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Definitions: Peristome |
PeristomeNoun1. (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule. 2. Region around the mouth in various invertebrates. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Peristome \Per"i*stome\, noun. [Prefix peri- Greek for mouth.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Peristome |
| English words defined with "peristome": Dicranaceae ♦ family Dicranaceae ♦ Peristoma, Peristomial, Peristomium. (references) |
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Danish | peristom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | peristomium, peristoma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | péristome. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Peristom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περιστόμιο (brim, edge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מסב "פ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | peristoma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eristomepay peristoma. (various references) peristom. (various references) peristoma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "peristome": peristomes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "peristome" (pronounced 'Per"i*stome'): Megastome, Nephrostome, Phyllostome, Plagiostome, Rhizostome, Stenostome. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: temporise. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: emptiers, epistome, epitomes, imposter, moperies, poetiser, poetries, promisee, reimpose, tiresome. | |
-2 letters: emoters, empires, emprise, emptier, empties, epimers, episome, epitome, erotism, imports, imposer, imprese, imprest, meteors, metiers, metopes, moister, mopiest, mortise, optimes, permits, pestier, poetise, premies, premise, promise, prostie, reemits, remotes, reposit, respite, retimes, riposte, ropiest, semipro, septime, spireme, stomper, tempers, triseme, trisome. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: periosteum, peristomes, premoisten, spirometer, temporised, temporises, temporizes. | |
+2 letters: computerise, extemporise, hemipterous, impersonate, misreported, omnipresent, optometries, peritoneums, permeations, piezometers, preemptions, premoistens, pyrometries, redemptions, spirometers, temporaries, temporizers, thermopiles. | |
+3 letters: computerised, computerises, computerizes, extemporised, extemporises, extemporizes, hemoproteins, impersonated, impersonates, implementors, improvements, madreporites, metropolises, mifepristone, photometries, polarimeters, predominates, premoistened, prenominates, pteridosperm, respirometer, respirometry, spirometries, temporalizes, thermophiles. | |
+4 letters: contemporizes, extemporising, extemporizers, imperfections, improprieties, intercompares, micropipettes, mifepristones, misperception, morphometries, nephrectomies, perfectionism, performatives, polarimetries, premeditators, premoistening, pretermission, promotiveness, proximateness, psychometries, pteridosperms, redemptioners, respirometers, respirometric, spectrometric, spermatogenic, temporalities, temporariness, thermospheric. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 69 73 74 6F 6D 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. .. ... - --- -- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101111 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r i s t o m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0069 0073 0074 006F 006D 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507184758586817971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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