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SEPTFOIL

Definitions: SEPTFOIL

SEPTFOIL

Noun

1. A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc.

2. An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil.

3. A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Septfoil \Sept"foil\, noun. [French expression sept seven (L. septem) English foil leaf: compare to Latin septifolium.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: SEPTFOIL

English words defined with "SEPTFOIL": Setfoil. (references)

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Rhyming with "SEPTFOIL"

Words rhyming with "SEPTFOIL" (pronounced 'Sept"foil'): Setfoil. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SEPTFOIL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-o-p-s-t"

-1 letter: piolets, pistole.

-2 letters: filets, filose, fliest, flites, itself, pilose, pilots, piolet, pistol, poleis, polies, polite, potsie, softie, sopite, spoilt, stifle, stipel, toiles.

-3 letters: estop, feist, felts, files, filet, filos, flies, flips, flite, flits, floes, flops, foils, foist, islet, istle, lefts, lifts, lofts, lopes, pelfs, pelts, pesto, piles, pilot, piste, plies, plots, poets, poise.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-o-p-s-t"
 

+1 letter: floppiest.

 

+2 letters: profitless, shoplifted, shoplifter.

 

+3 letters: profligates, shoplifters, toploftiest.

 

+4 letters: profiteroles, proliferates, toploftiness.

 

+5 letters: flavoproteins, parfocalities, pestiferously, prolificities.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SEPTFOIL


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

53 45 50 54 46 4F 49 4C

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 01010000 01010100 01000110 01001111 01001001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#69 &#80 &#84 &#70 &#79 &#73 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0045 0050 0054 0046 004F 0049 004C

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

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

5339505440494346

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INDEX

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


  

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