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TETRACOLON

Definition: TETRACOLON

TETRACOLON

Noun

1. A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Tetracolon \Tet`ra*co"lon\, noun. [Greek expression with four members; te`tra- (see Tetra-) limb, member.]. (Websters 1913)

Rhyming with "TETRACOLON"

Words rhyming with "TETRACOLON" (pronounced 'Tet`ra*co"lon'): Bellon, Bullon, Chalon, Coilon, Decathlon, Eidolon, Fellon, Merlon, mesocolon, Mouflon, Muflon, Orillon, Phylon, shallon, Sillon, solon, Stallon, stolon, Tenaillon. (additional references)

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Anagrams: TETRACOLON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-n-o-o-r-t-t"

-1 letter: contralto.

-2 letters: colorant, coronate, corotate, ecotonal, tolerant.

-3 letters: arnotto, calotte, cartoon, central, clatter, contort, control, coolant, coranto, corneal, coronae, coronal, coronel, coronet, enactor, lactone, locater, locator, octanol, ortolan, rattoon, rootlet, tootler.

-4 letters: antler, atoner, attorn, canter, cantle, cantor, carnet, cartel, carton, cattle, cental, centra, claret, cloner, coaler, coater, colone, colter, contra, cooler, cooter, cornea, cornel, cornet, corona, cottae, cottar, cotter, cotton, craton, croton, enroot, etalon, lancer, lancet, latent, latten, latter, learnt, lector, loaner, locate, looter, natter, nectar, notate, ocelot, octane, octant, oracle, ornate, racoon, ratoon, ratten, rattle, ratton, recant, recoal, rectal, reloan, rental, retool, rotate, rotten, talent, tanrec, tectal, tolane, tonlet, tooler, tooter, tootle, torten, trance.

-5 letters: acorn, actor, alert, alone, alter, anole, antre, artel, atone, caner, canoe, canto, caret, carle, carol, carte, cater, cento, ceorl, claro, clean, clear, cleat, clone, cloot, colon, color, conte, conto, cooer, coral, cotan, cotta, crane, crate, crone, croon, eclat, enact, enrol, lacer, lance, laten, later, latte, leant, learn, lento, loner, loran, lotte, lotto, nacre, narco, nerol, notal, noter, oaten, oater, ocean, ocrea, octal, octan, octet, orate, ottar, otter, racon, rance, ratel, react, recon, recta, recto, renal, rotte, tacet, taler, talon, tanto, taroc, tarot, tater, tecta, tenor, tetra, tolan, tolar, tonal, toner, torot, torte, total, toter, trace, tract, treat, trona, trone.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-n-o-o-r-t-t"
 

+2 letters: contemplator, sternocostal.

 

+3 letters: constellatory, contemplators.

 

+4 letters: nontheoretical, sclerotization.

 

+5 letters: anticholesterol, autocorrelation, ethnohistorical, introspectional, microtonalities, orchestrational, overcultivation, sclerotizations, stratovolcanoes, trigonometrical.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TETRACOLON


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

54 45 54 52 41 43 4F 4C 4F 4E

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)

01010100 01000101 01010100 01010010 01000001 01000011 01001111 01001100 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#69 &#84 &#82 &#65 &#67 &#79 &#76 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0045 0054 0052 0041 0043 004F 004C 004F 004E

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

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

54395452353749464948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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