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Desk Dictionary

Definition: Desk Dictionary

Desk Dictionary

Noun

1. An abridged dictionary of a size convenient to hold in the hand.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: Desk Dictionary

Synonym: collegiate dictionary (n). (additional references)

Commercial Usage: Desk Dictionary

Domain	Title
Books	Webster's New World^TM Compact Desk Dictionary and Style Guide (reference) The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus (reference) Merriam Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, Revised Edition: Hardcover Edition (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: Desk Dictionary

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-i-i-k-n-o-r-s-t-y"
	-2 letters: endocarditis.
	-3 letters: dedications, tyrocidines.
	-4 letters: addictions, arytenoids, carditides, dedication, dedicators, dedicatory, dictionary, directions, discordant, discretion, distrained, dyskinetic, indicators, indicatory, redactions, syndicated, syndicator, tyrocidine, tyrocidins.
	-5 letters: acridines, actinides, actinoids, addiction, additions, andesitic, anoretics, arytenoid, asyndetic, candidest, cardioids, caryotins, catenoids, centroids, crankiest, crayonist, creations, croakiest, cytidines, cytokines, dacoities, dakoities, dedicator, dendritic, dicentras, direction, discanted, discredit, disorient.
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.

Alternative Orthography: Desk Dictionary

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 73 6B 44 69 63 74 69 6F 6E 61 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01110011 01101011 00100000 01000100 01101001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#115 &#107 &#32 &#68 &#105 &#99 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110 &#97 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0073 006B 0044 0069 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E 0061 0072 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38718577238756986758180678491

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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