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Definition: AUTONOMASY |
AUTONOMASYNoun1. The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town," for, "He has gone to London." |
Etymology: Autonomasy \Au`to*nom"a*sy\, noun. [Auto- Greek expression name, from name; or for English antonomasia.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Words rhyming with "AUTONOMASY" (pronounced 'Au`to*nom"a*sy'): Ablepsy, Acatalepsy, Achromatopsy, Adipsy, Aerognosy, Ambassy, Anamorphosy, Antonomasy, Apepsy, Apostasy, Argosy, Astrognosy, Autopsy, Bousy, Cephalotripsy, Clerisy, Clumsy, Controversy, Curtesy, Dyscrasy, Eclampsy, gassy, Geodesy, Geognosy, Gipsy, Henhussy, Heresy, hypocrisy, idiosyncrasy, Leasy, leprosy, Lithogenesy, Lithotripsy, Madegassy, Metalepsy, minstrelsy, Misy, Mucksy, Necropsy, Nympholepsy, Oryctognosy, Palissy, Paronomasy, Phantasy, pharmacognosy, Photopsy, Pleurisy, Plurisy, Poesy, Posy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-m-n-o-o-s-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: autonomy. | |
-3 letters: amounts, anatomy, automan, mantuas, moutons, outmans. | |
-4 letters: amount, astony, atmans, manats, mantas, mantua, mounts, mouton, mutons, ostomy, outman, snooty, snouty, somata, sonata, tomans, toyons, yamuns. | |
-5 letters: anoas, anomy, antas, antsy, atman, atmas, atoms, atomy, atony, aunts, aunty, autos, manas, manat, manos, manta, manus, mason, mauts, mayan, mayas, mayos, mayst, moans, moats, monas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 55 54 4F 4E 4F 4D 41 53 59 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ..- - --- -. --- -- .- ... -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010101 01010100 01001111 01001110 01001111 01001101 01000001 01010011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A U T O N O M A S Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0055 0054 004F 004E 004F 004D 0041 0053 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35555449484947355359 |
| 1. Definition 2. Rhymes 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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