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FEAL

Definition: FEAL

FEAL

Adjective

1. Faithful; loyal.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "FEAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Etymology: Feal \Fe"al\, adjective. [Old French expression feal, feel, feeil, fedeil, French fid[`e]le, from Latin expression fidelis faithful, from fides faith. See Faith.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: FEAL

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

FEAL

EnglishFast Data Encipherment AlgorithmComputer - (DES, cryptography)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FEAL

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

feal

5

br com feal

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: FEAL

Language Translations for "FEAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

snel encryptiealgoritme (fast encryption algorithm). (various references)

   

French

  

algorithme de chiffrement rapide. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αλγόριθμος ταχείας κρυπτοθέτησης (fast encryption algorithm). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

biaya (cost, expense, fee, outlay, tariff). (various references)

   

Italian

  

algoritmo di cifratura rapida (fast encryption algorithm). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ealfay

   

Spanish

  

algoritmo de cifrado rápido (fast encryption algorithm). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: FEAL

Derivations

Words beginning with "FEAL": fealties, fealty. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "FEAL"

Words rhyming with "FEAL" (pronounced 'Fe"al'): Abyssal, Accrual, Accusal, Actinozoal, Adjournal, Albuminoidal, Amenorrhoeal, Anomal, Anthropoidal, Apogeal, Apohyal, Appraisal, Apprizal, Approval, Arachnoidal, Arctogeal, Arousal, Arrival, Asteroidal, Avowal, Axal, Balmoral, Banal, Basihyal, Beheadal, Bequeathal, Bestowal, Betrayal, Betrothal, Botryoid, Botryoidal, Burghal, Carousal, Catarrhal, Cemental, Ceratohyal, Choroidal, Cital, Coastal, Cockal, Colloidal, Comprisal, Conchoidal, Conoidal, Convival, CORAL, Coralloidal, Cordal, Cotidal, Crinoidal. (additional references)

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Anagrams: FEAL

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: alef, flea, leaf.

Words within the letters "a-e-f-l"

-1 letter: ale, elf, lea.

-2 letters: ae, al, ef, el, fa, la.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-f-l"
 

+1 letter: alefs, fable, false, farle, fecal, fella, feral, fetal, flake, flame, flare, fleam, fleas, leafs, leafy.

 

+2 letters: afield, aflame, baffle, befall, beflag, beflea, behalf, deafly, deflea, earful, fabled, fabler, fables, facile, faecal, failed, faille, falces, fallen, faller, falser, falsie, falter, fardel, farfel, farles, favela, fealty, featly, fecial, fecula, fellah, fellas, female, ferial, ferula, festal, fetial, feudal, finale, flaked, flaker, flakes, flakey, flambe, flamed, flamen, flamer, flames, flanes, flange, flared, flares, flawed, flaxen, flaxes, flayed, flayer, fleams, florae, foaled, foetal, folate, foveal, leafed, loafed, loafer, malfed, raffle, refall, safely, waeful, waffle.

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

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Alternative Orthography: FEAL


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

46 45 41 4C

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

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

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-.    .    .-    .-..

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

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

01000110 01000101 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#69 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0045 0041 004C

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

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

40393546

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Abbreviations
5. Acronyms
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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