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Definition: ISLANDS OF THE BLESSED |
ISLANDS OF THE BLESSED1. (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy. |
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Literature | Islands of the Blessed called by the Greeks "Happy Islands," and by the Romans "Fortunate Islands." Imaginary islands somewhere in the west, where the favourites of the gods are conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy. "Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds that echo farther west Than your sire's Islands of the Blest." Byron. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-d-e-e-e-f-h-i-l-l-n-o-s-s-s-s-t" | |
-5 letters: softheadedness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 53 4C 41 4E 44 53      4F 46      54 48 45      42 4C 45 53 53 45 44 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01010011 01001100 01000001 01001110 01000100 01010011 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000010 01001100 01000101 01010011 01010011 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I S L A N D S   O F   T H E   B L E S S E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0053 004C 0041 004E 0044 0053      004F 0046      0054 0048 0045      0042 004C 0045 0053 0053 0045 0044 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43534635483853249402544239236463953533938 |
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