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REQUIN

Definition: REQUIN

REQUIN

Noun

1. The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: REQUIN

Non-English Usage: "REQUIN" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (shark).

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Modern Usage: REQUIN

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Le Requin (1929)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: REQUIN

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: REQUIN

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  requin

93

  blanc requin

17

  nike requin

13

  du groenland requin

7

  les requin

7

  marteau requin

6

  groenland requin

5

  blanc grand requin

5

  cartilage de requin

5

  requin tigre

5

  baleine requin

4

  chaussures requin

3

  citron requin

3

  blanc le requin

3

  requin tn

2

  nike requin tn

2

  requin uss

2

  blanc grand le requin

2

  bateau requin

2

  classification requin

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: REQUIN

Derivations

Words beginning with "REQUIN": requins. (additional references)

Words ending with "REQUIN": lambrequin. (additional references)

Words containing "REQUIN": lambrequins. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "REQUIN"

Words rhyming with "REQUIN" (pronounced 'Re"quin'): sequin. (additional references)

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Anagrams: REQUIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-n-q-r-u"

-1 letter: inure, quern, quire, urine.

-2 letters: quin, rein, ruin, rune.

-3 letters: ern, ire, rei, rin, rue, run, urn.

-4 letters: en, er, in, ne, nu, re, un.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-n-q-r-u"
 

+1 letter: enquire, enquiry, inquire, requins, uniquer.

 

+2 letters: aequorin, antiquer, enquired, enquires, inquired, inquirer, inquires, quainter, queering, quercine, querying, quitrent, ramequin, squinter, squireen.

 

+3 letters: aequorins, antiquers, enquiries, enquiring, esquiring, harlequin, inquirers, inquiries, quantizer, quavering, queenlier, quercetin, quickener, quinaries, quitrents, quivering, ramequins, requiring, requiting, roqueting, squinnier, squinters, squintier, squireens, unquieter.

 

+4 letters: aquamarine, aquatinter, barbequing, chequering, conquering, croqueting, equestrian, harlequins, infrequent, lacquering, lambrequin, parqueting, quadrennia, quandaries, quantifier, quantizers, quarantine, quarreling, quartering, quaternion, quaternity, quercetins, quercitron, questioner, quickeners, quinacrine, quirkiness, reacquaint, relinquish, requesting, tourniquet, tranquiler, unrequited, vanquisher.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: REQUIN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 51 55 49 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    --.-    ..-    ..    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000101 01010001 01010101 01001001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#69 &#81 &#85 &#73 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 0051 0055 0049 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

523951554348

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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