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Definitions: Samson |
SamsonNoun1. (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah. 2. A large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Samson" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "his sun", "his service", "there the second time", "the sun". |
Date "Samson" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
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Bible | Samson of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a "Nazarite unto God" from his birth, the first Nazarite mentioned in Scripture (Judg. 13:3-5; comp. Num. 6:1-21). The first recorded event of his life was his marriage with a Philistine woman of Timnath (Judg. 14:1-5). Such a marriage was not forbidden by the law of Moses, as the Philistines did not form one of the seven doomed Canaanite nations (Ex. 34:11-16; Deut. 7:1-4). It was, however, an ill-assorted and unblessed marriage. His wife was soon taken from him and given "to his companion" (Judg. 14:20). For this Samson took revenge by burning the "standing corn of the Philistines" (15:1-8), who, in their turn, in revenge "burnt her and her father with fire." Her death he terribly avenged (15:7-19). During the twenty years following this he judged Israel; but we have no record of his life. Probably these twenty years may have been simultaneous with the last twenty years of Eli's life. After this we have an account of his exploits at Gaza (16:1-3), and of his infatuation for Delilah, and her treachery (16:4-20), and then of his melancholy death (16:21-31). He perished in the last terrible destruction he brought upon his enemies. "So the dead which he slew at his death were more [in social and political importance=the elite of the people] than they which he slew in his life." "Straining all his nerves, he bowed: As with the force of winds and waters pent, When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, or priests, Their choice nobility and flower." Milton's Samson Agonistes. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Samson Any man of unusual strength; so called from the Judge of Israel. The British Samson. Thomas Topham, son of a London carpenter. He lifted three hogsheads of water, weighing 1,836 pounds, in the presence of thousands of spectators assembled in Bath Street, Coldbath Fields, May 28th, 1741. Being plagued by a faithless woman, he put an end to his life in the flower of his age. (1710-1753.) The Kentish Samson. Richard Joy, who died 1742, at the age of 67. His tombstone is in St. Peter's churchyard, Isle of Thanet. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | Device in a percussion drilling rig. Source: European Union. (references) |
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According to the Bible, Israel was under the oppression of the Philistines. At this time an angel from God appeared to Manoah, an Israelite from the tribe of Dan, in the city of Zorah, and to his wife, who was barren. This angel predicted that they would have a son. In accordance with Nazaritic requirements, she was to abstain from wine and other strong drink, and her promised child was not to have a razor used upon his head. In due time the son was born; he was reared according to the provisions of the Nazariteship.
The Philistines among the Israelites naturally became very familiar with them. So infatuated was Samson with a Philistine woman of Timnah that, overcoming the objections of his parents, he married her. The wedding-feast was a seven-day banquet, at which various kinds of entertainment were in vogue. Samson, equal to the demands of the occasion, proposes a riddle for his thirty companions. Upon the urgent and tearful implorings of his bride he tells her the solution, and she betrays it to the thirty young men. To meet their demands he slays thirty Ashkelonites, and in anger leaves the house of his bride and returns home. The father of the young woman gives her to Samson's companion, probably his right-hand man; so that when, after some time, Samson returns to Timnah, her father refuses to allow him to see her, and wishes to give him her sister. Samson again displays his wrath, and through the strange plan of turning loose pairs of foxes with firebrands between their tails, he burns the grain of the Philistines. Inquiry as to the cause of this destruction leads the Philistines to burn the house of the Timnite and his daughter, who had stirred up Samson's anger.
Samson then smote the Philistines "hip and thigh," and took refuge in the rock of Etam. An army of them went up and demanded from 3,000 men of Judah the deliverance to them of Samson. With Samson's consent they tied him with two new ropes and were about to hand him over to the Philistines when he snapped the ropes asunder. Picking up the jawbone of an ass, he dashed at the Philistines and slew a full thousand. At the conclusion of Judges xv. it is said that "he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines ['sway] twenty years."
Ch. xvi. records the disastrous end of Samson. His actions at Gaza display his strength and also his fascination for Philistine women. The final, fatal episode, in which Delilah betrays him to his enemies, is similar in its beginnings to the art practised by the Timnitess. Samson's revenge at the feast of Dagon was the end of a life that was full of tragic events.
The rabbis identified Samson with Bedan (I Sam. xii. 11); Bedan was a judge mentioned by Samuel in his farewell address (I Sam. xii. 11) among the judges that delivered Israel from their enemies. However, the name "Bedan" is not found in the Book of Judges.
The name "Samson" is derived from "shemesh" (= "sun"), so that Samson bore the name of God, who is also "a sun and shield" (Ps. lxxxiv. 12. As God protected Israel, so did Samson watch over it in his generation, judging the people even as did God. Samson's strength was divinely derived (Talmud Sotah 10a). Samson resembled God in requiring neither aid nor help (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xcviii. 18).
Jewish legend records that Samson's shoulders were sixty ells broad. He was lame in both feet (Talmud Sotah 10a), but when the spirit of God came upon him he could step with one stride from Zoreah to Eshtaol, while the hairs of his headarose and clashed against one another so that they could be heard for a like distance (Midrash Lev. Rabbah viii. 2). Samson was said to be so strong that he could uplift two mountains and rub them together like two clods of earth (ib.; Sotah 9b), yet his superhuman strength, like Goliath's, brought woe upon its possessor (Midrash Eccl. Rabbah i., end).
In licentiousness he is compared with Amnon and Zimri, both of whom were punished for their sins (Lev. R. xxiii. 9). Samson's eyes were put out because he had "followed them" too often (Soṭah l.c.).
It is said that in the twenty years during which Samson judged Israel he never required the least service from an Israelite (Midrash Numbers Rabbah ix. 25), and he piously refrained from taking the name of God in vain. As soon, therefore, as he told Delilah that he was a Nazarite of God she immediately knew that he had spoken the truth (Sotah l.c.). When he pulled down the temple of Dagon and killed himself and the Philistines the structure fell backward, so that he was not crushed, his family being thus enabled to find his body and to bury it in the tomb of his father (Midrash Gen. Rabbah l.c. § 19).
In the Talmudic period many seem to have denied that Samson was a historic figure; he was apparently regarded as a purely mythological personage. This was viewed as heretical by the rabbis of the Talmud, and they refure this view.
Disambiguation
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In Rabbinic Jewish literature
Samson (island)
Samson, Alabama
Geography
Samson is located at 31°6'45" North, 86°2'52" West (31.112574, -86.047865)1.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.4 km² (3.6 mi²). 9.4 km² (3.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.28% is water.
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 2,071 people, 894 households, and 575 families residing in the city. The population density is 220.9/km² (572.1/mi²). There are 1,016 housing units at an average density of 108.4/km² (280.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 77.11% White, 20.42% Black or African American, 0.97% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.63% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. 2.46% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 894 households out of which 28.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% are married couples living together, 16.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% are non-families. 33.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.32 and the average family size is 2.92.
In the city the population is spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 80.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $18,594, and the median income for a family is $25,188. Males have a median income of $25,767 versus $16,719 for females. The per capita income for the city is $12,834. 33.8% of the population and 29.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 51.1% are under the age of 18 and 32.0% are 65 or older.
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Synonyms: SamsonSynonyms: bruiser (n), bull (n), strapper (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Strength | Athlete, gymnast, acrobat; superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath; tower of strength; giant refreshed. |
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Crosswords: Samson |
| English words defined with "Samson": Samson post. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Samson": 36477 ♦ Agonistes ♦ baz, Bedan ♦ Colbronde ♦ DELILAH, Dragon Slayers ♦ frobnitz ♦ Harapha ♦ Jaw-bone, Jocelin de Brakelonda ♦ LAUREATE, Lehi ♦ Manoah ♦ Sabbath Day's Journey, Samson Carrasco, Samson loade, Samson stripper, Sorek, spread spectrum communications ♦ Timnath. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Samson" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (Samson), Czech (Samson), German (Samson), Serbo-Croatian (samson), Turkish (Samson). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Black Samson (1974) The Secret of Wendel Samson (1966) Samson (1964) | |
Song Titles | Run Samson Run (performing artist: Neil Sedaka) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Samson and the Abbe Montes are the really popular names. |
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Civil Liberties | Ethiopia | At year's end, 40 journalists remained abroad in self-imposed exile rather than face charges upon returning, including Dawit Kebede, editor-in-chief of the defunct Fiameta, who had 12 press charges pending in court and Israel Seboka, the editor-in-chief of Seife Nebelbal newspaper, and Samson Seyoum Kebede, the former editor of Goh. (references) |
Economic History | Venezuela | The opening of the petroleum sector to public and private sector investment for operating contracts for marginal oil fields, for the exploration and production of light, medium and heavy crudes, and for natural gas and extra-heavy oil projects has attracted many U.S. petroleum companies to Venezuela including: Benton, Chevron, Coastal Petroleum, Conoco, Enron, Exxon, Mobil, Phillips, Samson Hydrocarbon, Texaco, and Williams International. (references) |
Human Rights | South Africa | He was pardoned for: The abduction and murder of Jameson Mngomezulu; the murders of KP Shabangu, Thabo Mohale, and Derik Mashobane; the death of Xolile Samson; being an accessory in the killing of Johannes Sambo; and for supplying weapons to the IFP. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LAUREATE, adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral. Of all incumbents of that high office, Robert Southey had the most notable knack at drugging the Samson of public joy and cutting his hair to the quick; and he had an artistic color-sense which enabled him so to blacken a public grief as to give it the aspect of a national crime. |
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| "Samson" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.64% of the time. "Samson" is used about 147 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 (proper) | 98.64% | 145 | 26,217 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.36% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 147 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "Samson" 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 |
| Samson | Last name | 4,000 | 3,120 |
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| "Samson" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "his sun", "his service", "there the second time", "the sun". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Samson." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Samson | Male | Biblical | N/A |
| Samson | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Sam | Male, Female | English | Samson |
| Sampson | Male | English | Samson |
| Samson | Male | English | N/A |
| Sansone | Male | Italian | Samson |
| Shimshon | Male | Jewish | Samson |
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| Country | Name |
| Denmark | Samson Holdings A/S |
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1. Samson, AL (city, FIPS 67800) |
Expression using "Samson": Samson post. Additional references. | |
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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 |
savanna samson | 830 |
samson | 670 |
samson exhaust | 367 |
samson savannah | 155 |
samson and delilah | 74 |
samson pipe | 66 |
giselle samson | 38 |
samson motorcycle exhaust | 38 |
en gert samson | 37 |
samson rope | 32 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Samson"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Samson, Vigan (colossal, enormous, giant, gigantesque, huge, immense, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monster, mountainous, ogre, swingeing, Titanic, towering). (various references) | |
Czech | Silák, Samson. (various references) | |
Danish | stativ for perkussionsbor (Samson post). (various references) | |
Dutch | balanssteun (Samson post). (various references) | |
Finnish | Simpson-tuki (Samson post), iskuporan tukipalkki (Samson post). (various references) | |
French | support de levier de battage (Samson post), support de balancier (Samson post). (various references) | |
German | Samson, Herkules (Hercules). (various references) | |
Greek | υποστήριγμα ακρόβαρου (Samson post), υποστήριγμα αντισταθμιστή (Samson post), Σαμψών. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Sámson. (various references) | |
Italian | Sansone. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amsonsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Sansão. (various references) | |
Russian | Самсон, Силач. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | samson. (various references) | |
Spanish | Sansón. (various references) | |
Swedish | stativ för slagborr (Samson post). (various references) | |
Thai | แซมซัน (ชาวยิวกำลังมหาศาลในพระคัม ีร์ไบเบิล). (various references) | |
Turkish | Samson, Herkül (Hercules). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | Xam-xon (sampson), người có sức khoẻ phi thường (sampson). (various references) | |
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| Language | Date | Source | Judges Chapter 14, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai katebh o pathr autou proV thn gunaika kai epoihsen ekei samywn poton hmeraV epta oti outwV epoioun oi neaniskoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Descendit itaque pater eius ad mulierem et fecit filio suo Samson convivium sic enim iuvenes facere consuerant |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And so his fader dessendide to the womman, and made to his sone Sampson a feest; forsothe so yong men weren wont to doo. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | So his father went down to the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men. |
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| Language | Judges Chapter 14, Verse 10 |
| Bulgarian | И баща му слезе при жената; и там Самсон направи угощение, защото така правеха момците. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ug ang iyang amahan milugsong ngadto sa babaye: ug si Samson naghimo didto ug usa ka fiesta; kay mao kini ang naandan sa pagbuhat sa mga batan-on nga lalake. |
| Chinese | 他 父 親 下 去 見 女 子 ． 參 孫 在 那 裡 設 " 筵 宴 、 為 向 來 少 年 人 都 有 這 個 規 矩 。 |
| Croatian | Zatim ode ženi i ondje prirediše gozbu Samsonu; trajala je sedam dana, jer tako obièavahu mladi ljudi. |
| Danish | Så drog Samson ned til Kvinden; og de holdt Gilde, som de unge havde for Skik. |
| Dutch | Als nu zijn vader afgekomen was tot die vrouw, zo maakte Simson aldaar een bruiloft, want alzo plachten de jongelingen te doen. |
| Finnish | Sitten hänen isänsä meni naisen luo, ja Simson laittoi siellä pidot, sillä niin oli nuorten miesten tapa. |
| French | Le père de Samson descendit chez la femme. Et l , Samson fit un festin, car c`était la coutume des jeunes gens. |
| German | Und da sein Vater hinabkam zu dem Weibe, machte Simson daselbst eine Hochzeit, wie die Jünglinge zu tun pflegen. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Apre sa, papa l' desann ale kay ti fi a. Lè sa a, Samson fè yon bèl resepsyon lakay la. Se konsa jenn gason yo toujou fè lè y'ap marye. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Setelah ayah Simson pergi ke rumah gadis itu, Simson mengadakan pesta di sana, karena demikianlah kebiasaan orang-orang muda. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hata, maka bapanyapun mendapatkan perempuan itu, lalu dibuat Simson di sana suatu perjamuan mempelai, karena adatlah orang teruna berbuat demikian. |
| Italian | Suo padre scese dunque da quella donna e Sansone fece ivi un banchetto, perché così usavano fare i giovani. |
| Korean | 삼 손 의 아 비 가 여 자 에 게 로 내 가 매 삼 손 이 거 기 서 " 치 를 배 설 하 였 으 니 소 년 은 이 게 행 하 " ' 속 이 있 음 이 " 라 |
| Maori | ¶ Na ka haere tona papa ki taua wahine, a ka tukua e Hamahona he hakari ki reira; ko te tikanga hoki tera ma nga taitamariki. |
| Norwegian | Da nu hans far var kommet ned til kvinnen, gjorde Samson et gjestebud der; for således pleide de unge menn å gjøre. |
| Portuguese | Desceu, pois, seu pai casa da mulher; e Sansão fez ali um banquete, porque assim os mancebos costumavam fazer. |
| Rumanian | Tatql lui Samson s`a pogorkt la femeia aceea. Wi acolo Samson a fqcut un ospqy, cqci awa fqceau tinerii. |
| Russian | й ТЙЫЕМ ПФЕ" ЕЗП Л ЦЕОЭЙОЕ, Й У"ЕМБМ ФБН уБНУПО ЙТ, ЛБЛ П'ЩЛОПЧЕООП "ЕМБАФ ЦЕОЙИЙ. |
| Spanish | Su padre descendió a donde estaba la mujer. Luego Sansón hizo allí un banquete, porque así lo solían hacer los novios. |
| Swedish | När nu hans fader kom ned till kvinnan, gjorde Simson där ett gästabud, ty så plägade de unga männen göra. |
| Thai | ฝ่ายบิ"าของท่านก็ลงไปหาหญิงคนนั้น และแซมสันจั"การเลี้ยงที่นั่น "ังที่คนหนุ่มๆเขากระทำกัน |
| Ukrainian | ¶ І зійшов його батько до ті"ї жінки, а Самсон справив там прийняття, бо так роблять юнаки. |
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Misspellings | |
"Samson" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amson, Assman, Assmann, Gamson, Haimson, Saksena, Salmson, Samco, Samsons, Sanon, Sansoni, Sansons, Sanzo, Semyon, Shanson, Shaxson, Sibson, Skansen, Somboon, Sumsion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Samson" (pronounced 'Sam"son'): Advowson, Antimason, Arson, Bason, Bison, Bisson, Boson, Caisson, Chanson, Diapason, Disdiapason, Dobson, Elison, Encrimson, Foison, Foyson, Geason, godson, grandson, Great-grandson, grison, hyson, Impoison, keelson, Kelson, Nupson, Outreason, Overseason, Parson, Plasson, Pocoson, Ramson, reason, Semidiapason, Sponson, Stemson, stepson, Sternson, Telson, treason, Tridiapason, Unpoison, Unseason, Urson, Waveson, Whitson, Whoreson. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: masons. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-n-o-s-s" | |
-1 letter: manos, mason, moans, monas, nomas, somas. | |
-2 letters: mano, mans, mass, moan, moas, mons, moss, naos, noma, noms, ossa, sans, soma, sons. | |
-3 letters: ass, man, mas, moa, mon, mos, nam, nom, nos, oms, ons, som, son, sos. | |
-4 letters: am, an, as, ma, mo, na, no, om, on, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-n-o-s-s" | |
+1 letter: damsons, hansoms, mascons, ramsons, ransoms, salmons. | |
+2 letters: anemoses, anemosis, anosmias, malisons, mannoses, mansions, onanisms, osmundas, plasmons, psammons, solanums, stasimon, transoms, zymosans. | |
+3 letters: admission, angstroms, encompass, foaminess, gambesons, impassion, insomnias, laconisms, masonries, mastodons, misatones, moccasins, monadisms, monastics, monsteras, moonsails, nabobisms, neoplasms, nomadisms, organisms, pleonasms, ramshorns, ransomers, rhamnoses, romanises, saintdoms, salmonids, sandstorm, sandworms, seamounts, semolinas, simoniacs, sonograms, spanworms, spoilsman, spokesman, sportsman, swordsman, womanises, womanless. | |
+4 letters: admissions, admonishes, amylopsins, anabolisms, anastomose, anatomises, anatomists, assoilment, assortment, assumption, atonalisms, barnstorms, campesinos, cheongsams, coassuming, commensals, compassing, compassion, cosmonauts, encomiasts, endoplasms, famousness, formalness, groundmass, handsomest, harmonises, impassions, insomniacs, lemongrass, mammonisms, mammonists, manifestos, marlstones, mastodonts, menopauses, mestranols, missionary, monachisms, moniliases, moniliasis, moonscapes, normalises, onomastics, pianissimo, prosimians, rainstorms, randomness, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmonoids, sandstorms, scammonies, seminomads, snowmakers, stonemason, stramonies, summations, transforms, volcanisms. | |
+5 letters: actomyosins, admonishers, aeronomists, agnosticism, agronomists, amorousness, anastomosed, anastomoses, anastomosis, angiosperms, animosities, anisogamies, anisogamous, antagonisms, antismokers, assoilments, assortments, assumptions, astronomers, astronomies, autonomists, awesomeness, brainstorms, compactness, comparisons, compassions, compensates, congressman, consumables, consummates, crossbowman, dipsomanias, doomsayings, easternmost, encompassed, encompasses, estimations, foaminesses, gastronomes, gormandises, homoousians, iconoclasms, ignoramuses, immunoassay, impassioned, ironmasters, journalisms, macintoshes, maisonettes, mangosteens, manifestoes, manumission, maraschinos, marchioness, mascarpones, mayonnaises, melanosomes, miscaptions, misdiagnose, monarchisms, monarchists, monasteries, monasticism, monetarisms, monetarists, monogamists, monstrances, movableness, nematocysts, neorealisms, noisemakers, nominalisms, nominalists, oarsmanship, organicisms, parsimonies, personalism, pianissimos, proseminars, pseudomonas, readmission, rosemalings, salmonellas, sanatoriums, sanitoriums, sardonicism, showmanship, simulations, solacements, spokeswoman, sportsmanly, sportswoman, squamations, stonemasons, stramoniums, synaptosome, taxonomists, utopianisms, womanliness. | |
| 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)53 61 6D 73 6F 6E |
| 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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| Semaphore (1791, in 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)01010011 01100001 01101101 01110011 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a m s o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006D 0073 006F 006E |
| 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)536779858180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Names: Derived from 12. Names: Company Usage | 13. Cities 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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