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Beechen

Definition: Beechen

Beechen

Adjective

1. Consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "beechen" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

 

Modern Translations: Beechen

Language Translations for "beechen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

prej ahu. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏زاني من الزان. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

буков. (various references)

   

French

  

de hêtre. (various references)

   

German

  

aus Buchenholz. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φτιαγμένοσ από ξύλο οξείασ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

bükkfából való. (various references)

   

Italian

  

di faggio. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eechenbay

   

Portuguese

  

de faia (aspen). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

буковый. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bok-. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kayın ağacından yapılmış, akgüren (beech). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Beechen

Misspellings

"Beechen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beahan, Beauchesne, Bechet, Bechio, Bechner, Beecheno, beecher, Beihon, beken, bekenn, Belchen, Berchem, Boeschen, brechen, Buechner, Bychan, Bykhov, Dechen, Dechhen. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Beechen"

Words rhyming with "beechen" (pronounced 'Beech"en'): Affrighten, Baken, Barken, Bedizen, Bequethen, Birchen, Bolden, Boughten, boxen, Bracken, Breaden, Cheapen, Cheven, Chicken, Closen, Coarsen, Cosen, Crooken, Deafen, Depthen, Dishearten, Disliken, Dissweeten, Dizen, Dolven, Dusken, Earthen, Elmen, Embolden, Encolden, Enharden, Enhearten, Enlengthen, Enleven, Enlighten, Enliven, Enquicken, Enripen, Enwiden, Epen, Faren, Fielden, flaxen, Fleeten, Floren, Flowen, Fordrunken, foreshorten, Foughten, Fraken. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Beechen

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-e-h-n"

-2 letters: beech, bench, hence.

-3 letters: been, bene, eche, hebe.

-4 letters: bee, ben, cee, hen, neb, nee.

-5 letters: be, eh, en, he, ne.

 Words containing the letters "b-c-e-e-e-h-n"
 

+2 letters: cheekbone.

 

+3 letters: bedrenched, bedrenches, beseeching, cheekbones, unbreeched, unbreeches.

 

+4 letters: hebephrenic.

 

+5 letters: beseechingly, exchangeable, hebephrenics.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Beechen


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

42 65 65 63 68 65 6E

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)

01000010 01100101 01100101 01100011 01101000 01100101 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#101 &#101 &#99 &#104 &#101 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0065 0065 0063 0068 0065 006E

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

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

36717169747180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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