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SPERMAPHORE

Definition: SPERMAPHORE

SPERMAPHORE

Noun

1. That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Spermaphore \Sper"ma*phore\, noun. [from Greek expression sperm to bear.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "SPERMAPHORE"

Words rhyming with "SPERMAPHORE" (pronounced 'Sper"ma*phore'): Androphore, Anthophore, Blastophore, Carpophore, Chlamyphore, Chromatophore, Chromophore, Collophore, Ctenophore, Lophophore, Necrophore, Odontophore, Oophore, Photophore, Pneumatophore, Polyphore, Pterophore, Rheophore, Rhinophore, Rhynchophore, semaphore, siphonophore, Spermatophore, Spermophore, sporangiophore, sporophore. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SPERMAPHORE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-m-o-p-p-r-r-s"

-2 letters: hamperers, pamperers, semaphore.

-3 letters: emperors, hamperer, pamperer, pamperos, paperers, premorse, prepares, preshape, prophase, repapers, rephrase, reshaper.

-4 letters: amperes, apposer, emperor, hampers, hareems, harmers, harpers, hearers, hoarser, hoppers, mappers, moppers, pampero, pampers, paperer, perhaps, preamps, prearms, prepare, propers, prosper, rappees, rappers, reamers, reapers, rehears, remoras, remorse, repaper, reposer, reshape, roamers, rompers, sharper, shearer, shopper.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-m-o-p-p-r-r-s"
 

+2 letters: spermatophore.

 

+3 letters: hypermetropias, rapprochements, spermatophores.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SPERMAPHORE


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

53 50 45 52 4D 41 50 48 4F 52 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 01010000 01000101 01010010 01001101 01000001 01010000 01001000 01001111 01010010 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#80 &#69 &#82 &#77 &#65 &#80 &#72 &#79 &#82 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0050 0045 0052 004D 0041 0050 0048 004F 0052 0045

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

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

5350395247355042495239

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INDEX

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


  

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