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Lemniscus

Definition: Lemniscus

Lemniscus

Noun

1. A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus.

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

 

Synonym: Lemniscus

Synonym: fillet (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: nucleus of lateral lemniscus (medicine).

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Crosswords: Lemniscus

English words defined with "lemniscus": Lemnisci. (references)
Specialty definitions using "lemniscus": Geniculate Bodies. (references)

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Modern Translations: Lemniscus

Language Translations for "lemniscus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

nucleus lemnisci lateralis (nucleus of lateral lemniscus). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

nucleus lemnisci lateralis (nucleus of lateral lemniscus), nucleus laquearis (nucleus of lateral lemniscus). (various references)

   

French

  

noyau du ruban de Reil latéral (nucleus of lateral lemniscus). (various references)

   

German

  

Nucleus lemnisci lateralis (nucleus of lateral lemniscus). (various references)

   

Italian

  

nucleo lemnico laterale (nucleus of lateral lemniscus). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emniscuslay

   

Spanish

  

nĂșcleo del lemnisco lateral (nucleus of lateral lemniscus). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Lemniscus"

Words rhyming with "lemniscus" (pronounced 'Lem*nis"cus'): Abaciscus, Ascococcus, Ascus, Asteriscus, Cercus, Circus, Coccus, Cuscus, Cytococcus, Damascus, Discus, Echinococcus, Ficus, Floccus, Gale-opithecus, Glaucus, gonococcus, incus, locus, Macacus, Mancus, Manducus, meniscus, Micrococcus, Mucus, Ovococcus, Picus, Pneumococcus, Propithecus, Protococcus, Saccus, Sambucus, Spermococcus, streptococcus, succus, sulcus, Trochiscus, Truncus, umbilicus, uncus, Viscus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Lemniscus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-m-n-s-s-u"

-1 letter: meniscus, mescluns.

-2 letters: cesiums, incuses, leucins, mesclun, minuses, miscues, mueslis, muscles, muslins, silenus, simnels, sluices.

-3 letters: census, cesium, climes, clines, cuisse, cumins, incuse, leucin, limens, linums, lumens, lunies, minces, miscue, missel, misuse, mucins, muesli, muscle, musics, muslin, mussel, neumic, nuclei, sensum, simnel, slices, slimes, sluice, smiles, uncles, unless.

-4 letters: ceils, cines, clime, cline, clues.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-m-n-s-s-u"
 

+1 letter: clumsiness, luminesces, masculines, miniscules, minuscules.

 

+2 letters: crumbliness, masculinise.

 

+3 letters: clumsinesses, glucosamines, masculinised, masculinises, masculinizes, mercifulness.

 

+4 letters: crumblinesses, emasculations, luminescences, maliciousness, masculinities, mercurialness, miscellaneous, mononucleosis.

 

+5 letters: ceruloplasmins, compulsiveness, conceptualisms, cumulativeness, cumulonimbuses, documentalists, ecumenicalisms, incombustibles, mercifulnesses, meticulousness, micronucleuses, miraculousness, republicanisms, supercriminals, supermasculine, vernacularisms.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Lemniscus


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

4C 65 6D 6E 69 73 63 75 73

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)

01001100 01100101 01101101 01101110 01101001 01110011 01100011 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#101 &#109 &#110 &#105 &#115 &#99 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0065 006D 006E 0069 0073 0063 0075 0073

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

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

467179807585698785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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