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Poriferan

Definition: Poriferan

Poriferan

Noun

1. Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies.

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


Synonyms: Poriferan

Synonyms: parazoan (n), sponge (n). (additional references)

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Rhyming with "Poriferan"

Words rhyming with "poriferan" (pronounced 'Po*rif"er*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, Adrian, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian, Amoebean, Amoebian, Amphigean. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Poriferan

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-n-o-p-r-r"

-1 letter: pinafore, profaner.

-2 letters: firepan, foreran, pornier, profane, refrain.

-3 letters: fainer, fairer, infare, ironer, orpine, panier, perron, rapier, rapine, repair, ropier.

-4 letters: afire, afore, airer, apron, arpen, farer, feria, finer, firer, frena, friar, frier, frore, infer, infra, irone, noria, opera, opine, orpin, paeon, pareo, parer, piano, prier, prion, prior, prone, raper, repin, repro, reran, rifer.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-n-o-p-r-r"
 

+2 letters: perforating, perforation.

 

+3 letters: perforations, preformation, proofreading.

 

+4 letters: prefiguration, preformations, preformatting, proliferating, proliferation, waterproofing.

 

+5 letters: prefabrication, prefigurations, preformulating, proliferations, sportfisherman, waterproofings.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Poriferan


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

50 6F 72 69 66 65 72 61 6E

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)

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

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

01010000 01101111 01110010 01101001 01100110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#114 &#105 &#102 &#101 &#114 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0072 0069 0066 0065 0072 0061 006E

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

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

508184757271846780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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