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RHACHIGLOSSA

Definition: RHACHIGLOSSA

RHACHIGLOSSA

Noun plural

1. A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Rhachiglossa \Rhach`i*glos"sa\, plural noun. [New Latin expression. See Rhachis, and Glossa.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "RHACHIGLOSSA"

Words rhyming with "RHACHIGLOSSA" (pronounced 'Rhach`i*glos"sa'): Abscissa, Amorosa, Annulosa, Ansa, Aporosa, Balsa, Bolsa, Bursa, Casa, fossa, Foussa, Ganesa, Gloriosa, Glossa, Lobosa, lyssa, margosa, Medusa, Melissa, mesa, mimosa, Missa, Musa, Nassa, Oquassa, Paraglossa, Physa, Potassa, Ptenoglossa, Raghuvansa, Reticulosa, Rhipidoglossa, Rugosa, Saccoglossa, Sarsa, Sessa, Siliquosa, Ursa, Vanessa, Vibrissa. (additional references)

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Anagrams: RHACHIGLOSSA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-h-h-i-l-o-r-s-s"

-3 letters: oligarchs.

-4 letters: acholias, gharials, girasols, oligarch, scholars, scraighs.

-5 letters: acholia, agarics, archils, argalis, ascaris, ashlars, asocial, carlish, chalahs, choragi, chorals, chorial, crissal, garlics, gharial, girasol, glorias, largish, lascars, orchils, rachial, rascals, rhachis, sacrals, sailors, scalars, scholar, scholia, schorls, scraigh, socials, solaria.

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

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Alternative Orthography: RHACHIGLOSSA


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

52 48 41 43 48 49 47 4C 4F 53 53 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

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

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