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ABACISCUS

Definition: ABACISCUS

ABACISCUS

Noun

1. One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Modern Translations: ABACISCUS

Language Translations for "ABACISCUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Farsi 

  

قطعه مربع کاشی معرق (Abaculus). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abaciscusay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "ABACISCUS"

Words rhyming with "ABACISCUS" (pronounced 'Ab`a*cis"cus'): Ascococcus, Ascus, Asteriscus, Cercus, Circus, Coccus, Cuscus, Cytococcus, Damascus, Discus, Echinococcus, Ficus, Floccus, Gale-opithecus, Glaucus, gonococcus, incus, lemniscus, locus, Macacus, Mancus, Manducus, meniscus, Micrococcus, Mucus, Ovococcus, Picus, Pneumococcus, Propithecus, Protococcus, Saccus, Sambucus, Spermococcus, streptococcus, succus, sulcus, Trochiscus, Truncus, umbilicus, uncus, Viscus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ABACISCUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-i-s-s-u"

-3 letters: abacus, basics, cassia, cubics, scubas.

-4 letters: abaci, ascus, assai, bacca, basic, basis, bassi, cacas, casas, casus, cubic, isbas, scabs, scuba, subas.

-5 letters: abas, asci, baas, bass, bias, buss, cabs, caca, casa, cubs, cuss, isba, sabs, sacs, scab, sibs, sics, suba, subs.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ABACISCUS


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

41 42 41 43 49 53 43 55 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)

01000001 01000010 01000001 01000011 01001001 01010011 01000011 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#66 &#65 &#67 &#73 &#83 &#67 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0042 0041 0043 0049 0053 0043 0055 0053

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

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

353635374353375553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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