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Definition: Domain |
DomainNoun1. A particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit". 2. Territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land". 3. The set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined. 4. People in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world". 5. A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "domain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Domain \Do*main"\, noun. [French expression domaine, Old French demaine, from Latin expression dominium, property, right of ownership, from dominus master, owner. See Dame, and cf Demesne, Dungeon.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Domain 1. |
Electrical Engineering | A moveable magnetised area in a magnetised material. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A region within a piece of semiconductor in which the electric field is relatively homogeneous, although it differs markedly from that in a contiguous region. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Math | (1) The inputs for which a function or relation is defined. For instance, 0 is not in the domain of reciprocal (1/x). (2) The possible values of a variable. (references) |
Mining | A. A substructure in a ferromagnetic material within which all of the elementary magnets (electron spins) are held aligned in one direction by interatomic forces; if isolated, a domain would be a saturated permanent magnet b. A region within a grain of magnetically ordered mineral, within which the spontaneous magnetization has a constant value characteristic of themineral composition and temperature. Syn:magnetic domain. (references) |
Physics | Within a magnetic material, a usually microscopic region which has a spontaneous magnetisation which is substantially uniform in magnitude and direction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A number of servers grouped together and named to simplify network administration and security. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A group of nodes on a network that form an administrative entity. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Domain has several meanings:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Domain."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DOMAIN | English | Distributed Operating Multi Access Interactive Network | Computer - (Apollo, Internet) |
| DOFIC | English | Domain Originated Functional Integrated Circuit | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DomainSynonyms: area (n), arena (n), demesne (n), field (n), land (n), orbit (n), realm (n), region (n), sphere (n), world (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: range (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Class | Noun: class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain. |
Government | County, parish; city, domain, tract, arrondissement, mofussil, commune; wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing; ward, precinct, bailiwick. |
Property | Manor, honor, domain, demesne; farm, plantation, hacienda; allodium; (free); fief, fieff, feoff, feud, zemindary, dependency; arado, merestead, ranch. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer. (Die Hard; writing credit: Steven E. de Souza, Jeb Stuart) Well, I thought it oughta be in the public domain by now (Barney Miller; writing credit: Danny Arnold) You can't take a cow by eminent domain! (Lake Placid; writing credit: David E. Kelley) He tampered in God's domain! (Bride of the Monster; writing credit: Edward D. Wood Jr.; Alex Gordon) | |
Lyrics | Your domain. (December; performing artist: Collective Soul) You're safe from the pain in the dream domain (Silent Lucidity; performing artist: Queensryche) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Neptune's Domain (1926) Ultimate Domain (1994) Eminent Domain (1991) Osprey's Domain (1979) The Domain of the Moment (1977) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Can you rest one hand on the sacred altar of Liberty, and with the other extend the domain of the darkest curse . . .". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | In the domain of King Cotton, near Dallas, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Type of land being purchased for public domain. Pennington County, South Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | But even in the domain of literature the old cries of the restoration period had become impossible. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Crown property and the property of the former Emperor or other German sovereigns shall be assimilated to property of the public domain. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This fact sheet is in the public domain. (references) | |
Brown's lab has pinpointed natural mutations in two regions of the AR gene that encode amino acid substitutions in the DNA-binding domain that are linked to complete androgen insensitivity. (references) | ||
Business | It should be noted that the public- domain financials can be either historic or projections. (references) | |
Domain names of a second level under the .cz superior level domain are administrated by the CZ.NIC association. (references) | ||
As in all econometric exercises, the lack of local market figures in the public domain results in estimation errors. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | United Kingdom | The Official Secrets Act, another law cited by journalists as unduly restrictive, prohibits the legal defense that the information provided by a source is already in the public domain or that its publication is in the public interest. (references) |
Discrimination | South Africa | The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, which entered into force on August 9, outlaws unfair discrimination against any person on the grounds of gender, race, and disability, and places a responsibility on the State and any person in the public domain to promote equality. (references) |
Economic History | Austria | Some 300,000 domain names are registered. (references) |
Human Rights | Belize | However, disputes regarding the Government's exercise of eminent domain rights have arisen in the past and have taken some time to resolve. (references) |
Iran | The clerical courts, which were established in 1987 to investigate offenses and crimes committed by clerics, and which are overseen directly by the Supreme Leader, are not provided for in the Constitution, and operate outside the domain of the judiciary. (references) | |
Thailand | The laws must be amended to comply with the Constitution by 2002. Lawyers' associations reported that police at times used blank search warrants rather than obtaining judicial approval or used legitimate warrants to conduct intrusive searches outside the stated evidentiary domain. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Philippines | It awards such "ancestral domain lands" on the basis of communal rather than individual ownership, impeding sale of the lands by tribal leaders. (references) |
Political Economy | CHILE | Internet Domain Name Registry: Registration of domain names using ".cl" requires a local presence in Chile. (references) |
Cyprus | Ministers are responsible for the initiation of legislation and administration of matters falling within their domain. (references) | |
Trade | Singapore | This remains the domain of the Board of Commissioners of Currency. (references) |
Ukraine | A preliminary expert examination in the export control domain is mandatory, and is carried out by the Derzhexportkontrol. (references) | |
Ukraine | Government and non-government expert examinations in the export control domain may be preliminary, basic, repeated, and supplementary. (references) | |
Travel | Croatia | Because trade experience was the domain of foreign trade firms, Croatian firms tend to rely on their traditional suppliers and are frequently reluctant to change supply sources without prior knowledge and references. (references) |
Worker Rights | Nepal | As a result, antitrafficking efforts primarily have been the domain of NGO's and bilateral donors. (references) |
Mauritania | Problems related to the vestiges and consequences of slavery usually entered the public domain in judicial cases, most often in the form of child custody and inheritance disputes between former masters and former slaves or their descendants. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PRESENT, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | Care for the property of the nation and for the needs of future settlers requires that the public domain should be protected from purloining schemes and unlawful occupation. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | We extended our domain over distant islands in order to safeguard our own interests and accepted the consequent obligation to bestow justice and liberty upon less favored peoples. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Domain" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.29% of the time. "Domain" is used about 1,522 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) | 98.29% | 1,496 | 5,439 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.92% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.46% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.2% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,522 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "domain": abusive registration of a domain name ♦ activation domain ♦ administration Management Domain ♦ administrative Domain ♦ air domain ♦ Berkeley Internet Name Domain ♦ Catalytic Domain ♦ core domain ♦ Corresponding Private Domain ♦ directory management domain ♦ domain address ♦ domain Analysis ♦ domain architecture ♦ domain Architecture Model ♦ domain calculus ♦ domain closure assumption ♦ domain engineering ♦ domain maturity ♦ domain model ♦ domain name ♦ domain Name Server ♦ domain name system ♦ domain of study ♦ domain selection ♦ domain Software Engineering Environment ♦ domain theory ♦ economic domain ♦ eminent domain ♦ fully qualified domain name ♦ in the public domain ♦ invariant domain ♦ knowledge domain ♦ lifted domain ♦ magnetic domain ♦ management domain ♦ MPLS domain ♦ naming domain ♦ optical Time Domain Reflectometer ♦ optical Time Domain Reflectometry ♦ pointed domain ♦ primary management domain ♦ protection domain ♦ public domain ♦ public domain network ♦ public domain software ♦ reflexive domain ♦ reverse domain hijacking ♦ right of eminent domain ♦ routeing domain ♦ Scott domain ♦ T-Box Domain Proteins ♦ time Domain Reflectometer ♦ vanity domain. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "domain": domain-based, domain-containing, domain-dictionary, domain-free, domain-general, domain-independent, domain-originated, domain-specific, domain-specific language. | |
Ending with "domain": cross-domain, sub-domain. | |
Containing "domain": Classless Inter-Domain Routing. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
domain name | 10,864 | domain search | 587 |
domain | 5,501 | buy domain | 514 |
domain registration | 4,561 | buy domain name | 381 |
domain name registration | 2,392 | uk domain | 381 |
car domain | 1,369 | web domain | 342 |
domain hosting | 1,168 | auction domain name | 340 |
free domain | 1,129 | domain registrar | 335 |
register domain | 1,100 | domain transfer | 333 |
register domain name | 1,086 | cheap domain | 295 |
free domain name | 975 | domain registry | 291 |
domain name search | 960 | domain furniture | 280 |
top level domain | 844 | domain name for sale | 266 |
kid domain | 721 | purchase domain | 241 |
buying domain name | 711 | domain name registry | 240 |
new domain | 696 | cheap domain hosting | 239 |
game domain | 636 | transfer domain name | 238 |
purchase domain name | 619 | free domain hosting | 233 |
cheap domain registration | 595 | cheap domain name registration | 233 |
domain name canada | 594 | domain registration service | 225 |
cheap domain name | 587 | registering domain name | 219 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "domain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zotërime, tokë (coat, continent, country, deck, dirt, earth, Glebe, ground, holding, land, marl, pool, shore, soil, stead, Terra, terrain), territor (area, precinct, range, territory), sferë (area, ball, field, front, globe, globule, level, orb, range, realm, region, scope, sphere, world), pronë (acquest, assets, demesne, estate, gear, goods, holding, land, ownership, patrimony, possession, premise, property, realty), fushë (area, board, branch, champaign, cornfield, country, court, deposit, dial, face, field, ground, major, plain, range, realm, region, scope, side, world). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ميدان (arena, field, line, place, province, sphere, square), ملكية تامة (dominion), مقاطعة (boycott, county, department, district, division, enclave, estate, principality, province, shire, territory, township), مجال (area, field, province, purview, range, reach, room, scope, space, stretch), حقل (byway, deposit, farm, field, orchard, realm, region, tract). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | царство (kingdom, realm, reign), територия (territory), владение (demesne, keeping, occupancy, ownership, possession, tenure), област (area, clime, demesne, department, district, field, ground, land, limit, market, neck, province, purview, range, realm, region, territory), притежание (enjoyment, holding, ownership, possession, property, proprietorship), поле (bent, field, margin, open country, plain, veld, veldt), имение (estate, hacienda, holding, land, place, property, seat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 领域 (field, Fields), 域 (area, field, sphere, territory), 版圖 (territory), 域 (region, territory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | doména, sféra (area, realm, region, sphere), panství (domination, manor, seigniory), oblast (ambit, area, corner, district, land, part, realm, region, section, sphere, territory, zone), území (area, ground, soil, territory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | domaene (crown land tenant farm, state-owned tenant farm), domæne (magnetic domain, range), værdiområde (range, span between extreme values, values margin), tilgængelige ressourcer (protection domain), kontrolområde, beskyttelsesområde (protection domain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | domein(van een eiwit), domein (crown land tenant farm, extent to which applied, magnetic domain, protection domain, range, scope of application, state-owned tenant farm), gebied (area, ball, region, sphere, territory), bereik (range, reach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | domeeni, domaini, toimialue (correcting range, manipulated range), suoja-alue (protection domain), piiri (circle, circumference, district, range, ring, scope), laskostuma, kohdealue (protection domain), arvojoukko, arvoalue (category, field, range), alue (area, district, region, territory), ala (area, branch, extent, field, line, occupation, profession, space, sphere, territory, trade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | domaine (magnetic domain, protection domain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bereich (area, array, bulk, circuit, department, dimension, extend, field, orbit, province, purview, range, realm, region, scope, sector, size, span, sphere, sweep, territory, universe, zone), Verfügung (decree, disposal, enactment, instruction, possession, provision, writ), Domain, domäne (demesne, province, public domain), Besitz (belongings, estate, holding, holdings, occupancy, ownership, possession, premises, property, tenure, to acquire property). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κτήση (dependency, possession), περιοχή (area, compass, district, region, territory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תחום (area, border, bound, boundary, compass, confines, limit, mete, orb, precinct, radius, range, realm, region, scope, sphere, sweep, territory, zone), רשות (authority, control, power, territory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | birtok (asset, demesne lands, estate, holding, land, lordship, possession, property, propriety, substance, tenancy, tenure), tárgykör (head), domén, értéktartomány. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | domein, daerah kekuasaan (bailiwick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dominio (command, demesne, domination, dominion, lordship, mastership, mastery, rule, sway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 藩 (fiefdom), 域 (area, field, regime, region, territory), 分 (dominion, possession, sphere of action, territory), 区域 (boundary, limits, sphere, territory, zone), ドミノ理論 (car rental agency, de Morgan, domestic, domestic science, domino theory, draft, draft beer, drag, drag bunt, drag race, dragging, dragon, drama, dramatic, dramatist, drastic, dried sausage, drive, drive in, drive serve, drive-in bank, drive-in restaurant, drive-in theater, driver, drive-through, driveway, driving, driving club, driving contest, drugstore, drum, drum machine, drum solo, drummer, drumming, drum-set, dry, dry cleaning, dry curry, dry cut, dry flower, dry gin, dry ice, dry martini, dry milk, dry paint, dry shampoo, dry shaving, dry skin, dry suit, dryer, drypoint, longest drive contest, road map, screwdriver, trip by car), 定義域 , 変域 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ドメイン , くいき (boundary, limits, sphere, territory, zone), りょうぶ" (bisect, cut in two, dominion, possession, sphere of action, territory), りょういき (area, field, regime, region, territory), へ"いき, は" (antagonism, anti-, antithesis, edition, example, fiefdom, group, half, judgment, mediocrity, model, monogram signature, opposite, pan-, party, seal, section, stamp, trouble), ていぎいき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 영역. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | stayd (circumstanced, condition, estate, pomp, position, situation, state), chiarnys (domination, dominion, lordship, manor, peerage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omainday domínio (ascendance, ascendancy, command, dominance, domination, dominion, energy, estate, lordship, masterdom, mastership, mastery, ownership, power, property, province, realm, regency, reign, rein, ruling, tenure). (various references) domeniu (area, branch, damper, demesne, department, direction, estate, field, kingdom, line, parish, realm, scope, space, sphere), teren (course, earth, field, ground, land, site, soil, terrain, tract), tãrâm (clime, realm), sferã de activitate (sphere of action, sphere of activity, way), sferã (bowl, branch, circle, direction, extension, field, globe, kingdom, line, orb, parish, pill, province, purview, range, sphere), moşie (acre, estate, home-farm, land), materie (fabric, material, matter, sphere, stuff, subject, substance), bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, 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), branşã (branch, field, line). (various references) владения (demesne, possession), область (area, areas, country, department, field, province, range, realm, region, subdistrict, territory), имение (country-seat, estate). (various references) područje (plane, radius, scope, tertitory), oblast (area, bailiwick, corner, district, field, plane, precincts, realm, region, section, submarine havens, territory, zone). (various references) dominio (authority, command, conquest, control, despotism, dominance, domination, dominion, hold, power, property, reign, rule, strengh). (various references) domän (demesne). (various references) อา"าเขต, ขอบเขตของความรู้ ความคิ" ความสนใจ. (various references) muhit (ambit, circle, entourage, milieu, neighborhood, neighbourhood, surroundings), memleket (bourn, Bourne, country, homeland, land, mother country, motherland, native shore), malikâne (demesne, estate, manor), mülk (asset, condo, demesne, estate, freehold, hereditament, landed property, possession, possessions, premises, property, tenement), ilgi alanı (pursuit), alan (acceptor, ambit, area, arena, buyer, compass, consignee, court, courtyard, extent, field, maidan, pitch, plaza, public square, purchaser, range, reach, realm, recipient, region, scope, space, sphere, square, susceptive, theater, theatre, tract, yard), ülke (clime, country, land, realm, soil, territory), çevre (adjacencies, ambiance, ambience, ambient, ambit, atmosphere, circle, circumference, climate, compass, contour, ecological, entourage, environment, environmental, girth, milieu, neighborhood, neighbourhood, perimeter, periphery, precinct, precincts, premises, purlieus, radius, region, society, sphere, surroundings, vicinity). (various references) галузь (area, branch, circle, direction, province, realm, territory, way, world), володіння (acres, demesne, dominions, enjoyment, having, lordship, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, tenancy, tenantry, tenure), ма"ток (acres, demesne, estate, manor, stead). (various references) dinh cơ, đất đai t i sản. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dicione, dicionem, dicioni, dicionis, dominatio, dominatione, dominationem, dominationemque, dominationes, dominationis, dominatus, dominium, secure, securem, securi, securibus, securim, securis, securium, securum, territorium. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | demaine. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "domain": domains. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "domain": multidomain. (additional references) | |
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"Domain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bomani, Comani, Dajani, Demaine, demian, dimin, dman, doamin, Dodanim, dojang, domaim, domainal, domaine, doman, domane, domani, domanin, Domasi, Dombai, domenic, domian, domic, domin, Domina, Dominy, Domjan, domnain, Domoni, donain, donait, donay, doonan, dormain, Dormia, Douarin, Dromin, Dromina, Dumaine, dumais, Duman, Dumay, Dumini, dwmail, dymaxion, omai, roumain, tomain, Tommasini, Tormain. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "domain" (pronounced dōmā"n) |
| 4 | -ō m ā" n | Romaine. |
| 3 | -m ā" n | germane, humane, inhumane, legerdemain, main, mane, remain. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: daimon. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-m-n-o" | |
-1 letter: amido, amino, amnio, danio, monad, nomad. | |
-2 letters: amid, amin, damn, dona, maid, main, mano, mina, mind, moan, modi, naoi, nodi, noma. | |
-3 letters: ado, aid, aim, ain, ami, and, ani, dam, dim, din, dom, don, ion, mad, man, mid, moa, mod, mon, nam, nim, nod, nom. | |
-4 letters: ad, ai, am, an, do, id, in, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-m-n-o" | |
+1 letter: amidone, daimons, diamond, domains, monacid, monadic, nomadic. | |
+2 letters: abdomina, admonish, amidogen, amidones, ammonoid, bondmaid, comedian, daemonic, daimones, daimonic, demoniac, demonian, diamonds, dominant, dominate, dopamine, humanoid, manatoid, mandioca, mandolin, manifold, melanoid, monacids, monadism, monoacid, nomadism, pomading, radioman, radiomen, rhodamin, saintdom, salmonid. | |
+3 letters: abdominal, admission, amidogens, ammonoids, anthodium, badminton, bondmaids, comedians, companied, compendia, damnation, defoaming, demantoid, demoniacs, demonical, denominal, diamonded, diazonium, dominance, dominants, dominated, dominates, dominator, dominical, dopamines, gammadion, humanoids, macedoine, mandiocas, mandoline, mandolins, manifolds, medaillon, medallion, mediation, melanoids, menadione, misatoned, monadisms, monoacids, monodical, nomadisms, nominated, randomize, rhodamine, rhodamins, romanised, romanized, saintdoms, salmonids, salmonoid, seminomad, womanised, womanized, womankind. | |
| 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)44 6F 6D 61 69 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- -- .- .. -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01101101 01100001 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o m a i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 006D 0061 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388179677580 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Abbreviations | 17. Acronyms 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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