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Definition: Country-dance |
Country-danceNoun1. A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line. Verb1. Perform a contradance. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "country-dance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1803. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Country-dance A corruption of the French contre danse (a dance where the partners face each other). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Country-danceSynonyms: country dancing (n), contra danse (v), contradance (v), contredanse (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Country-dance |
| English words defined with "country-dance": Heydeguy. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "country-dance": Contradance. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-n-n-o-r-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: accounted, accoutred, undercoat. | |
-4 letters: accentor, accouter, accoutre, aeroduct, aroynted, autodyne, cantoned, cartoned, centaury, conducer, cornetcy, cornuted, courante, crayoned, deaconry, dynatron, educator, enactory, nocturne, nonrated, ordnance, outdance, outraced, outrance, trounced, unatoned, uncoated, uncrated, underact, unornate, untraced, untrendy. | |
-5 letters: account, accrued, annoyed, annoyer, anodyne, ardency, cadency, candent, candour, cannery, canonry, cautery, centaur, century, coacted, coenact. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 75 6E 74 72 79 2D 64 61 6E 63 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01110101 01101110 01110100 01110010 01111001 00101101 01100100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o u n t r y - d a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0075 006E 0074 0072 0079 002D 0064 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37818780868491157067806971 |
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