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FLORADORA

Specialty Definition: FLORADORA

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FLORADORA, an American chorus girl, who was some popular with the men. She appeared in all large cities with the best looking chorus that ever wore tights. F. created such a sensation that every living actress of note is willing to be classified as a former member of her company. Had a miserable cigar named after her. Ambition: Revival. Grave: New York City. Epitaph: There Were Not Many Like Flora. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: FLORADORA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-f-l-o-o-r-r"

-4 letters: aloof, ardor, dolor, drool, farad, flood, floor, flora, fordo, loofa, radar.

-5 letters: afar, alar, alfa, door, dorr, fado, fard, farl, faro, foal, fold, food, fool, fora, ford, lard, load, loaf, loof, lord, odor, orad, oral, ordo, orra, road, roar, rolf, rood, roof.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FLORADORA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4C 4F 52 41 44 4F 52 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001100 01001111 01010010 01000001 01000100 01001111 01010010 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#76 &#79 &#82 &#65 &#68 &#79 &#82 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004C 004F 0052 0041 0044 004F 0052 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

404649523538495235

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2. Orthography
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