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Literature | Croquemitaine [croak-mit-tain ], the bogie raised by fear. The romance so called, in three parts. The first relates the bloody tournament at Fransac, between the champions of the Moorish King Marsillus and the paladins of Charlemagne. The second is the Siege of Saragossa by Charlemagne. The third is the allegory of Fear-Fortress. The epilogue is the disaster at Roncesvallës. The author is M. l'Epine. There is an English version by Tom Hood, illustrated by Gustave Doré (1867). (See Fear-Fortress, Mitaine, etc.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: CROQUEMITAINE |
| Specialty definitions using "CROQUEMITAINE": Fear Fortress ♦ Ganelon ♦ Montrognon ♦ Roland ♦ Salsabil. (references) |
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| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-m-n-o-q-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: acquirement. | |
-3 letters: auctioneer. | |
-4 letters: anticrime, cremation, criminate, manticore, miniature, mortician, mucronate, quercetin. | |
-5 letters: aconitum, actinium, aequorin, amniotic, anoretic, antimere, antiquer, anuretic, carotene, ceinture, centiare, coequate, coinmate, cotquean, coumarin, courante, creatine, creation, critique, enuretic, equation, erection, eremitic, increate, inertiae, intercom, iterance, maieutic, manicure, meteoric, minutiae, morainic, muricate, mutineer, neoteric, neumatic, neuritic, neurotic, numerate, outrance, quainter. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 52 4F 51 55 45 4D 49 54 41 49 4E 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-. --- --.- ..- . -- .. - .- .. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01010010 01001111 01010001 01010101 01000101 01001101 01001001 01010100 01000001 01001001 01001110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C R O Q U E M I T A I N E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0052 004F 0051 0055 0045 004D 0049 0054 0041 0049 004E 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37524951553947435435434839 |
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