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Mortise Joint

Definition: Mortise Joint

Mortise Joint

Noun

1. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.

2. A joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other.

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

Synonyms: Mortise Joint

Synonyms: ankle (n), ankle joint (n), articulatio talocruralis (n), mortise-and-tenon joint (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Mortise Joint

English words defined with "mortise joint": dovetail, dovetail joint ♦ tenon, tongue and groove joint. (references)

Anagrams: Mortise Joint

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-i-j-m-n-o-o-r-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: monitories, moronities.
	-3 letters: intermits, intromits, misorient, motioners, remotions, sortition.
	-4 letters: emotions, interims, intermit, introits, intromit, ionomers, jettison, jointers, mesotron, metritis, minister, mintiest, misinter, monitors, monteros, mooniest, moonrise, mooriest, motioner, motorise, motorist, nitrites, omitters, remotion, roomiest, rootiest, snootier, snottier, tenorist, torments, tortoise, tortonis, tritones.
	-5 letters: emotion, enroots, erosion, erotism, inosite, interim, intorts, introit, ionomer, ironies.
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Alternative Orthography: Mortise Joint

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

4D 6F 72 74 69 73 65 4A 6F 69 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101111 01110010 01110100 01101001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01001010 01101111 01101001 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#114 &#116 &#105 &#115 &#101 &#32 &#74 &#111 &#105 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 0072 0074 0069 0073 0065 004A 006F 0069 006E 0074

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

4781848675857124481758086

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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