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Startle Reflex

Definition: Startle Reflex

Startle Reflex

Noun

1. A normal reflex of young infants; a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs.

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


Synonym: Startle Reflex

Synonym: Moro reflex (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Startle Reflex

DomainTitle

Books

  • Boo!: Culture, Experience, and the Startle Reflex (Series in Affective Science) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Anagrams: Startle Reflex

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-f-l-l-r-r-s-t-t-x"

-3 letters: flatterers.

-4 letters: axletrees, falterers, fetterers, flatterer, letterers, reletters, terrellas.

-5 letters: alertest, alterers, arrestee, axletree, exalters, falterer, fellates, ferrates, fetterer, flatlets, flatters, fleetest, fretters, leaflets, letterer, rattlers, realters, reflates, reflexes, relaters, relaxers, releaser, reletter, reseller, resetter, resettle, retreats, startler, stellate, teaseler, terrella, treaters.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Startle Reflex


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

53 74 61 72 74 6C 65      52 65 66 6C 65 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

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

01010011 01110100 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101100 01100101 00100000 01010010 01100101 01100110 01101100 01100101 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#116 &#97 &#114 &#116 &#108 &#101 &#32 &#82 &#101 &#102 &#108 &#101 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0074 0061 0072 0074 006C 0065      0052 0065 0066 006C 0065 0078

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

538667848678712527172787190

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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