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Definition: Necrophagia |
NecrophagiaNoun1. Feeding on corpses or carrion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: NecrophagiaSynonym: necrophagy (n). (additional references) |
| 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 |
necrophagia | 34 |
lyrics necrophagia | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "necrophagia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | ecrophagianay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-h-i-n-o-p-r" | |
-1 letter: archegonia. | |
-2 letters: anaphoric, anchorage, orphanage, pharaonic, preaching. | |
-3 letters: agraphic, apocrine, canephor, capering, caponier, chaperon, cohering, ochering, paranoic, parching, peaching, perching, poachier, poaching, procaine, prochain, prochein, reaching, roaching. | |
-4 letters: acarine, acrogen, agapeic, anaphor, anergia, anergic, aphonia, aphonic, apnoeic, apogean, apogeic, archine, arching, caprine, carinae, carnage, carping, chagrin, changer, charing, charpai, choanae, chopine, choragi, choregi, chorine, choring, coinage, coreign, craping, creping, echoing, ganache, graphic, haircap, hanaper, harping, heaping, hearing, heparin, nephric, ocarina, ochring, organic, panache, panocha, panoche, paragon, peacing, peching, perigon, phocine, phonier, phrenic, pignora, pincher, piranha, pirogen, poacher, porcine, reaping. | |
-5 letters: aahing, achier, aching, acinar, aeonic, agaric, agonic, agorae, anarch, anchor, angora, anopia, apache, apneic, apnoea, arcane, archon, arcing, arnica, cagier, cahier, canape, carhop, carina, caring, carnie, cering, ceriph, chaine, change, charge, cheapo, chigoe, choana, chopin, chorea, cipher, coheir, coigne, coiner, conger, copier, coping, coprah, coring, cornea, crania, crepon, cringe, earing, eching, enrich, eparch, ephori, epigon, eringo, gainer, garcon, gherao, gopher, gorhen, grinch, haeing, hangar, hanger, haring, harpin, hegari, hegira, hernia, heroic, heroin, hinger, hoagie, hoeing, hoping, ignore, inarch, incage, nigher, oaring, ochrea, onager, onagri, orache, orange, orcein, organa, orgiac, origan, orphan, orphic, orpine, pacing, painch, panier, parang, pariah, parian, paring, pechan, phonic, picara, picaro, pigeon, pincer, pinger, pirana, poring, prance, preach, prince, racing, rancho, raphae, raphia, rapine, raping, reagin, recoin, regain, regina, region, rehang, richen, roping. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-g-h-i-n-o-p-r" | |
+2 letters: cinematograph, oceanographic. | |
+3 letters: cinematographs, cinematography, ethnographical, oceanographies. | |
+4 letters: cinematographer, cinematographic, oceanographical, pharmacognosies. | |
+5 letters: cinematographers, cinematographies, ethnographically, stenographically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 63 72 6F 70 68 61 67 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . -.-. .-. --- .--. .... .- --. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01100011 01110010 01101111 01110000 01101000 01100001 01100111 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e c r o p h a g i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0063 0072 006F 0070 0068 0061 0067 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4871698481827467737567 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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