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Definition: Torrent |
TorrentNoun1. A heavy rain. 2. A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent". 3. An overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "torrent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you are looking upon a rushing torrent, denotes that you will have unusual trouble and anxiety. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Geography | A natural watercourse with a steep slope and with rapid and highly variable discharge, which can transport large volumes of sediment. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A stream of water flowing with great velocity or turbulence, as during a freshet or down a steep incline. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TorrentSynonyms: cloudburst (n), deluge (n), downpour (n), flood (n), pelter (n), soaker (n), violent stream (n), waterspout (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cessation | Intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-string, pull the plug on. |
Resistance | Breast the wave, breast the current; stem the tide, stem the torrent; face, confront, grapple with; show a bold front; (courage); present a front; make a stand, take one's stand. |
River | Body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash; spring tide, high tide, full tide; bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre; fresh, freshet; indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow; confluence, corrivation. |
Success | Surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle; se tirer d'affaire; make head against; stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of; distance; surpass; (superiority). |
Velocity | Lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind; cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum, quicksilver; telegraph, express train; torrent. |
Violence | Outbreak, outburst; debacle; burst, bounce, dissilience, discharge, volley, explosion, blow up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion, torrent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Torrent |
| English words defined with "torrent": deluge ♦ flood ♦ torrential, Torrentine ♦ Water gall. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "torrent": Cedron, Covetous Man ♦ debris basin ♦ flashy slide-fed torrent ♦ Ox-eye ♦ Phlegethon ♦ Single-Speech Hamilton, stilling pond ♦ torrent catchment, torrent transporting geologic deposits, torrent transporting recent deposits, torrential bedload deposits, torrential catchment. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "torrent": LAVA. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Torrent" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (onrush, spate, stream, torrent, volley). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Me mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading in a waterfall of creative alternatives. (Blazing Saddles ; writing credit: Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger) I became conscious that a steady torrent of obscenities and swearing of all kinds was pouring out of me as I screamed. (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown; Bob Clark) | |
Clever | A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Fille du torrent (1961) Torrent (1926) The Torrent (1921) Le Torrent (1918) The Torrent of Vengeance (1916) | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Of the torrent of words Mr. Blue could make nothing. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption |
 | Barrage; deluge; flood; inundation; landslide; landslip; snowslide; torrent; building; intensify. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In the beginning insurrection is an emeute, even as the river is a torrent. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | When the immune system malfunctions, it can unleash a torrent of disorders and diseases. (references) | |
Doctors use this term to describe the rhythmic, whooshing sound caused by excessively rapid blood flow through the arteries and veins of an AVM. The sound is similar to that made by a torrent of water rushing through a narrow pipe. Bruit can sometimes become a symptomthat is, an effect experienced by a patientwhen it is especially severe. (references) | ||
Economic History | Japan | But Japan also has fundamental strengths that tend to get neglected in the torrent of bad news. (references) |
India | These segments are dominated by foreign imports from Hewlett Packard, Pickers, Boston Scientific, Siemens, Wipro-GE, Phillips, Indchem, ATL, Network-Pickers, Toshiba-STM, Toshniwal, Larsen & Toubro, BPL, Hinditron, Toshbro and Torrent. (references) | |
India | Some of the Indian private companies and multinational companies in India involved in health biotechnology activities including vaccines are Piramal, Wockhardt, Ranbaxy, Torrent, Dr. Reddy's Labs, UB, Cadila, and RPG Life Sciences (drugs, agro and nutrition), Glaxo Wellcome, Novartis Aventis, Smithkline Beecham, Hoechst-Roussel, Core Laboratories, Lupin Laboratories, The public sector vaccine firms are the Central Research Institute (in Kasauli), BCG Laboratory (in Chennai), Bengal Immunity (in Kolkata), Haffkine (in Mumbai) and Bharat Immunological and Biological Corporation Limited (in Bulandshar). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Torrent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Torrent" is used about 261 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 (singular) | 100% | 261 | 18,276 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "torrent" 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 |
| Torrent | Last name | 170 | 53,781 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "torrent". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Aphek | N/A | Biblical | A rapid torrent |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| India | Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "torrent": mountain torrent ♦ sediment laden torrent ♦ torrent catchment ♦ torrent of abuse ♦ torrent of words ♦ torrent transporting geologic deposits ♦ torrent transporting recent deposits. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "torrent": torrent-beds. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bit torrent | 2,620 | torrent tv | 49 |
torrent | 1,205 | bit hentai torrent | 46 |
file torrent | 219 | search torrent | 41 |
bit download torrent | 147 | bit game torrent | 41 |
download torrent | 130 | spy torrent | 39 |
movie torrent | 120 | bit jam pearl torrent | 27 |
bit links torrent | 120 | bit client torrent | 26 |
bit movie torrent | 115 | matrix reloaded torrent | 22 |
links torrent | 103 | music torrent | 21 |
bit site torrent | 87 | hulk torrent | 20 |
anime bit torrent | 86 | bit naruto torrent | 20 |
bit downloads torrent | 85 | torrent tracker | 20 |
anime torrent | 84 | bit experimental torrent | 19 |
site torrent | 82 | matrix torrent | 18 |
porn torrent | 66 | naruto torrent | 18 |
downloads torrent | 60 | stargate torrent | 17 |
bit file torrent | 55 | bit torrent tracker | 16 |
hentai torrent | 53 | bit search torrent | 15 |
game torrent | 52 | supernova torrent | 15 |
bit porn torrent | 51 | bit matrix reloaded torrent | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "torrent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrëke (Beck, bourn, Bourne, burn, deluge, flood, flow, gush, rain, runlet, runnel, stream), përrua (Beck, bourn, Bourne, branch, Brook, brooklet, Creek, flow, nullah, rain, small river, Spruit, stream, streamlet, watercourse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وابل (barrage, dash, fusillade, hail, spray), تيار جارف, سيل (dribbling, stream), عباب (billows, flood, surges, swirl), جارف (sweeping, torrential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стремителен поток, буен поток, порой (brash, debacle, downpour, flash flood, flood, freshet, pour, spate, volley). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 急流 , 洪流. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dravý proud, bystřina (stream). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vildbaek (mountain stream, rapid), fos (mountain stream), bjergstroem (mountain stream), bjergflod (mountain stream). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bergstroom (volley), vloed (flood, high tide, volley), stroom (current, flow, river, stream, volley). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | torento (volley). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سیل وار, سیل رود, سیل (Deluge, Flood, Overflow, Spate), جریان شدید. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vuoristopuro (mountain stream). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | torrent (mountain torrent, torrential stream). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sturzbach (fast-flowing stream), Wildbach (mountain stream, mountain torrent, torrential stream), Strom (current, electricity, flux, gush, passage, power, river, stream, volley). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χείμαρρος (arroyo, mountain stream). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מבול (deluge, down pour, downfall, flood, inundation, spate), מטר (rain, rainfall, shower), שטף (current, flow, flux, gush, spate, stream), שצף (current, flood, flow, stream), פל' "רים, זרם עז, חל (gorge, ravine, river, stream, valley), חשול (billow, breaker, gale, storm, surf, surge, wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | özön (flush, flux, rain, stream). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | torrente (Creek, spill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 瀬 (current, rapids, shallows, shoal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ (area measure ca. 100 sqm, current, rapids, shallows, shoal, thirty tsubo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thoilley, spooyt (cascade, small waterfall, spout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orrenttay torrente (flux, fresh, gush, river, scat, volley). (various references) torrente. (various references) torent (drift, fireworks, flood, fresh, gush), zãpor (flood, flow, thaw), puhoi (flood, infinite), ploaie torenţialã (downfall, downpour, drench, drencher, pelter, shower), şuvoi (flood, flush, flux, Gill, gush, gushing, jet, outpour, stack, stream), şiroi (drip, flow). (various references) поток (current, flow, flux, gush, outpour, rain, shower, spate, stream, tide, torrance, volley, watercourse). (various references) sruit (a torrent of quick words), sriut (a torrent of quick sounds or words), sgeò (a torrent of foolish words, g. sgiach), geòpraich (a torrent of idle talk), gais (a torrent, shrivel up), easgraich (a torrent). (various references) vododerina (ravine), bujica (flash flood, freshet, spate, stream, volley). (various references) torrente (flood, gush, jabber, spate, stream, volley). (various references) ström (current, electricity, flood, flow, flux, fountain, gush, jet, onflow, pour, race, rash, river, rush, sea, spate, stream), fors (cataract, rapids, shoot, stream, waterfall, white water), flöde (flood, flow, flux, river, stream). (various references) sel (cataract, deluge, flood, flooding, inundation, spate, stream), sağanak (down pour, downpour, drench, flurry, hail, heavy shower, rainfall, shower, soak, soaker, spate, spatter, squall, waterspout), lâv seli. (various references) стримкий потік, потік (avalanche, cataract, current, deluge, downpour, flood, flow, outpour, rain, river, spate, splurge). (various references) dòng nước lũ, dòng nước chảy xiết. (various references) rhyferthwy (inundation), llifddwfr (flood), gweilgi (sea), ffrydlif (flood, stream), ffrwd (stream), cenllif (deluge, flood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | amnis, torrens, torrente, torrentem, torrentes, torrenti, torrentibus, torrentis, torrentium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "torrent": torrential, torrentially, torrents. (additional references) | |
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"Torrent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dorent, tarent, tarento, tarrent, Teoranta, Thornett, tirrant, Torbett, Torbrien, Toren, Torran, torrant, torren, torrenns, torrens, torrenti, torret, torriani, Torriano, Torrina, Torrini, torrone, torvean, touren, tourent, tournet, Troarn, turren, turrent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "torrent" (pronounced tô"runt) |
| 5 | -ô" r u n t | abhorrent, warrant. |
| 4 | -r u n t | aberrant, adherent, apparent, arrant, celebrant, coherent, Courant, declarant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, errant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, immigrant, incoherent, indifferent, inherent, migrant, parent, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, transparent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, 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, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, 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, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, 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, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: retorn, retort, rotten, rotter, torten. | |
-2 letters: noter, otter, retro, rotte, tenor, toner, torte, toter, trone. | |
-3 letters: nett, note, rent, rote, tent, tern, tone, tore, torn, torr, tort, tote, tret, trot. | |
-4 letters: eon, ern, err, net, nor, not, one, ore, ort, ret, roe, rot, ten, tet, toe, ton, tor, tot. | |
-5 letters: en, er, et, ne, no. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: rottener, torrents. | |
+2 letters: introvert, retorting, tormenter, tormentor. | |
+3 letters: alternator, controvert, integrator, intertroop, introverts, nonstarter, retraction, storefront, terminator, tormenters, tormentors, torrential, trochanter, waterfront. | |
+4 letters: alternators, contracture, contrariety, controverts, counterpart, extortioner, gerontocrat, integrators, interceptor, interdictor, intergrowth, interiority, interjector, interrogate, interruptor, intromitter, introverted, nonstarters, northeaster, northwester, ornithopter, orthocenter, orthopteran, overwritten, partitioner, paternoster, protuberant, reconstruct, reiteration, remonstrant, remonstrate, reorientate, repartition, restoration, restriction, retardation, retractions, retribution, retroacting, retroaction, sternutator, storefronts, terminators, tetrahedron, transported, transportee, transporter, trimetrogon, trochanters, waterfronts. | |
| 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)54 6F 72 72 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .-. .-. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01110010 01110010 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o r r e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0072 0072 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54818484718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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