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Definitions: DEMILUNE |
DEMILUNENoun1. A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands. 2. A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin. |
Etymology: Demilune \Dem"i*lune`\, noun. [French expression demi- lune.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: DEMILUNE |
| English words defined with "DEMILUNE": Ravelin. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
demilune table | 10 |
demilune | 10 |
chest demilune | 5 |
console demilune table | 2 |
demilune end table | 2 |
console demilune | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DEMILUNE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | hënëz (lunette), hëna e re. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | полумесец (half-moon, sickle moon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Heidenhains halvmaane (Heidenhain crescent, Heidenhain demilune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | halvemanen van Heidenhain (Heidenhain crescent, Heidenhain demilune), halvemanen van Gianuzzi (Heidenhain crescent, Heidenhain demilune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | formations en demi-lune de Heidenhain (Heidenhain demilune), formations en croissant de Heidenhain (Heidenhain demilune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Heidenhain Halbmonde (Heidenhain crescent, Heidenhain demilune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | háromszögû kiugró sánc (ravelin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lunule di HEIDENHAIN (Heidenhain crescent, Heidenhain demilune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lieh-lune, lieh-eayst (half moon, quarter of moon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emiluneday meia-lua (half note, menopause). (various references) равелин (half, ravelin), полумесяц (crescent, half-moon). (various references) polumesec (crescent moon, half-moon). (various references) semiluna. (various references) halvmåne (crescent, half-moon). (various references) yarım ay. (various references) равелін (ravelin), півмісяць (half-moon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "DEMILUNE": demilunes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-l-m-n-u" | |
-2 letters: delime, limned, milden. | |
-3 letters: denim, diene, edile, elemi, elide, elude, emend, endue, ileum, indue, limed, limen, lined, linum, lumen, mined, muled, neume, nudie, undee, unled. | |
-4 letters: deem, deil, dele, deli, deme, dene, deni, diel, dime, dine, duel, dune, eide, emeu, idem, idle, lend, leud, lied, lien, lieu, lime, limn, line, lude, lune, meed. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-l-m-n-u" | |
+1 letter: demilunes, relumined. | |
+2 letters: luminesced, unlimbered. | |
+3 letters: disseminule, endothelium, mendelevium, unblemished, unreclaimed. | |
+4 letters: disseminules, mendeleviums, unmyelinated. | |
+5 letters: melodiousness, mindfulnesses, multitalented, underwhelming, unembellished, unimplemented, unmetabolized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 4D 49 4C 55 4E 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . -- .. .-.. ..- -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01001101 01001001 01001100 01010101 01001110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E M I L U N E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 004D 0049 004C 0055 004E 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3839474346554839 |
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