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Definition: SOROSIS |
SOROSISNoun1. A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers with their receptacles, ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple. 2. A woman's club; an association of women. |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | A female gas company that lays its pipes on cultivated grounds. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SOROSIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | зърнест плод. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | σώρωση, γυναικεία λέσχη. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | orosissay birleşik meyve. (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "SOROSIS": sorosises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-o-o-r-s-s-s" | |
-3 letters: sirs, sori, sris. | |
-4 letters: ors, sir, sis, sos, sri. | |
-5 letters: is, or, os, si, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o-o-r-s-s-s" | |
+2 letters: sorosises, voussoirs. | |
+3 letters: biosensors, isospories, prosodists. | |
+4 letters: boorishness, boosterisms, fortissimos, oppressions, proboscises, processions, professions, responsions, riotousness, roominesses, sarcoidoses, sarcoidosis, serologists, sisterhoods, sitosterols, spoilsports, sponsorship, spoonerisms. | |
+5 letters: broodinesses, compressions, connoisseurs, consistories, dispossessor, gloriousness, hyperostosis, isochronisms, isomorphisms, loosestrifes, macrofossils, microfossils, osteoporosis, otosclerosis, photoresists, progressions, repossession, responsories, rigorousness, sarcomatosis, sponsorships, sporogenesis, timorousness, uxoriousness, vigorousness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4F 52 4F 53 49 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- .-. --- ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001111 01010010 01001111 01010011 01001001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S O R O S I S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004F 0052 004F 0053 0049 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53495249534353 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Derivations 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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