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Definition: Lent |
LentNoun1. A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Lent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | A Church fast that is slow to go; or something loaned which is slow to come back. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Finance | Past tense of lend. (references) |
Literature | Lent (Anglo-Saxon, lencten). Lenctentid (spring-tide) was the Saxon name for March, because in this month there is a manifest lengthening of the days. As the chief part of the great fast falls in March, this period of fast received the name of the Lencten-fæsten, or Lent. It is from Ash Wednesday to Easter. The Fast of thirty-six days was introduced in the fourth century. Felix III. added four more days in 487, to make it correspond with our Lord's fast in the wilderness. Galeazzo's Lent. A form of torture devised by Galeazzo Visconti, calculated to prolong the unfortunate victim's life for forty days. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In Western Christianity, Lent is the period preceding the Christian holy day of Easter. Eastern Christianity calls this period Great Lent, to distinguish it from the Winter Lent that precedes Christmas. The remainder of this article will discuss Lent as it is understood and practiced in Western Christianity.
Where Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his death on the Cross, Lent is concerned with the events leading up to and including Jesus' execution by Rome. This took place around the year 29 of the Common Era in Roman occupied Jerusalem of Palestine.
There are traditionally 40 days in Lent which are marked by fasting from foods or festivities, and other acts of penance. Lent is a season of sorrowful reflection that is punctuated by breaks in the fast on Sundays (the day of the resurrection). Sundays are not counted in the 40 days of Lent. Because Lent is a season of grief that necessarily ends with a great celebration of Easter, it is known in Eastern Orthodox circles as the season of "Bright Sadness".
Though originally of pre-Christian content, the traditional carnival celebrations that precede Lent in many cultures, have become associated with the season of fasting if only because they are a last opportunity for excess before Lent begins. The most famous of pre-lenten carnivals in the West is Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
Fasting during Lent was in ancient times more severe than it is today. Meat, fish, eggs and milk products were strictly forbidden, and only one meal was taken each day. Today, in the West, the practice is considerably relaxed, though in the Eastern church, abstinence from the above mentioned food products is still commonly practiced. Lenten practices (as well as other liturgical practices) are more common in protestant circles than they once were.
Fasting during Lent is a way for the Christian to identify with Jesus in his suffering, which according to the record in the New Testament Biblical writings known as the Gospels he underwent for the sake of humans, in order to take make propitiation for their failure to keep the laws instituted by Yahweh (the self-chosen name of God in the Judeo-Christian tradition). This sacrifice is referred to by Christians variously as a substitutionary death, a redemptive death, and a death that satisfied the perfect justice of God, who actually provided the means for the satisfaction by sending Jesus, said in the Bible to be God's own son, to die in place of humanity. It is this distinction that fulfills the Hebrew's hope for a messiah (Christ, in Greek) who would save the troubled nation, according to the New Testament writings.
There are several Holy days within the season of Lent. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. The central symbol of that day is the ash with which Catholics mark foreheads of the people. Ash is a traditional symbol of mourning, appearing throughout the Biblical writings and representing the dust from which God created humanity and the dust to which humanity is destined to return. Palm Sunday is the day that Jesus entered Jerusalem as the "King of the Jews". His entry was marked by celebrations among his followers and many of the residents of Jerusalem, though it represented a major threat to the religious leaders and to Rome. Yet, Jesus' method of entry was symbolic for the purpose of his coming. Entering not on a war horse, but on a donkey (a symbol of peace), he foreshadowed that he would not accomplish his mission through violence, but through sacrifice. Maundy Thursday is the Thursday of the "Last Supper" shared by Jesus with his disciples, during which he gave a "Mandatum Novuum" or "New Commandment" (whence, 'Maundy Thursday') that the disciples "love one another" as Jesus loved them. Good Friday is the day that Jesus was crucified. He died on this day and was buried.
Palm Sunday also begins the Passion Week, or the week of Jesus' suffering. The week (and the season of Lent) ends with Easter Sunday and the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.
See also: Quinquagesima
Lent is also the name of a commune in the Ain département, in France, and of a village in mun. Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lent."
Synonym: LentSynonym: Lententide (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fasting | Fast, jour maigre; fast day, banyan day; Lent, quadragesima; Ramadan, Ramazan; spare diet, meager diet; lenten diet, lenten entertainment; soupe maigre, short commons, Barmecide feast; short rations. |
Lending | Adjective: lending; Verb: lent; Verb: unborrowed; (see borrowed; ). |
Rite | Sabbath, Pentecost; Advent, Christmas, Epiphany; Lent; Passion week, Holy week; Easter, Easter Sunday, Whitsuntide; agape, Ascension Day, Candlemas, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Holy Thursday; Lammas, Martinmas, Michaelmas; All SAint's DAy, All Souls' Day |
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Screenplays | Fear lent him wings, as the saying goes. (Where Eagles Dare; writing credit: Alistair MacLean;) What? Oh God, is it Lent again already? (Ladyhawke; writing credit: Edward Khmara) I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; writing credit: Steven Kloves) | |
Lyrics | Overdose for Christmas and give it up for Lent ("Millennium"; performing artist: Robbie Williams) | |
Clever | The world was not given to us by our parents, it was lent to us by our children! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lent (1984) La Nuit du grand peuple lent (1976) | |
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 | Curator of the U.S. National Parasite Collection, Ralph Lichtenfels retrieves a specimen, one of several hundred that are lent to researchers worldwide each year. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | A dream of Lent.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Benjamin Franklin | Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Once, during Lent, a young vicar came to D__, and preached in the cathedral. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He could not eat the blackish fish fritters they got on Wednesdays in Lent and one of his potatoes had the mark of the spade in it. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I have seen a white mare of our family thread a needle (which I lent her on purpose) with that joint. |
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Health | Only a limited number of situations have lent themselves to clinical trials and other studies on this scale. (references) | |
Economic History | Bolivia | Historically, Bolivian commercial banks were closely held operations that lent only to persons or firms well known to the bank. (references) |
Trinidad | Reductions in subsidies to state enterprises have contributed to fiscal soundness and lent credibility to the government's ongoing divestment program. (references) | |
Italy | There have been frequent government turnovers since 1945. The dominance of the Christian Democratic (DC) party during much of the postwar period lent continuity and comparative stability to Italy's political situation. (references) | |
Trade | Philippines | ADB has lent actively to all sectors in the Philippines. (references) |
Pakistan | The Bank has lent close to $750 million this year to support the GOP's micro-finance and medium and small-enterprises program. (references) | |
Jamaica | The Bonds carry a coupon rate of 5.5 percent per annum; the funds are on lent in turn to the financial institutions, via the wholesaling mechanism, at 6.5 percent per annum and final borrowers receive their loans at 9.5 percent per annum which is fixed for the duration of the loan. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HIBERNATE, v.i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many believe that the bear hibernates during the whole winter and subsists by mechanically sucking its paws. It is admitted that it comes out of its retirement in the spring so lean that it had to try twice before it can cast a shadow. Three or four centuries ago, in England, no fact was better attested than that swallows passed the winter months in the mud at the bottom of their brooks, clinging together in globular masses. They have apparently been compelled to give up the custom and account of the foulness of the brooks. Sotus Ecobius discovered in Central Asia a whole nation of people who hibernate. By some investigators, the fasting of Lent is supposed to have been originally a modified form of hibernation, to which the Church gave a religious significance; but this view was strenuously opposed by that eminent authority, Bishop Kip, who did not wish any honors denied to the memory of the Founder of his family. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The banks lent out their notes to speculators. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Developments in the broad South/Southwest Asian region have also lent a new importance to our relations with India, the largest and strongest power in the area. |
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| "Lent" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 46.06% of the time. "Lent" is used about 672 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 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 46.06% | 310 | 16,399 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 31.5% | 212 | 20,813 |
| Noun (singular) | 22.14% | 149 | 25,810 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 672 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Lent" 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 |
| Lent | Last name | 2,000 | 6,591 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "Lent". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Shaul | N/A | Biblical | Lent |
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Expressions using "Lent": beginning of lent ♦ keep lent ♦ lent lily ♦ lent term. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "Lent": Jack-a-lent, on-lent, re-lent. | |
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| 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 |
lent | 416 |
festival lent | 25 |
2004 lent | 8 |
child god lent | 7 |
john lent | 6 |
2003 festival lent | 5 |
jeffrey lent | 5 |
2003 lent | 4 |
car lent | 4 |
from isaiah lent season sermon | 3 |
lent maribor | 3 |
catholic lent | 2 |
lent lewis | 2 |
access disque lent lenteur | 2 |
lent marketplace ranch | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Lent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pr e pp e foljes lend, kreshmët e mëdha. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الصوم الكبير, أقرض (accommodate, lend, loan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | велики пости. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 贷给 (lend, lending, Lends). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | postní doba (lent term), pùst (fast, fasting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Fastetid, Faste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Veertigdaagse Vasten, Vastentijd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ماه روزه , صیام , روزپرهیزوروزه کاتولیک ها. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | paastonaika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | carême. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fastenzeit (period of fasting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σαρακοστή, αόρ. του lend, τεσσαρακοστή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מושאל (borrowed, loaned, metaphorical), תקופת צום וצרית, שאול (abyss, borrowed, grave, hell, loaned, lower world, pandemonium, underworld). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nagyböjt, kölcsönadott. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Quaresima. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 受難節 , 四旬節 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しじゅ"せつ, じゅな"せつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 빌 주" (Loaned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Yn Kargys, yeeassit (borrowed, seconded), Trostey yn Chargys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | faste (fast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | entlay lentes (lenses), Quaresma (Lenten, quadragesima). (various references) trecut şi participiu trecut de la lend, postul paştelui, postul mare. (various references) великий пост (quadragesima). (various references) Carghus. (various references) veliki post (quadragesima, shrovetide), proš. vreme i particip od lend. (various references) pret y pp de lend, Cuaresma (fast). (various references) fastan. (various references) กริยาช่องที่ 2 และ 3 ของคำกริยา lend. (various references) paskalya öncesi perhiz. (various references) Grawys, Garawys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ieiunia, ieiunii, ieiuniis, ieiunio, ieiunium, mutua, mutuam, mutuo, mutuos, mutuum, Quadragesima. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | lencten. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 1 Samuel Chapter 1, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kagw kicrw auton tw kuriw pasaV taV hmeraV aV zh autoV crhsin tw kuriw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Idcirco et ego commodavi eum Domino cunctis diebus quibus fuerit accommodatus Domino et adoraverunt ibi Dominum et oravit Anna et ait |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor and I haue lent hym to the Lord alle the dais, in the whiche he were lent to the Lord. And there thei honourden the Lord. And Anna honourde, and seith, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshiped the LORD there. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there. |
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| Language | 1 Samuel Chapter 1, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Busa gihatag ko siya usab kang Jehova; ingon sa kadugayon nga siya buhi, siya gihatag kang Jehova. Ug siya misimba kang Jehova didto. |
| Chinese | 所 以 我 將 這 孩 子 歸 與 耶 ' 華 、 使 他 終 身 歸 與 耶 ' 華 。 於 是 在 那 裡 敬 拜 耶 ' 華 。 |
| Croatian | Zato i ja njega ustupam Jahvi za sve dane njegova života: ta isprošen je od Jahve." I pokloniše se ondje Jahvi. |
| Danish | Derfor vil jeg også overlade ham til HERREN; hele sit Liv skal han være overladt til HERREN!" Og hun lod ham blive der for HERRENs Åsyn. |
| Dutch | Daarom heb ik hem ook den HEERE overgegeven al de dagen, die hij wezen zal; hij is van den HEERE gebeden. En hij bad aldaar den HEERE aan. |
| Finnish | Sentähden myös minä suostun antamaan hänet Herralle: kaikiksi elinpäiviksensä hän olkoon Herralle annettu." Ja Samuel rukoili siellä Herraa. |
| French | Aussi je veux le prêter l`Éternel: il sera toute sa vie prêté l`Éternel. Et ils se prosternèrent l devant l`Éternel. |
| German | Darum gebe ich ihm dem HERRN wieder sein Leben lang, weil er vom HERRN erbeten ist. Und sie beteten daselbst den HERRN an. |
| Haitian Creole | Se konsa m' vin mete l' apa pou l' ka viv pou Seyè a ase jouk li mouri. Apre sa, yo adore Seyè a la nan tanp lan. |
| Hungarian | Most azért én is az Úrnak szentelem; teljes életére az Úrnak legyen szentelve! És imádkozának ott az Úrhoz. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | dan karena itu anak ini kuserahkan untuk menjadi milik TUHAN seumur hidupnya." Setelah itu mereka beribadat kepada TUHAN. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab itu sahayapun menyerahkan dia kepada Tuhan sepanjang umur hidupnya, karena ia telah dipinta kepada Tuhan. Hata, maka mereka itupun menyembah sujudlah kepada Tuhan. |
| Korean | 이 아 이 를 위 하 여 내 가 기 도 하 였 " 니 여 호 와 께 서 나 의 구 하 여 기 도 한 " 를 허 락 하 지 라 |
| Maori | Na reira kua tukua atu nei ia e ahau ki a Ihowa; he mea tuku ia ki a Ihowa i nga ra katoa e ora ai ia. A koropiko ana te tamaiti ki a Ihowa ki reira. |
| Norwegian | Og nu gir jeg ham tilbake til Herren for all den tid han er til; det var for Herrens skyld jeg bad om ham. Og de tilbad Herren der. |
| Portuguese | Por isso eu também o entreguei ao Senhor; por todos os dias que viver, ao Senhor está entregue. E adoraram ali ao Senhor. |
| Rumanian | De aceea vreau sq -l dau Domnului: toatq viaya lui sq fie dat Domnului.`` Wi s`au knchinat acolo knaintea Domnului. |
| Spanish | Por eso yo también lo dedico a Jehovah; y estará dedicado a Jehovah todos los días de su vida. Y adoraron allí a Jehovah. |
| Swedish | Därför vill ock jag nu giva honom tillbaka åt HERREN; så länge han lever, skall han vara given åt HERREN." Och de tillbådo där HERREN. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Lent": lentamente, lentando, lenten, lentic, lenticel, lenticels, lenticular, lenticule, lenticules, lentigines, lentigo, lentil, lentils, lentisk, lentisks, lentissimo, lentivirus, lentiviruses, lento, lentoid, lentos. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Lent": acidulent, ambivalent, avirulent, benevolent, bivalent, blent, cholent, corpulent, covalent, divalent, equipollent, equivalent, esculent, excellent, exhalent, feculent, flatulent, flocculent, fraudulent, hypervirulent, indolent, insolent, interlent, luculent, malevolent, monovalent, multivalent, nonequivalent, nonturbulent, nonviolent, opulent, overlent, overviolent, patulent, pentavalent, pestilent, polyvalent, prevalent, propellent, puberulent, pulverulent, purulent, quadrivalent, redolent, relent, repellent, seropurulent, silent, sklent, somnolent, splent. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Lent": ambivalently, aplenty, benevolently, benevolentness, benevolentnesses, bivalents, calenture, calentures, cholents, coelentera, coelenterate, coelenterates, coelenteron, corpulently, covalently, equipollently, equipollents, equivalently, equivalents, esculents, excellently, exhalents, flatulently, fraudulently, fraudulentness, fraudulentnesses, indolently, insolently, insolents, luculently, malevolently, multitalented, multivalents, nonequivalents, nonviolently, opulently, pestilential, pestilentially, pestilently, plenteous, plenteously, plenteousness, plenteousnesses, plenties, plentiful, plentifully, plentifulness, plentifulnesses, plentitude, plentitudes, plenty. (additional references) | |
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"Lent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alent, clent, elent, elint, ent, flent, kentt, laint, lant, lect, leen, leit, len, lendt, leng, Lenh, lenk, Lenm, lenn, lensth, lenx, leny, lenz, Leonty, leot, lept, lernt, lert, Letna, leut, lewt, lezt, Lindt, linot, lintl, lintt, llen, Lne, lont, lonth, lwen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Lent" (pronounced le"nt) |
| 4 | l e" n t | relent. |
| 3 | -e" n t | accent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, Brent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, Dement, Dent, descent, discontent, dissent, event, extent, ferment, gent, indent, intent, invent, Kent, lament, malcontent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, nonevent, occident, outspent, overspent, pent, percent, prevent, reinvent, rent, repent, represent, resent, scent, sent, spent, tent, underwent, unspent, vent, went. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-n-t" | |
-1 letter: let, net, tel, ten. | |
-2 letters: el, en, et, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-n-t" | |
+1 letter: blent, elint, inlet, knelt, laten, leant, lento, lunet, unlet. | |
+2 letters: anklet, antler, cantle, cental, client, dental, dentil, elints, eluant, eluent, englut, enlist, entail, entoil, etalon, fluent, gelant, gentil, gentle, gently, gluten, hantle, inlets, lament, lanate, lancet, lateen, latens, latent, latten, learnt, lectin, length, lenity, lenten, lentic, lentil, lentos, lepton, levant, linnet, lintel, linter, listen, litten, loment, lucent, lunate, lunets, lunted, lutein, mantel, mantle, melton, mental, molten, neatly, nestle, nettle, nettly, nutlet, pentyl, penult, pintle, planet, platen, plenty, relent, rental, runlet, silent, sklent, splent, stolen, talent, tangle, telnet, telson, tenail, thenal, tineal, tingle, tinkle, tinsel, tolane, tonlet, tunnel, unbelt, unfelt, wintle. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 006E 0074 |
| 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)46718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Orthography 24. Bibliography |
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