B. C.

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B. C.

Specialty Definition: B. C.

Domain	Definition
Literature	B. C. Marked with B.C. (bad character). When a soldier disgraced himself by insubordination he was formerly marked with "B. C." before he was drummed out of the regiment. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: B. C.

English words defined with "B. C.": Appian Way, Asmonean ♦ Gnomic Poets ♦ Julian epoch, Julian period ♦ Maccabees, Milesian ♦ Sibylline books. (references)

Specialty definitions using "B. C.": ACHILLES ♦ CONFUCIUS, Crotona's Sage ♦ EUCLID ♦ FIG LEAF. (references)

Commercial Usage: B. C.

Domain	Title
Books	Anthropomorphic Representations in Prehistoric Cyprus: A Formal & Symbol Analysis of Figurines, C. 3500-1800 B. C. (reference) What happened to our right of way? : a report on the encroachment problem within B. C. Hydro's gas transmission rights of way (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: B. C.

Photo Album: B. C.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Entrance to Coghlan Anchorage. Finlayson Channel B. C. looking south from Carter Bay. In: Pacific Coast Pilot Alaska Part I 1883. P. 28. Library call number VK943 .N3 1883. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Anchorage Naas Bay. Salmon Cove Observatory Inlet, B. C. In: Pacific Coast Pilot Alaska Part I 1883. P. 58. Library call number VK943 .N3 1883. Credit: America's Coastlines.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Use in Literature: B. C.

Title	Author	Quote
Tangled Tale	Carroll, Lewis
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Alternative Orthography: B. C.

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

42 2E 43 2E

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

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

01000010 00101110 00100000 01000011 00101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#46 &#32 &#67 &#46

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 002E 0043 002E

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

361623716

INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album

5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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