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SPAGYRIST

Definition: SPAGYRIST

SPAGYRIST

Noun

1. One of a sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who sought to discover remedies for disease by chemical means. The spagyrists historically preceded the iatrochemists.

2. A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Spagyrist \Spag"y*rist\, noun. [Compare to the French expression spagiriste.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: SPAGYRIST

English words defined with "SPAGYRIST": Spagyric. (references)

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Rhyming with "SPAGYRIST"

Words rhyming with "SPAGYRIST" (pronounced 'Spag"y*rist'): Adiaphorist, Allegorist, Amorist, Antichrist, Aorist, Aphorist, Apiarist, Arist, Augurist, Aurist, Belle-lettrist, Caricaturist, Categorist, Catharist, Chiaroscurist, Chorist, Christ, Contrist, Decembrist, florist, Frist, Gemarist, Glossarist, grist, jurist, Luxurist, Mediocrist, Memorist, Metrist, militarist, Mistrist, Optometrist, Patrist, Petaurist, Piarist, Plagiarist, Probabiliorist, Querist, Questrist, Rist, Sacrist, Sanhedrist, Sanitarist, Sectarist, Semaphorist, Sententiarist, Septembrist, Sinecurist, Summarist, Symmetrist. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SPAGYRIST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-i-p-r-s-s-t-y"

-1 letter: sparsity.

-2 letters: rapists.

-3 letters: agists, grasps, grassy, gratis, grists, parity, pastis, pastry, pigsty, prissy, rapist, satyrs, sistra, sitars, spaits, spirts, sprags, sprats, sprays, sprigs, sprits, staigs, stairs, stirps, straps, strays, strips, stripy, tapirs.

-4 letters: agist, airts, apsis, arsis, artsy, aspis, astir, atrip, gaits, gasps, gassy, gasts, gipsy, girts, gists, grapy, grasp, grass, grays, grips.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-i-p-r-s-s-t-y"
 

+2 letters: panegyrists.

 

+4 letters: papyrologists, polygraphists, stylographies.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SPAGYRIST


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

53 50 41 47 59 52 49 53 54

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)

01010011 01010000 01000001 01000111 01011001 01010010 01001001 01010011 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#80 &#65 &#71 &#89 &#82 &#73 &#83 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0050 0041 0047 0059 0052 0049 0053 0054

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

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

535035415952435354

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INDEX

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


  

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