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Acrophony

Definition: Acrophony

Acrophony

Noun

1. Naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Acrophony \A*croph"o*ny\, noun. [from Greek expression 'a`kros extreme sound.]. (Websters 1913)

Rhyming with "Acrophony"

Words rhyming with "acrophony" (pronounced 'A*croph"o*ny'): Acrimony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrimony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Barony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny, Cormogeny, Cormophylogeny, Cosmogony, Counter-compony, Crony, Crystallogeny, Cytogeny, Destiny, Diplostemony, Discompany, Disharmony, Dissentany, Dittany, Dunny, Egophony, Electrogeny, Embryogeny, Embryogony, Endogeny, Epiphany, Eugeny, Euphony, Felony, Fenny, Finny, Geminy, Geogony, Get-penny, Goldfinny, granny, Gyronny, Haemony, Hap'penny, hegemony, Hemicrany, Heterogeny, Heterogony, Heterophony, Hexagony, Histogeny, Hominy, homogeny, Homogony, homophony, Hymenogeny, Ideogeny, Incony, Ingeny, Inharmony, Isostemony, Johnny, larceny, Laryngophony, Lickpenny, litany, luny, mahogany, Mateotechny, matrimony, misogyny, Mnemotechny, Monembryony, Monogeny, monogyny, monotony, Morphogeny, Mullagatawny, Mulligatawny, Nanny, Ninny, Nonny, Nymphomany, Obdiplostemony, Odontogeny, Onomatechny, Orangetawny, Organogeny, Organy, Oriskany, Orthophony, Outzany, Oxyphony, Parsimony, Parthenogeny, Pathogeny, Patrimony, Patrociny, Peony, Philogyny, Photogeny, Photophony, Physiogeny, Physiogony, Pickaninny, Pickpenny, Pinchpenny, Pneumony, Polony, Polychoerany, Polyembryony, Polygony, Polygyny, Polyphony, Predestiny, Prestimony, Progeny, Prytany, Puisny, Pyrotechny, Querimony, Quiddany, Radiophony, Ranny, Raphany, Romany, sanctimony, Sanny, Satanophany, Saxony, scammony, Scranny, Scrapepenny, scrawny, shanny, simony, sixpenny, skinny, Sny, Sporogony, Stramony, Strany, Subitany, Subterrany, Surdiny, Swanny, Sweeny, symphony, synchrony, Syntony, Tautophony, tawny, Telegony, telephony, Teratogeny, tetany, Theogony, theophany, Third-penny, threepenny, Thunny, Thymiatechny, Tiffany, tinny, tiny, Tony, True-penny, tunny, Twelvepenny, twopenny, Tympany, Tyny, tyranny, uncanny, Vadimony, Vilany, Vinny, Zebrinny. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Acrophony

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-h-n-o-o-p-r-y"

-2 letters: charpoy, harpoon.

-3 letters: anchor, archon, canopy, carhop, coprah, corona, crayon, hooray, orphan, poachy, poncho, racoon, rancho.

-4 letters: achoo, acorn, apron, capon, carny, chary, copra, corny, crony, croon, cyano, harpy, hoary, honor, horny, nacho, narco, ochry, orach, parch, payor, phono, phony, poach, pooch, porch, porno, porny, pyran, racon, ranch, rayon, roach, yahoo, yapon.

-5 letters: achy, ahoy, arch, arco, caph, capo, carn, carp, chao, chap, char, chay, chon, chop, coho, cony, coon, coop, copy, corn, cory, crap, crop, cyan, harp, hoar, hoop, hora, horn, hoya, hypo, narc, nary, opah, orca, phon, poco, pony, pooh, poon, poor, porn, prao, pray, proa, racy, roan, ropy, yarn.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-h-n-o-o-p-r-y"
 

+2 letters: iconography.

 

+3 letters: actinomorphy, chronography, hypochondria, oceanography, onychophoran.

 

+4 letters: chronotherapy, hypochondriac, hypochondrias, onychophorans, pharmacognosy.

 

+5 letters: hydroponically, hypochondriacs.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Acrophony


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

41 63 72 6F 70 68 6F 6E 79

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)

01000001 01100011 01110010 01101111 01110000 01101000 01101111 01101110 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#99 &#114 &#111 &#112 &#104 &#111 &#110 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0072 006F 0070 0068 006F 006E 0079

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

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

356984818274818091

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INDEX

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


  

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