus, asci, call, calm, cams, caul, clam, cull, culm, cuss, ills, isms, lacs, laic, lams, lass, lima, lums, macs, mail, mall, mass, maul, mica, mill, mils, miss, mull, muss, sacs, sail, sall, sals, saul, scam, scum, sial, sics, sill, sima, sims, slam, slim, slum, sums.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-l-m-s-s-u"
 

+3 letters: caudillismos.

 

+4 letters: malocclusions, miscalculates, miscellaneous.

 

+5 letters: biculturalisms, ceruloplasmins, colloquialisms.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SCAMILLUS


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

53 43 41 4D 49 4C 4C 55 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)

01010011 01000011 01000001 01001101 01001001 01001100 01001100 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#67 &#65 &#77 &#73 &#76 &#76 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0043 0041 004D 0049 004C 004C 0055 0053

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

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

533735474346465553

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INDEX

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


  

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