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XYLOBALSAMUM

Definition: XYLOBALSAMUM

XYLOBALSAMUM

Noun

1. The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron Gileadense).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Xylobalsamum \Xy`lo*bal"sa*mum\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression xy`lon wood the balsam tree, balsam; compare to Latin xylobalsamum balsam wood, Greek]. (references)


Rhyming with "XYLOBALSAMUM"

Words rhyming with "XYLOBALSAMUM" (pronounced 'Xy`lo*bal"sa*mum'): Amomum, Chrysanthemum, Mesembryanthemum, minimum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: XYLOBALSAMUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-l-l-m-m-o-s-u-x-y"

-4 letters: abomasum.

-5 letters: abysmal, amylums, basally, bayamos, buxomly, myxomas, salably, solubly.

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

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Alternative Orthography: XYLOBALSAMUM


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

58 59 4C 4F 42 41 4C 53 41 4D 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)

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

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

01011000 01011001 01001100 01001111 01000010 01000001 01001100 01010011 01000001 01001101 01010101 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0058 0059 004C 004F 0042 0041 004C 0053 0041 004D 0055 004D

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

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

585946493635465335475547

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INDEX

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


  

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