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SELENIOUS

Definition: SELENIOUS

SELENIOUS

Adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: SELENIOUS

English words defined with "SELENIOUS": Selenic, Selenite. (references)
Specialty definitions using "SELENIOUS": Selenious Acid, Sodium Selenite. (references)

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Expression: SELENIOUS

Expression using "SELENIOUS": Selenious Acid. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SELENIOUS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  selenious acid

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Modern Translations: SELENIOUS

Language Translations for "SELENIOUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

selensyrling (selenious acid), H2SeO3 (selenious acid). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

selenigzuur (selenious acid), H2SeO3 (selenious acid). (various references)

   

French

  

H2SeO3 (selenious acid), acide selenieux (selenious acid), acide sélénieux (selenious acid). (various references)

   

German

  

selenige Saeure (H2SeO3, selenious acid), selenige Säure (selenious acid), H2SeO3 (H2SeO3, selenious acid). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σεληνιώδεσ οξύ (selenious acid), σεληνιώδες οξύ (H2SeO3, selenious acid). (various references)

   

Italian

  

H2SeO3 (H2SeO3, selenious acid), acido selenioso (H2SeO3, selenious acid). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elenioussay

   

Portuguese

  

H2SeO3 (H2SeO3, selenious acid), ácido selenioso (H2SeO3, selenious acid). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

H2SeO3 (H2SeO3, selenious acid), cido selenioso (H2SeO3, selenious acid). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "SELENIOUS"

Words rhyming with "SELENIOUS" (pronounced 'Se*le"ni*ous'): Araceous, Araneous, Bounteous, Brachypterous, Brachytypous, Branchiferous, Branchiostegous, Brassicaceous, Fluctiferous, Fluctisonous, Fluminous, Fluorous, Pactitious, Palacious, Paleaceous, Paleous, Palladious, Palmaceous, Palmiferous, Palpigerous, Paludinous, Pamprodactylous, Pandarous, Panderous, Panivorous, Pantophagous, Papaveraceous, Papaverous, Papilionaceous, Papillomatous, Papillous, Pappous, Papulous, Papyraceous, Paragnathous, paramorphous, Parapetalous, Parlous, Paronymous, Parricidious, Parsimonious, Parturious, Patulous, Pearlaceous, Pectoriloquous, Pectous, Pecunious, Pedaneous, Pedestrious, Pedetentous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SELENIOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-n-o-s-s-u"

-1 letter: elusions, selenous.

-2 letters: elusion, enisles, ensiles, ensouls, eosines, ileuses, insoles, insouls, lesions, lioness, oleines, seniles, silenus.

-3 letters: eloins, enisle, enosis, ensile, ensoul, ensues, eosine, eosins, essoin, insole, insoul, lenses, leones, lesion, lessen, lesson, louies, louses, lunies, noesis, noises, nouses, oleine, oleins, onuses, ossein, ousels, seines, senile, soleus, sonsie, unless.

-4 letters: eloin, enols, ensue, eosin.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-l-n-o-s-s-u"
 

+1 letter: mousseline.

 

+2 letters: isoleucines, lousinesses, mousselines, nucleosides, obliqueness.

 

+3 letters: cloudinesses, fluoresceins, isobutylenes, nebulosities, neutrinoless, oleoresinous, perilousness, questionless, seleniferous, unholinesses, unloveliness, voicefulness.

 

+4 letters: biliousnesses, courtlinesses, deliciousness, deliriousness, desultoriness, dissoluteness, equivocalness, feloniousness, insolubleness, loutishnesses, melodiousness, miscellaneous, necessitously, nucleotidases, obliquenesses, religiousness, ribonucleases, sensorineural, sententiously, slouchinesses, splendiferous, ungodlinesses, volunteerisms.

 

+5 letters: bibulousnesses, businesspeople, clearinghouses, compulsiveness, conceptualises, conclusiveness, convulsiveness, eugeosynclines, felicitousness, feuilletonisms, feuilletonists, gelatinousness, ghoulishnesses, gloriousnesses, housecleanings, illusorinesses, irresoluteness, leukemogenesis, licentiousness, luminousnesses, lusciousnesses, meticulousness, micronucleuses, oleaginousness, perilousnesses, polyneuritises, rebelliousness, revolutionises, unlovelinesses, unresponsively, unsociableness, voicefulnesses.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SELENIOUS


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

53 45 4C 45 4E 49 4F 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 01000101 01001100 01000101 01001110 01001001 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#69 &#76 &#69 &#78 &#73 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0045 004C 0045 004E 0049 004F 0055 0053

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

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

533946394843495553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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