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Definition: SUBDOLOUS |
SUBDOLOUSAdjective1. Sly; crafty; cunning; artful. |
Etymology: Subdolous \Sub"do*lous\, adjective. [Latin expression subdolus, sub dolus deceit.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cunning | Adjective: cunning, crafty, artful; skillful; subtle, feline, vulpine; cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent; deep, deep laid; profound; designing, contriving; intriguing;Verb: strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving; artificial; tricky, tricksy; wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy; underhand; (hidden); subdolous; deceitful; slippery as an eel, evasive; crooked; arch, pawky, shrewd, acute; sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle; canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Words rhyming with "SUBDOLOUS" (pronounced 'Sub"do*lous'): Acanthocephalous, Acarpellous, Acephalous, Achilous, Acholous, Achylous, Acidulous, Adenophyllous, Amphibolous, Amyelous, Androcephalous, Anemorphilous, Angulous, Anhelous, Anisodactylous, Anisophyllous, Anomalous, Anomophyllous, Anthophilous, Antibillous, Antivariolous, Apellous, Aphyllous, Arenulous, Argillous, Artiodactylous, Aurocephalous, Autocephalous, Basylous, benevolous, Biangulous, Bibulous, Bicephalous, Calculous, Callous, Cancellous, Caryophyllous, Cautelous, Cavernulous, Cephalous, Chylous, Corpusculous, Credulous, Daedalous, Decaphyllous, Dedalous, Fibrillous, Filipendulous, fistulous, Flosculous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-l-o-o-s-s-u-u" | |
-3 letters: bloods, obolus. | |
-4 letters: blood, bolds, bolos, bolus, lobos, lusus, obols, slobs, slubs, soldo, solos, solus, souls, sulus. | |
-5 letters: bods, bold, bolo, boos, boss, buds, buss, dols, doss, dubs, duos, lobo, lobs, loos, loss, loud, obol, olds, ouds, slob, slub, sobs, sods, sold, solo, sols, soul, sous, subs, suds, sulu, udos, ulus. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 55 42 44 4F 4C 4F 55 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... ..- -... -.. --- .-.. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01010101 01000010 01000100 01001111 01001100 01001111 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S U B D O L O U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0055 0042 0044 004F 004C 004F 0055 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)535536384946495553 |
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