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Amphoric

Definition: Amphoric

Amphoric

Adjective

1. The sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle; "amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Modern Translations: Amphoric

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

Danish

  

amforofoni (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), amforisk respiration (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), krukkelyd (amphoric sound). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

amphorophonia (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), amforofonie (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), amforische klank (amphoric sound), amforisch ademen (amphoric resonance, amphorophony). (various references)

   

French

  

amphoriloquie (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), voix amphorique (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), souffle amphorique (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), son amphorique (amphoric sound). (various references)

   

German

  

Amphorophonie (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), amphorisches Atmen (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), Krukenatmen (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), Krugschall (amphoric sound), Krugatmen (amphoric resonance, amphorophony). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αμφορικός ήχος (amphoric resonance, amphoric sound, amphorophony, bruit de pot-fêlé, cracked-pot sound). (various references)

   

Italian

  

anforofonia (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), anforiloquia (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), soffio anforometallico (amphoric sound), soffio anforico (amphoric sound), respiro anforico (amphoric sound). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amphoricay

   

Portuguese

  

anforofonia (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), som anfórico (amphoric sound), resonância anfórica (amphoric resonance, amphorophony). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

anforiloquia (amphoric resonance, amphorophony), sonido anfórico (amphoric sound), resonancia de ánfora (amphoric resonance, amphorophony). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Amphoric"

Words rhyming with "amphoric" (pronounced 'Am*phor"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Amphoric

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-m-o-p-r"

-1 letter: camphor, morphia, morphic.

-2 letters: carhop, chimar, chroma, coprah, mohair, orphic, picaro.

-3 letters: campi, campo, carom, carpi, chair, champ, charm, chiao, chimp, chirm, chiro, chirp, choir, chomp, copra, coria, cramp, crimp, ichor, ihram, macho, macro, march, micra, micro, mocha, moira, morph, ohmic, orach, parch, poach, porch, prima, primo, roach.

-4 letters: amir, arch, arco, camp, caph.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-m-o-p-r"
 

+2 letters: amphoteric, anamorphic, metaphoric, micrograph, microphage, morphactin.

 

+3 letters: allomorphic, atmospheric, comradeship, demographic, halomorphic, homographic, kymographic, macrophagic, macrophytic, metamorphic, micrographs, microphages, monographic, morphactins, nomographic, phonogramic, symposiarch, tomographic.

 

+4 letters: accomplisher, actinomorphy, apochromatic, archesporium, atmospherics, camphorating, comradeships, cosmographic, demographics, mammographic, metaphorical, microcephaly, micrographed, micrographic, misanthropic, overemphatic, paedomorphic, panchromatic, parochialism, pharmacopeia, philharmonic, phonogrammic, symposiarchs.

 

+5 letters: accomplishers, actinomorphic, allelomorphic, catastrophism, cephalometric, cinematograph, commandership, cosmographies, demographical, hyperromantic, lymphographic, microcephalic, micrographics, micrographing, microphysical, morphemically, morphological, parochialisms, petrochemical, pharmacologic, pharmacopeial, pharmacopeias, pharmacopoeia, philharmonics, polychromatic, seismographic, thermographic, thermoplastic, xerophthalmic.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Amphoric


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

41 6D 70 68 6F 72 69 63

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 01101101 01110000 01101000 01101111 01110010 01101001 01100011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#109 &#112 &#104 &#111 &#114 &#105 &#99

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006D 0070 0068 006F 0072 0069 0063

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

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

3579827481847569

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INDEX

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


  

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