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Definition: Pollex |
PollexNoun1. The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Pollex \Pol"lex\, noun; plural Pollices. [the thumb.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: PollexSynonym: thumb (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pollex |
| English words defined with "pollex": Pollices, Prepollent. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "pollex": Pollicate. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pollex" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (big toe, thumb, thumbed, tom thumb). |
| 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 |
pollex | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pollex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Bulgarian | палец (cam, cog, finger, locking-finger, pawl, thumb). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ollexpay | ||||
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"Pollex" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kpolleh, palex, pilex, plex, polax, polex, polle, Polley, pollox, polox. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pollex" (pronounced 'Pol"lex'): Petrosilex, Pulex, Scolex, silex. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-l-o-p-x" | |
-2 letters: expo, lope, pole, poll. | |
-3 letters: ell, lex, lop, lox, ole, ope, pol, pox. | |
-4 letters: el, ex, lo, oe, op, ox, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-l-o-p-x" | |
+3 letters: complexly, pillboxes. | |
+4 letters: googolplex, phylloxera, smallpoxes. | |
+5 letters: exploitable, explosively, multiplexor, phyllotaxes, phylloxerae, phylloxeras. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 6C 65 78 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-.. .-.. . -..- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01101100 01100101 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l l e x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 006C 0065 0078 |
| 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)508178787190 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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