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EPIPHRAGM

Definition: EPIPHRAGM

EPIPHRAGM

Noun

1. A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or aestivation.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Epiphragm \Ep"i*phragm\, noun. [Greek expression covering, lid, from to block up.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Derivations: EPIPHRAGM

Derivations

Words beginning with "EPIPHRAGM": epiphragms. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "EPIPHRAGM"

Words rhyming with "EPIPHRAGM" (pronounced 'Ep"i*phragm'): Diaphragm. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EPIPHRAGM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-i-m-p-p-r"

-1 letter: epigraph.

-2 letters: epigram, gappier, happier, primage.

-3 letters: gamier, gipper, grippe, hamper, hegari, hegira, hermai, hipper, imager, magpie, maigre, mapper, mirage, pamper, pipage, preamp.

-4 letters: aimer, gamer, gaper, gerah, gramp, grape, graph, grime, gripe, harem, herma, ihram, image, marge, pager, paper, parge, phage, piper, prima, prime, primp, ramie, raphe, regma, remap.

-5 letters: ager, ahem, amie, amir.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-i-m-p-p-r"
 

+1 letter: epiphragms.

 

+5 letters: lymphographies, pamphleteering.

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

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Alternative Orthography: EPIPHRAGM


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

45 50 49 50 48 52 41 47 4D

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)

01000101 01010000 01001001 01010000 01001000 01010010 01000001 01000111 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#80 &#73 &#80 &#72 &#82 &#65 &#71 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0050 0049 0050 0048 0052 0041 0047 004D

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

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

395043504252354147

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INDEX

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


  

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