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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Lever de Rideau A light and short dramatic sketch placed on the stage while the manager is preparing to introduce his drama for the night, or "draw up the curtain" on the real business. "An attempt to pack a romantic tragedy into the space filled by an ordinary lever de rideau." - Nineteenth Century, Dec., 1892, p. 964. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
The Drama | Play, drama, stage play, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe, ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame; melodrama, melodrame; comidie larmoyante, sensation drama; tragicomedy, farcical-comedy; monodrame monologue;duologue trilogy; charade, proverbs; mystery, miracle play; musical, musical comedy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Le Lever de rideau (1973) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-e-i-l-r-r-u-v" | |
-2 letters: redelivered. | |
-4 letters: daredevil, delivered, deliverer, redeliver. | |
-5 letters: deadlier, deleaved, derailed, devalued, driveled, driveler, laveered, redialed, relieved, reliever, revalued, revealed, revealer, verdured. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 45 56 45 52 44 45 52 49 44 45 41 55 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000101 01010110 01000101 01010010 00100000 01000100 01000101 00100000 01010010 01001001 01000100 01000101 01000001 01010101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L E V E R   D E   R I D E A U |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0045 0056 0045 0052 0044 0045 0052 0049 0044 0045 0041 0055 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4639563952238392524338393555 |
| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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