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"RUINS" is a plural of: ruin. |
Date "RUINS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of ruins, signifies broken engagements to lovers, distressing conditions in business, destruction to crops, and failing health. To dream of ancient ruins, foretells that you will travel extensively, but there will be a note of sadness mixed with the pleasure in the realization of a long-cherished hope. You will feel the absence of some friend. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonym: RUINSSynonym: Demolished buildings. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Destruction | Smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shiver; batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces; laniate; nip; tear to rags, tear to tatters; crush to atoms, knock to atoms; ruin; strike out; throw over, knock down over; fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge; lay in ashes, lay in ruins; sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze; level with the dust, level with the ground; waste; atomize, vaporize. |
Remainder | Noun: remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts; residuum; dregs; (dirt); refuse; (useless); stubble, result, educt; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: RUINS |
| English words defined with "RUINS": Arrowheaded characters ♦ colossal ♦ destroyer ♦ London rocket ♦ malice aforethought, Mosul, Mynchery ♦ Persepolis, prodigious ♦ ruin, Ruin marble, ruiner, Ruiniform ♦ Shiraz, Stellion, stupendous ♦ Tarente, Thurst ♦ undoer, uprooter ♦ waster. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "RUINS": Abbey, Abez, Apollo Belvidere, Arbaces, AURELIUS ♦ Babel, tower of, Bendemeer, Bethzur, Beth-zur ♦ CAESAR, Calah, Capua ♦ Dalmanutha ♦ Emmaus ♦ Fire ♦ GORGON ♦ Hauran, Hazor-hadattah, Hierapolis, Holy Isle ♦ Iim, Ije-abarim ♦ Jabesh-Gilead ♦ Kerioth ♦ Lasaea, Ludgate ♦ Machaerus, Macreons ♦ Naphtuhim, Nergal-sharezer, nero-antico ♦ Parah, Pi-beseth, Pithom ♦ ruinform ♦ Sea of Jazer ♦ Zareth-shahar, Zebul, Ziklag, Zimri, Zoar. (references) |
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Screenplays | Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins the movie by telling you how it ends (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) You always know what will happen next. It ruins the suspense (Bandits; writing credit: Harley Peyton) Ruins the line of my suit (I Spy; writing credit: James B. Allardice) See I wanna watch you squirm; I wanna see you sweat a little, and when you smart meit ruins it. (Miller's Crossing; writing credit: Joel Coen ; Ethan Coen) So you're saying these aren't the decaying ruins of New York in the year 4000 (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
Lyrics | When away for a while came back my name is in ruins (Get Away; performing artist: Jade) So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins, (Immigrant song; performing artist: Led Zeppelin) Under the ruins of a walled city (Fortress Around Yur Heart; performing artist: Sting) | |
Clever | Television ruins more minds than drugs. (references; author: unknown) Archeologist: Someone whose carrier lies in ruins. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Out of the Ruins (1946) Ragan in Ruins (1925) The Kiddies in the Ruins (1918) Out of the Ruins (1915) | |
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 | Tabby ruins at Chocolate on the northwest side of the island. Tabby refers to the building material which is a durable cement-like mixture of equal parts of water, sand, shell, and lime. These ruins are part of an antebellum plantation that was deserted following the Civil War. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | The ruins at Nan Madol. Credit: Small World. |
 | Lowry Ruins at the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Credit: Rick Athearn. |  | Either odd rock formations or some kind of ruins in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Kanaga Fox Farm Ruins. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |  | Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Credit: NPS. |
 | Aztec Ruins National Monument. Credit: NPS. |  | The Ruins of the Quarantine Establishment, on Staten Island. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [U.S. War of 1898 - Medical & Sanitary Affairs] : Ruins of Armory [at] Jacksonville. / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Edward E. Philbrick.. |  | Ruins of gate at the Chateau, Moulins, France / Gilbert. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Ruins" by Andrzej Wac Commentary: "Ruins in Wales." | "Old Ruins 2" by Glass Shard Commentary: "This was taken at the same area, I kinda liked the structure of the windows." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Amos Bronson Alcott | We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. |
Benjamin Disraeli | We moralize among ruins. |
Charles De Montesquieu | Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. |
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton | The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it. |
H.g. Wells | Mankind which began in a cave and behind a windbreak will end in the disease-soaked ruins of a slum. |
Joubert | Antiquity! -- like its ruins better than its reconstructions. |
Ovid | All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | A man is a god in ruins. |
Seneca | Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | To what gross absurdities the following of custom, when reason has left it, may lead, we may be satisfied, when we see the bare name of a town, of which there remains not so much as the ruins, where scarce so much housing as a sheepcote, or more inhabitants than a shepherd is to be found, sends as many representatives to the grand assembly of law-makers, as a whole county numerous in people, and powerful in riches. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with clash antagonisms. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | So I was left to my own devices, and soon found a comfortable seat, at the foot of a tree, from which I had a good view of the ruins. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | When their houses are in ruins they rebuild them without cost |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Deliver me from a city built on the site of a more ancient city, whose materials are ruins, whose gardens cemeteries |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Iraq | The ruins of Ur, Babylon, and other ancient cities are here. (references) |
Bolivia | Major ruins include Tiwanaku, Samaipata, Incallajta, and Iskanwaya. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | The most impressive of these sites is the "Great Zimbabwe" ruins, after which the country is named, located near Masvingo. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GORGON, n. The Gorgon was a maiden bold Who turned to stone the Greeks of old That looked upon her awful brow. We dig them out of ruins now, And swear that workmanship so bad Proves all the ancient sculptors mad. |
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Organized government had ceased to exist, transportation systems had been wrecked, cities and industrial facilities had been bombed into ruins. |
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| "RUINS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 93.28% of the time. "RUINS" is used about 684 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 |
| Noun (plural) | 93.28% | 638 | 10,210 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 6.72% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Total | 100.00% | 684 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "RUINS": be in ruins ♦ heap of ruins ♦ in ruins ♦ lay in ruins ♦ lie in ruins. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "RUINS": castella-ruins, near-ruins. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "RUINS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gërmadhe. (various references) | |
Arabic | حطام (debris, shipwreck, wrack, wreckage). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | руини (wreckage). (various references) | |
Chinese | 廢墟 . (various references) | |
Finnish | raunioläjä (heap of ruins), raunioittaa (lay in ruins, ruin), olla raunioina (lie in ruins). (various references) | |
French | ruines. (various references) | |
German | Ruine (hulk, ruin, shell), Gemäuer (masonry). (various references) | |
Greek | ρημάδι (wreck), ερείπια (debris, remains, ruins 1). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אשיש. (various references) | |
Hungarian | romokban hever (lie in ruins, to be in ruins). (various references) | |
Italian | rovine (ashes, havocs, ruin). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 跡 (mark, remains, scar, sign, trace, tracks). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうし (bow and arrow, cessation, dying in miserable circumstances, express messenger, historic ruins, historic site, molar, narrowly averting death, one's old master, one's old teacher, pause, rest, sudden death), ざんがい (wreckage), いせき (changing household registry, dam, gastrolith, glorious achievements, historic ruins, register of physicians, remaining works, results of a man's labor, sluice, transfer), いし (chair, couch, death by hanging, doctor, dying wish, having a person under one's control, intention, office, physician, position, posthumous child, purpose, seat, stone, volition, will), あと (after, behind, later, mark, rear, remainder, remains, scar, sign, successor, trace, tracks), はいきょ (castle ruins). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uinsray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ruínas (debris, relics, rubbish, rubble, wreckage). (various references) | |
Romanian | ruine (carcas, remain, remnant, rubbish, wreckage), surpãturã (crumbling), dãrâmãturã (brushwood, debris). (various references) | |
Russian | развалины (carcass, debris, detritus, rubble), губить руина. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | razvalina. (various references) | |
Spanish | ruinas (debris, shambles), restos (detritus, left overs, legacy, remains, wreckage). (various references) | |
Swedish | ruinhög (heap of ruins). (various references) | |
Turkish | yıkıntılar, kalıntılar (antiquity, relics, remains), kalıntı (carcase, carcass, end, hangover, relic, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, rest, rump, spoils, waif), harabeler (relics), ören, çöküş (breakup, collapse, decadence, decay, decline, descent, downfall, fall, smash up, sunset, twilight). (various references) | |
Turkmen | haraba. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | руїни (debris, demolition, remains). (various references) | |
Welsh | murddun (ruin). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | du. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fragmen, fragmen, fragminis, parietinis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 15, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Meta tauta anastreyw kai anoikodomhsw thn skhnhn dabid thn peptwkuian kai ta kateskammena authV anoikodomhsw kai anorqwsw authn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Post haec revertar et aedificabo tabernaculum David quod decidit et diruta eius reaedificabo et erigam illud |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | As it is writun, Aftir this Y schal turne ayen, and bilde the tabernacle of Dauid, that felle doun; and Y schal bilde ayen the cast doun thingis of it, and Y schal reise it; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | After this I will returne and wyll bylde agayne the tabernacle of David which is fallen doune and that which is fallen in dekey of it will I bilde agayne and I will set it vp |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins of it; and I will set it up: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete: |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 15, Verse 16 |
| Albanian | "Pas këtyre gjerave, unë do të kthehem dhe do ta rindërtoj tabernakullin e Davidit që është rrëzuar, do t'i restauroj gërmadhat e tij dhe do ta ngre përsëri më këmbë, |
| Cebuano | `Tapus niini mobalik ako, ug akong tukoron pag-usab ang napukan nga puloy-anan ni David; akong tukoron pag-usab ang mga guba niini, ug akong patindogon kini, |
| Croatian | Nakon toga vratit æu se i opet podiæi pali šator Davidov, iz ruševina ga podiæi, opet ga sazidati |
| Danish | "Derefter vil jeg vende tilbage og atter opbygge Davids faldne Hytte, og det nedrevne af den vil jeg atter opbygge og oprejse den igen, |
| Dutch | Na dezen zal Ik wederkeren, en weder opbouwen de tabernakel van David, die vervallen is, en hetgeen daarvan verbroken is, weder opbouwen, en Ik zal denzelven weder oprichten. |
| Finnish | `Sen jälkeen minä palajan ja pystytän jälleen Daavidin sortuneen majan; minä korjaan sen repeämät ja nostan sen jälleen pystyyn, |
| French | Après cela, je reviendrai, et je relèverai de sa chute la tente de David, J`en réparerai les ruines, et je la redresserai, |
| German | "Darnach will ich wiederkommen und will wieder bauen die Hütte Davids, die zerfallen ist, und ihre Lücken will ich wieder bauen und will sie aufrichten, |
| Hungarian | Ezek után megtérek és felépítem a Dávidnak leomlott sátorát; és annak omladékait helyreállítom, és ismét felállatom azt: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | 'Setelah itu Aku akan datang lagi,' kata Tuhan, 'Aku akan membangun kembali rumah Daud yang sudah roboh, dan memperbaiki runtuhannya, lalu menegakkannya kembali; |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kemudian daripada itu Aku akan kembali, dan membangunkan pula kemah Daud yang sudah runtuh itu, dan pecah-pecahannya kelak Aku bangunkan pula, dan Aku akan menegakkan dia, |
| Latvian | Pçc tam es atgriezîðos un atkal uzcelðu Dâvida sagruvuðo telti, un to, kas tanî sagrauts, es atjaunoðu un uzcelðu. |
| Maori | I muri o enei mea ka hoki mai ahau, ka hanga ano e ahau te tapenakara o Rawiri, kua hinga nei; ka hanga ano e ahau ona wahi kua horoa, a ka whakaarahia e ahau: |
| Norwegian | Derefter vil jeg vende tilbake og igjen opbygge Davids falne hytte, og det nedbrutte av den vil jeg atter opbygge, og jeg vil igjen opreise den, |
| Portuguese | Depois disto voltarei, e reedificarei o tabernáculo de Davi, que está caído; reedificarei as suas ruínas, e tornarei a levantá-lo; |
| Rumanian | ,Dupq aceea, Mq voi kntoarce, wi voi ridica din nou cortul lui David din prqbuwirea lui, ki voi zidi dqrkmqturile, wi -l voi knqlya din nou: |
| Russian | рПФПН ПВТБЭХУШ Й ЧПУУПЪДБН УЛЙОЙА дБЧЙДПЧХ РБДЫХА, Й ФП, ЮФП Ч ОЕК ТБЪТХЫЕОП, ЧПУУПЪДБН, Й ЙУРТБЧМА ЕЕ, |
| Shuar | "Israer-aents meserar, jea Sáanakniua aintsan ainiawai. Tura ukunam ataksha tana, Tawitia jeen Sáanaki ana nuna, ataksha najanattajai. Juakai nuna achikian ataksha awajrattajai. |
| Spanish | "Después de esto volveré y reconstruiré el tabernáculo de David, que está caído. Reconstruiré sus ruinas y lo volveré a levantar, |
| Swahili | `Baada ya mambo haya nitarudi. Nitaijenga tena ile nyumba ya Daudi iliyoanguka; nitayatengeneza magofu yake na kuijenga tena. |
| Swedish | 'Därefter skall jag komma tillbaka och åter bygga upp Davids förfallna hydda; ja, dess ruiner skall jag bygga upp och så upprätta den igen, |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "RUINS": bruins. (additional references) | |
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"RUINS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: druins, fruin, Reunis, rins, Rinus, Riunti, Rodins, ronis, rouens, Rubins, Rudini, ruein, ruens, rufin, ruien, ruinas, ruine, ruines, ruinsa, ruint, Ruisi, rulind, runics, runim, runis, runits, runix, ruon, rupin, Rusins, rutines, Ruvina, ruzin, truins, urens, uris. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "RUINS" (pronounced ruw"unz) |
| 5 | r uw" u n z | bruins. |
| 3 | -u n z | abrasions, abstentions, abstractions, academicians, accommodations, abandons, abbreviations, abductions, aberrations, abortions, accordions, accreditations, accumulations, accusations, acquisitions, actions, adaptations, addictions, additions, administrations, admissions, admonitions, adoptions, affections, affiliations, affirmations, afflictions, aggressions, aliens, allegations, allergens, allocations, allusions, alterations, altercations, ambitions, ammunitions, amphibians, amplifications, amputations, animations, annotations, anticipations, antigens, antihistamines, antitoxins, apparitions, appellations, applications, apprehensions, appropriations, approximations, aprons, arbitrations, arcadians, arsons, artisans, aspens, aspersions, aspirations, assassinations, assassins, assertions, associations, assumptions, attentions, attractions, auctions, auditions, authentications, authorizations, Avions, awakens, confrontations, confusions, congratulations, congregations, 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notions, objections, obligations, observations, obsessions, obstetricians, obstructions, occasions, occupations, oceans, omens, omissions, onions, opens, operations, opinions, oppressions, opticians, options, orations, orchestrations, organizations, organs, orientations, originations, orphans, oscillations, ovations, ovens, paeans, palpitations, pardons, parliamentarians, Parsons, participations, partisans, partitions, passions, pathogens, patients, patricians, patrons, pavilions, pedestrians, pediatricians, pelicans, penguins, penicillins, pensions, peons, perceptions, perforations, permissions, permutations, persons, persuasions, perturbations, petitions, physicians, pigeons, Pipkins, pistons, plantains, plantations, plebeians, poisons, politicians, pollens, polyhedrons, pontifications, populations, porcelains, portions, positions, possessions, potions, precautions, preconceptions, preconditions, predictions, predilections, predispositions, preoccupations, preparations, prescriptions, presentations, presumptions, pretensions, prisons, privations, privatizations, processions, proclamations, productions, professions, prognostications, prohibitions, projections, promotions, pronunciations, proportions, propositions, prosecutions, prostaglandins, protections, protestations, protozoans, provisions, provocations, publications, pumpkins, puritans, qualifications, questions, quickens, quotations, ramifications, rationalizations, rations, ravens, reactions, realizations, reasons, rebellions, recapitalizations, receptions, recessions, recisions, recitations, reckons, recollections, recommendations, reconciliations, reconstructions, recriminations, redemptions, reductions, reflections, regimens, regions, registrations, regressions, regulations, rehabilitations, rejections, relations, religions, relocations, remissions, renditions, renegotiations, renovations, reopens, reorganizations, reparations, repercussions, repetitions, repossessions, representations, repressions, reproductions, republicans, reputations, rescissions, reservations, resignations, resolutions, restorations, restrictions, reunions, revaluations, revelations, reverberations, revisions, revocations, revolutions, rhetoricians, ribbons, Robins, romans, rotations, ruminations, saddens, salmons, samaritans, sanctions, sapiens, satisfactions, scallions, scorpions, seasons, secretions, sections, selections, seminarians, sensations, separations, sermons, sessions, sevens, shamans, sharpens, shenanigans, shortens, Siemens, simulations, siphons, sirens, situations, skeletons, slackens, slogans, smoothens, snapdragons, softens, solicitations, solutions, sovereigns, sovrans, specifications, specimens, speculations, spokespersons, squadrons, stallions, stations, statisticians, sterilizations, stiffens, stipulations, straightens, strangulations, strengthens, sturgeons, subdivisions, subluxations, submissions, subscriptions, substitutions, suburbans, suggestions, sultans, summations, summons, superstitions, suppositions, surgeons, suspensions, suspicions, sweetens, syndications, tabulations, tacticians, talons, tamarins, technicians, telecommunications, televisions, temptations, tendons, tensions, terminations, theologians, theoreticians, thickens, threatens, tightens, titans, toboggans, tokens, totalitarians, toughens, toxins, traditions, transactions, transcriptions, transformations, transfusions, transgressions, transitions, translations, transmissions, tribulations, trillions, truncheons, tuitions, turbans, unions, unisons, urchins, utopians, vacations, vaccinations, valuations, variations, vegetarians, versions, veterans, veterinarians, vibrations, villains, violations, virgins, visions, visitations, vitamins, vocations, wagons, wardens, warrens, watermelons, weakens, weapons, widens, woolens, workstations, worsens, yaupons, zillions. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: rins, ruin, runs, urns. | |
-2 letters: ins, nus, rin, run, sin, sir, sri, sun, uns, urn. | |
-3 letters: in, is, nu, si, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: bruins, burins, incurs, inrush, insure, inures, inurns, purins, rusine, rutins, unrigs, unrips, urines, ursine. | |
+2 letters: anurias, brucins, burnies, burnish, crinums, cursing, diurons, durians, durions, furnish, inburst, incrust, infuser, injures, inpours, insular, insured, insurer, insures, intrust, inturns, juniors, mureins, murines, nitrous, nourish, nursing, nutrias, nutsier, purines, purlins, pursing, requins, reusing, ricinus, rousing, ruiners, ruinous, rulings, runtish, rushing, rusting, saurian, souring, suberin, subring, sunbird, sunnier, sunrise, surfing, surging, triunes, turnips, ungirds, unhairs, uniters, unrisen, untrims, unwiser, uprisen, uranias, uranism, urchins, urinals, urinose, urinous. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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