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Goose Skin

Definition: Goose Skin

Goose Skin

Noun

1. Reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation.

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


Synonyms: Goose Skin

Synonyms: goose bump (n), goose pimple (n), gooseflesh (n), horripilation (n), pilomotor reflex (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Goose Skin

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cold

Chilliness. Adjective: chill; shivering. Verb: goose skin, horripilation; rigor; chattering of teeth; numbness, frostbite.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Goose Skin

English words defined with "goose skin": Goose flesh. (references)

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Anagrams: Goose Skin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-i-k-n-o-o-s-s"

-1 letter: isogones.

-2 letters: goonies, isogone, isogons, kenosis, nookies.

-3 letters: eikons, enokis, enosis, eosins, essoin, gneiss, gnoses, gnosis, goonie, gooses, isogon, koines, noesis, noises, nooses, ossein, segnos, singes, skeins, snooks, soigne, sonsie.

-4 letters: eikon, eking, enoki, eosin, gesso, ginks, gooks, goons, goose, ikons, kenos, kines, kings, kinos, koine, noise, nooks, noose, noses, oinks, segni, segno, segos.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-i-k-n-o-o-s-s"
 

+3 letters: booksellings.

 

+4 letters: kinesiologies.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Goose Skin


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

47 6F 6F 73 65      53 6B 69 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

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

01000111 01101111 01101111 01110011 01100101 00100000 01010011 01101011 01101001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#111 &#111 &#115 &#101 &#32 &#83 &#107 &#105 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 006F 006F 0073 0065      0053 006B 0069 006E

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

4181818571253777580

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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