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YPSILIFORM

Definition: YPSILIFORM

YPSILIFORM

Adjective

1. Resembling the / in appearance; -- said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg at one of the stages of fecundation.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Ypsiliform \Yp*sil"i*form\, adjective. [Greek expression the name of the letter + -form.]. (references)


Rhyming with "YPSILIFORM"

Words rhyming with "YPSILIFORM" (pronounced 'Yp*sil"i*form'): Acetabuliform, Aciculiform, Aciform, Acinaciform, Acinetiform, Aciniform, Actiniform, Aculeiform, Adeniform, Adipoceriform, Aeriform, Aliform, Aluminiform, Alveoliform, Ambulacriform, Amentiform, Amianthiform, Ampulliform, Anguiform, Anguilliform, Antenniform, Antheriform, Aquiform, Araneiform, Arboriform, Arciform, Asbestiform, Ascidiform, Aspergilliform, Auriform, Bacciform, Bacilliform, Basaltiform, Biform, Boniform, Botuliform, Boviform, Bromoform, Bursiform, Calceiform, Calciform, Calyciform, Calyptriform, Campaniform, Campaniliform, Cancriform, Capilliform, Capriform, Cauliform, Cerebriform. (additional references)

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Anagrams: YPSILIFORM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-i-i-l-m-o-p-r-s-y"

-2 letters: piliform, pisiform, simplify, slipform.

-3 letters: formyls, prosily.

-4 letters: firmly, flimsy, formyl, limpsy, lyrism, porism, primly, primos, pylori, ropily, rosily, simply.

-5 letters: films, filmy, filos, firms, flips, flops, foils, forms, impis, imply, limos, limps, loris, milos, moils, pilis, ploys, polis, polys, primi, primo, prims, prism, profs, proms, prosy, roils, roily, rolfs, romps, slimy, spiry, spoil.

 Words containing the letters "f-i-i-l-m-o-p-r-s-y"
 

+2 letters: oversimplify.

 

+5 letters: oversimplifying.

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

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Alternative Orthography: YPSILIFORM


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

59 50 53 49 4C 49 46 4F 52 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)

01011001 01010000 01010011 01001001 01001100 01001001 01000110 01001111 01010010 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#89 &#80 &#83 &#73 &#76 &#73 &#70 &#79 &#82 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0059 0050 0053 0049 004C 0049 0046 004F 0052 004D

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

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

59505343464340495247

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INDEX

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


  

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