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Definition: Aphesis |
AphesisNoun1. The gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Aphesis \Aph"e*sis\, noun. [Greek expression letting go; to let go.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Aphesis |
| English words defined with "aphesis": aphetic, Aphetize. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aphesis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aphesis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | aféresis (aphaeresis). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Aphesis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alphonsus, apesis, aphersis, aphresis, Aphytis, apthesis, Ephestia, Mathesius, napoensis, papuensis, Phusis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "aphesis" (pronounced 'Aph"e*sis'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anabasis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Apheresis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis, Aposiopesis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-p-s-s" | |
-1 letter: aspish, pashes, phases, phasis, pishes, sepias, shapes, spahis. | |
-2 letters: aphis, apish, apses, apsis, ashes, aspis, ephas, hasps, heaps, paise, pases, passe, phase, sepia, shape, sheas, shies, ships, sipes, spaes, spahi, spies. | |
-3 letters: apes, apse, asps, epha, haes, haps, hasp, heap, hies, hips, hiss, pase, pash, pass, peas, pehs, phis, pias, pies, pish, piss. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-p-s-s" | |
+1 letter: emphasis, misshape, parishes, sharpies. | |
+2 letters: apheresis, aphorises, apishness, asphyxies, deanships, diaphyses, earlships, emphasise, happiness, headships, mateships, misphrase, misshaped, misshapen, misshapes, panfishes, parchesis, pastiches, pharisees, pistaches, planishes, plashiest, samphires, sapphires, seraphims, shipmates, shipshape, spaceship, spadefish, spearfish, spinaches, splashier, steamship, thespians, wampishes. | |
+3 letters: alphosises, aphaeresis, apotheosis, basophiles, cadetships, calipashes, cathepsins, dispatches, empathises, emphasised, emphasises, emphasizes, euphrasies, fishplates, handspikes, haruspices, mastership, mispatches, misphrased, misphrases, pansophies, pantheisms, pantheists, patchiness, phantasies, phylaxises, planishers, reemphasis, rhapsodies, seamanship, serigraphs, shapeliest, shipmaster, spaceships, spaghettis, splashiest, steamships, sympathies, sympathise, thaneships, therapists, therapsids, whiplashes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 70 68 65 73 69 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. .... . ... .. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01101000 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p h e s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 0068 0065 0073 0069 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35827471857585 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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