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Definition: DOWLAS |
DOWLASNoun1. A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. |
Date "DOWLAS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
Note: Dowlas \Dow"las\, noun. [Probably from Doullens, town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Dowlas (Mr.). A generic name for a linendraper, who sells dowlas, a coarse linen cloth, so called from Doulens in Picardy, where it is manufactured. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DOWLAS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | tela robusta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | aanrit barree, aanrit (towel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owlasday сорт прочного коленкора или полотна, 'доулас'. (various references) vải trúc bâu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"DOWLAS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ddwli, Doowhat, Dorlhac, dowa, Dowlen, Dowlie, dwals, rowplas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: woalds. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-l-o-s-w" | |
-1 letter: awols, loads, waldo, woads, woald, wolds. | |
-2 letters: ados, alow, also, awls, awol, dals, daws, dols, dows, lads, laws, load, lows, olds, owls, slaw, slow, soda, sola, sold, wads, woad, wold. | |
-3 letters: ado, ads, als, awl, dal, daw, dol, dos, dow, lad, las, law, low, ods, old, owl, sad, sal, saw, sod, sol, sow. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-l-o-s-w" | |
+1 letter: wadmols, waldoes. | |
+2 letters: dayglows, disallow, dowsabel, lowlands, oldsquaw, sallowed, shadblow, snowland, wadmolls, warlords. | |
+3 letters: agalwoods, blowhards, disallows, disavowal, downfalls, downhauls, downlands, downloads, downplays, downscale, dowsabels, floodways, lacewoods, latewoods, leadworks, leadworts, loanwords, moldwarps, oldsquaws, playdowns, plowheads, plowlands, saddlebow, shadblows, shadowily, shallowed, snowlands, swallowed, swordplay, swordtail, woodlands, woodlarks, wordplays, workloads. | |
+4 letters: aardwolves, blackwoods, boardwalks, clampdowns, codswallop, dayflowers, deathblows, disallowed, disavowals, downscaled, downscales, earlywoods, lancewoods, landowners, lowercased, lowlanders, lowliheads, saddlebows, sandalwood, shadowless, shadowlike, smallsword, snowballed, splashdown, swordplays, swordtails, wallboards, warlordism, wholesaled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 4F 57 4C 41 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- .--. .-.. .- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001111 01010111 01001100 01000001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D O W L A S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 004F 0057 004C 0041 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)384957463553 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Derivations 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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