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Definitions: Breakdown |
BreakdownNoun1. The act of disrupting an established order. 2. A mental or physical breakdown. 3. A cessation of normal operation; "there was a power failure". 4. An analysis into mutually exclusive categories. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "breakdown" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1878. (references) |
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Electrical Engineering | A condition of an electrical component or part of a component characterised by the transition from a high-dynamic-resistance state to a low-dynamic-resistance state. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The transition from a state of high dynamic resistance to a state of substantially lower dynamic resistance for increasing magnitude of reverse voltage. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The failure of the dielectric of an insulation under the effect of an excessive electric field and/or by physicochemical deterioration of the dielectric material. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A loss of blocking action of a reverse-biased p-n junction, resulting in rapid increase of current. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A test to determine the conditions under which an a. c. machine develops maximum torque while running at specified voltage and frequency. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A rapid increase of current through a p-n junction resulting from repeated impact ionisations in which the generated current carriers themselves cause impact ionisations, a sharper knee appearing in the characteristic than with Zener breakdown. Source: European Union. (references) | |
General | Take-down and removal of exhibits. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Accidental failure of a machine or installation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | A physical, metal, or nervous collapse. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Of an emulsion, the reunion of the finely dispersed particles and their separation from the medium in which they form an emulsion. Syn:hoedown. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | The whole of the phenomena accompanying the perforation of a dielectric whenthe potential difference between two conductors exceeds a certain limit(BTM). Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | The occurrence of any condition which renders the system incapable of operating within its full operational capabilities. Four classes of failure can be distinguished on the basis of severity:Class 1:a failure which may lead directly to unsafe conditions or to an accident. Example:the loss of a vehicle's brakes; Class 2:a failure which could require removal of the vehicle from revenue service during its scheduled period of operation. Example:the breakdown in service of a propulsion system; Class 3:a failure which causes discomfort or inconvenience to the passengers, but does not cause an interruption in revenue service. Example:partial failure of lights in a passenger car; Class 4:a failure which does not endanger passenger safety, interrupt service, or cause discomfort to the passengers, but represents a reduced standard of performance for a component associated with basic equipment functioning. Example:a faulty air filter or a defective engine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BreakdownSynonyms: crack-up (n), dislocation (n), equipment failure (n), partitioning (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Dance; hop, reel, rigadoon, saraband, hornpipe, bolero, ballroom dance; minuet, waltz, polka, fox trot, tango, samba, rhumba, twist, stroll, hustle, cha-cha; fandango, cancan; bayadere; breakdown, cake-walk, cornwallis, break dancing; nautch-girl; shindig; skirtdance, stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance; galop, galopade; jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey; allemande; gavot, gavotte, tarantella; mazurka, morisco, morris dance; quadrille; country dance, folk dance; cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley; ballet; (drama); ball; bal, bal masque, bal costume; masquerade; Terpsichore. |
Failure | Blunder; (mistake); fault, omission, miss, oversight, slip, trip, stumble, claudication, footfall; false step, wrong step; faux pas, titubation, b_vue, faute, lurch; botchery; (want of skill); scrape, mess, fiasco, breakdown; flunk. |
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Screenplays | You know your father's just had a breakdown. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) You might almost say they've had a complete metal breakdown. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) I'm sorry but I'm not having a politically correct nervous breakdown. (I Think I Do; writing credit: Brian Sloan) What, and you were waiting for her to have a total nervous breakdown before you said it, I mean, what is your problem? (The Haunting; writing credit: David Self) God forgive me for saying this word: Nervous breakdown! (Laughter on the 23rd Floor; writing credit: Neil Simon;) | |
Lyrics | They said she had a breakdown (Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'; performing artist: Michael Jackson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Breakdown (1952) The Breakdown (1912) Final Breakdown (2002) Commercial Breakdown (2002) | |
Song Titles | 19th Nervous Breakdown (performing artist: The Rolling Stones) | |
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 | This is a schematic drawing of the stages of metastasis 1) attachment 2) local breakdown 3) locomotion 4) secondary tumor. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Mucous patches form during the breakdown of mucous membranes, seen here on the inferior surface of the tongue. During the secondary stage of syphilis, mucous patches can also develop inside the mouth, vulva, and vagina. Credit: CDC. |
 | Hemosiderin, revealed here using PAS stain and H&E counterstain, is a normal by-product produced during the breakdown of red blood cells, and the decomposition of the hemoglobin molecule contained in these blood components. Credit: CDC. |  | A breakdown in the wagoner's camp. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Corning Glass Works, Parkersburg, West Virginia. Pot breakdown. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Byron Dobell | Every generation is convinced there has been a deplorable breakdown of manners. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Tools on the bottom, but handy to reach in case of a breakdown. |
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Health | Possible problems with implants include mechanical breakdown and infection. (references) | |
A waste product found in the blood and caused by the breakdown of protein in the liver. (references) | ||
Urea nitrogen (yoo-REE-uh NY-truh-jen) also is produced from the breakdown of food protein. (references) | ||
Business | The following graph serves as a point of reference of the population breakdown and amounts allocated per person. (references) | |
Internet White Paper by IMPRESS has conducted a similar survey with the respondent population of 553. The percentage breakdown results were about the same with that of JADMA. (references) | ||
The market for joint venture HCPs includes both Chinese nationals and foreign expatriates; the rough breakdown varies, but averages about 80% expatriates and 20% nationals at most facilities. (references) | ||
Children | Estonia | School is attended by 97 percent of those eligible, and attendance is in proportion to the breakdown by gender in the population. (references) |
Palau | While children's rights generally are respected, there were reports of several instances of child neglect, which is a byproduct of the breakdown of the extended family. (references) | |
Economic History | Qatar | Detailed breakdown of 2000 statistics has not yet been made available. (references) |
Human Rights | Bangladesh | Press editorials and commentaries opined that the increasing mob violence reflected a breakdown of law and order and a popular perception that the criminal justice system did not function. (references) |
Jamaica | However, human rights advocates contend that number is closer to 500. Human rights advocates blamed a breakdown in the prison bureaucracy, noting there was no apparent conscious effort to deny prisoners a right to trial. (references) | |
Burma | In Kayah State, the Karenni National Progressive Party has resumed fighting against the Government since the breakdown of a cease-fire negotiated in 1995. In central and southern Shan State, government forces continued to engage the Shan State Army (SSA). (references) | |
Minorities | Chad | However, recent migrations in response to urbanization and desertification made a north-south breakdown too simplistic. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | The latest statistical data, from the 1999 census, reflected the following ethnic breakdown of the population: 64.9 percent were Kyrgyz; 12.5 percent were Russians; 13.8 percent were Uzbeks; 1.1 percent were Dungans (ethnic Chinese Muslims); 1 percent were Uighurs; 0.9 percent were Tatars and 0.4 percent were Germans. (references) | |
Political Economy | Solomon Islands | With the breakdown of law and order, the formal sector of the economy is on the brink of collapse. (references) |
Political Rights | Cyprus | Therefore since the breakdown in 1963 of bicommunal governing arrangements, and since the 1974 de facto partition of the island, Turkish Cypriots living in the government-controlled area are barred from voting there, although they may travel to the north to vote in elections. (references) |
Peru | After the April elections, the party breakdown in Congress was 45 seats, Peru Posible; 28 seats, APRA; 17 seats, Unidad Nacional; 13 seats, Decentralized Parliamentary Union; 11 seats, Independent Moralizing Front (FIM); 3 seats, Cambio 90-Nueva Mayoria; and 1 seat each for Solucion Popular, Renacimiento Andino, and Todos Por La Victoria. (references) | |
Travel | Nigeria | Air conditioning and hot water are often a problem in hotels, in addition to the frequent breakdown of elevators. (references) |
Women | Solomon Islands | In part due to the breakdown in law and order and the lack of a police force after June 2000, women and teenage girls in particular are vulnerable to abuse including rape, and many rapes have been reported since the ethnic conflict began in 1998. During the year, no charges were brought against militants in these cases; however, charges have been brought in other cases against persons regarded as criminals. (references) |
Worker Rights | Afghanistan | Labor rights were not defined, and in the context of the breakdown of governmental authority there was no effective central authority to enforce them. (references) |
Somalia | In view of the extent of the country's political and economic breakdown and the lack of legal enforcement mechanisms, trade unions could not function freely. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | They're rooted in the lose of values, in the disappearance of work and the breakdown of our families and our communities. |
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| "Breakdown" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.59% of the time. "Breakdown" is used about 1,451 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) | 99.59% | 1,445 | 5,590 |
| Noun (common) | 0.34% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,451 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "breakdown": airmen's breakdown ♦ avalanche breakdown ♦ breakdown crane ♦ breakdown gang ♦ breakdown lorry ♦ breakdown saw ♦ breakdown service ♦ breakdown tension ♦ breakdown truck ♦ breakdown van ♦ breakdown vehicle ♦ breakdown voltage ♦ cargo breakdown ♦ communication breakdown ♦ dielectric breakdown voltage ♦ disruptive breakdown ♦ electric breakdown ♦ irretrievable breakdown of marriage ♦ mental breakdown ♦ nervous breakdown ♦ Organizational Breakdown Structure ♦ work Breakdown Structure. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "breakdown": Breakdown-john. | |
Ending with "breakdown": avalanche-breakdown, mini-breakdown, near-breakdown, system-breakdown. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "breakdown"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkatërrim (breakup, collapse, decay, decimation, demolition, depredation, desolation, destruction, devastation, dissolution, downfall, havoc, mess, ravage, ruin, wrack, wreck, wrecking), rënie e fuqive, dobësim (debilitation, decline, decrepitude, depravation, dilution, ebb, emaciation, emasculation, enervation, exhaustion, failure, flagging, wane, weakening), avari (failure, hitch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | توقف (break off, come to a halt, cut off, demise, discontinue, end, halt, hinge, hitch, lapse, layover, let up, letup, obstruction, pass by, pause, pull up, quit, rest, run down, setback, stall, stand, stay, stop, stop over, stoppage, stopping, touch), تساقط (collapse, drop out, fall, molt, moult, shake, shake off), تعطل (conk, fall due on, give out, heave to, idleness, inactivity, jam, pack, paralysis, spoil), تدهور (break down, crumble, decadence, decay, deteriorate, deterioration, drop, go to pot, go to the bad, impairment, retrogradation, run to seed, sour, suffer, tumble), التعطيل, إنهيار عصبي, إنهيار (avalanche, collapse, fall, plunge, ruin, shower, slump, smash, split up), رقصة شعبية صاخبة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разлагане (analysis, decomposition, degradation, disintegration, scanning, separation), грохване, авария (trouble), банкрут (bankruptcy, bust, insolvency), проваляне (crash, damnation, defeat, downfall, founder), повреда (conk, damage, defect, failure, fault, flaw, hurt, injury, lesion, mischief, scathe, trouble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 故障 (error, fault, glitch, snag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zhroucení (break down, collapse), porucha (bug, defect, derangement, disorder, failure, fault, lesion), defekt (defect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lavine-gennembrud (avalanche breakdown, avalanche effect), demontering (disassembling, disassembly, dismantling, dismounting, teardown), elektrisk gennemslag (disruption, disruptive discharge, electric breakdown), elektrisk overslag (disruption, disruptive discharge, electric breakdown), fejl (aberration, error, mistake), fordeling (distribution), gennembrud (breakthrough, end point, leakage, penetration, Relative Strength Index), gennemslag (bleed through, bleeding, break though, breaking, discharge failure, disruption, disruptive breakdown, disruptive discharge, electric breakdown, migration, puncture), havari (average, failure, trouble), kipmomentafprøvning (pull-out test), avalanche-gennembrud (avalanche breakdown, avalanche effect), kollaps (collapse), underopdeling (make-up, subdivision), maskinskade (failure, trouble), maskinstop (failure, trouble), molekylenedbrydning (molecule breakdown, molecule breaking), motorskade (failure, trouble), motorstop (failure, flame out, trouble), nedbrydning (catabolism, decay, decomposition, degradation, degrade, denudation, deterioration, detrition, disintegration, dissimilation, reaction, soil damage, soil degeneration, soil degradation, soil deterioration, transformation), nedtagning (discard, discarding, dismantling, recovery, removal, taking up, teardown, withdrawal), opdeling (distribution, fractionation, segregating, splitting), sammenbrud (break-up, collapse, crash, crushing, failure, settlement, sinking, subsidence, trouble), svigt (failure), kipmomentprøvning (pull-out test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bedrijfsstoring (disturbance, failure, operating trouble, trouble), breakdown, fragmentatie (fragmentation, grinding, milling, molecule breakdown, molecule breaking, pulverisation, regrinding, scrap grinding, scrap reduction, size reduction), avalanche breakdown (avalanche breakdown, avalanche effect), collaps (collapse), collapsus (break down, collapse), defect (broken, broken down, damage, damaged, out of order), demontage (disassembling, disassembly, dismantling, dismounting, teardown), afbraak (demolition, old materials, rubbish), doorslag (bleed through, bleeding, chimney, discharge failure, disruption, disruptive breakdown, disruptive discharge, drop-hole, electric breakdown, incline, incline shaft, mandrel, overshoot, punch, puncher, puncture, turning pin), ventilatie (ventilation), kipproef (pull-out test), lawinedoorslag (avalanche breakdown, avalanche effect), onderbreking (interruption), onderverdeling (distribution, make-up, minor head, subdivision, subheading), storing (disquiet, disturbance, hindrance, interference, trouble, unrest), stukgaan (break, break down), uitvallen (abandon, collapse, fall, fall off, give up, go on the blink, malfunction, renounce, resign, tumble down), diëlektrische fout. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | reziduo (breakdown product). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فروریختن (Cave, Collapse, Crumble, Disintegrate, Fall), تقسیم بندی کردن (Lot), تجزیه کردن (Abstract, Analyze, Comminute, Decompose, Dismember, Liberate), سقوطناگهانی , طبقه بندی کردن (Assort, Categorize, Class, Grade, Label, Layer, Type), ازاثرانداختن (Deactivate), درهم شکننده , درهم شکستن (Crash, Force, Overwhelm, Scrunch, Smash, Vanquish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | konerikko (failure, trouble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | panne (brakedown), rupture (break, breakage, breaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | panne (boob, break-down, flat tire, goof, hitch, mishap, slip-up, trouble), ausfall (blackout, cancellation, dropping out, failure, loss, lunge, non-departure, omission, pass, retirement, Sally, sortie, stoppage, thrust), aufschlüsselung (classification), zusammenbruch (collapse, crackup, crash, crashes), aufgliederung (analysis, categorization, differentiation, division), abbau (cutback, decomposition, dismantling, mining, quarrying, reduction, run down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύμπτωση (chance, coincidence, concurrence, contingency, fortuity, haphazard, incident), σπάσιμο (breakage, crash, fracture, rupture, smash), στατιστική ανάλυση (statistical analysis), βλάβη (damage, detriment, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, maleficence, mischief, trauma, vitiation), επί μέρους εκτίμηση (make-up), αβαρία (jettison), ανάλυση (analysis, resolution), αποσυναρμολόγηση (disassembling, disassembly, dismantling, dismounting, teardown), ταξινόμηση σε κατηγορίες (make-up), "ιάσπαση χιονοστιβάδας (avalanche breakdown, avalanche effect), θραύση μορίου (molecule breakdown, molecule breaking), διάσπαση μορίου (molecule breakdown, molecule breaking), διάσπαση (break, breakup, disintegration, disruption, fission, smash), διακοπή (abortion, adjournment, break, breather, disconnection, discontinuance, interception, intermission, interrupt, interruption, pause, recess, respite, severance, vacation), δοκιμή μεγίστης ροπής (pull-out test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שבוש (blunder, confusion, dislocation, disorder, disruption, error, fault), "תמוטטות (collapse, fall, overthrow, slump, tottering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bukás (catastrophe, come down, debacle, doom, downfall, failure, fall, fiasco, mucker, overthrow, spill, tumble), felbontás (break up, cancellation, dissociation, resolution, scanning, undoing), üzemzavar (bug, derangement, malfunction, trouble), összeomlás (bust up, cataclysm, collapse, débâcle, debacle, mouldering, ruin, smash, wreckage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perincian (detail, specification), laporan (advisory, brief, minutes, report), kemacetan (bottleneck, jamming, logjam, shutdown, stoppage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | panna (blackout, cream), guasto (addle, addled, bad, broken, broken down, damage, damaged, defective, failure, fault, out of order, rotten, trouble, wrong), crollo (cave in, collapse, crash, dash, downfall, drop, fall, ruin, shock, slump, smash, smasher, tumbling down), collasso (collapse, shock), avaria (average, damage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 衰弱 (debility, prostration, weakness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すいじゃく (appearances of Buddha to save men, debility, prostration, Shinto god who is the reincarnation of a Buddha or bodhisattva, weakness), ブレークダウン , うちわけ (classification, the items), けつれつ (rupture), けっかい (blood clot, collapse, rupture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 장 (glitch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | teaym nearag (nervous breakdown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eakdownbray avaria (average, damage, derangement, prang), colapso (collapse, cracker, debacle, drop, fit). (various references) разруха, разрушение (abolishment, breakup, collapse, cracking, decay, demolition, desolation, destruction, wrecking), развал (breakup), авария (casualty, crash, damage, emergency, prang, wreck), поломка (breakage, breaking), полный упадок сил. (various references) slom (break, collapse, debacle, fracture, labefaction, ruin, wreck), rasulo (anomie, chaos, havoc, tumble), raspad (decay, decomposition), oštećenje (breakage, damage), kvar (breakage, bug, damage, failure, malfunction, trouble), defekt (flaw). (various references) avería (average, damage, failure, fault, trouble), ruptura (blowout, breach, breakaway, breaking, breakthrough, breakup, disruption, parting, rupture, severance, split), desglose (apportionment). (various references) haveri (average, damage, shipwreck, wreck, wreckage). (various references) การหยุ"ลง. (various references) bozulma (breach, breakup, confusion, corrosion, corruption, decay, declension, decomposition, deformation, degeneration, degradation, derogation, deterioration, devolution, disfiguration, disfigurement, disruption, dissolution, impairment, infection, pollution, putrefaction, rancidity, rancidness, rottenness, shipwreck, spoilage, taint, undoing, upset), tutukluk (block, jamming, seizing), sağlığın bozulması, arıza (defect, fault, hitch, obstruction, trouble), analiz (analysis, anatomy, decomposition, post mortem), çöküntü (collapse, depression, sag). (various references) sự suy sụp (decline, descent, downfall), sự suy nhược sự tan vỡ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "breakdown": breakdowns. (additional references) | |
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"Breakdown" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bleakdown, Breadon, breaksdown. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "breakdown" (pronounced brā"kdou'n) |
| 5 | -ā" k d ou' n | shakedown. |
| 4 | -k d ou' n | crackdown, knockdown, lockdown, markdown. |
| 3 | -d ou' n | clampdown, closedown, comedown, countdown, drawdown, godown, hoedown, letdown, lowdown, meltdown, putdown, rundown, showdown, shutdown, slowdown, sundown, touchdown, turndown. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-k-n-o-r-w" | |
-1 letter: beadwork, rawboned. | |
-2 letters: bandore, broaden, browned. | |
-3 letters: awoken, bander, banked, banker, barked, bonder, bonked, borane, braked, broken, browed, danker, darken, debark, downer, knower, narked, onward, ranked, redowa, roband, wander, warden, warked, warned, wonder, worked. | |
-4 letters: abode, adobe, adore, adorn, adown, anode, ardeb, awned, awoke, baked, baker, baned, barde, bared, baron, beano, beard, board, boned. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-k-n-o-r-w" | |
+1 letter: breakdowns. | |
| 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)42 72 65 61 6B 64 6F 77 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-. . .- -.- -.. --- .--. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101011 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B r e a k d o w n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0072 0065 0061 006B 0064 006F 0077 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)368471677770818980 |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian; Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic; Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian; Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese; Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, Esperantu, есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר טו, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, Eseperano, esperanto, Kiesperanto, าษาที่ประ"ิษฐ์ขึ้นเพื่อใช้เป็น าษากลางในการสื่อสารระหว่างประเทศ ซึ่งรากศัพท์ส่วนใหญ่, esperanto dili, tiếng etperantô, for esperanto; Farsi, Parsi, persiskt, Fasi, for Farsi; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, يهودي, عبري, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Indonesies, indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, Indonesiu, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亚语, 印度尼西亞語 , indonéský, indonéština, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesiskt, indonesialainen, indonésien, Yndonesysk, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, Indtasisian, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, indones, Indonesyo, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійський, індонезійська мова, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a, for Indonesian; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; korean, كوري شمالي, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean; gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manský, manština, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, Manninish, Manninagh, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man dili, man adası, менський діалект, менський, for manx; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish; Tailandes, 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰国, 泰 , thailænder, Thailander, Thai, Thais, thailendskt, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, 泰語 , たい", 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, คนไทย, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tayland, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський, for Thai; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; Vietnamees, vietnamez, vietnamisht, виетнамски език, виетнамски, Vietnamis, 越南語 , 越南 , 越南语, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamec, vietnamština, vietnameser, vjetmanskt, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, Fjetnameesk, vietnamese, vietnamesisch, Vietnamesin, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnam, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt, for Vietnamese; |
