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Definitions: Benevolent |
BenevolentAdjective1. Doing or producing good. 2. Intending or showing kindness; "a benevolent society". 3. Having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others; "his benevolent smile"; "a benevolent nature". 4. Generous in providing aid to others. 5. Generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "benevolent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Benevolent \Be*nev"o*lent\, adjective. [Latin expression benevolens, -entis; bene well (adv. of bonus good) volens, present participle of volo will, wish. See Bounty, and Voluntary.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: BenevolentSynonyms: beneficent (adj), eleemosynary (adj), freehearted (adj), good (adj), gracious (adj), philanthropic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: malevolent (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aid | At one's beck, at one's beck and call; friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed; neighborly; obliging; (benevolent). |
Benevolence | Verb: be benevolent; Adjective: have one's heart in the right place, bear good will; wish well, wish Godspeed; view with an eye of favor, regard with an eye of favor; take in good part; take an interest in, feel an interest in; be interested in, feel interested in; sympathize with, empathize with, feel for; fraternize; (be friendly). |
Adjective: benevolent; kind, kindly; well-meaning; amiable; obliging, accommodating, indulgent, gracious, complacent, good-humored. | |
Friendship | Verb: be friendly; Adjective:, be friends; be acquainted with; Adjective: know; have the ear of; keep company with;(sociality); hold communication with, have dealings with, sympathize with; have a leaning to; bear good will; (benevolent); love; make much of; befriend; (aid); introduce to. set one's horses together; have the latchstring out; hold out the right hand of friendship, extend the right hand of friendship, hold out the right hand of fellowship; become friendly; Adjective: make friends; with; break the lee, be introduced to; make acquaintance with, pick acquaintance with, scrape acquaintance with; get into favor, gain the friendship of. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Benevolent |
| English words defined with "benevolent": Ahura, Anapurna, Annapurna, Anniversary week ♦ beneficent, benevolently, Benevolous ♦ eleemosynary, eudaemon, eudemon ♦ Gauri, good, good spirit ♦ Manes ♦ Parvati, paternalistic, philanthropic ♦ Sakti, Shakti ♦ Uma ♦ whip-round, white. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "benevolent": benevolent society, Bottled Moonshine ♦ Church of the SubGenius, Clearness, Cross ♦ Enchantment, EXPANSION ♦ Lady Bountiful ♦ May Meetings, Milk ♦ Pickwick ♦ Turpentine ♦ wishing well. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "benevolent": Benevolence. (references) |
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Screenplays | And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) I realize such a concept tends to negate our belief in a benevolent God, but yes. (Three Men and a Baby; writing credit: Jim Cruickshank; James Orr) Raziel, your role in this world's is more crucial and more benevolent than you've allowed yourself to believe. (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver II; writing credit: Amy Hennig) | |
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 | The Earl of Southampton--The benevolent friend and distinguished patron of Shakespeare / J.R. Jobbins, delt.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Independent Benevolent Society of Philadelphia / Wm. Crozier pinxt. ; H. Anderson sct.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Benjamin Franklin | A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. |
Douglas Jerrold | He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain. |
Howells | The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. |
Lope de Vega | Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly. |
Mencius | The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness. |
Robert Burns | The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God. |
Thackeray | Benevolent feeling ennobles the most trifling actions. |
Voltaire | The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was benevolent, abrupt, charitable, and had he been rich, his inclination would have been to be magnificent. |
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Business | Brazil has lower labor costs whereas Argentina, in spite of a high unemployment rate, has a benevolent labor law that prevents Argentina-based producers from reducing costs. (references) | |
Economic History | Latvia | Also in the face of stricter Russification policies, the Baltic German clergy and literati began to take a more benevolent interest in the distinctive language and culture of the Latvian peasantry. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CROSS, n. An ancient religious symbol erroneously supposed to owe its significance to the most solemn event in the history of Christianity, but really antedating it by thousands of years. By many it has been believed to be identical with the crux ansata of the ancient phallic worship, but it has been traced even beyond all that we know of that, to the rites of primitive peoples. We have to-day the White Cross as a symbol of chastity, and the Red Cross as a badge of benevolent neutrality in war. Having in mind the former, the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape smites the lyre to the effect following: "Be good, be good!" the sisterhood Cry out in holy chorus, And, to dissuade from sin, parade Their various charms before us. But why, O why, has ne'er an eye Seen her of winsome manner And youthful grace and pretty face Flaunting the White Cross banner? Now where's the need of speech and screed To better our behaving? A simpler plan for saving man (But, first, is he worth saving?) Is, dears, when he declines to flee From bad thoughts that beset him, Ignores the Law as 't were a straw, And wants to sin -- don't let him. |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | With our Indian neighbors, the just and benevolent system continued toward them has also preserved peace, and is more and more advancing habits favorable to their civilization and happiness. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The benevolent provision of the act under which the protection has been extended alike to the commerce of other nations can not fail to be duly appreciated by them. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | There the benevolent may endeavor to teach them the arts of civilization, and, by promoting union and harmony among them, to raise up an interesting commonwealth, destined to perpetuate the race and to attest the humanity and justice of this Government. |
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| "Benevolent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 89.11% of the time. "Benevolent" is used about 358 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 89.11% | 319 | 16,154 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.89% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Total | 100.00% | 358 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "benevolent". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Tirzah | N/A | Biblical | Benevolent |
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Expressions using "benevolent": benevolent expression ♦ benevolent fund ♦ benevolent institution ♦ benevolent society. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "benevolent": benevolent-beat-bohemian. | |
Ending with "benevolent": ever-benevolent. | |
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| Language | Translations for "benevolent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mirëdashës (amicable), dashamirës (benign, benignant, caring, chummy, sympathetic, well disposed, well meaning, well wisher, well-minded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مطبوع على حب الخير, هادف للنفع, خيري (charitable, philanthropic), خير (beneficent, charitable, good, interest, welfare, well being). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | щедър (bountiful, charitable, flush, free, freehanded, generous, handsome, large handed, large-hearted, liberal, lordly, munificent, openhanded, pickwickian, princely, prodigal, profuse, stintless, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted), милосърден (merciful), благосклонен (agreeable, favorable, favourable, friendly, gracious, propitious, well disposed), благотворителен (beneficent, charitable, eleemosynary, philanthropic), доброжелателен (avuncular, well-wishing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 仁慈 (charitable, kind, kindly, kindness, merciful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | velkorysý (big, broad, broadminded, charitable, generous, gracious, high minded, liberal, noble-minded, ungrudging, unsparing), laskavý (affable, amiable, benign, benignant, caring, charitable, decent, friendly, gentle, good, gracious, kind, kindly, neighborly, obliging, open-hearted, soft), dobroèinný (beneficent, charitable, humanitarian, philanthropic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hyväntahtoinen (kind, well-meaning), hyvänsuopa (benign, kindly disposed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bienveillant (benign), bienfaisant (beneficent, benignant, bestowed), plein de bonté (benignant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wohlwollend (benevolently, complaisant, complaisantly, friendly, gracious, sympathetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καλοκάγαθοσ (benignant, kind hearted, kindly), φιλάνθρωποσ (charitable, humanitarian, philanthropist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שוחר טוב, טוב עין, "יב (benefactor, donor, generous, munificent, openhanded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jótékony (beneficent, beneficial, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, have a big heart, philanthropical, well doing), szíves (engaging, kind, neighborly, neighbourly, willing), jóindulatú (benign, benignant, friendly, gracious, kind, kindly, mild, pious, placid, propitious, well disposed, well meaning, well-wishing), jóakaratú (gracious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | murah hati (charitable, clement, magnanimous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | benevolo (affable, benign, benignant, charitable, friendly, good-natured, gracious, humane, kind, kindly), benefico (beneficent, beneficial, bounteous, digestible), ben disposto (agreeable, well disposed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 奇特 (commendable, praiseworthy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きどく (commendable, praiseworthy), きとく (already acquired, commendable, critical illness, on the verge of death, praiseworthy, vested). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 호의 (Favor, favour, goodwill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mie-chreeagh (good-hearted, well-disposed, well-meant), kenjal (kindly, obliging), jeirkagh (almsman, beggar, benefit, benefit as match, cadger, impecunious, pauper), giastyllagh (charitable), feoiltagh (bounteous, bountiful, generous, hospitable, lavish, liberal, munificent, ungrudging, whig), feoilt (bountiful, generous, munificent, open-handed), cartaanagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | velvillig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enevolentbay bondoso (affable, big heart, charitable, friendly, generous, gentle, good, kind, kind hearted, kind of, large-hearted, warm-hearted), benevolente (graciously), benévolo (friendly), caridoso (bountiful, charitable). (various references) bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fitting, fond, fortunate, fortune, genuine, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, splendid, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome), binevoitor (amiable, benignant, bland, charitable, condescending, favorable, favourable, friendly, genial, genteel, gentle, good, good natured, gracious, humane, kind, kindly, lithe, nice, propitious, ungrudging, well disposed, well meaning, well wisher, yielding), generos (boon, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, free-handed, freehearted, generous, generously, great-hearted, handsome, high minded, large, large-hearted, largely, lavish, liberally, munificent, noble, open handed, open-hearted, profuse, warm). (various references) благосклонный (well disposed), благожелательный (amiable, large-hearted, well disposed, well-minded). (various references) blagonaklon (graceful, propitious), dobrotvoran (beneficent, charitable), dobroćudan (benign, good humoured, good natured, good tempered, good-humored, well-natured). (various references) benévolo (gentile, gentle, kind, kindly). (various references) välvillig (benign, friendly, kindly, propitious). (various references) กุศล. (various references) yardımsever (caring, charitable, friendly, gracious, helpful, humanist, humanitarian, kind, kindly, obliging, public-spirited, well disposed), müşfik (affectionate, charitable, kind, soft, tender), iyiliksever (benefactor, beneficent, bighearted, humane, humanitarian, kind, philanthropic, philanthropical), hayırsever (benefactor, beneficent, charitable, philanthropic, philanthropical, philanthropist). (various references) hoюniяetli. (various references) великодушний (chivalrous, generous, large-hearted, liberal, lordly, magnanimous, noble, noble-minded, open-hearted), прихильний (adherent, benignant, favorable, favourable, propitious, wedded), доброзичливий (amiable, benignant, boon, charitable, good natured, pious, sympathetic, well disposed, well-affected, well-willed), добродійний (beneficent, charitable, eleemosynary). (various references) thương người rộng lượng, từ thiện (beneficent, beneficently), nhân từ (merciful), nhân đức (charitable). (various references) haelionus (generous, liberal), elusen.gar (charitable), daionus (beneficent, beneficial, good). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | benevolentia. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "benevolent": benevolently, benevolentness, benevolentnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Benevolent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: benelovent, benenvolent, benevalent, benevelent, benevilent, benevolant, benovolent, benvolent, beuevolent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "benevolent" (pronounced bune"vulunt) |
| 7 | -e" v u l u n t | malevolent, prevalent. |
| 6 | -v u l u n t | ambivalent, equivalent. |
| 5 | -u l u n t | excellent, flatulent, fraudulent, indolent, insolent, jubilant, nonviolent, opulent, petulant, somnolent, stimulant, succulent, truculent, turbulent, vigilant, violent, virulent. |
| 4 | -l u n t | assailant, coolant, divalent, esculent, gallant, inhalant, monovalent, propellant, repellent, sealant, silent, talent, tetravalent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, 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, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, 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, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, 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, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, errant, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, frequent, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, 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, seafront, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, solvent, stagnant, statement, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, tumescent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, warrant, wonderment. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-l-n-n-o-t-v" | |
-3 letters: ennoble. | |
-4 letters: beetle, bennet, bolete, bonnet, eleven, elevon, lenten. | |
-5 letters: benne, betel, beton, bevel, blent, bonne, botel, event, leben, lento, leone, levee, noble, nonet, novel, tenon, tonne, volte. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-l-n-n-o-t-v" | |
+2 letters: benevolently. | |
+4 letters: benevolentness. | |
+5 letters: convertibleness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6E 65 76 6F 6C 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -. . ...- --- .-.. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110110 01101111 01101100 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e n e v o l e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006E 0065 0076 006F 006C 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36718071888178718086 |
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