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TO LICK INTO SHAPE

Definition: TO LICK INTO SHAPE

TO LICK INTO SHAPE

1. To give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. --Hudibras.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO LICK INTO SHAPE

English words defined with "TO LICK INTO SHAPE": Unlicked. (references)

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Anagrams: TO LICK INTO SHAPE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-i-k-l-n-o-o-p-s-t-t"

-3 letters: photokinetic.

-4 letters: actinolites, etiolations, kinetoplast, neophiliacs, optokinetic, osteopathic, pantheistic, spinachlike, thiopentals.

-5 letters: actinolite, alpenstock, antipoetic, antipolice, antiseptic, chelations, clothespin, coalitions, constipate, eosinophil, epilations, etiolation, hesitation, isoplethic, kaolinites, lithopones, neophiliac, neophilias, neoplastic, nepotistic, panickiest, phonolites, plasticine, pleonastic, plications, poinsettia, politicoes, positional, postcoital, potentials, potlatches, psittacine, solicitant, speciation, spoliation, stenotopic, theistical, thiopental, tonalities, toothpicks.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TO LICK INTO SHAPE


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

54 4F      4C 49 43 4B      49 4E 54 4F      53 48 41 50 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

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

01010100 01001111 00100000 01001100 01001001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01001000 01000001 01010000 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#76 &#73 &#67 &#75 &#32 &#73 &#78 &#84 &#79 &#32 &#83 &#72 &#65 &#80 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      004C 0049 0043 004B      0049 004E 0054 004F      0053 0048 0041 0050 0045

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

544924643374524348544925342355039

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INDEX

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


  

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