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SCOTOSCOPE

Definition: SCOTOSCOPE

SCOTOSCOPE

Noun

1. An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Scotoscope \Sco"to*scope\, noun. [from Greek expression sko`tos darkness -scope.]. (Websters 1913)

Rhyming with "SCOTOSCOPE"

Words rhyming with "SCOTOSCOPE" (pronounced 'Sco"to*scope'): Aeroscope, AEthrioscope, Alethoscope, Altiscope, Anamorphoscope, Anemoscope, Angioscope, Anorthoscope, Astroscope, Auriscope, Baroscope, Ceraunoscope, Chromascope, Chromatoscope, Chronoscope, Cyclonoscope, Cycloscope, Cymoscope, Debuscope, Diaphanoscope, Dichroiscope, Dichroscope, Dipleidoscope, Ebullioscope, Echoscope, Endoscope, Engiscope, Galvanoscope, Gasoscope, gastroscope, Graphiscope, gyroscope, Haematoscope, Haemoscope, Hagioscope, Haloscope, Helioscope, horoscope, Hydroscope, hygroscope, Hypnoscope, Iridioscope, Iriscope, Kaleidoscope, Lactoscope, Larungoscope, Leucoscope, Lychnoscope, Manoscope, Meatoscope, Megalethoscope, Megascope, Melanoscope, Meteoroscope, Metroscope, Microspectroscope, Mutoscope, Myrioscope, Nephoscope, Niloscope, Opeidoscope, Ophthalmoscope, Orthoscope, oscilloscope, Otheoscope, Otoscope, Ozonoscope, Pantascope, Periodoscope, Periscope, Phakoscope, Phantascope, Phenakistoscope, Phoneidoscope, Phonoscope, Phosphoroscope, Photoscope, Phototelescope, Pluvioscope, Polariscope, Polemoscope, Polyscope, Praxinoscope, Pseudoscope, Pyroscope, Rheoscope, rhinoscope, Seismoscope, Sideroscope, spectroscope, Sphygmoscope, Spinthariscope, Spiroscope, Stauroscope, Stereomonoscope, stereoscope, Stomatoscope, stroboscope, Tachistoscope, Tachyscope, Teinoscope, Telegraphoscope, Telelectroscope, Telengiscope, Telepolariscope, Telespectroscope, Telestereoscope, Thermoscope, Trichinoscope, Urethroscope, Vibroscope, Zymoscope. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SCOTOSCOPE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-o-o-o-p-s-s-t"

-1 letter: otoscopes.

-2 letters: otoscope.

-4 letters: cestos, coopts, copses, cosecs, cosets, cosset, escots, estops, pestos, posset, ptoses, scoops, scoots, scopes, seccos, stoops, stopes.

-5 letters: cocos, coops, coopt, coots, copes, copse, cosec, coses, coset, costs, cotes, escot, estop, pesos, pesto, pests, poets, poses, posse, posts, scoop, scoot, scope, scops, scots, secco, sects, septs, soots, specs, spots, steps, stoop, stope, stops, topes, topos.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-e-o-o-o-p-s-s-t"
 

+4 letters: cryptococcoses.

 

+5 letters: microsporocytes.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SCOTOSCOPE


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

53 43 4F 54 4F 53 43 4F 50 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 01001111 01010100 01001111 01010011 01000011 01001111 01010000 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#67 &#79 &#84 &#79 &#83 &#67 &#79 &#80 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0043 004F 0054 004F 0053 0043 004F 0050 0045

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

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

53374954495337495039

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INDEX

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


  

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