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Definitions: ACROSPIRE |
ACROSPIREIntransitive verb1. To put forth the first sprout. Noun1. The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Biology & Biotechnology | The spiral plumule in a germinating grain. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Posterity | Child, son, daughter; butcha; bantling, scion; acrospire, plumule, shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit, branch; off-shoot, off-set; ramification; descendant; heir, heiress; heir-apparent, heir-presumptive; chip off the old block; heredity; rising generation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "ACROSPIRE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | staengelspire (plumule), kimknop (plumule), bladspire (plumule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | veertje (plumule), pluimpje (plumule), bladkiem (plumule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alkeissilmu (plumule), sirkkasilmu (plumule), plumula (plumule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | plumule, gemmule. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Urknospe (plumule), Sprossteil (plumule), Plumula (plumule), Blattkeim (plumule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | piumetta (plumule), gemmula (gemmule, plumule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acrospireay plúmula (plumule, tigel, tigella, tigelle). (various references) plúmula (plumule). (various references) stamknopp (plumule), plumula (plumule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | plumula. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-o-p-r-r-s" | |
-1 letter: perisarc. | |
-2 letters: aspirer, carpers, carries, cirrose, coarser, copiers, corries, corsair, crisper, crosier, orrices, parries, picaros, praiser, pricers, prosaic, prosier, rapiers, raspier, repairs, scarier, scarper, scoriae, scraper, scrapie, soapier, spacier. | |
-3 letters: airers, apices, ariose, aspire, capers, capris, carers, caries, carper, cerias, coarse, copers, copier, copies, copras, corers, corpse, corrie, cosier, crapes, criers, cripes, crores, ericas, escarp, operas, orrice, pacers, pareos, parers, paries, parsec, parser, picaro, poiser, praise, precis, pricer, prices, priers, priors, proser, racers, racier, raiser, rapers, rapier, rasper, recaps, repair, repros, ricers, ropers, ropier, rosier, scarer, scorer, scoria, scrape, secpar, sierra, soaper, soarer, spacer, sparer, spicae, spicer, spirea, sprier. | |
-4 letters: acres, airer, apers, apres, areic, arise, arose, arris, asper, aspic, caper, capes, capos, carer, cares, carpi, carps, carrs, carse, ceria, ceros, cires, coirs, coper, copes, copra, copse, corer, cores, coria, corps, corse, cosie, crape, craps, crier, cries, cripe, crisp, crops, crore, epics, erica, escar, ocrea, opera, orcas, orris, osier, pacer, paces, pairs, paise, pareo, parer, pares, paris, parrs, parse, paseo, pears, peris, picas, piers, pisco, poise, pores, poser, praos, prase, presa, price, prier, pries, prior, prise, proas, prose, psoae, psoai, racer, races, raise, raper, rapes, rares, raser, reaps, rears, recap, repos, repro, ricer, rices, riper, ripes, riser, roars, roper, ropes, saice, sapor, scape, scare, scarp, scope, score, scrap, scrip, sepia, sepic, serac, serai, sirra, sorer, space, spare, spear, speir, spica, spice, spier, spire, spore. | |
-5 letters: aces, acre, aero, airs, aper, apes, apse, arco, arcs, ares, arse, asci, cape, capo, caps, care, carp, carr, cars, case, ceps, cero, ciao, cire, coir, cope, cops, core, cors, crap, cris, crop, ears, epic, epos, eras, eros, errs, ices, ires, oars, ocas, opes, orca, orcs, ores, orra, osar, pace, pacs, pair, pare, parr, pars, pase, pear, peas, pecs, peri, peso, pias, pica, pice, pics, pier, pies, piso, pois, pore, pose, prao, proa, pros, race, rape, raps, rare, rase, rasp, reap, rear, recs, reis, repo, reps, rias, rice, ripe, rips, rise, roar, rocs, roes, rope, rose, sari, scar, scop, sear, sera, sice, sipe, sire, soap, soar, sora, sore, sori, spae, spar, spec, spic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-o-p-r-r-s" | |
+1 letter: paregorics, precarious. | |
+2 letters: archesporia, chairperson, proclaimers, reciprocals, replicators, tetrasporic, triceratops. | |
+3 letters: appreciators, archesporial, archesporium, chairpersons, chiropterans, cryptomerias, depreciators, dimercaprols, dipterocarps, discographer, incorporates, microamperes, precariously, procreations, reciprocates, superorganic. | |
+4 letters: arthroscopies, cartographies, cerebrospinal, chirographers, chirographies, chorographies, cochairperson, coparcenaries, copartnership, corporalities, cryotherapies, discographers, iconographers, intercompares, practitioners, preceptorials, precipitators, prehistorical, prevaricators, procarbazines, procrastinate, prosecutorial, reciprocators, recuperations, reprographics, sharecropping, stereographic, stratospheric, superromantic, terpsichorean, triceratopses, trichopterans, velociraptors. | |
+5 letters: cardiographies, choreographies, chronographies, cochairpersons, containerports, contemporaries, copartnerships, corporealities, cryptographies, lexicographers, microparticles, microspherical, nonreciprocals, particleboards, picornaviruses, precariousness, prevarications, procrastinated, procrastinates, reciprocations, reincorporates, spectrographic, superpatriotic, ultraprecision. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 43 52 4F 53 50 49 52 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. .-. --- ... .--. .. .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000011 01010010 01001111 01010011 01010000 01001001 01010010 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A C R O S P I R E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0043 0052 004F 0053 0050 0049 0052 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)353752495350435239 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Translations: Ancient 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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