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Harris

Definitions: Harris

Harris

Noun

1. United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878).

2. Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931).

3. British Marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984).

4. Publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Harris" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a home ruler".

Date "Harris" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Harris

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Harris Mrs. Harris. An hypothetical lady, to whom Sarah Gamp referred for the corroboration of all her statements, and the bank on which she might draw to any extent for self-praise. (Dickens: Martin Chuzzlewit.) (See Brooks Of Sheffield.)
"Not Mrs. Harris in the immortal narrative was more quoted and more mythical." - Lord Lytton. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Specialty Definition: Harris

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Harris together with Lewis is an island of the Outer Hebrides within the Western Isles unitary council region (administrative centre Stornoway on Lewis).

In Gaelic Harris is Na Hearadh.

Towns and villages

Places of interest

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Harris."

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Synonyms: Harris

Synonyms: Benjamin Harris (n), Bomber Harris (n), Frank Harris (n), James Thomas Harris (n), Sir Arthur Travers Harris (n), Townsend Harris (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Harris

English words defined with "Harris": Benjamin Harris, Bomber HarrisFrank HarrisHarnessed moth, Harris TweedJames Thomas HarrisMary Harris JonesSecretary of Health and Human Services, Sir Arthur Travers HarrisTownsend Harris. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Harris": 12742, 18023058251345, 5503264645Brooks of SheffieldHarris process, Harris Semiconductor Ltd., Harris walkIngoldsbylyreMarlaisNoakesPortable Common LoopsQuinapalusScheme-to-C. (references)

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Modern Usage: Harris

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'm Dorothy Harris. (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

Alan Harris. (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

It's worth nothing, Harris. Whatever comes out of your mouth is a meaningless waste of breath. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Please, Miss Harris, I can't believe Uncle Alonzo would do things like that. (Herbie Rides Again; writing credit: Gordon Buford; Bill Walsh)

I swore when I went down that road with Xander Harris, I'd rather be dead than date a fixer-upper again. (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles)

Movie/TV Titles

The Rolf Harris Show (1967)

Harris Against the World (1964)

So This Is Harris! (1933)

Harris Training Tower (1900)

When Louis Met Keith Harris and Orville (2002)

Song Titles

MacArthur Park (performing artist: Richard Harris)

Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (performing artist: Rolf Harris)

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

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Commercial Usage: Harris

DomainTitle

References

  • Harris Bankcorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Harris Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Harris Scarfe Holdings Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Harris Steel Group Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Paul Harris Stores, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  

Periodicals

  • Harris Alabama Manufacturers Directory (reference)

  • Harris Directory Of West Virginia Businesses (reference)

  • Harris Georgia Manufacturers Directory (reference)

  • Harris Kentucky Directory Of Manufacturers (reference)

  • Harris Louisiana Manufacturers Directory (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Music

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

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Image Slideshow: Harris

Photos:
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Photo Album: Harris

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Rollin A. Harris.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Dredging operations on the EXPLORER Seattle to Norfolk trip 1960 marked renaissance of oceanography in C&GS Under direction of Dr. Harris B. Stewart.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Large open deck work areas are typical of Chesapeake Bay work boats. This one is operated by Harris Seafoods, Inc.Credit: Fisheries.

Dr. Harris B. Stewart, Chief Oceanographer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and chief scientist aboard the USC&GS Ship PIONEER during the International Indian Ocean Expedition, discussing bottom sampling while holding a large manganese nodule.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Dr. Francis P. Shepard, the "father of marine geology," discussing scientific findings of the International Indian Ocean Expedition on board the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER at a press conference in Colombo, Ceylon. Looking on were Dr. Robert Dietz, an early pioneer in plate tectonic theory, and Dr. Harris B. Stewart, Chief Oceanographer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

District Conservationist Rhonda Foster and Grasslands Specialist Ralph Harris evaluating an intensive grazing system that is utilizing a 3 week rotation of cattle grazing. The area on the right has been grazed for 3 weeks while the area on the left has r.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

DC Rhonda Foster and Grasslands management Specialist Ralph Harris disucss intensive grazing rotations at a farm in Benton County, Georgia. The producer grazes his cattle on a 3 week rotation.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Eddie Harris, Humphries County Agent with Herbert Allen on the Allen family farm near Silver City, MS.Credit: USDA.

Microbiologist Amy Charkowski and graduate student Abdulah Harris observe the display of a confocal microscope being used to examine an alfalfa sprout root that has been experimentally contaminated with Salmonella. The microbes show uup green or blue on the computer screen. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Entomologists Ernest J. Harris (left), who is with the Agricultural Research Service, and Renato C. Bautista, with the University of Hawaii, examine a papaya fruit trap with oriental fruit fly eggs parasitized by Biosteres arisanuswasps. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

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

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Familiar Quotations: Harris

AuthorQuotation

Joel Chandler Harris

Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.

Oscar Wilde

Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses -- once!

Sidney J. Harris

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.
The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.
Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.
If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, ''You Only Live Once.''
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Harris

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Ezzat S, Forster MJ, Berchtold P, Redelmeier DA, Boerlin V, Harris AG. Acgromegaly. (references)

Business

Microwave transmission equipment and power equipment are supplied together and are being provided by European, U.S. and Canadian companies led by Harris (US and Canada). (references)

Competitors within the painting and decorating sector are Earlex, which produces among other things powered decorating tools, L.G. Harris & Co. Ltd., Hamilton Acorn Ltd., and Robert J. Hall Ltd. from Northern Ireland. (references)

For example, TeleRoss bought multiplexers from NewBridge, and key systems and telephone sets from Norstar; Global One purchases routers from Cisco and PBXs from Harris; AKOS bought most of its equipment from Hughes Network Systems. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cameroon

On July 16, authorities arrested and detained Robert Harris Mindja Meka and Samuel Zang Des Joies, two journalists from "Le Devoir," a French-language opposition weekly, allegedly for publishing false information on high-ranking government officials. (references)

Economic History

Malaysia

This strategy has paid off for a number of U.S. firms, including Harris, FMC, Adtranz and Honeywell, which have supplied passenger trams, jet ways and information systems to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. (references)

Romania

Prominent investors include manufacturers in heavy industry and electronics - - Timken (bearings), Trinity Industries (freight cars), Solectron (computer and electronic components), Precision Castparts (gasfield exploration equipment), World Machinery Works (machine tools); engineering and design companies - - Washington Group International (engineering and design for the oil, chemical, energy, and industrial processes industries), Cambric Consulting (digital engineering), Search Corporation (road design); ICT companies -- IBM, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Harris, Lucent Technologies, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Oracle, Motorola, KPNQwest, Atomic TV, HBO; consumer goods companies -- Coca-Cola, Quadrant Amroq Beverages (Pepsi), McDonalds, Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Philip Morris, Procter and Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive; and banking and insurance companies -- Citibank, GE Capital, AIG. (references)

Trade

Kazakhstan

For further information on EBRD programs in Kazakhstan, contact: Gene Harris, U.S. Liaison Office, EBRD, One Exchange Square, London, EC2A, 2EH, United Kingdom; Tel: 44 (171)338-6609; Fax: 44 (171)338-6680. The EBRD resident representative is: Michael Davey, European Bank For Reconstruction and Development 10-A Abay St., corner of Furmanov, 8th floor, Almaty, Kazakhstan 480013, Tel: 7 (3272) 632-247, 631-576; Fax: 7 (327)-581-1424. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

LYRE, n. An ancient instrument of torture. The word is now used in a figurative sense to denote the poetic faculty, as in the following fiery lines of our great poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox: I sit astride Parnassus with my lyre, And pick with care the disobedient wire. That stupid shepherd lolling on his crook With deaf attention scarcely deigns to look. I bide my time, and it shall come at length, When, with a Titan's energy and strength, I'll grab a fistful of the strings, and O, The word shall suffer when I let them go! Farquharson Harris M

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Harris

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Johnny Cash

I do, I have a favorite. My favorite female artist is Emmylou Harris. My favorite male artist would be Dwight Yaokam.

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

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Usage Frequency: Harris

"Harris" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.92% of the time. "Harris" is used about 1,948 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)98.92%1,9274,441
Noun (plural)0.92%1882,615
Noun (singular)0.15%3202,518
                    Total100.00%1,948N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Harris

The following table summarizes the usage of "Harris" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
HarrisFirst name Male9,000730
HarrisLast name275,00015
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Harris

"Harris" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a home ruler".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Harris."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
HalMaleEnglishHarry
HarrietFemaleEnglishHarry
HarriettFemaleEnglishHarry
HarriettaFemaleEnglishHarry
HarrietteFemaleEnglishHarry
HarrisMaleEnglishHarry
HarrisonMaleEnglishHarry
HarryMaleEnglishHenry
HenryMaleEnglishN/A
ParryMaleWelshHarry
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Harris

CountryNameCountryName
Australia

Harris Scarfe Holdings Limited

Canada

Harris Steel Group Inc.

USA

Harris Bankcorp, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Harris


1. Harris, IA (city, FIPS 34635)
Location: 43.44764 N, 95.43292 W
Population (1990): 170 (84 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 51345
Country: USA


2. Harris, KS (city, FIPS 30250)
Location: 38.31938 N, 95.43848 W
Population (1990): 39 (21 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA


3. Harris, MN (city, FIPS 27278)
Location: 45.60287 N, 92.98914 W
Population (1990): 843 (299 housing units)
Area: 51.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 55032
Country: USA


4. Harris, MO (town, FIPS 30466)
Location: 40.30639 N, 93.35009 W
Population (1990): 102 (59 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 64645
Country: USA


5. Harris, NY
Zip Code(s): 12742
Country: USA

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Expression: Harris

Expressions using "Harris": Benjamin Harris bomber Harris Frank Harris Harris County Harris Hill Harris Semiconductor Ltd. harris tweed Harris walk James Thomas Harris Mary Harris Jones Sir Arthur Travers Harris Townsend Harris Young Harris. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Harris": harris-born, harris-leeming, harris-style, harris-type, Harris-warrick.

Ending with "Harris": Ullmann-harris.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Harris

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

harris county

1,354

harris bank

1,202

harris county appraisal district

1,028

harris naomie

852

harris

802

teeter harris

736

direct harris

607

harris county texas

454

richard harris

379

emmylou harris

345

clerk county harris

290

harris county appraisal

234

danielle harris

220

harris county child support

213

e lynn harris

213

harris county tax

177

ed harris

161

harris poll

150

krystal harris

137

katherine harris

132
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Modern Translations: Harris

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

Danish

  

Holt-Harris'agar (Holt Harris and Teague agar), Harris'syndrom (Harris syndrome), Harris'sutur (Harris suture), Harris'sonde (Harris sound), Harris-Ray-test (Harris and Ray test), Harris'operation (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation), HARRIS'LINIER (Harris lines), Harrisinstabilitet (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), Harris-Beaths syndrom (Harris-Beath syndrome), Harris-Archers overfoelsomhedstest (Harris-Archer ophthalmic sensibility test), Harris Whittaker pseudocholinesterase (Harris-Whittaker pseudocholinesterase), Harris tilfældige gang (Harris walk), prostatektomi a.m.Harris-Hryntschak (Harris-Hryntschak operation). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Harris-wandeling (Harris walk), Harrisinstabiliteit (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), ziekte van Harries (Harris syndrome), syndroom van Harries (Harris syndrome), operatie van Harris (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation, Harris-Hryntschak operation), naad van Harris (Harris suture), lijnen van Harris (Harris lines), eosine-methyleenblauw agar (Holt Harris and Teague agar), elektrostatische instabiliteit (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), agar van Holt-Harris (Holt Harris and Teague agar). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Harrisin kulku (Harris walk), sähköstaattinen epästabiilisuus (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability). (various references)

   

French

  

synostose tarsienne de Harris-Beath (Harris-Beath syndrome), syndrome de Harris (Harris syndrome), sympathectomie lombaire de Harris (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation), sonde duodéno-jéjunale de Harris (Harris sound), pseudo-cholinestérase de Harris-Whittaker (Harris-Whittaker pseudocholinesterase), prostatectomie de Harris-Hryntschak (Harris-Hryntschak operation), lignes de Harris (Harris lines), instabilité type Harris (Harris type instability), instabilité électrostatique (Harris type instability), gélose de Holt Harris (Holt Harris and Teague agar), cystectomie de Harris (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation), épreuve oculaire de Harris-Archer (Harris-Archer ophthalmic sensibility test), épreuve de Harris et Ray (Harris and Ray test). (various references)

   

German

  

Harris-Ray-Test (Harris and Ray test), Harris Linien (Harris lines), Harris Naht (Harris suture), Harris Sonde (Harris sound), Harris-Archer Augentest (Harris-Archer ophthalmic sensibility test), Harris-Beath-Syndrom (Harris-Beath syndrome), Harris-Hryntschak-Operation (Harris-Hryntschak operation), Harris-Operation (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation), Harris-Syndrom (Harris syndrome), Harris-Walk (Harris walk), Harris-Whittaker Pseudocholinesterase (Harris-Whittaker pseudocholinesterase), Holt Harris (Holt Harris and Teague agar), Hypoglykämiesyndrom (Harris syndrome), Harris-Instabilitaet (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), spontaner oder perniziöser Hyperinsulinismus (Harris syndrome), elektrostatische Instabilitaet (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), Irrfahrtmodell von Harris (Harris walk). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κυστεκτομή Harris (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation), ραφή Harris (Harris suture), σύνδρομο Harris-Beath (Harris-Beath syndrome), γραμμές του Harris (Harris lines), ηλεκτροστατική αστάθεια (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), εγχείρηση Harris-Hryntschak (Harris-Hryntschak operation), εγχείρηση Harris (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation), άγαρ Holt Harris (Holt Harris and Teague agar), αστάθεια του τύπου του Harris (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), αυτόματος υπερινσουλισμός (Harris syndrome), τυχαίος περίπατος του Harris (Harris walk), δωδεκαδακτυλονηστιδικός καθετήρας Harris (Harris sound), δοκιμασία οφθαλμικής ευαισθησίας Harris-Archer (Harris-Archer ophthalmic sensibility test), δοκιμασία Harris-Ray (Harris and Ray test), ψευδοχολινεστεράση Harris-Whittaker (Harris-Whittaker pseudocholinesterase). (various references)

   

Italian

  

passeggiata a caso di Harris (Harris walk), camino di Harris (Harris walk), cistectomia di Harris (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation), instabilit del tipo harris (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), instabilité elettrostatica (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), iperinsulinismo spontaneo o pernicioso (Harris syndrome), agar di HOLT HARRIS (Holt Harris and Teague agar), operazione di Harris (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation, Harris-Hryntschak operation), test oculare di Harris-Archer (Harris-Archer ophthalmic sensibility test), prova di Harris-Ray (Harris and Ray test), pseudocolinesterasi di Harris-Whittaker (Harris-Whittaker pseudocholinesterase), sindrome di Harris (Harris syndrome), sindrome di Harris-Beath (Harris-Beath syndrome), sonda di Harris (Harris sound), sutura di Harris (Harris suture), linee di Harris (Harris lines). (various references)

   

Manx

  

Ny Harrey. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arrishay

   

Portuguese

  

prostatectomia de Harris-Hryntschak (Harris-Hryntschak operation), gelose de Holt Harris (Holt Harris and Teague agar), instabilidade electrostática (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), instabilidade tipo Harris (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), lebreiro (harris tweed, henhouse), linhas de Harris (Harris lines), operação de Harris (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation), caminho de Harris (Harris walk), percurso de Harris (Harris walk), teste ocular de Harris-Archer (Harris-Archer ophthalmic sensibility test), pseudocolinesterase de Harris-Whittaker (Harris-Whittaker pseudocholinesterase), síndrome de Harris (Harris syndrome), síndrome de Harris-Beath (Harris-Beath syndrome), sonda de Harris (Harris sound), sutura de Harris (Harris suture), teste de Harris e Ray (Harris and Ray test), operação de Harris-Hryntschak (Harris-Hryntschak operation). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

Na Hearadh (Berneray). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sutura de Harris (Harris suture), sonda de Harris (Harris sound), síndrome de Harris-Beath (Harris-Beath syndrome), síndrome de Harris (Harris syndrome), pseudocolinesterasa de Harris-Whittaker (Harris-Whittaker pseudocholinesterase), prueba ocular de Harris-Archer (Harris-Archer ophthalmic sensibility test), prueba de Harris y Ray (Harris and Ray test), operación de Harris-Hryntschak (Harris-Hryntschak operation), operación de Harris (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation), líneas de Harris (Harris lines), inestabilidad electrostática (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), inestabilidad de Harris (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability), cistectomía de Harris (Harris cystectomy, Harris operation), camino de Harris (Harris walk), ágar de Holt Harris (Holt Harris and Teague agar). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Harris slumpvandring (Harris walk), elektrostatisk instabilitet (electrostatic instability, Harris type instability). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Harris

Derivations

Words ending with "Harris": gharris. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Harris" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ahrrys, Harcross, Hargrim, Haria, Harib, Harif, Harjit, Harkis, harras, Harroid, Harrs, harrys, Haurus, Hazri, Hirsi, Horisk, Horris. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Harris

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sirrah.

Words within the letters "a-h-i-r-r-s"

-1 letter: arris, hairs, shirr, sirra.

-2 letters: airs, hair, rash, rias, sari, shri.

-3 letters: air, ais, ars, ash, has, his, rah, ras, ria, sha, sir, sri.

-4 letters: ah, ai, ar, as, ha, hi, is, sh, si.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-i-r-r-s"
 

+1 letter: gharris, harries, sirrahs.

 

+2 letters: airbrush, brashier, gharries, harriers, marshier, ravisher, trashier.

 

+3 letters: archeries, armchairs, arthritis, arthrosis, charriest, crosshair, diarrheas, earthrise, hairbrush, hairworks, hairworms, hardwires, harridans, hierarchs, horsehair, phratries, ravishers, serigraph, shikarred, shorthair, starchier, swarthier, tribrachs, trigraphs, varnisher, wirehairs.

 

+4 letters: acritarchs, airbrushed, airbrushes, archerfish, archpriest, arthritics, birthmarks, birthrates, carritches, charbroils, charivaris, crosshairs, diarrhoeas, discharger, dysarthria, earthrises, franchiser, franchisor, hagberries, hairspring, hairstreak, harbingers, harborside, harlotries, heraldries, herbariums, heresiarch, honoraries, horsehairs, hurricanes, matriarchs, orchardist, parritches, patriarchs, porphyrias, readership, rehearings, rehearsing, reichsmark, rephrasing, rightwards, scratchier, serigraphs, serigraphy, shikarring, shirtmaker, shorthairs, squirarchy, straighter, triarchies, trierarchs, trihedrals, varnishers, vibraharps.

 

+5 letters: afterbirths, airbrushing, airfreights, archesporia, architraves, archpriests, arrhythmias, arthralgias, arthritides, arthrodesis, authorizers, biographers, brachiators, brainwasher, catarrhines, chairperson, charioteers, chiaroscuro, choirmaster, chrysarobin, curatorship, diarthroses, diarthrosis, dischargers, dysarthrias, epigraphers, erythremias, erythrismal, franchisers, franchisors, gastrotrich, hackberries, hairbrushes, haircutters, hairdresser, hairsprings, hairstreaks, harmonizers, harpsichord, heartstring, heresiarchs, hibernators, hierarchies, honorariums, horseradish, interparish, kwashiorkor, micrographs, mycorrhizas, orchardists, orographies, parishioner, partnership, peripherals, periphrases, periphrasis, praetorship, prehearings, rabbitbrush, radiographs, readerships, reichsmarks, researching, researchist, rhabdovirus, schwarmerei, serigrapher, shadberries, shirtmakers, shorthaired, squirearchy, surcharging, tetrarchies, treacheries, trichromats, wharfingers.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Harris


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

48 61 72 72 69 73

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)

....    .-    .-.    .-.    ..    ...

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

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

01001000 01100001 01110010 01110010 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#114 &#114 &#105 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 0072 0072 0069 0073

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

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

426784847585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency
13. Names: Derived from
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Cities
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Derivations
20. Anagrams
21. Orthography
22. Bibliography


  

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