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Mellisonant

Definition: Mellisonant

Mellisonant

Adjective

1. Pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello".

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


Synonyms: Mellisonant

Synonyms: dulcet (adj), honeyed (adj), mellifluous (adj), sweet (adj). (additional references)

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Anagrams: Mellisonant

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-l-m-n-n-o-s-t"

-1 letter: melatonins.

-2 letters: lanolines, mannitols, melatonin, millstone, monellins, nominates, nonmetals, semitonal, tensional.

-3 letters: ailments, aliments, amniotes, antlions, elations, enations, insolate, insolent, laminose, lanoline, lanolins, linesman, loamiest, maillots, manilles, manliest, mannites, mannitol, melanins, melanist, melilots, mentions, misatone, monellin, montanes, nominals, nominate, nonmetal, semolina, smaltine, solanine, sonatine, stallion, stillman, stillmen, toenails.

-4 letters: ailment, ainsell, aliment, amnions, amniote.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-l-m-n-n-o-s-t"
 

+3 letters: noninstallment, postmillennial.

 

+4 letters: monocrystalline, plainclothesman, plainclothesmen, postmillenarian.

 

+5 letters: multidimensional, postmillenarians.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Mellisonant


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

4D 65 6C 6C 69 73 6F 6E 61 6E 74

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)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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