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Definition: Bell Book |
Bell BookNoun1. A logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recorded. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affirmation | Depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle. |
Malediction | Verb: curse, accurse, imprecate, damn, swear at; curse with bell book and candle; invoke curses on the head of, call down curses on the head of; devote to destruction. |
Rite | Verb: perform service, do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip, sprinkle; anoint, confirm, lay hands on; give the sacrament, administer the sacrament; administer extreme unction; hear confession, administer holy penance, shrive; excommunicate, ban with bell book and candle. |
Spell | Noun: spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala, exsufflation, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bell Book |
| Specialty definitions using "bell book": Bell, Book, and Candle ♦ Cursing by Bell, Book, and Candle ♦ Excommunication ♦ Lions Book. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Bell Book and Candle (1958) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "bell book": ban with bell book and candle ♦ bell book and candle ♦ swear by bell book and candle ♦ To curse by bell book and candle. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
bell book candle | 38 |
bell book phone south | 34 |
bell book phone southwestern | 28 |
bell book candle lyrics | 4 |
bell book candle rescue | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-e-k-l-l-o-o" | |
-3 letters: bloke, kebob, obole. | |
-4 letters: bell, bleb, blob, bole, boll, bolo, boob, book, kobo, koel, kolo, lobe, lobo, look, oboe, obol, oleo. | |
-5 letters: bel, bob, boo, ebb, elk, ell, kob, lek, lob, loo, obe, oke, ole. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6C 6C 42 6F 6F 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101100 01101100 00100000 01000010 01101111 01101111 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e l l   B o o k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006C 006C 0042 006F 006F 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36717878236818177 |
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