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Definition: CURTANA |
CURTANANoun1. The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Curtana The sword of Edward the Confessor, which, having no point, was the emblem of mercy. The royal sword of England was so called to the reign of Henry III. "But when Curtana will not do the deed, You lay the pointless clergy-weapon by, And to the laws, your sword of justice, fly." Dryden: Hind and Panther, part ii. 419-21. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CURTANA |
| English words defined with "CURTANA": Curtein. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CURTANA": O'gier the Dane ♦ Sword-makers. (references) |
| Words rhyming with "CURTANA" (pronounced 'Cur*ta"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Echidna, Erythrina, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, HYENA, iguana, Krishna, lacuna, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna, Madonna. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-n-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: antra, carat, ratan, ruana. | |
-3 letters: acta, anta, aunt, aura, cant, carn, cart, curn, curt, narc, rant, runt, tarn, tuna, turn. | |
-4 letters: act, ana, ant, arc, art, can, car, cat, cur, cut, nut, ran, rat, run, rut, tan, tar, tau, tun, urn, uta. | |
-5 letters: aa, an, ar, at, na, nu, ta, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-n-r-t-u" | |
+2 letters: centaurea, sanctuary. | |
+3 letters: aeronautic, cautionary, centaureas, connatural, crustacean, inaccurate, pancratium, reacquaint, retinacula, surfactant, tentacular, ultraclean, undramatic. | |
+4 letters: aeronautics, anfractuous, annunciator, antinuclear, astronautic, calumniator, candidature, contractual, crustaceans, intraocular, manufactory, manufacture, matriculant, pancratiums, parachuting, paramountcy, puritanical, reacquaints, rectangular, sanctuaries, surfactants, transuranic, uncastrated, unpractical, untraceable. | |
+5 letters: accurateness, aeronautical, agranulocyte, annunciators, annunciatory, anticultural, appurtenance, articulating, articulation, astronautics, avuncularity, backcourtman, calumniators, candidatures, cantankerous, caricaturing, caterwauling, clairaudient, confabulator, congratulate, connaturally, constabulary, contrapuntal, cosurfactant, curarization, extranuclear, hallucinator, inaccurately, inarticulacy, inarticulate, manufactured, manufacturer, manufactures, matriculants, naturalistic, naturopathic, reacquainted, subantarctic, sugarcoating, tabernacular, transductant, transhumance, transuranics, unattractive, uncalibrated, uncapturable, uncharitable, uncharitably. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 55 52 54 41 4E 41 |
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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 01010101 01010010 01010100 01000001 01001110 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C U R T A N A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0055 0052 0054 0041 004E 0041 |
| 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)37555254354835 |
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