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Definition: LAN |
LANNoun1. A local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "LAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
"LAN" is a common misspelling or typo for: clean, lain, lawny, link, loran. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | LAN local area network. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Census | (Local Area Network) The electronic linking, by cable or infrared beams, of several or all computer workstations within a specific physical area to a file server or storage and processing device. It allows all users connected to the network to access the server's software and data files and to exchange electronic messages via an electronic mail system. Frequently includes printers, scanners, and other related equipment. (references) |
Space | Local area network for inter-computer communications. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LAN | Danish | Lokalnetværk | Food & Agriculture |
LAN | Dutch | Lokaal netwerk | Computing |
lan | English | Langley | N/A |
LAN | German | Lokales Netzwerk | Food & Agriculture |
LAN | Greek | τοπικό δίκτυο | Computing |
LAN | Italian | Rete di comunicazione locale | Food & Agriculture |
| LANCE | English | LAN Controller for Ethernet | Computer - (LAN) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: LANSynonym: local area network (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Lan yi (1967) Kong gu lan (1966) Lan yu hei (1966) Wo ai zi luo lan (1966) Lan gui lei ying (1964) | |
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Business | Demand for PC LAN systems, PC servers, and integrated network systems will continue to be strong. (references) | |
Fast modems, network management systems, and LAN systems are among the most popular products for the private sector. (references) | ||
EPROMs are used to make a wide variety of electronics products, including PCs, VGA cards, LAN cards, fax machines and modems. (references) | ||
Economic History | Laos | By the 17th century, the kingdom of Lan Xang entered a period of decline marked by dynastic struggle and conflicts with its neighbors. (references) |
Ukraine | A. AGCO Corporation has three large Ukrainian distributors: Ekoprod (Donetsk)+ADs- Lan Invest (Dnitropetrivsk)+ADs- and Raiz Agrotechnika. (references) | |
Argentina | The vacuum left by Aerolineas Argentinas will be rapidly filled by other national and regional airlines, including LAN of Chile and TAM of Brazil. (references) | |
Human Rights | Indonesia | Armed separatists shot and killed T. Sofyan, the village leader in Lan Tabeh, Aceh Besar, on November 16. Armed separatists, who had constructed roadblocks on the Medan-Aceh road, shot and killed a police captain who attempted to drive through the roadblock on December 18. Separatist groups also killed numerous civilians and soldiers during the year. (references) |
Vietnam | Among the many others believed to be imprisoned at year's end for peaceful political and religious activities are political activist Nguyen Dinh Huy, journalist Pham Thai, and religious persons Truong Van Thuc, Nguyen Chau Lan, Le Van Nhuom, Vo Van Buu, Ha Hai, Nguyen Duy Tam, Le Minh Triet, Le Van Tinh, Le Van Son, Nguyen Van Dau, Thich Nhu Dat, Thich Hai Tang, Thich Phuc Vien, Thich Thien Minh, Thich Tien Tan, Thich Hue Dang, Thich Thanh Tinh, Thich Tri Tuu, Pham Minh Tri, Nguyen Thien Phung, Nguyen Minh Bao, Nguyen Van Ly, and Ly A Cho. (references) | |
Trade | Laos | FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DOMINATED BY THE BANQUE POUR LE COMMERCE EXTERIEUR (BCEL); THE OTHER TWO BANKS, LAO MAY AND LAN XANG, SERVE PRIMARILY REGIONAL DOMESTIC MARKETS. (references) |
Travel | Singapore | Mr. Ho Weng Hee would be addressed as "Mr. Ho" and Ms. Wong Ai Lan as "Ms. Wong". (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "LAN" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 54.34% of the time. "LAN" is used about 173 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 54.34% | 94 | 33,845 |
| Noun (proper) | 24.28% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Noun (singular) | 10.98% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Unclassified Items | 6.36% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (common) | 4.05% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 173 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "LAN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Lan | First name Female | 5,000 | 1,416 |
| Lan | Last name | 400 | 22,130 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Chile | LAN CHILE SA | Denmark | Lan & Spar Bank A/S |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "LAN": lan Manager ♦ lan party ♦ LAN router ♦ LAN server ♦ token bus baseband LAN ♦ virtual LAN. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "LAN": lan-attached, lan-based, Lan-elec, lan-specific, Lan-station. | |
Ending with "LAN": BIG-LAN, pc-lan, server-lan, SR-LAN. | |
| 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 |
lan | 1,438 |
lan microwave wireless | 1,397 |
wireless lan | 626 |
lan chile | 428 |
wake on lan | 356 |
lan party | 188 |
game lan | 170 |
lan network | 165 |
lan chat | 161 |
house lan | 126 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "LAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 區域網路 (local area network), 區域網絡 (local area network). (various references) | |
Danish | lokalnetrouter (LAN router, router), LAN-router (LAN router, router), virtuelt lokalnet (virtual LAN), virtuelt LAN (virtual LAN), seriel lokal net (serial LAN, serial local area network), router (LAN router, router). (various references) | |
Dutch | LAN-server (LAN server), LAN-manager (LAN manager), virtual local-area network (virtual LAN), virtual LAN (virtual LAN), token-bus broadband netwerk (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network), token-bus breedbandnetwerk (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network), serieel lokaal netwerk (serial LAN, serial local area network), router (LAN router, network level relay, router), basisband busnetwerk (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network), baseband-bus netwerk (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network), éénkanaalsnetwerk (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network). (various references) | |
Finnish | laajakaistainen vuoroväyläverkko (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network), lähiverkon hallintaohjelma (LAN manager), lähiverkkoreititin (LAN router, router), lähiverkkopalvelin (LAN server), virtuaalilähiverkko (virtual LAN), reititin (LAN router, router), kantataajuinen vuoroväylälähiverkko (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network). (various references) | |
French | LAN virtuel (virtual LAN), superviseur de réseau (LAN manager), serveur de réseau (LAN server), routeur de réseau local (LAN router), réseau local virtuel (virtual LAN), réseau local sériel (serial LAN), réseau local en bus jeton large bande (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN), réseau local en bande de base jeton sur bus (token bus baseband LAN), réseau local bande de base en bus jeton (token bus baseband LAN), réseau local large bande jeton sur bus (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN), gestionnaire de réseau (LAN manager). (various references) | |
German | LAN-server (LAN server), LAN-Router (LAN router, router), LAN-Manager (LAN manager), virtuelles LAN (virtual LAN), serielles lokales Netzwerk (serial LAN, serial local area network), Router (LAN router, network level relay, router), Breitband-Token-Bus-Netz (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network), Breitband-Token-Bus-LAN (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network), Basisband-Token-Bus-Netz (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network), Basisband-System (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network). (various references) | |
Greek | LAN ζώνης βάσης με αρτηρία αδειοπλαισίου (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network), σύστημα ζώνης βάσης (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network), σειριακό τοπικό δίκτυο (serial LAN, serial local area network), ιδεατό LAN (virtual LAN), ευρυζωνικό LAN με αρτηρία αδειοπλαισίου (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network), ευρυζωνικό τοπικό δίκτυο με αρτηρία διέλευσης αδειοπλαισίου (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network), τοπικό δίκτυο ζώνης βάσης με αρτηρία διέλευσης αδειοπλαισίου (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network), δρομολογητής LAN (LAN router, router), δρομολογητής (LAN router, network level relay, router). (various references) | |
Italian | LAN-server (LAN server), LAN-Manager (LAN manager), LAN in banda larga (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network), sistema in banda base (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network), rete locale token bus a banda larga (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network), rete locale seriale (serial LAN, serial local area network), rete locale in banda larga a token bus (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | レ点 (law, local, local area network, local color, local content, local minima, local news, local observer, low, low absorber, low angle, mark showing character order in Chinese texts, raw, row, tick mark), ラ ' (lame, laminated ski, Land Cruiser, Langerhans, language, language laboratory, language processor, lariat, lauan, LL, lullaby, lung, rally, Ralph Lauren, rank, ranking, rum, run, wraparound retaining straps worn with the old ski cable bindings). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ローカルエリアネットワーク (local area network), ラン (run). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | LAN virtual (virtual LAN), sistema de banda de base (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network), rede local virtual (virtual LAN), rede local em série (serial LAN, serial local area network), rede local em banda base (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network), encaminhador de LAN (LAN router, router), encaminhador (LAN router, router). (various references) | |
Spanish | LAN (high level language, higher order language, high-level language, high-order language, local area network, local network, synthetic language). (various references) | |
Swedish | LAN-server (LAN server), LAN-övervakare (LAN manager), tokenbussbasbands-LAN (token bus baseband LAN, token bus baseband local area network), bredbandstokenbuss-LAN (broadband token-bus LAN, token-bus broadband LAN, token-bus broadband local area network). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LAN": lanai, lanais, lanate, lanated, lance, lanced, lancelet, lancelets, lanceolate, lancer, lancers, lances, lancet, lanceted, lancets, lancewood, lancewoods, lanciers, lancinating, lancing, land, landau, landaulet, landaulets, landaus, landed, lander, landers, landfall, landfalls, landfill, landfills, landform, landforms, landgrab, landgrabs, landholder, landholders, landholding, landholdings, landing, landings, landladies, landlady, landler, landlers, landless, landlessness, landlessnesses, landline, landlines, landlocked, landlord, landlordism, landlordisms, landlords, landlubber, landlubberliness, landlubberlinesses, landlubberly, landlubbers, landlubbing, landman, landmark, landmarks, landmass, landmasses, landmen, landmine, landmines, landowner, landowners, landownership, landownerships, landowning, landownings, lands, landscape, landscaped, landscaper, landscapers, landscapes, landscaping, landscapist, landscapists, landside, landsides, landskip, landskips, landsleit, landslid, landslide, landslides, landsliding, landslip, landslips, landsman, landsmen, landward, lane, lanely, lanes, laneway, laneways, lang, langbeinite, langbeinites, langlauf, langlaufer, langlaufers, langlaufs, langley, langleys, langostino, langostinos, langouste, langoustes, langoustine, langoustines, langrage, langrages, langrel, langrels, langshan, langshans, langsyne, langsynes, language, languages, langue, langues, languet, languets, languid, languidly, languidness, languidnesses, languish, languished, languisher, languishers, languishes, languishing, languishingly, languishment, languishments, languor, languorous, languorously, languors, langur, langurs, laniard, laniards, laniaries, laniary, lanital, lanitals, lank, lanker, lankest, lankier, lankiest, lankily, lankiness, lankinesses, lankly, lankness, lanknesses, lanky, lanner, lanneret, lannerets, lanners, lanolin, lanoline, lanolines, lanolins, lanose, lanosities, lanosity, lantana, lantanas, lantern, lanterns, lanthanide, lanthanides, lanthanum, lanthanums, lanthorn, lanthorns, lanuginous, lanugo, lanugos, lanyard, lanyards. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "LAN": acanthocephalan, alan, avellan, callan, capelan, castellan, clan, collembolan, counterplan, courlan, elan, flan, gamelan, interclan, lallan, melphalan, misplan, myrobalan, ortolan, outplan, overplan, plan, pozzolan, preplan, prolan, raglan, rataplan, replan, solan, subclan, tolan, uhlan, ulan, xylan, yulan. (additional references) | |
Words containing "LAN": acanthocephalans, aeroplane, aeroplanes, ailanthus, ailanthuses, airplane, airplanes, aland, alands, alane, alang, alanin, alanine, alanines, alanins, alans, alant, alants, alanyl, alanyls, allanite, allanites, allantoic, allantoides, allantoin, allantoins, allantois, altiplano, altiplanos, ambulance, ambulances, ambulant, anticoagulant, anticoagulants, aplanatic, appellant, appellants, aquaplane, aquaplaned, aquaplaner, aquaplaners, aquaplanes, aquaplaning, ashplant, ashplants, aslant, assailant, assailants, atlantes, auslander, auslanders, avalanche, avalanched, avalanches, avalanching, avellane, backland, backlands, badland, badlands, balance, balanced, balancer, balancers, balances, balancing, benchland, benchlands, bilander, bilanders, biplane, biplanes, bipropellant, bipropellants, blackland, blacklands, blanch, blanched, blancher, blanchers, blanches, blanching, blancmange, blancmanges, bland, blander, blandest, blandish, blandished, blandisher, blandishers, blandishes, blandishing, blandishment, blandishments, blandly, blandness, blandnesses, blank, blanked, blanker, blankest, blanket, blanketed, blanketflower, blanketflowers, blanketing, blanketlike, blankets, blanking, blankly, blankness, blanknesses, blanks, blanquette, blanquettes, borderland, borderlands, bottomland, bottomlands, brushland, brushlands, bushland, bushlands, calando, callans, callant, callants, capelans, castellans, celandine, celandines, cholangiogram, cholangiograms, cholangiographic, cholangiographies, cholangiography, chorioallantoic, chorioallantoides, chorioallantois, cilantro, cilantros, clandestine, clandestinely, clandestineness, clandestinenesses, clandestinities, clandestinity, clang, clanged, clanger, clangers, clanging, clangor, clangored, clangoring, clangorous, clangorously, clangors, clangour, clangoured, clangouring, clangours, clangs, clank, clanked, clanking, clankingly, clanks, clannish, clannishly, clannishness, clannishnesses, clans, clansman, clansmen, cloudland, cloudlands, coagulant, coagulants, coastland, coastlands, colander, colanders, collembolans, convertaplane, convertaplanes, convertiplane, convertiplanes, coolant, coolants, coplanar, coplanarities, coplanarity, counterbalance, counterbalanced, counterbalances, counterbalancing, counterplans, countersurveillance, countersurveillances, courlans, cropland, croplands, deplane, deplaned, deplanes, deplaning, displant, displanted, displanting, displants, dockland, docklands, downland, downlands, dreamland, dreamlands, dryland, duneland, dunelands, eggplant, eggplants, eglantine, eglantines, eland, elands, elans, emalangeni, emplane, emplaned, emplanes, emplaning, engarland, engarlanded, engarlanding, engarlands, enplane, enplaned, enplanes, enplaning, esplanade, esplanades, exhalant, exhalants, explanation, explanations, explanative, explanatively, explanatorily, explanatory, explant, explantation, explantations, explanted, explanting, explants, fairyland, fairylands, fantasyland, fantasylands, farmland, farmlands, fatherland, fatherlands, fenland, fenlands, filmland, filmlands, flagellant, flagellantism, flagellantisms, flagellants, flancard, flancards, flanerie, flaneries, flanes, flaneur, flaneurs, flange, flanged, flanger, flangers, flanges, flanging, flank, flanked, flanken, flankens, flanker, flankers, flanking, flanks, flannel, flanneled, flannelette, flannelettes, flanneling, flannelled, flannelling, flannelly, flannelmouthed, flannels, flans, flatland, flatlander, flatlanders, flatlands, floatplane, floatplanes, flocculant, flocculants, foreland, forelands, forestland, forestlands, freelance, freelanced, freelancer, freelancers, freelances, freelancing, galangal, galangals, galantine, galantines, gallant, gallanted, gallanting, gallantly, gallantries, gallantry, gallants, gamelans, gangland, ganglands, gangplank, gangplanks, garland, garlanded, garlanding, garlands, gelandesprung, gelandesprungs, gelant, gelants, gellant, gellants, gesticulant, glance, glanced, glancer, glancers, glances, glancing, glancingly, gland, glandered, glanders, glandes, glandless, glands, glandular, glandularly, glandule, glandules, glans, grassland, grasslands, gyroplane, gyroplanes, headland, headlands, heartland, heartlands, heathland, heathlands, heulandite, heulandites, highland, highlander, highlanders, highlands, hinterland, hinterlands, holandric, holland, hollandaise, hollandaises, hollands, homeland, homelands, homotransplant, homotransplantation, homotransplantations, homotransplants, houseplant, houseplants, hydroplane, hydroplaned. (additional references) | |
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"LAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ilhan, Lahn, Laj, Lano, Lany, Lyan, Ulaan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-n" | |
-1 letter: al, an, la, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-n" | |
+1 letter: alan, anal, anil, clan, elan, flan, lain, land, lane, lang, lank, lawn, lean, loan, luna, nail, plan, ulan, ulna. | |
+2 letters: aland, alane, alang, alans, alant, algin, alien, align, aline, aloin, alone, along, anele, angel, angle, anile, anils, ankle, anlas, annal, annul, anole, anvil, azlon, banal, binal, blain, bland, blank, blawn, canal, clang, clank, clans, clean, elain, eland, elans, final, flank, flans, gland, glans, glean, gnarl, inlay, laden, lagan, lanai, lance, lands, lanes, lanky, lapin, laten, lauan, lawns, lawny, leans, leant, learn, leman, liana, liane, liang, ligan, liman, linac, linga, llano, loans, logan, loran, lunar, lunas, manly, nails, naled, nasal, natal, naval, navel, nidal, nival, nodal, nopal, notal, nyala, panel, penal, plain, plane, plank, plans, plant, plena, renal, salon, slain, slang, slank, slant, snail, snarl, solan, talon, tolan, tonal, uhlan, ulans, ulnad, ulnae, ulnar, ulnas, ulpan, unlay, venal, vinal, wanly, xylan, yulan, zonal. | |
+3 letters: ablins, adenyl, agnail, agonal, ailing, alands, alanin, alants, alanyl, albino, aldrin, alevin, alexin, algins, aliens, aligns, alined, aliner, alines, alkane, alkene, alkine, alkyne, almner, almond, alnico, aloins, alpine, alumin, alumna, alumni, alvine, anally, analog, aneled, aneles, angels, angled, angler, angles, anilin, animal, ankled, ankles, anklet, anlace, anlage, annals, anneal, annual, annuli, annuls, anodal, anoles, antler, antral, anural, anvils, apneal, aslant, atonal, auntly, axonal, azlons, azonal, baleen, baling, ballon, bangle, benzal, blains, blanch, blanks, blazon, calkin, callan, canals, cancel, candle, canful, cannel, canola, cantle, canula, caplin, carlin, carnal, catlin, cental, clangs, clanks, claxon, cleans, clinal, clonal, cuneal, dalton, dandle, dangle, dankly, darnel, denial, dental, dolman, elains, elands, eluant, enable, enamel, enhalo, enlace, entail, eolian, etalon, falcon, fallen, faunal, finale, finals, finial, flacon, flagon, flamen, flanes, flange, flanks, flaunt, flavin, flaxen, flyman, fontal, fungal, gainly, galena, gallon, gangly, gelant, genial, gingal, glance, glands, gleans, glucan, glycan, gnarls, gnarly, haling, handle, hangul, hansel, hantle, hyalin, hymnal, infall, inhale, inhaul, inlace, inlaid, inland, inlays, instal, inwall, island, jangle, jangly, jingal, kalian, kalong, kaolin, klaxon, knawel, lacing, lacuna, lacune, ladens, lading, ladino, ladron, lagans, lagend, lagoon, laguna, lagune, laking, lallan, lament, lamina, laming, lanais, lanate, lanced, lancer, lances, lancet, landau, landed, lander, lanely, langue, langur, lanker, lankly, lanner, lanose, lanugo, lapins, lardon, larine, larynx, lasing, lateen, latens, latent, latino, latten, lattin, lauans, launce, launch, laving, lawine, lawing, lawman, lawmen, laying, layman, laymen, lazing, leaden, leaned, leaner, leanly, learns, learnt, leaven, legman, lemans, levant, lianas, lianes, liangs, lienal, ligand, ligans, limans, limina, linacs, linage, lineal, linear, lingam, lingas, lingua, litany, llanos, loaned, loaner, lochan, logans, longan, lorans, lumina, lunacy, lunars, lunate, lungan, lunula, lurdan, mainly, malign, maline, malkin, manful, mangel, mangle, manila, mantel, mantle, manual, marlin, meanly, menial, mensal, mental, nailed, nailer, naleds, namely, napalm, narial, narwal, nasals, nasial, navels, nearly, neatly, nebula, neural, nilgai, nilgau, nopals, normal, nounal, nuchal, nullah, nyalas, oilcan, oilman, paling, panels, panful, paulin, penial, phonal, pineal, pinnal, plains, plaint, planar, planch, planed, planer, planes, planet, planks, plants, platan, platen, pliant, prolan, raglan, rankle, rankly, ranula, ratlin, regnal, reloan, renail, rental, replan, rhinal, salina, saline, salmon, salons, saloon, sandal, sanely, santol, sendal, signal, silane, silvan, slangs, slangy, slants, slanty, slogan, snails, snarls, snarly, soland, solano, solans, soldan, spinal, suldan, sultan, sylvan, talent, talion, talons, tangle, tangly, tarnal, tenail, thenal, tincal, tineal, tolane, tolans, trinal, uhlans, ulpans, unable, uncial, unclad, ungual, ungula, unlace, unlade, unlaid, unlash, unlays, unlead, unload, unnail, unreal, unseal, upland, uranyl, urinal, vainly, valine, vandal, veinal, venial, vernal, vinals, vineal, volant, waling, walnut, wandle, wangle, xenial, xylans, yulans, zanily, zonula, zoonal. | |
| 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)4C 41 4E |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L A N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0041 004E |
| 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)463548 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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