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Definition: Assay |
AssayNoun1. An appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress". Verb1. Analyze (chemical substances). 2. Make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "assay" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Environment | A test for a specific chemical, microbe, or effect. (references) |
Health | Determination of the amount of a particular constituent of a mixture, or of the biological or pharmacological potency of a drug. (references) |
Literature | Assay or Essay. To take the assay is to taste wine to prove it is not poisoned. Hence, to try, to taste; a savour, trial, or sample. Holinshed says, "Wolsey made dukes and earls serve him of wine with a say taken" (p. 847). Edmund, in King Lear (v. 5), says to Edgar, "Thy tongue, some say of breeding breathes;" i.e. thy speech gives indication of good breeding - it savours of it. Hence the expression, I make my first assay (trial). "[He] makes vow before his uncle never more To give the assay of arms against your majesty." Shakespeare: Hamlet, ii. 2. A cup of assay. A cup for the assay of wine. To put it in assay. To put it to the test. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. To analyze the proportions of metals in an ore; to test an ore or mineral for composition, purity, weight, or other properties of commercial interest. Syn:crucible assayb. The test or analysis itself; its results. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AssaySynonyms: check (n), attempt (v), essay (v), seek (v), try (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Experiment | Verb: experiment; essay; (endeavor); try, try out, assay; make an experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to trial; experiment upon; rehearse; put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof; prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength; road-test, test drive, take for a spin; test fly. |
Crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix; assay, ordeal; ring; litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper; test tube; analytical instruments. | |
Measurement | Verb: measure, mete; determine, assay; evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on; appreciate; standardize. |
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 | Lab technicians use the Elisa assay test to screen for HIV-I antibodies. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Shown is a culture dish containing frozen breast tissue. A technician's hands and test instruments are visible as well. This is used for analysis in estrogen receptor assay test. Results suggest whether removal of ovaries or use of antiestrogen drugs are likely to be effective. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Anti-cancer drugs can now be tested on human cancer cell lines in vitro for cytotoxicity and effectiveness without the use of animals. In an assay color changes in the wells show what proportion of cultured cancer cells remain alive after they have been exposed to the test drug. The plates are read by computer, and results are automatically sent to a centralized computer where they are converted into graphic reports. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Test chemicals from all sources are prepared in a series of dilutions, and the assay procedures are carried out by the technical staff. Robots, as seen in the photo, are used to perform some of the more routine and highly repetitious chores. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | Abbott Laboratory's in vitro HTLV-III ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) diagnostic kit. |  | Stove in the Assay Office used to melt gold dust and nuggets. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mr. Kah smelting gold at the Assay Office. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Assay Office. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Abandoned United States Assay Office. Pony, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Separating gold ore samples at assay office. El Dorado Canyon, Nevada. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This assay is also available in some state health laboratories. (references) | |
Serologic evaluations are conducted by using the indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA). (references) | ||
Another test is the IgG subclass assay, which looks specifically for certain kinds of IgG antibody. (references) | ||
Trade | Ireland | The hallmarking is done by the Goldsmiths of Dublin, Assay House, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. (references) |
Spain | Metals: The Spanish Guarantee Bureau provides assay services and affixes its hallmark for all imported precious metals. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum. |
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| "Assay" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.47% of the time. "Assay" is used about 458 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.47% | 451 | 12,908 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.31% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.22% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 458 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "assay": assay balance ♦ assay mark ♦ assay master ♦ assay office ♦ assay pound ♦ assay ton ♦ bDNA assay ♦ Biological Assay ♦ branched DNA assay ♦ Branched DNA Signal Amplification Assay ♦ CEA assay ♦ chemical assay ♦ chemosensitivity assay ♦ Colony-Forming Units Assay ♦ Comet Assay ♦ Complement Hemolytic Activity Assay ♦ diagnostic assay ♦ Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ♦ fire assay ♦ gel retardation assay ♦ gel shift assay ♦ immunochemical assay ♦ Immunoradiometric Assay ♦ isotopic assay ♦ Local Lymph Node Assay ♦ oligonucleotide ligation assay ♦ Plaque Assay ♦ Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay ♦ Radioligand Assay ♦ six point assay ♦ Subrenal Capsule Assay ♦ Tumor Stem Cell Assay. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "assay": assay-mark. | |
Ending with "assay": intra-assay. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "assay"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | analizoj (analyse, analyze, break down, dissect, sift, survey, take stock, test), analizë (analysis, dissection, survey, test), testoj (prove), shqyrtoj (analyse, analyze, bolt, call, canvass, case, check, check over, debate, discuss, explore, inspect, investigate, look into, look over, look through, moot, peruse, process, scrutinize, see, see into, study, talk over, think out, traverse, vet, view), shqyrtim (analysis, canvass, check, checkup, collation, debate, deliberation, discussion, hearing, investigation, probe, processing, scan, scrutiny, study, survey), provoj (attest, demonstrate, deprive, essay, establish, experience, fit on, make good, manifest, presume, pretend, prove, sample, savor, savour, show, substantiate, suffer, taste, test, try, try on, try out, validate, venture, witness), provë (audition, averment, demonstration, evidence, experiment, fact, fitting, flier, prill, probation, prolusion, proof, reasoning, rehearsal, run through, rush, school, seal, sign, substantiation, taste, tasting, test, touch, trial, try, try on, try out, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فحص نقاوة المعدن, فحص (calibrate, check, check up, checking, control, examination, examine, exploration, explore, inquire about, inquire into, inspect, inspection, investigate, investigation, look into, overhaul, probe, quiz, scrutinize, search, search for, search into, searching, see, sound, survey, test, vet, view), محاولة (attempt, bid, effort, endeavor, endeavour, essay, fling, go, shot, trial, try, whirl), تجربة (attempt, experience, experiment, go, proof, shot, test, trial, try, whirl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | анализ (analysis, analytics, anatomy, dissection, test), проба (attempt, audition, experiment, hallmark, proof, sample, taste, tentative, test, trial, try, try on, try out), правя анализ (analyse, analyze, sample), изпитване на метали, изпитвам (condition, essay, examine, experience, feel, proof, prove, question, quiz, sample, see, test, try, undergo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 試金 , 分析"试 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zkouška ryzosti, zkoušet (debug, examine, fit, question, rehearse, study, test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | assay. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | assay. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | محک زدن (Test), مزمزه (Gust, Sip), چشیدن (Gust, Palate, Sip, Taste), کوشش کردن (Attempt, Bend, Labor, Peg, Strive, Struggle, Try), کوشش (Attempt, Bustle, Effort, Endeavor, Fist, Labor, Muss, Scramble, Strain, Stretch, Trial, Try, Tug), تحقیق کردن (Inquire, Interrogate, Investigate, Question, Verify), سنجیدن (Counterweight, Deliberate, Essay, Evaluate, Measure, Meter, Ponder, Try, Weigh), سنجش (Comparison, Evaluation, Ponder), سعی (Effort, Endeavor, Put), عیارگری , عیارگرفتن , طعم ومزه چشی , امتحان (Examination, Experiment, Quiz, Shibboleth, Temptation, Trial, Try), ازمایش (Examination, Experience, Experiment, Shy, Temptation, Test, Trial, Try, Tryout), بازجوءی کردن (Examine, Inquire, Interrogate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vertailumääritys (control assay), tarkastuslaitoksen leima (assay stamp, assayer's stamp), palamiskoe (fire assay), kapelliuuni (assay furnace), Grayn-Kingin koe (Gray-King Assay), Gray-King-koe (Gray-King Assay), Farr-menetelmä (Farr assay), branched-DNA assay (bDNA assay, branched DNA, branched DNA assay), bDNA (bDNA assay, branched DNA, branched DNA assay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tenter, essayer, essai, dosage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Untersuchung (check, checkup, enquiry, examination, exploration, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, investigation, probe, probing, prosecution, research, scrutiny, sounding, study, survey, test, trial, verification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δοκιμάζω (attempt, essay, feel out, prove, sample, taste, test, try, try on, try out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vizsgálás (examination), elemzési minta, vizsgálat (disquisition, enquiry, exam, examen, examination, inquest, inquiry, insp., inspection, investigation, quest, research, search, test, trial), próba (experiment, hallmark, pilot, probation, probe, proof, rehearsal, test, trial, try, try on, try out), meghatározás (definition, designation, determination, determining), elemzés (analysis, assaying, dissection, interpretation, rationale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penguji (probe), menguji (test, verify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | assaggiare (check, sample, scrutinize, taste, try), saggio (bright, clever, cleverly, graybeard, greybeard, paper, politic, sagacious, sage, sample, sapient, specimen, taste, test, well advised, wise, wise man), saggiare (test, try out), misura, analisi, valutazione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 試"法 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しけ"ほう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 분석실험. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | prowallys (probation, proof, try on), prowal (demonstrate, demonstration, depose, deposition, establishment, fit on, proof, prove, proving, test, trial, trial attempt, try, try on, try out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | assayay ensaio (audition, essay, experiment, rehearsal, test, testing, thesis, trial). (various references) analiza (analyse, analyze, anatomize, canvass, consider, decompose, dissect, examine, parse, review, test), testa (attempt, bequeath, devise, leave, test, try), test (test), probã (alloy, argument, attempt, audition, check up, control, event, examination, exemplar, go, instance, pattern, probation, proof, sample, specimen, test, trial, try, verification, witness), încerca (aim, attempt, bother, endeavor, endeavour, essay, experience, fit on, make, offer, sample, taste, tempt, test, try, undergo, undertake). (various references) опробовать, проба металлов (hallmark), проба (analysis, audition, essay, plate-mark, prill, probe, proof, purity, reaction, sample, sampling, specimen, standard, tasting, test, try out, tryout, try-out), испытывать (be effected by, essay, experience, give it a try, have, try, try out, try over, undergo), испытание (dry run, experience, experiment, noviciate, novitiate, probation, proof, test, touch, trial, try). (various references) testirati (test, validate), test (test), proba (audition, demonstration, essay, probe, rehearsal, sample, scantling, shakedown, test, trial), pokušati (attempt, essay, give it a try, have a go, tempt, try), pokušaj (attempt, bid, essay, stab, try), ogled (essay, experiment, temptation, trier), ispitati (enquire into, examine, investigate, look into, search, sift, test). (various references) ensayar (essay, rehearse, test, touch, try, try out, try over, walk through). (various references) analysera (analyse, analyze, construe, dissect), analys (analasis, analysis, dissection), prövning (affliction, endurance, examination, probation, test, trial), pröva (essay, examine, sample, test, try, verify), eklut. (various references) สารที่ใช้วิเคราะห์, การท"สอบ (check, test), การวิเคราะห์ทางเคมี, วิเคราะห์ (study). (various references) ayarlamak (adjust, arrange, budget, calibrate, collimate, draw up, fix up, gear, justify, lay on, measure, proportion, regularize, regulate, reset, scale, set, Square, standardize, syntonize, time, tone, trim, tune), ayarını belirlemek, ayar belirleme (gauging), tahlil (analysis, dissection, test), kalkışmak (attempt, dare, embark, engage in, essay, have a stab at, set off), denemek (attempt, chance, condition, essay, experience, experiment, give it a shot, give it a try, have a go, have a go at, have a shy at, have a stab at, have a try, prove, put, put to the touch, sample, take a chance, take a whack at, test, try, try on, try out), deneme (bash, crack, dissertation, effort, essay, experiment, experimentation, fling, go, pilot, practice, probation, proof, proving, shakedown, shot, study, tentative, test, testing, touch, trial, try, try out, whack, workout), değerli maden içermek. (various references) спроба (attempt, essay, go, nisus, offer, overture, shot, slap, tentative, try, whack), випробування (approof, check out, examination, novitiate, probation, proof, sampling, tasting, test, testing, trial, try), намагатися (attempt, essay, exert oneself, make shift, offer, seek, try), зразок (archetype, cast, example, exemplar, exponent, model, nonesuch, norm, number, paragon, pattern, sample, sampler, specimen, swatch), проводити аналіз, пробувати (attempt, nibble, offer, prove, sample, sip, try), проба металів (purity), перевірка (absence, approof, audit, check, checkup, proof, review, revise, verification). (various references) sự xét nghiệm, sự thử (experiment, experimentalise, experimentalize, experimentation, tentative, touch, try, try-out), sự thí nghiệm (experimentation). (various references) profi (approve, experience, prove, taste, try), prawf (probation, proof, trial), cynnig (apply, attempt, bid, motion, move, offer, propose), ceisio (ask, attempt, buy, endeavor, fetch, get, seek, try). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | essai. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 4, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh pollakiV soi lelalhtai en kopw iscun de rhmatwn sou tiV upoisei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si coeperimus loqui tibi forsitan moleste accipias sed conceptum sermonem tenere quis possit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If wee begynne to speke to thee, perauenture greuously thou shalt taken; but the conceiuede woord who shal moun holde? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | If we essay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can refrain from speaking? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind? |
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| Language | Job Chapter 4, Verse 2 |
| Albanian | "A do të të bezdiste ndokush në rast se do të provonte të të fliste? Por kush mund t'i ndalë fjalët? |
| Cebuano | Kong may mosulay sa pagpakigsulti kanimo, maguol ba ikaw? Apan kinsa ang makapugong sa iyang kaugalingon sa pagsulti? |
| Croatian | "Možeš li podnijeti da ti progovorim? Ali tko se može uzdržat' od rijeèi! |
| Danish | Ærgrer det dig, om man taler til dig? Men hvem kan her være tavs? |
| Dutch | Zo wij een woord opnemen tegen u, zult gij verdrietig zijn? Nochtans wie zal zich van woorden kunnen onthouden? |
| Finnish | "Ethän pane pahaksesi, jos sinulle puhutaan? Kuka voi vaitikaan olla? |
| French | Si nous osons ouvrir la bouche, en seras-tu peiné? Mais qui pourrait garder le silence? |
| German | Du hast's vielleicht nicht gern, so man versucht, mit dir zu reden; aber wer kann sich's enthalten? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau kiranya kami coba berkata-kata kepadamu, maka engkau akan berdukacita pula, tetapi siapa gerangan dapat menahan akan dirinya dari pada berkata-kata? |
| Maori | Ki te anga matou ki te korero ki a koe, e pouri ranei koe? otira e taea e wai te pehi te kupu? |
| Norwegian | Om en prøvde å tale et ord til dig, vilde du da ta det ille op? Men hvem kan vel holde sine ord tilbake? |
| Portuguese | Se alguém intentar falar-te, enfadarte-ás? Mas quem poderá conter as palavras? |
| Rumanian | ,,Dacq vom kndrqzni sq-yi vorbim, te vei supqra? Dar cine ar putea sq tacq? |
| Spanish | --Si alguien intentara hablarte, ¿te impacientarías? Pero, ¿quién podrá reprimir las palabras? |
| Swedish | Misstycker du, om man dristar tala till dig? Vem kan hålla tillbaka sina ord? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "assay": assayed, assayer, assayers, assaying, assays. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "assay": bioassay, immunoassay, misassay, radioimmunoassay. (additional references) | |
Words containing "assay": bioassayed, bioassaying, bioassays, immunoassayable, immunoassays, misassayed, misassaying, misassays, radioimmunoassayable, radioimmunoassays. (additional references) | |
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"Assay" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Absey, Aksoy, ansary, Aqsa, arsey, Asaf, asah, asai, asal, asar, Asas, Asby, Ashai, Aslaby, asma, asmalyk, asmy, Asnah, asoi, Asosa, asoy, asoya, assa, Assaad, assad, Assaf, assain, Assal, assan, assap, assas, Assaye, asse, assem, assey, assi, assid, Assir, assisy, Assman, asso, assob, assuie, assy, Asva, asway, awsa, azza, Bassai, bassary, Hasbaya, Issaf, Issah, Issy, jassar, kassa, Kaszuby, Massai, pasay, passay, saday, Sassay. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "assay" (pronounced a"sē) |
| 3 | a" s ē | Bassi, brassy, chassis, classy, glassy, grassy, lassie, sassy. |
| 2 | -s ē | absorbency, accountancy, accuracy, adequacy, advocacy, agency, antsy, apoplexy, Argosy, aristocracy, artsy, ascendancy, ascendency, autocracy, autopsy, bankruptcy, biopsy, bitsy, bossy, bouncy, boxy, buoyancy, bureaucracy, candidacy, celibacy, chancy, chintzy, clemency, cogency, competency, complacency, confederacy, Conservancy, consistency, conspiracy, constancy, constituency, consultancy, contingency, controversy, counterinsurgency, courtesy, Creasy, currency, cutesy, decency, deficiency, degeneracy, delicacy, delinquency, democracy, dependency, despondency, deviancy, Dicey, diplomacy, discrepancy, ditsy, dormancy, doxie, doxy, dressy, dropsy, ecstasy, efficacy, efficiency, embassy, emergency, epilepsy, epoxy, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fallacy, fancy, fantasy, fiancee, fleecy, Flossie, fluency, folksy, foxy, frequency, fussy, galaxy, Geodesy, glitzy, glossy, Goosey, Gramercy, greasy, Gussie, gussy, gypsy, heresy, hesitancy, heterodoxy, horsey, hussy, hydroxy, hypocrisy, icy, idiocy, illegitimacy, illiteracy, immediacy, immunodeficiency, inaccuracy, inadequacy, incompetency, inconsistency, inconstancy, incumbency, indecency, inefficiency, infancy, infrequency, insolvency, insurgency, interagency, intimacy, intricacy, irrelevancy, jealousy, Jesse, juicy, Kersey, lacey, lacy, latency, legacy, legitimacy, leniency, leprosy, literacy, lunacy, malignancy, Marchesi, maxi, mercy, meritocracy, messy, militancy, mincy, missy, Moxie, Nancy, narcolepsy, nazi. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: says. | |
-2 letters: aas, ass, ays, say. | |
-3 letters: aa, as, ay, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: assays, sashay, satays. | |
+2 letters: abyssal, assayed, assayer, sashays, sassaby, seaways, yasmaks. | |
+3 letters: amylases, analyses, analysis, analysts, apostasy, apyrases, ashtrays, assayers, assaying, awayness, bioassay, daystars, gainsays, hearsays, misassay, passably, raygrass, sabayons, sannyasi, sashayed, staysail, washdays, yashmacs, yashmaks. | |
+4 letters: accessary, aisleways, analysers, asphyxias, assumably, asynapses, asynapsis, backstays, bioassays, calisayas, cassowary, castaways, catalyses, catalysis, catalysts, causeways, disarrays, dyscrasia, dysphasia, dysplasia, dystaxias, haystacks, headstays, jackstays, janissary, leastways, mainstays, misassays, naysayers, paduasoys, paralyses, paralysis, saleslady, sannyasin, sannyasis, sashaying, sayonaras, slantways, speakeasy, stairways, staysails, stowaways, swaybacks, syntagmas, upsadaisy, wasteways, yeasayers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 73 61 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... ... .- -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110011 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s s a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0073 0061 0079 |
| 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)3585856791 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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