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Definition: SPOLIATIVE |
SPOLIATIVEAdjective1. Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Med.), serving to diminish sensibily the amount of blood in the body; as, spoliative bloodletting. |
Etymology: Spoliative \Spo"li*a*tive\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression spoliatif.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: SPOLIATIVE |
| English words defined with "SPOLIATIVE": Spoliatory. (references) |
| Words rhyming with "SPOLIATIVE" (pronounced 'Spo"li*a*tive'): Abdicative, Abditive, Abirritative, Abjunctive, Abnegative, Abrogative, Absorptive, Abstractive, Accelerative, Accompletive, Accretive, Accumulative, Acervative, Acquisitive, Active, Adaptative, Additive, Adductive, Adjudicative, Administrative, Admirative, Admonitive, Adscriptive, Adumbrative, Affective, Affinitative, Affinitive, Afflictive, Afformative, Agglomerative, Agglutinative, Aggravative, Aggregative, Agitative, Alleviative, Alliterative, Altercative, Amalgamative, Amative, Ambulative, Ameliorative, Ampliative, Amplificative, Animative, Annihilative, Annotative, Annunciative, Anticipative, Aperitive, Appetitive. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-o-p-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: ovalities. | |
-2 letters: pisolite, polities, positive, spoliate, violates, vitalise. | |
-3 letters: aplites, apostil, apostle, atopies, estival, iolites, isolate, laities, oiliest, opiates, paliest, pelotas, piolets, pistole, pivotal, platies, plosive, solvate, spaviet, talipes, topsail, violate, violets, violist. | |
-4 letters: aiolis, aplite, aslope, avoset, espial, iolite, liaise, lipase, livest, loaves, lovats, olives, opiate, osteal, palest, palets, pastel, pastie, pastil, patios. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-o-p-s-t-v" | |
+2 letters: appositively. | |
+4 letters: pulverizations. | |
+5 letters: hypersalivation, improvabilities, overcapitalizes, provincialities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 50 4F 4C 49 41 54 49 56 45 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .--. --- .-.. .. .- - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01010000 01001111 01001100 01001001 01000001 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S P O L I A T I V E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0050 004F 004C 0049 0041 0054 0049 0056 0045 |
| 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)53504946433554435639 |
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