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Date "CREATURE-COMFORTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Creature-comforts Food and other things necessary for the comfort of the body. Man being supposed to consist of body and soul, the body is the creature, but the soul is the "vital spark of heavenly flame." "Mr. Squeers had been seeking in creature comforts [brandy and water] temporary forgetfulness of his unpleasant situation." - Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-f-m-o-o-r-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-5 letters: tetramerous. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 52 45 41 54 55 52 45 2D 43 4F 4D 46 4F 52 54 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01010010 01000101 01000001 01010100 01010101 01010010 01000101 00101101 01000011 01001111 01001101 01000110 01001111 01010010 01010100 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C R E A T U R E - C O M F O R T S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0052 0045 0041 0054 0055 0052 0045 002D 0043 004F 004D 0046 004F 0052 0054 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3752393554555239153749474049525453 |
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