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MANDUCUS

Definition: MANDUCUS

MANDUCUS

Noun

1. A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Manducus \Man*du"cus\, noun. [Latin expression, from manducare to chew.]. (Websters 1913)

Rhyming with "MANDUCUS"

Words rhyming with "MANDUCUS" (pronounced 'Man*du"cus'): Abaciscus, Ascococcus, Ascus, Asteriscus, Cercus, Circus, Coccus, Cuscus, Cytococcus, Damascus, Discus, Echinococcus, Ficus, Floccus, Gale-opithecus, Glaucus, gonococcus, incus, lemniscus, locus, Macacus, Mancus, meniscus, Micrococcus, Mucus, Ovococcus, Picus, Pneumococcus, Propithecus, Protococcus, Saccus, Sambucus, Spermococcus, streptococcus, succus, sulcus, Trochiscus, Truncus, umbilicus, uncus, Viscus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: MANDUCUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-m-n-s-u-u"

-1 letter: cundums.

-2 letters: cundum, dunams, maunds.

-3 letters: adunc, damns, dumas, dunam, manus, mauds, maund, mucus, musca, sumac, unaus, uncus.

-4 letters: amus, ands, anus, cads, cams, cans, cuds, damn, dams, duma, duns, macs, mads, mans, maud, maun, muds, muns, sand, scad, scam, scan, scud, scum, unau.

-5 letters: ads, amu, and, cad, cam, can, cud, cum, dam, dun, mac, mad, man, mas, mud, mun, mus, nam, nus, sac, sad, sau, sum, sun, uns.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-m-n-s-u-u"
 

+3 letters: succedaneum.

 

+4 letters: succedaneums, unaccustomed.

 

+5 letters: unconsummated.

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

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Alternative Orthography: MANDUCUS


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

4D 41 4E 44 55 43 55 53

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)

01001101 01000001 01001110 01000100 01010101 01000011 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#85 &#67 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 004E 0044 0055 0043 0055 0053

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

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

4735483855375553

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INDEX

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


  

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