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Academy

Definitions: Academy

Academy

Noun

1. A secondary school (usually private).

2. An institution for the advancement of art or science or literature.

3. A school for special training.

4. A learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge.

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

Date "academy" was first used: 1474. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Academy

DomainDefinitions

Satire

ACADEMY, n. [from :ACADEME:] A modern school where football is taught. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Dream Interpretation

To visit an academy in your dreams, denotes that you will regret opportunities that you have let pass through sheer idleness and indifference.
To think you own, or are an inmate of one, you will find that you are to meet easy defeat of aspirations. You will take on knowledge, but be unable to rightly assimilate and apply it.
For a young woman or any person to return to an academy after having finished there, signifies that demands will be made which the dreamer may find himself or her self unable to meet. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Literature

Academy Divided into - Old, the philosophic teaching of Plato and his immediate followers; Middle, a modification of the Platonic system, taught by Arcesilaos; New, the half-sceptical school of Carneades.
Plato taught that matter is eternal and infinite, but without form or order; and that there is an intelligent cause, the author of everything. He maintained that we could grasp truth only so far as we had elevated our mind by thought to its divine essence.
Arcesilaos was the great antagonist of the Stoics, and wholly denied man's capacity for grasping truth.
Carneades maintained that neither our senses nor our understanding could supply us with a sure criterion of truth.
The talent of the Academy, so Plato called Aristotle (B.C. 384--322). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

ACADEMY, or PUSHING SCHOOL. A brothel. The Floating Academy; the lighters on board of which those persons are confined, who by a late regulation are condemned to hard labour, instead of transportation.--Campbell's Academy; the same, from a gentleman of th. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Specialty Definition: Academy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Academy was a park and gymnasium outside of Athens dedicated to the hero Academus. It is best known for the school of learning that Plato founded there in approximately 385 BC. This school is usually contrasted with Aristotle's own creation, the Peripatetics.

Famous philosophers entrusted with running the Academy include Arcesilaus and Proclus.

The emperor Justinian closed the school in AD 529. Its remaining members looked for protection under the rule of Sassanid king Khosrau I. Some members found sanctuary in the pagan stronghold of Harran, and their students contributed the Arab Renaissance.

Today

Because of the tradition of intellectual brilliance associated with this institution, many groups have chosen to use the word "Academy" in their name. These groups include the Royal Academy of he United Kingdom, the United States Naval Academy, the fictional Starfleet Academy , and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In addition, the generic term "the academy" is sometimes used to refer to all of academia.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Academy."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Academy

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField
AcademnetEnglishDatacommunications network between institutions of the USSR Academy of Scie ces in Moscow and other main USSR cities

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Academy

Synonym: honorary society (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Academy

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

School

Noun: school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum; institute, institution; palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar.

Day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school; school of art; kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory.

Thought

Abstract thought, abstraction contemplation, musing; brown study; (inattention); reverie, Platonism; depth of thought, workings of the mind, thoughts, inmost thoughts; self-counsel self-communing, self-consultation; philosophy of the Absolute, philosophy of the Academy, philosophy of the Garden, philosophy of the lyceum, philosophy of the Porch.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Academy

English words defined with "academy": Academian, academic, Academical, academician, academicianship, Academies, air force academy, Annapolis, AssociateshipBenjamin Westcadet, Cadet midshipman, capital of Maryland, Colorado Springs, countDella CruscaFrench Academymilitary academyNational Academy of Sciences, naval academy, numberOscarPhilosophy of the Academy, Place name, Plato's Academy, plebe, police academyReynolds, round robin, Royal Academy, Royal Academy of ArtsSir Joshua Reynolds, spurwest, West Point. (references)
Specialty definitions using "academy": 2140257369Academics, Academy Figures, American Academy of Asian StudiesBoard on AgricultureCADET, DECK, CAMPBELL'S ACADEMY, CHATTS, CNSTATDella CruscansFloating AcademyGrangousierInternational Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, Ivan SutherlandKeldysh Institute of Applied MathematicsLagadoNational Research Council, NYPPEROrsinPhysicians, Family, POLICE ACADEMY PROGRAM COORDINATORRecommended dietary allowancesTRBUSNC-IGY. (references)
Etymologies containing "academy": Academe. (references)

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Modern Usage: Academy

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'd like to thank the Academy (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Years of Academy training wasted! (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

College and the Police Academy movies. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

You will be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost-certain Academy Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor. (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks)

You people, uh, who just tuned in at home, this is the Academy Awards. (The 56th Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Arthur C. Clarke; Peter Hyams)

Movie/TV Titles

Voodoo Academy (2000)

The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974)

Academy Awards Shorts Program (1971)

The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971)

Academy Leader (1965)

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Commercial Usage: Academy

DomainTitle

References

  • California Culinary Academy, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • WASEDA ACADEMY Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • 70 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (reference)

  • A Box of Unfortunate Events: The Situation Worsens (Books 4-6: The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator) [BOX SET] (reference)

  • A Library of Unfortunate Events (Books 1-9: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, and The Carnivorous Carnival) [Shrink Wrapped] (reference)

  • Cisco Networking Academy Program: Second-Year Companion Guide (2nd Edition) (reference)

  • The American Academy of Pediatrics New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

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Image Slideshow: Academy

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Photo Album: Academy

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis Served on Coast Survey under both Ferdinand Hassler and Alexander Bache Intellectual, helped found National Academy of Sciences Brother-in-law of Benjamin Peirce.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Hosack Hall, New York Academy of Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Main entrance, New York Academy of Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Window, Hosack Hall, New York Academy of Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Rare Book Room, New York Academy of Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Library Reading Room, New York Academy of Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. Military Academy, West Point. : Exterior view- Nurses Quarters.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Donald Fredrickson visits the USSR Academy of Sciences].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The subject of vaccination discussed before a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences] / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Theodore Woodward, M. D. : Professor of Surgery in the Vermont Academy of Medicine. / Painted by W. Dunlap. Litho. of Endicott.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Familiar Quotations: Academy

AuthorQuotation

Edmund Burke

In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.

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Use in Literature: Academy

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The French Academy gave as a prize theme, (r)The happiness which Study procures . M. Bellart was eloquent, officially.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

When they passed through the passage beside the royal Irish academy they found many students sheltering under the arcade of the library.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I was received very kindly by the Warden, and went for many days to the Academy.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Academy

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

American Academy of Ophthalmology P. (references)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics. (references)

In general, the answer by the American Academy of Pediatrics is that treatment is not necessary. (references)

Business

The World Bank has a cooperation project with the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences on the research of environmental protection, and with the Beijing Automobile Research Institute and the Guangzhou Environment Monitoring Center on the development of vehicle emissions control technologies. (references)

According to Mr. Xuhui Feng, assistant to the president of Chinese Academy of Sciences Software (CASS) International, research on embedded operation systems began six years ago, and this system can be used in the set-top box, cell-phone, and hand PC. The embedded operation system (Set-Top Box Solution) has become the important part on the set-top box production. (references)

CDMA2000 developed by U.S. firms offers a smoother migration passage to 3G. TD-SCDMA developed by the Chinese Academy of Telecommunications Technologies (CATT) claims to be cost effective to migrate from the 2G GSM system to 3G. Although China has not yet decided what technology it will adopt for the 3G wireless telecommunication network, MII has revealed great enthusiasm in CDMA technology on various occasions. (references)

Children

Honduras

Casa Alianza continues to train police recruits at the National Police Academy in La Paz department. (references)

Civil Liberties

Poland

The Border Guard Academy includes significant training on the handling of potential refugees. (references)

Slovak Republic

The book has been criticized widely by religious groups and the Slovak Academy of Sciences for gross inaccuracies and distortions, particularly in its portrayal of wartime Slovakia and the deportation of Jews and Roma. (references)

Economic History

Kazakhstan

The new agency took over the duties of the abolished Tax Police Committee and the Tax Police Academy that were under the Ministry of State Revenues. (references)

Botswana

The Governments of Botswana and the United States entered into an agreement in July 2000 to establish an International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Gaborone. (references)

China

Much of China's top scientific talent is not in universities but in a government bureaucracy (the Chinese Academy of Sciences) modeled after the USSR Academy of Sciences. (references)

Human Rights

Liberia

In August unknown persons killed the Chief Financial Officer of the Police Training Academy outside of Monrovia. (references)

Haiti

On July 28, approximately six unknown gunmen dressed in FAd'H uniforms entered the National Police Academy in Petionville. (references)

Mexico

Maldonado Vega, who also served previously as director of the Federal District Police Academy, was linked to the Juarez Cartel. (references)

Minorities

Yemen

Persons who seek employment at Sana'a University or admission to the military academy by law must demonstrate that they have two citizen parents. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In October the Federation Police Academy graduated its seventh multiethnic class and in November the RS Police Academy graduated its fourth multiethnic class. (references)

Bulgaria

To address the serious underrepresentation of ethnic Turks and Roma in the ranks of the police agencies, the new Interior Ministry has reserved 20 to 30 places in the police academy for minority candidates. (references)

Political Economy

EGYPT

A local pharmaceutical firm filed a court case in October 2001 charging that the Ministry of Health and the Academy of Scientific Research acted illegally in granting Eli Lilly exclusive marketing rights in August 2001 for its schizophrenia drug. (references)

East Timor

In July 2000, the first group of 50 East Timorese cadets graduated from the Police Academy and began working alongside CIVPOL, augmented by a police assistance group comprised of East Timorese who formerly were part of the Indonesian police forces. (references)

Women

Venezuela

As of August, 56 women were in training at the Army's military academy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Academy

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Diane Sawyer

I treat them as sheer fun in all possible directions. I am your dishiest Academy Awards reporter. Don't come to me if you want lofty thoughts, OK. I'm going for the clothes, I'm going for how Russell Crowe looked at me.

Russell Crowe

The first day of shooting was basically the day after the Academy Awards, which was unfortunate for me, because I had to put celebrations off. And I'm, you know, I'm one for the celebrations.

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Speeches: Academy

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797I have heretofore proposed to the consideration of Congress the expediency of establishing a national university and also a military academy.

James Madison

1809-1817The buildings at the seat fixed by law for the present Academy are so far in decay as not to afford the necessary accommodation.

James Monroe

1817-1825By like reports the state of the Academy at West Point will be seen, as will be the progress which has been made on the fortifications along the coast and at the national armories and arsenals.

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Usage Frequency: Academy

"Academy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 78.22% of the time. "Academy" is used about 899 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)78.22%7039,512
Noun (proper)21.78%19621,868
                    Total100.00%899N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Academy

CountryName
Japan

WASEDA ACADEMY Co., Ltd.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Academy


1. Academy, SD
Zip Code(s): 57369
Country: USA

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Expression: Academy

Expressions using "academy": Academy figure academy of engineering sciences academy of music academy student air Force Academy American Academy of Asian Studies french Academy military academy national Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) Naval Academy philosophy of the Academy Plato's Academy police academy riding academy Royal Academy Royal Academy of Arts service academy the academy. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "academy": academy-figure.

Ending with "academy": Little River-Academy.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Academy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

academy

2,167

academy sports

1,508

academy award

1,156

air force academy

872

academy outdoors sports

791

star academy

663

naval academy

580

police academy

571

academy la

473

academy sporting goods

404
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Modern Translations: Academy

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

Afrikaan

  

akademie, vereniging (association, circle, club, society). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

akademi, shkollë e lartë speciale. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏معهد للتدريس, ‏معهد (institute, institution), ‏مجمع (assembly, college, congregation, convention), ‏جامعة (uni, university, varsity), ‏الأكاديمية, ‏أكادمية أفلاطون. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

средно частно учебно заведение, специално учебно заведение (college), школа (discipline, school), колеж (college), висше учебно заведение, академия, пансион (boarding, boarding house, boarding school, house). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

專科院 , 学院 (Academies, College, institute). (various references)

   

Czech

  

akademie, vojenská akademie, konzervatoř (conservatoire, conservatory). (various references)

   

Danish

  

akademi (literary or artistic persons, society of learned). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

academie (literary or artistic persons, society of learned, university), hogeschool, genootschap (association, circle, club, society). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

altlernejo, akademio. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

samskipan (association, organization), málnevnd, fróðskaparsetur (university), felagsskapur (circle, club, corporation, society, trade-union, union), felag (association, circle, club, company, connection, league, society). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مکتب فرهنگستان , مکتب (Ism, School), مدرسه , وروش تدریس افلاطونی , اموزشگاه (School), انجمن ادباء وعلماء , انجمن دانش , اکادمی , دانشگاه (College, University). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

akademia, seura (assembly, circle, club, company, party, society). (various references)

   

French

  

académie. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

akademy (university), fennoatskip (circle, club, company, society). (various references)

   

German

  

Akademie (literary or artistic persons, society of learned). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ακαδημία (academe). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מ"רש" (college, school, seminar), אק"מי", בית ספר 'בו" (college, university). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

akadémia. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

akademi. (various references)

   

Irish

  

acadamh. (various references)

   

Italian

  

accademia (academia, colleges, literary or artistic persons, society of learned, university). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

翰林院 (institute), アウ 真理教 (acacia, academia, account, accountability, accounting, Aeroflot, Aum Shinrikyou religious group, aura, owl), 学院 (institute), 学' (campus). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

がくい" (bandsman, institute), がくえ" (campus), か"り"い" (institute), アカデミー (academia). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

아카데미 (Academies). (various references)

   

Manx

  

thie ynsee. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

forening (association, circle, club, society). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

akademia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

academyay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

uczelnia, towarzystwo (circle, club, society), szkoła wyższa. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

academia (academia, literary or artistic persons, society of learned). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

academie, şcoalã specialã (college). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

академия (acad, academia). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

akademija, srednja škola (high school, secondary school), škola (day school, school). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

academia (academe, academia, literary or artistic persons, school, society of learned). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

akademi (society, university). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

akademi (college), akademí, yüksek okul (college), plato'nun kurduğu felsefe okulu, okul (college, school, shop). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

maner (circus arena, riding academy, riding school). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

академія. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

trường phái triết học Pla-ton, môn đệ của Pla-ton. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

athrofa (college), academi, ysgol (ladder, school, schooling). (various references)

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Ancestral Language Translations: Academy

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

Akademia. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

Academia. (various references)

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Misspellings: Academy

Misspellings

"Academy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acadamy, acade, academi, academie, acadmy, acdamey, Aceldama, acidey, Aiadmk, Akademi, Ayayem, Cadeby. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Academy"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "academy" (pronounced uka"dumē)
4-d u m ēsodomy.
3-u m ēalchemy, anatomy, anomie, appendectomy, Archenemy, astronomy, autonomy, blasphemy, dichotomy, economy, enemy, epitome, gastronomy, hysterectomies, hysterectomy, infamy, keratotomy, lumpectomy, mastectomy, monogamy, polygamy, prostatectomy, sesame, tonsillectomy, vasectomy.

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Anagrams: Academy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-m-y"

-2 letters: cymae, decay, maced, mayed.

-3 letters: aced, acme, cade, came, cyma, cyme, dace, dame, demy, emyd, mace, made, maya, mead.

-4 letters: ace, ama, aye, cad, cam, cay, dam, day, dey, dye, mac, mad, mae, may, med, yam, yea.

-5 letters: aa, ad, ae, am, ay, de, ed, em, ma, me, my, ya, ye.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-m-y"
 

+2 letters: cyanamide.

 

+3 letters: acrylamide, chlamydiae, cyanamides.

 

+4 letters: acrylamides, aerodynamic, declamatory.

 

+5 letters: academically, aerodynamics, demoniacally, shamefacedly.

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Alternative Orthography: Academy


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

41 63 61 64 65 6D 79

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 01100011 01100001 01100100 01100101 01101101 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#99 &#97 &#100 &#101 &#109 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0061 0064 0065 006D 0079

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

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

35696770717991

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Cities
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Abbreviations
21. Acronyms
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams
25. Orthography
26. Bibliography


  

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