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AMBES-AS

Definition: AMBES-AS

AMBES-AS

Noun

1. Ambs-ace.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Specialty Definitions: AMBES-AS

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Literature

Ambes-as or Ambes-ace Two aces, the lowest throw in dice; figuratively, bad luck. (Latin, ambo-asses, both or two aces.)
"I had rather be in this choice than throw ames-ace for my life." - All's Well, etc., ii. 3. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Anagrams: AMBES-AS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-m-s-s"

-1 letter: abases, amebas, baases, sambas.

-2 letters: abase, abeam, amass, ameba, bases, beams, bemas, mabes, massa, masse, mesas, sabes, samba, seams.

-3 letters: abas, amas, asea, baas, bams, base, bass, beam, bema, mabe, maes, mass, mesa, mess, sabe, sabs, same, seam, seas.

-4 letters: aas, aba, abs, ama, ass, baa, bam, bas, ems, ess, mae, mas, sab, sae.

-5 letters: aa.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-m-s-s"
 

+1 letter: ambsaces.

 

+2 letters: amebiases, amebiasis, assumable, blastemas, embarrass, embassage, lambastes.

 

+3 letters: abasements, abashments, ambuscades, amoebiases, amoebiasis, assemblage, embassages, frambesias, impassable, steamboats.

 

+4 letters: ambisexuals, ambuscaders, ameloblasts, amiableness, assemblages, assemblyman, assimilable, bandmasters, compassable, embarrassed, embarrasses, masturbates, misbalances, stablemates, submanagers.

 

+5 letters: ambassadress, amicableness, amphisbaenas, assemblagist, damnableness, disembarrass, embarrassing, megaloblasts, melanoblasts, reassemblage, semiabstract.

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

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Alternative Orthography: AMBES-AS


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

41 4D 42 45 53 2D 41 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001101 01000010 01000101 01010011 00101101 01000001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#77 &#66 &#69 &#83 &#45 &#65 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004D 0042 0045 0053 002D 0041 0053

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

3547363953153553

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


  

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