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Definition: Aphrodisia |
AphrodisiaNoun1. A desire for heterosexual intimacy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Aphrodisia" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "having risen from the foam". |
"Aphrodisia" is a common misspelling or typo for: aphrodisiac. |
| Antonym: anaphrodisia (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Violence | Severity; ferocity, rage, fury; exacerbation, exasperation, malignity; fit, paroxysm; orgasm, climax, aphrodisia; force, brute force; outrage; coup de main; strain, shock, shog; spasm, convulsion, throe; hysterics, passion; (state of excitability). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Aphrodisia (1996) | |
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| "Aphrodisia" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "having risen from the foam". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Aphrodisia." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Aphrodisia | Female | Ancient Greek | Aphrodisios |
| Aphrodisios | Male | Ancient Greek | Aphrodite |
| Aphrodite | Female | Greek Mythology | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| 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 |
aphrodisia | 12 |
aphrodisia serpieri | 2 |
aphrodisia natural | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aphrodisia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | aphrodisie. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Aphrodisie. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aphrodisiaay афродизия. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aphrodisia": aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, aphrodisiacs. (additional references) | |
Words containing "aphrodisia": anaphrodisiac, anaphrodisiacs, antiaphrodisiac, antiaphrodisiacs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-h-i-i-o-p-r-s" | |
-2 letters: diaspora. | |
-3 letters: airship, diapirs, hairdos, parados, pardahs, pariahs, raphias, sparoid, spiroid. | |
-4 letters: aphids, ariosi, aroids, diapir, hairdo, hispid, hoards, pardah, pariah, parish, pharos, poisha, posada, radios, radish, raphia, raphis, rapids, shaird, sparid, sradha. | |
-5 letters: adios, aphid, aphis, apish, apods, arias, aroid, dashi, dipso, dopas, dorps, dorsa, drips, drops, haars, hairs, hards, harps, hoard, hoars. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-h-i-i-o-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: aphrodisiac. | |
+2 letters: aphrodisiacs. | |
+3 letters: anaphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, cardiopathies, radiographies. | |
+4 letters: anaphrodisiacs, cardiographies, discographical, radiotherapies, radiotherapist. | |
+5 letters: antiaphrodisiac, diastrophically, radiotherapists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 70 68 72 6F 64 69 73 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. .... .-. --- -.. .. ... .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01101000 01110010 01101111 01100100 01101001 01110011 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p h r o d i s i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 0068 0072 006F 0064 0069 0073 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35827484817075857567 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, французский |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | allemand, немецкий |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russe, russisch, русский |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, английский |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Names: Derived from | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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