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Definition: Heterocercal |
HeterocercalAdjective1. (ichthyology) possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Heterocercal \Het`er*o*cer"cal\, adjective. [Hetero- Greek expression tail.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Antonym: homocercal (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Heterocercal |
| English words defined with "heterocercal": Acipenser sturio, anaspid ♦ Ginglymodi ♦ heterocercal fin, Heterocercy ♦ shark. (references) |
Expression using "heterocercal": heterocercal fin. Additional references. | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "heterocercal" (pronounced he'terōser"kul) |
| 5 | -s er" k u l | circle, encircle. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, alphabetical, analytical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, article, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, barnacle, biblical, bicycle, bifocal, biochemical, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chemical, Chronicle, chronological, chuckle, classical, clavicle, clerical, clinical, comical, commonsensical, conical, coracle, cortical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cuticle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, diacritical, dialectical, domical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, epochal, equivocal, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, etymological, evangelical, fanatical, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geophysical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, hierarchical, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hypothetical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, impractical, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, medical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, meteorological, methodical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythical, mythological, nautical, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, numerical, obstacle, ontological, optical, Oracle, oratorical, ornithological, paradoxical, particle, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, photochemical, physical, physiological, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, popsicle, practical, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, quizzical, rabbinical, radical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, satirical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, tentacle, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unequivocal, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-e-h-l-o-r-r-t" | |
-3 letters: cerecloth, correlate, crocheter, relocatee, tracheole, trochleae, trochlear. | |
-4 letters: acrolect, catechol, chelator, chlorate, chortler, cochleae, cochlear, cocreate, corelate, ethereal, latherer, reclothe, recreate, reheater, relocate, torchere, trochlea. | |
-5 letters: accrete, alerter, alterer, caleche, caroche, caroler, carroch, catcher, caterer, charter, cheater, cheerer, chelate, cholate, cholera, chorale, choreal, chortle, clearer, coacher, cochlea, coercer, coerect, coherer, coracle, correct, creator. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 74 65 72 6F 63 65 72 63 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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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)01001000 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101111 01100011 01100101 01110010 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e t e r o c e r c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0074 0065 0072 006F 0063 0065 0072 0063 0061 006C |
| 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)427186718481697184696778 |
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