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Definition: SPAGYRIST |
SPAGYRISTNoun1. One of a sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who sought to discover remedies for disease by chemical means. The spagyrists historically preceded the iatrochemists. 2. A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits. |
Etymology: Spagyrist \Spag"y*rist\, noun. [Compare to the French expression spagiriste.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: SPAGYRIST |
| English words defined with "SPAGYRIST": Spagyric. (references) |
| Words rhyming with "SPAGYRIST" (pronounced 'Spag"y*rist'): Adiaphorist, Allegorist, Amorist, Antichrist, Aorist, Aphorist, Apiarist, Arist, Augurist, Aurist, Belle-lettrist, Caricaturist, Categorist, Catharist, Chiaroscurist, Chorist, Christ, Contrist, Decembrist, florist, Frist, Gemarist, Glossarist, grist, jurist, Luxurist, Mediocrist, Memorist, Metrist, militarist, Mistrist, Optometrist, Patrist, Petaurist, Piarist, Plagiarist, Probabiliorist, Querist, Questrist, Rist, Sacrist, Sanhedrist, Sanitarist, Sectarist, Semaphorist, Sententiarist, Septembrist, Sinecurist, Summarist, Symmetrist. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-p-r-s-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: sparsity. | |
-2 letters: rapists. | |
-3 letters: agists, grasps, grassy, gratis, grists, parity, pastis, pastry, pigsty, prissy, rapist, satyrs, sistra, sitars, spaits, spirts, sprags, sprats, sprays, sprigs, sprits, staigs, stairs, stirps, straps, strays, strips, stripy, tapirs. | |
-4 letters: agist, airts, apsis, arsis, artsy, aspis, astir, atrip, gaits, gasps, gassy, gasts, gipsy, girts, gists, grapy, grasp, grass, grays, grips. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-p-r-s-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: panegyrists. | |
+4 letters: papyrologists, polygraphists, stylographies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 50 41 47 59 52 49 53 54 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .--. .- --. -.--. .-. .. ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01010000 01000001 01000111 01011001 01010010 01001001 01010011 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S P A G Y R I S T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0050 0041 0047 0059 0052 0049 0053 0054 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)535035415952435354 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Rhymes 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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