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Date "BARBASON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Barbason A fiend mentioned by Shakespeare in the Merry Wives of Windsor, ii. 2, and in Henry V, ii. 1. "Amaimon sounds well, Lucifer well, Barbason well; yet they are ... the names of fiends." - Merry Wives. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-n-o-r-s" | |
-2 letters: absorb, barons, nabobs. | |
-3 letters: abbas, anoas, arson, babas, barbs, barns, baron, boars, boras, brans, nabob, roans, sabra, saran, sonar. | |
-4 letters: abas, abba, abos, anas, anoa, ansa, arbs, baas, baba, bans, barb, barn, bars, boar, boas, bobs, bora, born, bran, bras, bros, nabs, naos, nobs, oars, orbs, osar, roan, robs, snob, soar, sora, sorb. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-n-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: absorbant. | |
+2 letters: absorbance, absorbancy, absorbants. | |
+3 letters: absorbances. | |
+4 letters: absorbancies, bicarbonates. | |
+5 letters: abbreviations, barbarousness, nonabsorbable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 52 42 41 53 4F 4E |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-. -... .- ... --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01010010 01000010 01000001 01010011 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A R B A S O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0052 0042 0041 0053 004F 004E |
| 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)3635523635534948 |
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