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POLYSYNTHESIS

Definition: POLYSYNTHESIS

POLYSYNTHESIS

Noun

1. The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination.

2. The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Polysynthesis \Pol`y*syn"the*sis\, noun. [Poly- synthesis.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: POLYSYNTHESIS

English words defined with "POLYSYNTHESIS": Polsyntheticism. (references)

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Rhyming with "POLYSYNTHESIS"

Words rhyming with "POLYSYNTHESIS" (pronounced 'Pol`y*syn"the*sis'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anabasis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Apheresis, Aphesis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: POLYSYNTHESIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-h-i-l-n-o-p-s-s-s-t-y-y"

-3 letters: histolyses, hypostyles.

-4 letters: helistops, holsteins, hypostyle, isopleths, pointless, pythoness, sloshiest, stonishes, synthesis, tholepins.

-5 letters: epsilons, ethinyls, ethynyls, helistop, histones, holiness, holstein, honestly, hoplites, hostiles, hotlines, hypnoses, hypnosis, isohyets, isopleth, isotypes, lostness, neoliths, phoniest, phylesis, pinholes, pistoles, pithless, plenists, polishes, polyteny, poshness, potlines, psiloses, sonships, sonsiest, sophists, spinless, sploshes, spotless, stenosis, stepsons, stylises, synopses.

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

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Alternative Orthography: POLYSYNTHESIS


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

50 4F 4C 59 53 59 4E 54 48 45 53 49 53

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)

.--.    ---    .-..    -.--.    ...    -.--.    -.    -    ....    .    ...    ..    ...

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

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

01010000 01001111 01001100 01011001 01010011 01011001 01001110 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010011 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#79 &#76 &#89 &#83 &#89 &#78 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#83 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004F 004C 0059 0053 0059 004E 0054 0048 0045 0053 0049 0053

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

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

50494659535948544239534353

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INDEX

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


  

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