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Definitions: Latent |
LatentAdjective1. Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent". 2. Not presently active; "latent infection"; "latent diabetes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "latent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Etymology: Latent \La"tent\, adjective. [Latin expression latens, -entis, present participle of latere to lie hid or concealed; compare to Greek, English lethargy: compare to the French expression latent.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Phoria which occurs at one distance or another and which usually has no troublesome effect. (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 |
| lat.ht | English | Latent heat | Physics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Latency Implication | Verb: be latent; Adjective: lurk, smolder, underlie, make no sign; escape observation, escape detection, escape recognition; lie hid. |
Adjective: latent; lurking;Verb: secret; occult; implied; Verb: dormant; abeyant. | |
Physical Inertness | Latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted. |
Unintelligibility | Obscure, dark, muddy, clear as mud, seen through a mist, dim, nebulous, shrouded in mystery; opaque, dense; undiscernible; (invisible); misty; (opaque); hidden; latent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Latent (1970) The Latent Spark (1914) Latent Greatness (1995) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown. | Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people will be heard and their latent wisdom will prevail. |
Henri Frederic Amiel | Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The visible (r)me in no way authorises the thinker to deny the latent (r)me. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The latent (hidden) stage of syphilis begins when the secondary symptoms disappear. (references) | |
These viruses may remain latent for years, then travel down nerve cell fibers to cause a renewed infection. (references) | ||
People in poor health, especially those infected with HIV, also are prone to reactivation of latent TB infections. (references) | ||
Business | Latent demand is largely driven by economic fundamentals. (references) | |
These fundamentals are the source for China's latent demand. (references) | ||
It is important to note that although this sentiment is widespread, it is latent. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Korea | They expressed concern that the latent threats of tax investigations against companies and pressure on advertisers could induce newspapers and broadcasters to self-censor criticism of the Government. (references) |
Economic History | India | U.S. firms must also carefully compare customer needs and the quality of latent demand with the level of service that they want to offer in India. (references) |
India | Also, the assumption that a latent niche market for premium products exists has often resulted in low sales volumes and negligible returns for foreign companies. (references) | |
Minorities | Ghana | In 1997 in response to reports of latent insecurity, the PPNT extended its activities to some northern parts of the Volta Region and supervised a peace accord among all parties to the conflict there. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Latent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Latent" is used about 654 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) | 100% | 654 | 10,005 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "latent": a latent talent ♦ latent abilities ♦ latent ability ♦ Latent buds ♦ latent content ♦ latent defect ♦ latent diabetes ♦ latent heat ♦ latent heat load ♦ latent heat of fusion ♦ latent hostility ♦ latent image ♦ latent period ♦ latent phoria ♦ latent root ♦ latent roots ♦ latent schizophrenia ♦ latent stress ♦ latent surfaces ♦ latent variable. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "latent": latent-learning. | |
Ending with "latent": negligence-latent. | |
| 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 |
heat latent | 26 |
latent image | 16 |
latent print | 9 |
fingerprint latent | 8 |
defect latent | 6 |
fusion heat latent | 6 |
latent | 6 |
gold latent | 6 |
latent tuberculosis | 6 |
latent tb | 5 |
latent semantic indexing | 4 |
latent regression root | 4 |
latent zero | 3 |
latent learning | 3 |
latent syphilis | 3 |
labor latent | 3 |
hyperopia latent | 3 |
evaporation heat latent | 2 |
latent heat of water | 2 |
latent rose | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "latent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i heshtur (antisocial, cagey, cagy, catlike, close-mouthed, dumb, mute, quiet, silent, sleepy, taciturn, tight lipped, wordless), i fshehur (backstage, concealed, hidden, on the lam, privy, reserved, secret), i fshehtë (backdoor, clandestine, close, colorable, colourable, confidential, cryptic, dark, deep, deep-seated, elfish, elvish, esoteric, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, insidious, internal, occult, Perdue, private, privy, quiet, secret, secretive, sly, stealthy, subterranean, under the counter, under the table, under wraps, undercover, underhand, underhanded, unearthly, veiled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كامن (concealed, hidden, implicit, inherent, potential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скрит (cagey, cagy, clandestine, close, covert, delitescent, dormant, furtive, hidden, implicit, implied, insidious, occult, potential, private, privy, recondite, secret, sneaking, snug, ulterior, underlying), латентен (delitescent, dormant, quiescent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 潜在, 潛在 (hidden, potential), 潛 (hidden, secret, to conceal, to hide, to submerge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | latentní (dormant), skrytý (covert, hidden, recondite, retired, secret, snug, submersed, underlying), dřímající (dormant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | latenstid (delay-time, dormancy, latency, latent period, sojourn time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | latentietijd (delay-time, latent period, sojourn time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پنهان (Abstruse, Cryptic, Surreptitious), پوشیده (Covert, Impenetrable, Occult, Overcast, Recondite, Secret), مکنون (Indigenous), ناپیدا (Blind, Inconspicuous, Indiscernibleable), درحال کمون . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | piilevä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | latent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verborgen (concealed, crypt, cryptic, cryptly, dormant, hidden, inner, lend out, occult, secret, ulterior). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λανθάνων (abeyant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חבוי (hidden, intrinsic, intrinsical, latescent), אצור, כמוס (concealed, hidden, inscrutable, occult, secret, ulterior), 'לום (amorphous, concealed, crude, hidden, inchoate, mantle, raw, robe, wrapped in), ' וז (concealed, hermetic, hidden, secret), טמיר (hidden, secret), סמוי (covert, indiscernible, invisible, unobserved, unseen), סתר (concealed, cryptic, hidden, latescent, occult, recondite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lappangó (larval, potential, smouldering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tersembunyi (hidden, privy, reclusive, underground), terselubung (concealed, hidden, unseen), bersembunyi (hide, lurk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | latente (encrypted, ensconces, hidden, occult). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 潜在的 (potential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"ざいてき (potential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 재성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | keiltynagh (clandestine, concealer, secret, secretive, undivulged), follit (blind, blind of turning, bottled up, clandestine, classified, concealed, covert, cryptic, etc., etc.), hidden, hush-hush, private, private and confidential, secret, secreted, underground, veiled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atentlay latente (smoldering, smouldering), oculto (cryptic, deep, disinherit, inner anchorage, mysticism, occult, offscreen, perdu, privy, recondite, secret, sneaking, ulterior, underlying, unseen), não manifesto, dissimulado (artificial, covert, disingenuous, furtively, indirect assessment, laryngitis, masked, off-stage, secretive, sneaking, stealthy, underhanded), data recente. (various references) latent (hidden, implicit, latently). (various references) латентный. (various references) latentan (delitescent), sakriven (hidden). (various references) latente (delitescent, dormant, secret, smouldering, undercover), larvado. (various references) latent (delitescent), dold (close, concealed, hidden, occult, secret). (various references) ที่ซ่อนเร้น. (various references) gizli olarak var olan, gizli (arcane, back door, blind, camera, clandestine, classified, closet, concealed, confidential, covert, cryptic, cryptical, crypto-, disguised, esoteric, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hush hush, inner, intimate, masked, occult, perdu, Perdue, private, privy, quiet, restricted, sealed, secluded, secret, secretly, slinky, sneaking, sneakingly, sneaky, snug, stealthy, sub rosa, submerged, submersed, subterranean, subterraneous, surreptitious, ulterior, under cover, underarm, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, undisclosed, unsearchable, unseen), belirti göstermeyen. (various references) латентний (delitescent, dumb), прихований (arcane, blind, bosomed, close, closet, concealed, covert, cryptic, delitescent, furtive, glossy, hideaway, obscure, obumbrate, occulted, privy, secret, stealthy, ulterior, underneath, veiled). (various references) tiềm t ng, ngầm (insinuative, mute, tacit), ngấm ngần, ẩn (backstairs), âm ỉ (obstreperous, smouldering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "latent": latently, latents. (additional references) | |
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"Latent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atent, attent, blatent, eatent, ladent, lantent, latan, laten, latenet, latens, lateyn, latina, latnet, latren, latuent, lentent, Lethnot, litet, Loten, luten, tatent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "latent" (pronounced lā"tunt) |
| 6 | l ā" t u n t | blatant. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, adjutant, assistant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consistent, constant, consultant, contestant, decongestant, disinfectant, distant, existent, exorbitant, expectant, extant, exultant, hesitant, important, impotent, inadvertent, incompetent, inconsistent, inhabitant, insistent, instant, intermittent, irritant, militant, mutant, noncombatant, nonexistent, omnipotent, patent, penitent, persistent, pollutant, potent, protestant, reluctant, repentant, resistant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: latten, talent. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-n-t-t" | |
-1 letter: laten, latte, leant. | |
-2 letters: ante, elan, etna, lane, late, lean, lent, neat, nett, tael, tale, tate, teal, teat, tela, tent. | |
-3 letters: ale, alt, ane, ant, ate, att, eat, eta, lat, lea, let, nae, net, tae, tan, tat, tea, tel, ten, tet. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, an, at, el, en, et, la, na, ne, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: flatten, gantlet, latents, lattens, mantlet, talents, tetanal. | |
+2 letters: alterant, antileft, atlantes, exultant, flattens, gantlets, gauntlet, latently, mantelet, mantlets, nettable, patently, patulent, petulant, plantlet, slattern, talented, tarletan, tentacle, tinplate, tolerant, trawlnet. | |
+3 letters: allotment, alterants, alternate, antenatal, antielite, auntliest, blastment, cattleman, cattlemen, flattened, flattener, flatulent, gantleted, gauntlets, gestalten, letterman, mantelets, mentalist, mentality, natrolite, outlearnt, pantalets, patiently, plaintext, plantlets, potential, reluctant, resultant, slatterns, sterilant, sultanate, tableting, taintless, tangliest, tantalate, tantalise, tantalite, tantalize, tarletans, tegmental, tentacled, tentacles, ternately, tervalent, tinplates, translate, trawlnets, tremulant, trivalent, turntable, ventilate. | |
+4 letters: actinolite, adulterant, alightment, allotments, alteration, alternated, alternates, alternator, antepenult, antielites, antilepton, antilitter, attainable, battlement, blanquette, blastments, blattering, cantillate, centralest, centralist, centrality, clattering, contextual, dilettante, dilettanti, embattling, entailment, ethylating, etiolating, etiolation, exaltation, exultantly, exultation, flatteners, flattening, flattering, flauntiest, gantleting, gauntleted, hesitantly, infiltrate, instalment, interplant, intertidal, intertrial, intestinal, intimately, intolerant, intraplate, intuitable, italianate, latinities, laundrette, lentamente, levitating, levitation, licentiate, lieutenant, literation, malcontent, mentalists, natalities, natrolites, neutralist, neutrality, nonathlete, palatinate, patentable, pentathlon, petulantly, plaintexts, planchette, potentials, potentilla, resultants, saintliest, sandlotter, sentential, slatternly, sterilants, sultanates, tabletting, talentless, tangential, tanglement, tantalates, tantalised, tantalises, tantalites, tantalized, tantalizer, tantalizes, tantaluses, tarantella, tarantulae, teleostean, tenability, tenantable, tenantless, tentacular, terneplate, tetragonal, thiopental, tolerantly, tolerating, toleration, tonalities, torrential, transeptal, translated, translates, turntables, unathletic, unstablest, untalented, untestable, ventilated, ventilates, ventilator, vestmental, wentletrap. | |
+5 letters: abstinently, acetylating, acetylation, actinolites, adulterants, adventitial, advertently, agglutinate, alightments, alterations, altercating, altercation, alternately, alternating, alternation, alternative, alternators, antenatally, antenuptial, antepenults, anticruelty, antielitism, antielitist, antileptons, antirealist, apartmental, atonalities, attentional, attentively, battlefront, battlements, battlewagon, blanquettes, cantillated, cantillates, centralists, centripetal, clarinetist, constellate, contemplate, contestable, continental, contractile, curtailment, delectation, denticulate, detonatable, detrimental, dilettantes, elicitation, elutriating, elutriation, entablature, entailments, etiolations, eventuality, exaltations, existential, expectantly, externality, exultations, festinately, flannelette, flatulently, fortunately, gauntleting, gestational, gesticulant, glutathione, impatiently, infiltrated, infiltrates, insatiately, installment, instalments, integrality, intentional, intercalate, intercostal, interdental, internality, interplants, interpolate, interrelate, intertribal, intractable, intrathecal, intricately, italianated, italianates, itinerantly, kinetoplast, lamentation, launderette, laundrettes, leafletting, levitations, licentiates, lieutenants, literations, malcontents, maltreating, mentalistic, mentalities, mentholated, methylating, methylation, molestation, multivalent, neutralists, nonathletes, nonathletic, nonliterate, obstinately, orientalist, outbleating, palatinates, pantalettes, paternalist, patternless, penitential, pentathlete, pentathlons, pentavalent, pentlandite, penultimate, planchettes, pleasantest, potentially, potentillas, protoplanet, rattlebrain, rattlesnake, reallotting, reluctantly, reluctating, reluctation, rentability, repentantly, resultantly, retaliating, retaliation, retranslate, sandlotters, sansculotte, scintillate, sentimental, splattering, stalemating, startlement, stateliness, statesmanly, strangulate, tactfulness, tanglements, tantalizers, tarantellas, teetotaling, telecasting, tentatively, terneplates, testimonial, tetanically, tetravalent, thiopentals, tolerations, tonetically, tranquilest, transiently, translative, translocate, translucent, trenchantly, triangulate, unreluctant, unutterable, unutterably, ventilating, ventilation, ventilators, ventilatory, wentletraps. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 74 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- - . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01110100 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a t e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0074 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)466786718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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