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Definition: Lycanthrope |
LycanthropeNoun1. A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Lycanthrope \Ly"can*thrope\, noun. [expression of Greek origin; a wolf man.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: LycanthropeSynonyms: werewolf (n), wolfman (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | On the moors, we were attacked by a lycanthrope, a werewolf. (American Werewolf in London, An; writing credit: John Landis) I know what a lycanthrope is. (Ginger Snaps; writing credit: Karen Walton; John Fawcett) Well, officer, looked like a lycanthrope to me, sir. (Ginger Snaps; writing credit: Karen Walton; John Fawcett) | |
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| 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 |
lycanthrope | 61 |
leo lycanthrope | 3 |
lycanthrope werewolf | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lycanthrope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Italian | licantropo. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ycanthropelay người hoang tưởng hoá sói. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lycanthrope": lycanthropes. (additional references) | |
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"Lycanthrope" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lycanthorpe, lycanthrop, lyconthrope. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "lycanthrope" (pronounced 'Ly"can*thrope'): misanthrope, Philanthrope. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hypocentral. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-l-n-o-p-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: operantly, pentarchy. | |
-3 letters: anchoret, calotype, calthrop, calypter, canephor, cenotaph, chaperon, chelator, chlorate, conepatl, coparent, enactory, enthalpy, ornately, patronly, pectoral, pentarch, planchet, plectron, plethora, portance, potlache, trochlea. | |
-4 letters: acolyte, alphorn, althorn, anethol, anolyte, another, aplenty, atrophy, caloyer, caltrop, central, chalone, chanter, chantey, chantor, chantry, chaplet, chapter, charley, charnel, charpoy, chayote, cheaply, cholate, cholent, cholera. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-l-n-o-p-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: lycanthropes. | |
+2 letters: lycanthropies, pyrotechnical. | |
+4 letters: hyperfunctional, neuropathically, pyrotechnically, uncopyrightable. | |
+5 letters: ethnographically, stenographically, stereophonically. | |
| 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)4C 79 63 61 6E 74 68 72 6F 70 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. -.--. -.-. .- -. - .... .-. --- .--. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01111001 01100011 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101000 01110010 01101111 01110000 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L y c a n t h r o p e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0079 0063 0061 006E 0074 0068 0072 006F 0070 0065 |
| 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)4691696780867484818271 |
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Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiano |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | inglese |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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