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Necrophagy

Definition: Necrophagy

Necrophagy

Noun

1. Feeding on corpses or carrion.

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

Synonym: Necrophagy

Synonym: necrophagia (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Necrophagy

Language Translations for "necrophagy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

ecrophagynay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Necrophagy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-h-n-o-p-r-y"

-2 letters: canephor, chaperon, hypogean.

-3 letters: acrogen, changer, charpoy, cryogen, eparchy, gryphon, hyperon, hypogea, hyponea, orangey, panoche, poacher, preachy, progeny, pyrogen.

-4 letters: agency, anchor, anergy, archon, canopy, carhop, carney, change, charge, cheapo, chorea, conger, coprah, cornea, crayon, crepon, cypher, eparch, eryngo, garcon, gherao, gopher, gorhen, grapey, groyne, hanger, napery, ochery, ochrea, onager, orache, orange, orangy, orphan, peachy, pechan, phoney, poachy, prance, preach, pyrone, rancho, recopy, rehang.

-5 letters: acorn, agone, agony, anger, angry, apery, apron, argon, arpen, cager, cagey, caner, canoe, caper, capon, cargo, carny, chang, chape, chare, chary, cheap, chore, coney, conga, conge, copen, coper, copra, corny, coyer, crane, crape, crepy, crone, crony, cyano, ephor, epoch, gaper, gayer, genoa, genro, gerah, goner, grace, grape, graph, grapy, groan, grope, gyron, hance, harpy, hayer, henry, heron, hoagy, hoary, hogan, honer, honey, hoper, horny, hyena, hyper, nacho, nacre, narco, ocean, ocher, ochre, ochry, ocrea, onery, opera, orach, orang, organ, pacer, paeon, pager, parch, pareo, parge, pargo, payer, payor, peach, pecan, pengo, peony, perch, phage, phone, phony, poach, pogey, ponce, porch, porgy, porny, prang, prone, prong, pyran, racon, rance, ranch, range, rangy, raphe, rayon, reach, recap, recon, regna, repay, roach, ropey, yager, yapon, yearn.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-h-n-o-p-r-y"
 

+1 letter: scenography.

 

+2 letters: oceanography.

 

+3 letters: reproachingly.

 

+4 letters: cinematography, hypoallergenic.

 

+5 letters: encephalography, uncopyrightable.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Necrophagy


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

4E 65 63 72 6F 70 68 61 67 79

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)

-.    .    -.-.    .-.    ---    .--.    ....    .-    --.    -.--.

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

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

01001110 01100101 01100011 01110010 01101111 01110000 01101000 01100001 01100111 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#101 &#99 &#114 &#111 &#112 &#104 &#97 &#103 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0065 0063 0072 006F 0070 0068 0061 0067 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

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

48716984818274677391

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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