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THECOPHORA

Definition: THECOPHORA

THECOPHORA

Noun plural

1. A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under Hydroidea.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "THECOPHORA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Etymology: Thecophora \The*coph"o*ra\, plural noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression case to bear.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: THECOPHORA

English words defined with "THECOPHORA": Thecata. (references)

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Rhyming with "THECOPHORA"

Words rhyming with "THECOPHORA" (pronounced 'The*coph"o*ra'): Abra, Abracadabra, Acciaccatura, Acetabulifera, Agora, Agouara, Alhambra, Almagra, Amphineura, Amphora, Anaphora, Angora, Anisopleura, Anoplura, Anura, Aplacophora, Appoggiatura, Aptera, Arara, Arthropleura, Asura, Aura, Aurora, Barbara, Basommatophora, Brachelytra, Brachyptera, Brachyura, Branchiura, Bravura, Caelatura, Caesura, Calyptra, Camara, Camorra, Capibara, Capra, Capybara, Caracara, Carnivora, Cathedra, Cephalophora, Cephaloptera, Cesura, Chara, Cheiroptera, Chelicera, Chelura, Chikara, Chimaera. (additional references)

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Anagrams: THECOPHORA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-h-o-o-p-r-t"

-2 letters: heptarch.

-3 letters: chapter, cheroot, hatcher, ootheca, patcher, phorate, poacher, repatch.

-4 letters: ahchoo, cahoot, capote, captor, carhop, carpet, cartop, cheapo, chetah, chorea, coater, cohort, cooper, cooter, coprah, copter, eparch, hearth, hector, hepcat, hooper, hoorah, hootch, hooter, ochrea, orache, pother, preach, preact, protea, rachet, rhaphe, rochet, rotche, tephra, teraph, thorpe, threap, tocher, toecap, troche.

-5 letters: achoo.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-h-o-o-p-r-t"
 

+2 letters: hypothecator.

 

+3 letters: cephalothorax, chromatophore, chronotherapy, hypothecators.

 

+4 letters: chromatophores.

 

+5 letters: cephalothoraces, cephalothoraxes, chemoautotrophy, chromatographed, chromatographer, chronotherapies, phosphocreatine, phytogeographic, posthemorrhagic, rechromatograph.

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

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Alternative Orthography: THECOPHORA


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

54 48 45 43 4F 50 48 4F 52 41

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)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001000 01000101 01000011 01001111 01010000 01001000 01001111 01010010 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#72 &#69 &#67 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#79 &#82 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0048 0045 0043 004F 0050 0048 004F 0052 0041

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

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

54423937495042495235

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INDEX

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


  

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