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SCAPHITE

Definition: SCAPHITE

SCAPHITE

Noun

1. Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Scaphite \Scaph"ite\, noun. [Latin expression scapha boat, from the Greek expression ska`fh boat, anything dug or scooped out, from ska`ptein to dig.]. (Websters 1913)

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Rhyming with "SCAPHITE"

Words rhyming with "SCAPHITE" (pronounced 'Scaph"ite'): Arkite, Arsenopyrite, Braunite, Bronzite, Brookite, Brushite, Cabrerite, Chalcopyrite, Composite, Congenite, Cordite, Cushite, Danite, Dufrenite, gahnite, Gibbsite, Glassite, Gnathite, graphite, Gryphite, Guerite, Hessite, Hicksite, Hopeite, Humite, Hussite, Incomposite, Indomite, jadeite, Linarite, Linnaeite, Lyddite, marlite, Melanochroite, Miascite, Moroxite, Nerite, Perthite, Petzite, Prehnite, Priceite, Protomerite, Pyrite, Quartzite, ratite, scheelite, Semite, Servite, sporozoite, Struvite, Thenardite, Tonite, Touite, Tractite, Trichite, Troostite, Turfite, Voltzite, Zincite, Zoisite. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SCAPHITE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: hepatics, pastiche, pistache.

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-p-s-t"

-1 letter: achiest, aitches, aphetic, aseptic, hepatic, hepcats, patches, pitches, spathic, spicate.

-2 letters: apices, aspect, chaise, chapes, chaste, cheaps, cheats, epacts, ethics, haptic, hepcat, itches, pastie, petsai, phasic, phatic, pietas, sachet, saithe, scathe, septic, spathe, spicae, taches.

-3 letters: aches, aitch, aphis, apish, aspic, capes, caphs, caste, cates, cesta, cesti, chape, chaps, chapt, chase, chats, cheap, cheat, chest, chias, chips, chits, cites, epact, ephas, epics, ethic, haets, haste, hates, heaps, heats, heist, paces, pacts, paise, paste, patch, pates, paths, peach, peats, pechs, phase, picas, pieta, piste, pitas, pitch, piths, saice, saith, scape, sepia, sepic, septa, shape, space, spahi, spait, spate, spica, spice, spite, staph, stich, stipe, taces, tache, tachs, tapes, tapis, teach, tepas, theca.

-4 letters: aces, ache, acts, aits, apes, apse, asci, ates, cape, caph, caps, case, cash, cast, cate, cats, ceps, chap, chat, chia, chip, chis, chit, cist, cite, each, east, eath, eats, epha, epic, etas, etch, eths, etic, haes, haet, haps, hasp, hast, hate, hats, heap, heat, hest, hets, hies, hips, hist, hits, ices, ichs, itch, pace, pacs, pact, pase, pash, past, pate, path, pats, peas, peat, pech, pecs, pehs, pest, pets, phat, phis, pias, pica, pice, pics, pies, pish, pita, pith, pits, sate, sati, scat, seat, sect, sept, seta, shat, shea, ship, shit, sice, sipe, site, sith, spae, spat, spec, spic, spit, step, tace, tach, tape, taps, teas, tepa, thae, this, tics, ties, tips.

-5 letters: ace, act, ais, ait, ape, apt, ash, asp, ate, cap, cat, cep, chi, cis, eat, eta, eth, hae, hap, has, hat, hep, hes, het, hic, hie, hip, his, hit, ice, ich, its, pac, pah, pas, pat, pea, pec, peh, pes, pet, phi, pht, pia, pic, pie, pis, pit, psi, sac, sae, sap, sat, sea, sec, sei, set, sha, she, sic, sip, sit, spa, tae, tap, tas, tea, the, tic, tie, tip, tis.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-p-s-t"
 

+1 letter: cadetship, cathepsin, chapaties, chapiters, hepaticas, pastiches, patchiest, peachiest, pistaches, poachiest, whitecaps.

 

+2 letters: archpriest, cadetships, caliphates, cathepsins, chapatties, dispatched, dispatcher, dispatches, metaphysic, mispatched, mispatches, parritches, pasticheur, patchiness, paunchiest, phenacites, preachiest.

 

+3 letters: archpriests, atmospheric, birthplaces, champerties, despatching, dispatchers, feldspathic, heptarchies, hyperstatic, metaphysics, osteopathic, pantheistic, paresthetic, pasticheurs, patchoulies, pentarchies, phenacetins, spaceflight, spirochaete, spirochetal, sympathetic.

 

+4 letters: apothecaries, atmospherics, cataphoresis, cephalothins, chiropterans, diaphoretics, encephalitis, hyperactives, hyperplastic, impeachments, metaphysical, orthopaedics, patchinesses, patriarchies, periphrastic, phagocytizes, phoneticians, phylacteries, plainclothes, psychiatries, psychoactive, scyphistomae, sociopathies, sophisticate, spaceflights, spirochaetes, stenographic, sympathetics, theosophical, therapeutics.

 

+5 letters: amphictyonies, analphabetics, arthroscopies, associateship, autocephalies, cardiopathies, cartographies, chalcopyrites, chieftainship, containership, copartnership, cryotherapies, dodecaphonist, hepatectomies, hyperacuities, hypercautious, lycanthropies, metaphysician, pantechnicons, pantheistical, parasynthetic, patriarchates, physicalities, pictographies, polycythemias, preanesthetic, prehistorical, psychasthenia, psychasthenic, psychopathies, secretaryship, sophisticated, sophisticates, spectatorship, stereographic, stratospheric, tachistoscope, technophobias, terpsichorean, thermoplastic, trichopterans, unsympathetic.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SCAPHITE


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

53 43 41 50 48 49 54 45

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 01010000 01001000 01001001 01010100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#67 &#65 &#80 &#72 &#73 &#84 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0043 0041 0050 0048 0049 0054 0045

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

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

5337355042435439

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Images: Slideshow
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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