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Definition: Lemniscus |
LemniscusNoun1. A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: LemniscusSynonym: fillet (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: nucleus of lateral lemniscus (medicine). |
Crosswords: Lemniscus |
| English words defined with "lemniscus": Lemnisci. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lemniscus": Geniculate Bodies. (references) |
| 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 nĂșcleo del lemnisco lateral (nucleus of lateral lemniscus). (various references) | ||||||||||
| 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) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 6D 6E 69 73 63 75 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)01001100 01100101 01101101 01101110 01101001 01110011 01100011 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e m n i s c u s |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)467179807585698785 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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