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Definition: CORANACH |
CORANACHNoun1. A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. |
Etymology: Coranach \Cor"a*nach\, noun. [from Gaelic expression coranach, or corranach, crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), dirge; comh with ranaich roaring, ran to roar, shriek.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Coranach or CORONACH. Lamentation for the dead, as anciently practised in Ireland and Celtic Scotland. (Gaelic, comh rànaich, crying together.) Pennant says it was called by the Irish hululoo. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "CORANACH" (pronounced 'Cor"a*nach'): Pennach. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-h-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: caroach. | |
-2 letters: anarch, anchor, archon, cancha, caroch, choana, concha, cranch, rancho. | |
-3 letters: acorn, cacao, coach, conch, nacho, narco, orach, racon, ranch, roach. | |
-4 letters: anoa, arch, arco, caca, carn, chao, char, chon, coca, corn, croc, haar, hoar, hora, horn, narc, orca, roan. | |
-5 letters: aah, aha, ana, arc, can, car, con, cor, hao, hon, nah, noh, nor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-h-n-o-r" | |
+2 letters: anachronic, archdeacon, cochairman. | |
+3 letters: archdeacons, chancroidal, charcoaling, monarchical. | |
+4 letters: archdeaconry, archdiocesan, cochairwoman, noncharacter, panchromatic. | |
+5 letters: aeromechanics, anachronistic, archidiaconal, chondrocrania, intrathoracic, monarchically, noncharacters, oceanographic, transthoracic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 52 41 4E 41 43 48 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .-. .- -. .- -.-. .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01010010 01000001 01001110 01000001 01000011 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O R A N A C H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 0052 0041 004E 0041 0043 0048 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3749523548353742 |
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