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Definition: Encephalon |
EncephalonNoun1. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Encephalon \En*ceph"a*lon\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Encephalos.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: EncephalonSynonym: brain (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Encephalon |
| English words defined with "encephalon": En-, Encephalic, Encephalos. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "encephalon": Diencephalon ♦ Encephalic ♦ mesencephalon, metencephalon, Myelencephalon ♦ Prosencephalon ♦ Thalamencephalon. (references) |
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encephalon | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "encephalon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مخ (brain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | encéphale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Encephalon, Gehirn (brain, brains, cerebric, mind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | encephalonay สมองของสัตว์ที่มีกระ"ูกสันหลัง. (various references) não, óc (brain, cerebrum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "encephalon": diencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, myelencephalon, prosencephalon, rhinencephalon, rhombencephalon, telencephalon. (additional references) | |
Words containing "encephalon": diencephalons, metencephalons, myelencephalons, rhinencephalons, telencephalons. (additional references) | |
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"Encephalon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: encephal, encephalins, encephalo, enkephalin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "encephalon" (pronounced 'En*ceph"a*lon'): Abutilon, Aquilon, Bellon, Billon, Bouillon, Bullon, Carillon, Cephalon, Chalon, Coilon, Confalon, Decathlon, Diencephalon, Eidolon, Epencephalon, Erythroxylon, Fellon, Haematoxylon, Hersillon, Mamelon, Merlon, mesencephalon, Mesocephalon, mesocolon, metencephalon, Moellon, Monoxylon, Mouflon, Muflon, Myelencephalon, Myelon, Myroxylon, Orillon, Paillon, Phylon, Pilon, Postencephalon, Propylon, Prosencephalon, rhinencephalon, semicolon, shallon, Sideroxylon, Sillon, solon, Stallon, stolon, Tenaillon, Tetracolon, Thalamencephalon, upsilon, Vellon. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-l-n-n-o-p" | |
-2 letters: penoncel. | |
-3 letters: alencon, chalone, channel, cheapen, echelon, enhance, enplane, epochal, panoche, penance, penoche, planche. | |
-4 letters: achene, ancone, cannel, chapel, cheapo, chelae, enhalo, enlace, holpen, lochan, peahen, pechan, pencel, pennae, phenol, phonal, planch, pleach, plench. | |
-5 letters: aleph, alone, ancon, anele, anole, canoe, canon, capon, chape, cheap, cheep, chela, clean, clepe, clone, copal, copen, elope, epoch, hance, haole, hence, henna, honan, lance, leach, leech, leone, loach, nacho, nance, nonce, nopal, ocean, paeon, panel, panne, peace, peach, pecan, pelon, penal, pence, penna, penne, phone, place, plane, plena, poach, ponce. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-l-n-n-o-p" | |
+2 letters: diencephalon. | |
+3 letters: diencephalons, mesencephalon, metencephalon, telencephalon. | |
+4 letters: encephalitogen, metencephalons, myelencephalon, prosencephalon, rhinencephalon, telencephalons. | |
+5 letters: encephalitogens, myelencephalons, phenomenalistic, plainclothesmen, rhinencephalons, rhombencephalon. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 63 65 70 68 61 6C 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. -.-. . .--. .... .- .-.. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01100011 01100101 01110000 01101000 01100001 01101100 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n c e p h a l o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0063 0065 0070 0068 0061 006C 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39806971827467788180 |
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