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Definitions: Handwriting |
HandwritingNoun1. Something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible". 2. The activity of writing by hand: "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "handwriting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | Handwriting (Col. 2:14). The "blotting out the handwriting" is the removal by the grace of the gospel of the condemnation of the law which we had broken. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: HandwritingSynonyms: hand (n), script (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Warning | Handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag, yellow flag; fog-signal, foghorn; siren; monitor, warning voice, Cassandra, signs of the times, Mother Cary's chickens, stormy petrel, bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch. |
Writing | Copy; transcript, rescript; rough copy, fair copy; handwriting; signature, sign manual; autograph, monograph, holograph; hand, fist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Handwriting |
| English words defined with "handwriting": agree, autographic, Autographical, Autography ♦ backhand, Belshazzar, bibliotics ♦ cacography, calligraphy, check, Chirography, copperplate, correspond, cursive, Cursive hand ♦ fit ♦ gibe, graphologist, Graphology ♦ handwriting expert, holographic ♦ illegibility, illegible, inscribed, Isography, italic ♦ jibe ♦ left-slanting, legibility, legible, longhand ♦ match ♦ Onomastic ♦ penmanship, Plastography, Polyautography ♦ readability, running hand ♦ scratch, scrawl, scrawler, scribble, scribbler, scrivened, signature ♦ tally, test paper, The handwriting on the wall ♦ Under the hand of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "handwriting": Apple Newton ♦ BELSHAZZAR ♦ calligraphic type, crime laboratory analyst ♦ Handwriting on the Wall, handwriting recognizer, holograph will, holographic will ♦ Junius ♦ optical character recognition ♦ pencil and paper, police chemis ♦ with paper recogniser. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Your handwriting. My husband. (The English Patient; writing credit: Anthony Minghella) You take the final exams and the evaluations, you see whose handwriting matches, and boom! (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) My handwriting is so bad I sometimes think I should've been a doctor. (Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm; writing credit: Larry Cohen; Stanley Ralph Ross) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if you can type 70 words a minute but can't read your own handwriting. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Handwriting in the Sky (1917) | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | The varieties of handwriting were farther talked of, and the usual observations made. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is one of the papers in his own handwriting, which he has left behind him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Some may even display changes in handwriting. (references) | |
They may notice that they speak too softly or that their handwriting looks cramped and spidery. (references) | ||
Task-specific tremor appears when performing goal-oriented tasks such as handwriting, speaking, or standing. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Korea | However, when an anonymous petition or complaint about state administration is submitted, the Ministries of State Security and Public Safety seek to identify the author through handwriting analysis. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Handwriting" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Handwriting" is used about 596 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 596 | 10,698 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "handwriting": handwriting expert ♦ handwriting recognizer ♦ illegible handwriting ♦ italian handwriting ♦ specimen of smb.'s handwriting ♦ spidery handwriting ♦ sprawling handwriting ♦ The handwriting on the wall. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
handwriting | 447 |
handwriting font | 187 |
handwriting without tears | 140 |
cursive handwriting | 105 |
handwriting worksheets | 84 |
lucida handwriting | 54 |
handwriting recognition | 43 |
handwriting practice | 43 |
improve handwriting | 38 |
d nealian handwriting | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "handwriting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shkrim dore (fist), lloj shkrimi. (various references) | |
Arabic | كتابة (hand, inscription, lettering, script, writing), مخطوطة (copy, cursive, roll, script), خط (band, bar, calligraphy, hand, line, streak, stria, stripe, trace, writing). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ръкопис (copy, manuscript, script, scripture), почерк (character, hand, pencraft, penmanship, writing). (various references) | |
Chinese | 手写 (handwritten, longhand), 手寫 . (various references) | |
Czech | rukopis (copy, hand, manuscript, script), písmo (hand, writ, writing). (various references) | |
Danish | håndskrift. (various references) | |
Dutch | handschrift (manuscript, script, writing). (various references) | |
Farsi | خط (Character, Fascia, Groove, Hand, Penmanship, Ruck, Stoppage, Streak), دستخط (Hand, Longhand, Manuscript, Script). (various references) | |
Finnish | käsin kirjoittaminen. (various references) | |
French | manuscrit (handwritten), graphisme, écriture manuelle, écriture (hand writing). (various references) | |
German | handschrift (hand, hand writing, manuscript, script, trademark, writing). (various references) | |
Greek | γράψιμο (penmanship, writing), γραφικόσ χαρακτήρασ (hand writing), χειρόγραφο (longhand, manuscript, script, typewritten manuscript). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כתב י" (script). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kézírás (hand, longhand, script, script writing, writing). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tulisan tangan (hand-writing, long hand). (various references) | |
Italian | scrittura (accounts, book entry, books, coding, contract, document, entry, parol, posting, scripture, scriptures, writing), manoscritto (handwritten, Manuscript, ms., typewritten manuscript), grafia (character, spelling, writing), calligrafia (calligraphy, fist, paw, penmanship, writing). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 筆蹟 (holograph), 筆跡 (holograph), 手蹟 (calligraphic specimen, holograph), 手跡 , 手筋 (apt move, aptitude, lines of the palm, standard method), 手書き (skilled penman), 書写 (copying, transcription), 墨痕 (ink marks), 墨付き (autograph, black seal). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すみつき (autograph, black seal), しゅせき (calligraphic specimen, chairman, chief, drinking party, first desk, governor, head, holograph, president, top seat), しょしゃ (copying, transcription), ひっせき (holograph), ぼっ"" (ink marks), てすじ (apt move, aptitude, lines of the palm, standard method), てがき (hand-drawn, skilled penman), てかき (skilled penman). (various references) | |
Korean | 필 . (various references) | |
Manx | lauescreeuee, laue scrieuee. (various references) | |
Norwegian | håndskrift. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andwritinghay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trabalho manual (handicraftsman, handkerchief, manual transmission), manuscrito (autograph, autographic, chirographic, manuscript, many, script, typewritten manuscript), letra (bill, bill of exchange, draft, letter, letter of exchange, lyric, lyrist, note, paw, text, writing), escrita (script, writing, written), caligrafia (calligraph, calligraphy, fist, flat of the hand, hand, paw, pendant, pennant, script, writing). (various references) | |
Romanian | scris de mânã (hand writing), caligrafie (calligraphy, pencraft, penmanship). (various references) | |
Russian | почерк (hand, longhand, penmanship, script, writing). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rukopis (manuscript, script). (various references) | |
Spanish | manuscrito (manuscript, scripture, typewritten manuscript), letra (epistle, hand, letter, script, words, writing), escritura (a b c, a.b.c., abc, cuneiform, deed, document, hand, indenture, instrument, script, scripture, writ, writing). (various references) | |
Swedish | handstil (fist, hand, penmanship, script). (various references) | |
Turkish | yazı yazma işi, el yazısı (character, cursive, fist, longhand, manuscript, running hand, script, writing). (various references) | |
Turkmen | poзerk (r), яazmaзa (cursive). (various references) | |
Ukranian | рукопис (copy, holography, manuscript, script, scripture), почерк (calligraphy, paw, penmanship, script, write, writing). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chữ viết tay. (various references) | |
Welsh | llawysgrifen. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | manibus, manu, manui, manum, manumque, manus, manus manus, manuum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Colossians Chapter 2, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | ExaleiyaV to kaq hmwn ceirografon toiV dogmasin o hn upenantion hmin kai auto hrken ek tou mesou proshlwsaV auto tw staurw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Delens quod adversum nos erat chirografum decretis quod erat contrarium nobis et ipsum tulit de medio adfigens illud cruci |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Foryyuynge to you alle giltis, doynge awei that writing of decre that was ayens vs, that was contrarie to vs; and he took awei that fro the myddil, pitchinge it on the cros; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And hath put out ye handwritinge yt was agaynst vs cotayned in ye lawe writte and that hath he take out of the waye and hath fastened it to his crosse |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Having put an end to the handwriting of the law which was against us, taking it out of the way by nailing it to his cross; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Colossians Chapter 2, Verse 14 |
| Bulgarian | (които всички се развалят от употреба), по човешки заповеди и учения? |
| Cebuano | sa napapas niya ang sulat nga nagbabag batok kanato pinaagi sa ipatuman niini; ug kini iyang gikuha sa atong agianan ug gilansang sa krus. |
| Chinese | 又 塗 抹 了 在 律 例 上 所 寫 、 " " 我 們 有 礙 於 我 們 的 字 " 、 把 他 ' 去 、 釘 在 十 字 架 上 ． |
| Croatian | izbrisao zadužnicu koja propisima bijaše protiv nas, protivila nam se. Nju on ukloni pribivši je na križ. |
| Danish | og udslettede det imod os rettede Gældsbrev med dets Befalinger, hvilket gik os imod, og han har taget det bort ved at nagle det til Korset; |
| Dutch | Uitgewist hebbende het handschrift, dat tegen ons was, in inzettingen bestaande, hetwelk, zeg ik, enigerwijze ons tegen was, en heeft datzelve uit het midden weggenomen, hetzelve aan het kruis genageld hebbende; |
| Finnish | ja pyyhki pois sen kirjoituksen säädöksineen, joka oli meitä vastaan ja oli meidän vastustajamme; sen hän otti meidän tieltämme pois ja naulitsi ristiin. |
| French | il a effacé l`acte dont les ordonnances nous condamnaient et qui subsistait contre nous, et il l`a détruit en le clouant la croix; |
| German | und ausgetilgt die Handschrift, so wider uns war, welche durch Satzungen entstand und uns entgegen war, und hat sie aus dem Mittel getan und an das Kreuz geheftet; |
| Haitian Creole | Li chire papye kote tou sa nou te dwe l' yo ekri a. Papye sa a te kondannen nou devan lalwa. Kris la detwi l' nèt lè li kloure l' sou kwa a. |
| Hungarian | Az által, hogy eltörölte a parancsolatokban ellenünk szóló kézírást, a mely ellenünkre volt nekünk, és azt eltette az útból, odaszegezvén azt a keresztfára; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | dan membatalkan surat hutang terhadap kita, yang mengancam kita dengan syarat-syarat yang berat. Dengan menyalibkan surat itu pada kayu salib, Allah menghapuskan semua dakwaan terhadap kita. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | serta dihapuskan-Nya surat utang dengan segala syaratnya yang menindih dan melawan kita, dan diambil-Nya dia daripada kita, lalu dipakukan-Nya kepada salib. |
| Italian | annullando il documento scritto del nostro debito, le cui condizioni ci erano sfavorevoli. Egli lo ha tolto di mezzo inchiodandolo alla croce; |
| Korean | 우 리 를 거 스 리 우 리 를 대 하 " 의 문 에 " 증 서 를 도 말 하 시 하 여 버 리 사 십 자 가 에 못 박 으 시 |
| Latvian | Viòð izdzçsa pret mums vçrsto likuma parâdrakstu, kas bija pret mums, un pieòçma to no mûsu vidus, pienaglodams krustâ. |
| Maori | Murua ake e ia nga tikanga i tuhituhia e te ringaringa, nga tikanga i hoariri ki a tatou, i tu ke mai i a tatou; tangohia ake e ia ki rahaki, he mea titi nana ki te ripeka; |
| Modern Greek | εξαλειψας το καθ' ημων χειρογραφον, συνισταμενον εις διαταγματα, το οποιον ητο εναντιον εις ημας, και αφηρεσεν αυτο εκ του μεσου, προσηλωσας αυτο επι του σταυρου· |
| Norwegian | og utslettet skyldbrevet mot oss, som var skrevet med bud, det som gikk oss imot, og det tok han bort idet han naglet det til korset. |
| Portuguese | e havendo riscado o escrito de dívida que havia contra nós nas suas ordenanças, o qual nos era contrário, removeu-o do meio de nós, cravando-o na cruz; |
| Rumanian | A wters zapisul cu poruncile lui, care stqtea kmpotriva noastrq wi ne era potrivnic, wi l -a nimicit, pironindu -l pe cruce. |
| Russian | ЙУФТЕ'ЙЧ ХЮЕОЙЕН 'ЩЧЫЕЕ П ОБУ ТХЛП ЙУБОЙЕ, ЛПФПТПЕ 'ЩМП ТПФЙЧ ОБУ, Й пО ЧЪСМ ЕЗП ПФ УТЕ"Щ Й ТЙЗЧПЪ"ЙМ ЛП ЛТЕУФХ; |
| Shuar | Tura Ashí ii tumashrin sumamtikramatin amia nuna japiruiti. Kristu Krúsnum jakamtai Ashí akupkamujai sumamtikramamun tsankurtampramiaji. |
| Spanish | Él anuló el acta que había contra nosotros, que por sus decretos nos era contraria, y la ha quitado de en medio al clavarla en su cruz. |
| Swahili | alifutilia mbali ile hati ya deni iliyokuwa inatukabili na masharti yake, na kuifuta kabisa kwa kuipigilia msalabani. |
| Swedish | Han har nämligen utplånat den handskrift som genom sina stadgar anklagade oss och låg oss i vägen; den har han skaffat undan genom att nagla den fast vid korset. |
| Thai | พระองค์ทรงลบกรมธรรม์ในข้อบัญญัติต่างๆที่ต่อต้านเราอยู่ ซึ่งขั"ขวางเราและไ"้ทรงหยิบเอาไปเสียให้พ้น โ"ยทรงตรึงไว้ที่กางเขนของพระองค์ |
| Ukrainian | знищивши рукописання на нас, що наказами було проти нас, 'ін із середини взяв його та й прибив його на хресті, |
| Uma | Ane kakono-na, masala' omea-ta pai' natao rahuku' pai' -ta ragaa' ngkai Alata'ala, apa' mpotiboki-ta atura-na. Tapi' ngkai kamate-na Yesus hi kaju parika', Alata'ala mpopori hawe'ea petiboki-ta, pai' nabahaka-tamo ngkai atura to tatiboki toe, alaa-na uma-tapa oko rahuku'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "handwriting": handwritings. (additional references) | |
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"Handwriting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: handwritting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "handwriting" (pronounced ha"ndrī'ting) |
| 5 | -r ī' t i ng | skywriting, songwriting, Typewriting. |
| 4 | -ī' t i ng | backbiting, bullfighting, expediting, extraditing, firefighting, gunfighting, highlighting, infighting, moonlighting, spotlighting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-h-i-i-n-n-r-t-w" | |
-2 letters: rawhiding. | |
-3 letters: airthing, draining, handwrit, thrawing, training, wrathing, writhing. | |
-4 letters: airting, darning, darting, dawning, dawting, dinting, drawing, dwining, handing, hanting, hinting, indrawn, ingrain, raiding, raining, ranting, ringtaw, thawing, trading, trining, twining, wairing, waiting, wanting, warding, warning, whining, whiting, winding, withing, writing. | |
-5 letters: aiding, airing, anting, aright, awning, daring, dating, dawing, dining, gradin, gratin, hading, haring, hating, hawing, hiding, hiring, indign, inward, inwind, niding, nitrid, rating, riding, tahini, taring, tawing, thrawn, tiding, tining, tiring, wading, waning, waring, wining, wiring, within, witing, wraith, wright. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-h-i-i-n-n-r-t-w" | |
+1 letter: handwritings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6E 64 77 72 69 74 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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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)01001000 01100001 01101110 01100100 01110111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a n d w r i t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006E 0064 0077 0072 0069 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
| 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)4267807089847586758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Bible Trace 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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