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Definition: CLUNIAC |
CLUNIACNoun1. A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. -- Also used as a. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian; Gilbertine; Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CLUNIAC |
| English words defined with "CLUNIAC": Cluniacensian. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "CLUNIAC" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 84.62% of the time. "CLUNIAC" is used about 13 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 84.62% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.38% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Words rhyming with "CLUNIAC" (pronounced 'Clu"ni*ac'): Acardiac, Almanac, Ambrosiac, Anaphrodisiac, Andarac, Anglomaniac, Antaphrodisiac, Anthypochondriac, Antiaphrodisiac, Antihypochondriac, Armoniac, Arteriac, Bac, Bibliomaniac, bobac, Cadillac, Calambac, Carac, Celeriac, Cognac, Corinthiac, Cul-de-sac, FAC, Frontiniac, heliac, ipecac, KLEPTOMANIAC, lilac, mac, Metromaniac, Muntjac, Mustac, Ovisac, PAC, Pachacamac, Pelusiac, Poonac, Salmiac, Sangiac, Scoriac, Seed-lac, S'erac, Sifac, Simoniac, Sporosac, Stick-lac, Syriac, TAC, tendrac, tombac. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-l-n-u" | |
-1 letter: uncial. | |
-2 letters: aulic, linac, uncia. | |
-3 letters: anil, cain, caul, clan, laic, lain, luna, nail, ulan, ulna, unai, unci. | |
-4 letters: ail, ain, ani, can, lac, lin, nil. | |
-5 letters: ai, al, an, in, la, li, na, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-l-n-u" | |
+1 letter: duncical, vulcanic. | |
+2 letters: cacuminal, canicular, inculcate, uncynical. | |
+3 letters: accusingly, canaliculi, councilman, ecumenical, inculcated, inculcates, inculcator, uncalcined, uncritical. | |
+4 letters: anacoluthic, calculating, calculation, canalicular, canaliculus, circulating, circulation, circumlunar, conflictual, glauconitic, inculcating, inculcation, inculcators, macronuclei, noncircular, occultation, oecumenical, quincuncial, sacculation, subclinical, uncalcified, uncanonical, unclassical, uncynically, unpractical, untechnical, vulcanicity. | |
+5 letters: accumulating, accumulation, calculations, circularness, circulations, claudication, communicable, communicably, conductorial, conduplicate, conjunctival, councilmanic, councilwoman, counterclaim, ecumenically, flocculating, flocculation, granulocytic, inaccurately, inarticulacy, incalculable, incalculably, inculcations, malocclusion, nucleocapsid, occultations, occupational, radiolucency, reluctancies, sacculations, sansculottic, successional, unacclimated, uncirculated, uncoalescing, uncommercial, uncritically, unecological, uneconomical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4C 55 4E 49 41 43 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. ..- -. .. .- -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001100 01010101 01001110 01001001 01000001 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C L U N I A C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004C 0055 004E 0049 0041 0043 |
| 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)37465548433537 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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