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HOLCAD

Definition: HOLCAD

HOLCAD

Noun

1. A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Holcad \Hol"cad\, noun. [from Greek expression 'olka`s, -a`dos, ship which is towed, ship of burden, from 'e`lkein to draw. Gf. Hulk.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "HOLCAD"

Words rhyming with "HOLCAD" (pronounced 'Hol"cad'): Cycad. (additional references)

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Anagrams: HOLCAD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-h-l-o"

-1 letter: acold, ahold, loach.

-2 letters: calo, chad, chao, clad, clod, coal, coda, cola, cold, dahl, dhal, halo, hold, load, loca, loch.

-3 letters: ado, cad, cod, col, dah, dal, doc, dol, had, hao, hod, lac, lad, oca, old.

-4 letters: ad, ah, al, do, ha, ho, la, lo, od, oh.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-h-l-o"
 

+1 letter: chordal.

 

+2 letters: cathodal, chaldron, chlordan, clochard, coalshed, headlock, holdback.

 

+3 letters: acidophil, blockhead, chaldrons, chlordane, chlordans, choroidal, clochards, coalsheds, decathlon, glochidia, headlocks, holandric, holdbacks, homicidal.

 

+4 letters: acidophile, acidophils, baldachino, blockheads, broadcloth, cardholder, cathodally, cephalopod, chalcedony, chalkboard, charcoaled, chlordanes, cladophyll, clavichord, conchoidal, coolheaded, decathlons, helicoidal, methodical, octahedral, potlatched, schoolyard, trochoidal.

 

+5 letters: acidophiles, acidophilic, bachelordom, baldachinos, broadcloths, cardholders, cephalopods, chalcedonic, chalkboards, chancroidal, charbroiled, chloralosed, chlorinated, cladophylla, cladophylls, clavichords, coldhearted, hedonically, homicidally, icosahedral, notochordal, pedophiliac, phylloclade, placeholder, rhabdocoele, rhapsodical, saddlecloth, schoolyards.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HOLCAD


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

48 4F 4C 43 41 44

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 01001111 01001100 01000011 01000001 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#79 &#76 &#67 &#65 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 004F 004C 0043 0041 0044

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

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

424946373538

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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