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TROPHONIAN

Definition: TROPHONIAN

TROPHONIAN

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Trophonius, his architecture, or his cave and oracle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Trophonian \Tro*pho"ni*an\, adjective. [Latin expression Trophonianus, from Trophonius, Greek, Grecian architect, fabled to have been the builder of the first temple of Apollo at Delphi. He was worshiped after death, and had celebrated oracle in cave in B[oe]otia.]. (Websters 1913)


Anagrams: TROPHONIAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-i-n-n-o-o-p-r-t"

-1 letter: phonation, pronation.

-2 letters: antiphon, antiporn, troponin.

-3 letters: atropin, harpoon, hornito, oration, patroon, pintano, portion, pronota, tinhorn.

-4 letters: anoint, aroint, harpin, hatpin, intron, nation, natron, nonart, nonpar, notion, option, orphan, parton, patron, phonon, photon, ponton, potion, pronto, proton, ration, ratoon, ronion, tarpon, thoria, thoron, tropin.

-5 letters: airth, anion, aport, apron, atrip, honan, honor, inapt, intro, ninth.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-i-n-n-o-o-p-r-t"
 

+2 letters: enantiomorph.

 

+3 letters: anthropogenic, enantiomorphs, gonadotrophin.

 

+4 letters: enantiomorphic, gonadotrophins, phenobarbitone, photoengraving.

 

+5 letters: anthropocentric, antipornography, enantiomorphism, enantiomorphous, nonmetaphorical, nonphotographic, phenobarbitones, photoengravings.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TROPHONIAN


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

54 52 4F 50 48 4F 4E 49 41 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)

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

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

01010100 01010010 01001111 01010000 01001000 01001111 01001110 01001001 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#82 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#79 &#78 &#73 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0052 004F 0050 0048 004F 004E 0049 0041 004E

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

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

54524950424948433548

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INDEX

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


  

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