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Definition: HOLCAD |
HOLCADNoun1. A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece. |
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) |
| Words rhyming with "HOLCAD" (pronounced 'Hol"cad'): Cycad. (additional references) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 4F 4C 43 41 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... --- .-.. -.-. .- -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01001111 01001100 01000011 01000001 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H O L C A D |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)424946373538 |
| 1. Definition 2. Rhymes 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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