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XIPHISTERNUM

Definition: XIPHISTERNUM

XIPHISTERNUM

Noun

1. The xiphiplastron.

2. The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: XIPHISTERNUM

English words defined with "XIPHISTERNUM": MetasternumXiphiplastron, Xiphisterna. (references)

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Anagrams: XIPHISTERNUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-h-i-i-m-n-p-r-s-t-u-x"

-3 letters: nephritis, supermini, superthin.

-4 letters: humpiest, imprints, imputers, inherits, inhumers, interims, intermix, mephitis, minister, misinter, misprint, mixtures, murphies, mutinies, nephrism, neuritis, primines, pristine, punisher, purities, rheniums, shipment, stumpier, superhit, terminus, thumpers, triumphs, unmiters, unmitres, unripest.

-5 letters: emptins, hermits, hinters, hipster, hirsute, humpier, hunters, impetus, imprest, imprint, imputer, imputes, inherit, inhumer, inhumes, inspire, interim, menhirs.

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

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Alternative Orthography: XIPHISTERNUM


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

58 49 50 48 49 53 54 45 52 4E 55 4D

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)

01011000 01001001 01010000 01001000 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001110 01010101 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#88 &#73 &#80 &#72 &#73 &#83 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#78 &#85 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0058 0049 0050 0048 0049 0053 0054 0045 0052 004E 0055 004D

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

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

584350424353543952485547

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INDEX

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


  

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