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Definition: SYRT |
SYRTNoun1. A quicksand; a bog. |
Etymology: Syrt \Syrt\, noun. [Latin expression syrtis sand bank in the sea: compare to the French expression syrte.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pitfall | Noun: rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken rocks, snags; sands, quicksands; syrt, syrtis; Goodwin sands, sandy foundation; slippery ground; breakers, shoals, shallows, bank, shelf, flat, lee shore, ironbound coast; rock ahead, breakers ahead. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SYRT |
| English words defined with "SYRT": Syrtic. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SYRT": Syrtis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SYRT" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Turkmen (backside, bottom). |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: sty, try. | |
| Words containing the letters "r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: artsy, rusty, ryots, satyr, story, stray, stroy, trays, treys, troys, tryst, tyers, tyres, tyros, yurts. | |
+2 letters: astray, crusty, crypts, curtsy, dryest, estray, frosty, lyrist, oyster, pastry, satyrs, sentry, shirty, shorty, smarty, sporty, starry, stayer, storey, stormy, stoury, strawy, strays, stripy, stroys, sturdy, stylar, styler, styrax, sultry, surety, swarty, thyrse, thyrsi, toyers, trashy, tressy, trusty, tryste, trysts, tuyers, twyers, vestry, wastry, wristy, wryest, xyster, yarest, yester, yirths. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 59 52 54 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.--. .-. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01011001 01010010 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S Y R T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0059 0052 0054 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53595254 |
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