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SPIRIFER

Definition: SPIRIFER

SPIRIFER

Noun

1. Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Spirifer \Spi"ri*fer\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression spira coil ferreto bear.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: SPIRIFER

English words defined with "SPIRIFER": DelthyrisSpire bearerTesticardines. (references)

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Image Slideshow: SPIRIFER

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SPIRIFER

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

spirifer

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "SPIRIFER"

Words rhyming with "SPIRIFER" (pronounced 'Spi"ri*fer'): Afer, Anatifer, Chauffer, Chelifer, Circumfer, Conchifer, Conifer, Corticifer, Crucifer, Dapifer, Fierasfer, foraminifer, gaffer, gauffer, goffer, infer, Mammifer, Misinfer, Outsuffer, Palpifer, Prefer, rotifer, Signifer, Siphonifer, Sonifer, umbellifer, Zaffer. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SPIRIFER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-f-i-i-p-r-r-s"

-1 letter: spirier.

-2 letters: firers, friers, priers, sprier.

-3 letters: firer, fires, frier, fries, frise, peris, piers, prier, pries, prise, reifs, rifer, riper, ripes, riser, serif, speir, spier, spire.

-4 letters: errs, fire, firs, ires, iris, peri, pier, pies, refs, reif, reis, reps, rife, rifs, ripe, rips, rise, seif, serf, sipe, sire.

-5 letters: efs, err, ers, fer, fie, fir.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-i-i-p-r-r-s"
 

+1 letter: purifiers.

 

+2 letters: fripperies, repurifies.

 

+3 letters: personifier, prettifiers.

 

+4 letters: fingerprints, personifiers, precertifies.

 

+5 letters: preamplifiers, prizefighters, superterrific.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SPIRIFER


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

53 50 49 52 49 46 45 52

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 01001001 01010010 01001001 01000110 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#80 &#73 &#82 &#73 &#70 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0050 0049 0052 0049 0046 0045 0052

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

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

5350435243403952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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