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Definitions: Benight |
BenightVerb1. Overtake with darkness or night. 2. Envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area". 3. Make difficult to perceive by sight; "The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Benight \Be*night"\ (b[-e]*n[imac]t"), transitive verb. [imperative past participle Benighted; present participle verb or noun Benighting.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: BenightSynonyms: bedim (v), obscure (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Benight |
| English words defined with "benight": Benighting. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "benight"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Manx | cur fo dorraghys. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | enightbay | ||||
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Words beginning with "benight": benighted, benightedly, benightedness, benightednesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-g-h-i-n-t" | |
-1 letter: henbit. | |
-2 letters: begin, being, bight, binge, eight, hinge, neigh, night, thegn, thein, thine, thing, tinge. | |
-3 letters: bent, beth, bine, bint, bite, gent, gibe, gien, hent, hint, nigh, nite, then, thin, tine, ting. | |
-4 letters: beg, ben, bet, big, bin, bit, eng, eth, gen, get, ghi, gib, gie, gin, git, hen, het, hie, hin, hit, neb. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-g-h-i-n-t" | |
+1 letter: beknight, berthing, brighten. | |
+2 letters: beknights, benighted, bothering, breathing, brightens, thighbone. | |
+3 letters: beclothing, bedighting, beknighted, beshouting, besoothing, bethanking, bethinking, bethorning, bethumping, betrothing, bewitching, blathering, blethering, blithering, breathings, brightened, brightener, brightness, brothering, burthening, butchering, exhibiting, hebetating, thighbones. | |
+4 letters: alphabeting, beknighting, benightedly, bequeathing, besmoothing, brighteners, brightening, hibernating, inbreathing. | |
+5 letters: bantamweight, bewitchingly, breathtaking, brightnesses, establishing, heartburning, interborough, nightclubbed, nightclubber, nonbreathing, pathbreaking, reinhabiting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6E 69 67 68 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -. .. --. .... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101110 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e n i g h t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006E 0069 0067 0068 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36718075737486 |
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