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Definition: Microcephalus |
MicrocephalusNoun1. An abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "microcephalus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Synonyms: MicrocephalusSynonyms: microcephaly (n), nanocephaly (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Microcephalus |
| English words defined with "microcephalus": Nurse shark ♦ sand fluke. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Plate III. 8. Somniosus microcephalus, (Schneider), Goode and Bean. From Day, Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland. 9. Echinorhinus spinosus, (Gmelin), Blainville. From Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland. 10. Pristiurus melastomus, (Rafinesque), Bonaparte. From Annales du Musee d'Hist. Nat. Paris. 11. Centrophorus granulosis, Muller and Henle. From "Elasmobranchs.". Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
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Expressions using "microcephalus": Pleuronectes microcephalus ♦ Somniosus microcephalus. Additional references. | |
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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 |
microcephalus | 7 |
microcephalus somniosus | 3 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-h-i-l-m-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: accomplisher, microcapsule. | |
-3 letters: accomplish, microluces, microscale, supermacho. | |
-4 letters: camphires, capouches, caprioles, chemicals, compilers, complices, compliers, copremias, corpuscle, creamcups, cromlechs, euphorias, housecarl, micaceous, occupiers, pachoulis, peculiars, piclorams, plumerias, precocial, proclaims, simulacre, slouchier, spherical, superchic, supercoil. | |
-5 letters: achromic, airholes, alchemic, alopecic, ampoules, aphorise, aphorism, armholes, aspheric, auricles, caesuric, calciums, caliches, calicoes, calipers, calorics, calories, camisole, camphire. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-h-i-l-m-o-p-r-s-u" | |
+5 letters: mucopolysaccharide. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 69 63 72 6F 63 65 70 68 61 6C 75 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101001 01100011 01110010 01101111 01100011 01100101 01110000 01101000 01100001 01101100 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M i c r o c e p h a l u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0069 0063 0072 006F 0063 0065 0070 0068 0061 006C 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47756984816971827467788785 |
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