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Definition: STICHOMANCY |
STICHOMANCYNoun1. Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard. |
Etymology: Stichomancy \Stich"o*man`cy\, noun. [Greek expression line -mancy.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prediction | Coscinomancy; by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy; by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy; by precious stones, Lithomancy; by pebbles, Pessomancy; by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy; by mirrors, Catoptromancy; by writings in ashes, Tephramancy; by dreams, Oneiromancy; by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy; by nails reflecting the sun's rays, Onychomancy; by finger rings, Dactylomancy; by numbers, Arithmancy; by drawing lots, Sortilege; by passages in books, Stichomancy; by the letters forming the name of the person, Onomancy, Nomancy; by the features, Anthroposcopy; by the mode of laughing, Geloscopy; by ventriloquism, Gastromancy; by walking in a circle, Gyromancy; by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy; by currents, Bletonism; by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stichomancy | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "STICHOMANCY" (pronounced 'Stich"o*man`cy'): Aeromancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Arithmancy, Astragalomancy, Austromancy, Axinomancy, Belomancy, Bibliomancy, Botanomancy, Capnomancy, Cartomancy, Catoptromancy, Ceromancy, Chaomancy, Chartomancy, Cleromancy, Coscinomancy, Crystallomancy, Dactyliomancy, Dactylomancy, Daphnomancy, Geomancy, Hieromancy, Homocercy, hydromancy, Lecanomancy, lithomancy, -mancy, Meteoromancy, Metopomancy, Myomancy, Necromancy, Oneiromancy, onomancy, Onomomancy, Onychomancy, Ophiomancy, Ornithomancy, Pedomancy, Pegomancy, Psychomancy, Pyromancy, Rabdomancy, Rhapsodomancy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-i-m-n-o-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: macintosh, stomachic. | |
-3 letters: chicanos, chitosan, chymosin, cyanotic, manihots, moccasin, monastic, stomachy, tachyons, thymosin. | |
-4 letters: actions, anosmic, atomics, atonics, camions, cations, chamiso, chamois, chaotic, chasmic, chicano, chitons, chymics, chymist, cocains, cochins, comatic, cycasin, hymnist, isotach, manihot, maniocs, manitos, masonic, mycotic, myotics, osmatic, snatchy, somatic, stomach, syconia, tachism, tachyon. | |
-5 letters: accost, actins, action, amnios, anomic, antics. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-h-i-m-n-o-s-t-y" | |
+4 letters: psychometrician. | |
+5 letters: mechanochemistry, psychometricians. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 54 49 43 48 4F 4D 41 4E 43 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... - .. -.-. .... --- -- .- -. -.-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01010100 01001001 01000011 01001000 01001111 01001101 01000001 01001110 01000011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S T I C H O M A N C Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0054 0049 0043 0048 004F 004D 0041 004E 0043 0059 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5354433742494735483759 |
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