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Definitions: Emperor |
EmperorNoun1. The male ruler of an empire. 2. Red table grape of California. 3. Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings. 4. Large richly colored butterfly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Emperor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Emperor \Em"per*or\, noun. [Old French expression empereor, empereour, French empereur, from Latin expression imperator, from imperare to command; in in parare to prepare, order. See Parade, and compare to Imperative, Empress.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of going abroad and meeting the emperor of a nation in your travels, denotes that you will make a long journey, which will bring neither pleasure nor much knowledge. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Slang in 1811 | EMPEROR. Drunk as an emperor, i.e. ten times as drunk as a lord. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: EmperorSynonyms: emperor butterfly (n), emperor moth (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Master | Crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) That's what the Emperor said. (Schindler's List; writing credit: Steven Zaillian) An emperor who does not rule deposes himself. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) It tosses the sandbags overboard so the balloon can soar. Suddenly I'm above the ordinary. I'm competent. I'm walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. I'm one of the great ones. I'm Michaelangelo, molding the beard of Moses. I'm Van Gogh painting pure sunlight. I'm Horowitz, playing the Emperor Concerto. (The Lost Weekend; writing credit: Charles Brackett) I threw it off! And the Emperor had me thrown out the window! (The Emperor's New Groove; writing credit: Chris Williams; Mark Dindal) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Emperor of the North Pole (1973) The Emperor (1967) Fong Sze Yu Attacks Emperor Qian Long in Fury (1958) The Emperor Jones (1955) Emperor Jones (1933) | |
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 | Stuffed emperor penguins on display in the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Emperor penguin and scientist.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Watercolor painting of Emperor Geese by Arthur M. Cook, a Minnesota freelance artist. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |  | Artwork from a 19th or early 20th Century Japanese publication, depicting the last battle in the war that restored the authority of the Japanese Emperor. The leading ship of the Imperial squadron, in the foreground, is the ironclad ram Kotetsu (formerly the Confederate Stonewall). She is followed by the paddle steamer Kasuga. The enemy squadron, shown in the right distance, included the steamers Kaiten, Banryu and Chiyodagata. All three were sunk, but the last two were salvaged and entered service with the Imperial Navy.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Soloque. Emperor of Hayti, creating a grand duke.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Department Napoleon of State: who wages insurrections against Zelaya and plots peace for the infant Emperor Pu Yi.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Emperor Hirohito.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Portraits of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, Tomás Mejía, and Miguel Miramón, superimposed on photoprint of their place of execution, at Querétaro] / fotografia de A. Cordiglia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | State barge of the emperor on the Yu-Ho Canal, which connects the Summer Palace with Peking, China.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Emperor Wilhelm II, full-length portrait.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Confucius | Even the Emperor has straw-sandaled relatives. |
Frederick I | An emperor is subject to no one but God and Justice. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. |
Suetionius | Hail, Emperor, we who are about to die salute you. |
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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) |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | The Emperor was so kind as to wish that I should have the credit of it. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The emperor half rose in his stirrups. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | They thought he would say the day he won some great battle or the day he was made an emperor. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Here the Emperor ascended with many principal lords of his court, to have an opportunity of viewing me, as I was told, for I could not see them. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, nor is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent. |
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Business | Before his death in 1916, Yuan unsuccessfully attempted to name himself emperor. (references) | |
Economic History | Japan | The shogunate was forced to resign, and the emperor was restored to power. (references) |
Japan | Following World War II, state support was discontinued, and the Emperor disavowed divinity. (references) | |
Ethiopia | The emperor was forced into exile in England despite his plea to the League of Nations for intervention. (references) | |
Political Economy | Japan | Sovereignty is vested in the citizenry, and the Emperor is defined as the symbol of state. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the following lines by the illustrious Ambat Delaso: TO MY PET TORTOISE My friend, you are not graceful -- not at all; Your gait's between a stagger and a sprawl. Nor are you beautiful: your head's a snake's To look at, and I do not doubt it aches. As to your feet, they'd make an angel weep. 'Tis true you take them in whene'er you sleep. No, you're not pretty, but you have, I own, A certain firmness -- mostly you're [sic] backbone. Firmness and strength (you have a giant's thews) Are virtues that the great know how to use -- I wish that they did not; yet, on the whole, You lack -- excuse my mentioning it -- Soul. So, to be candid, unreserved and true, I'd rather you were I than I were you. Perhaps, however, in a time to be, When Man's extinct, a better world may see Your progeny in power and control, Due to the genesis and growth of Soul. So I salute you as a reptile grand Predestined to regenerate the land. Father of Possibilities, O deign To accept the homage of a dying reign! In the far region of the unforeknown I dream a tortoise upon every throne. I see an Emperor his head withdraw Into his carapace for fear of Law; A King who carries something else than fat, Howe'er acceptably he carries that; A President not strenuously bent On punishment of audible dissent -- Who never shot (it were a vain attack) An armed or unarmed tortoise in the back; Subject and citizens that feel no need To make the March of Mind a wild stampede; All progress slow, contemplative, sedate, And "Take your time" the word, in Church and State. O Tortoise, 'tis a happy, happy dream, My glorious testudinous regime! I wish in Eden you'd brought this about By slouching in and chasing Adam out. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | A letter from the Emperor of Morocco announces to me his recognition of our treaty made with his father, the late Emperor, and consequently the continuance of peace with that power. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Petersburg, submitted to the decision of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Information has been received at the Department of State that a treaty with the Emperor of Morocco has just been negotiated, which, I hope, will be received in time to be laid before the Senate previous to the close of the session. |
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| "Emperor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.17% of the time. "Emperor" is used about 1,660 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) | 60.17% | 999 | 7,365 |
| Noun (proper) | 39.83% | 661 | 9,921 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,660 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Emperor" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Emperor | Last name | 100 | 85,465 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Emperor Mines Ltd | Hong Kong | Emperor (China Concept) Investments Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Emperor": byzantine emperor ♦ emperor butterfly ♦ emperor Francis II ♦ Emperor goose ♦ Emperor moth ♦ emperor of Rome ♦ Emperor paper ♦ emperor penguin ♦ holy Roman Emperor ♦ late emperor ♦ purple emperor ♦ Roman Emperor ♦ stage emperor. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Emperor": Emperor-elect, Emperor-in-exile, emperor-of-peace-and-nations-of-austria, emperor-sent, emperor-size, emperor-slayers, Emperor-to-be, emperor-worship. | |
Ending with "Emperor": God-emperor, king-emperor. | |
| 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 |
emperor penguin | 725 |
emperor | 474 |
emperor club | 235 |
roman emperor | 224 |
godspeed you black emperor | 214 |
emperor indiana jones through tomb walk | 191 |
emperor scorpion | 184 |
emperor battle for dune | 151 |
last emperor | 88 |
emperor holy roman | 83 |
battle cheat dune emperor | 68 |
emperor kingdom middle rise | 65 |
emperor new clothes | 64 |
emperor nero | 58 |
emperor clock | 54 |
destiny emperor | 47 |
chinese emperor | 44 |
emperor hirohito | 43 |
emperor tomb | 41 |
emperor through tomb walk | 40 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Emperor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | perandor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قيصر (czar, kaiser, tsar), إمبراطور (caesar, czar, tzar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | няколко вида големи пеперуди, император (imperial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 皇帝 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | císař (Caesar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kejser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | keizer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | imperiestro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سلطه کامل , امپراتوری (Imperial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | keisari. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | empereur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kaiser (Kaiser), imperator. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αυτοκράτωρ, αυτοκράτορασ (kaiser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שליט (governor, master, potentate, ruler, sovereign), קיסר (Caesar, kaiser, king). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | császár (imperator, kaiser, monarch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kaisar (czar, kaiser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | imperatore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 皇帝 , 帝王 (sovereign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うえ (above, after, as far as ... is concerned, authority, besides, far better, higher, hunger, influence of, lord, my dear, on top of, over, shogun, sovereign, starvation, summit, superior, surface, up, upon, upper part), みかど (imperial residence, Mikado, the emperor), け" (and, authority, bayonet, blade, bond, case, certificate, circle, clock hand, concurrently, coupon, economy, health, heaven, in addition, item, matter, prefecture, range, sabre, sphere, stick-to-itiveness, sting, strength, sword, tendon, the right, ticket), エンペラー , あまつみ", "うてい (affirmation, amount of work, best pupil, brotherly love, campus, distance, filial piety, flight, high and low, leading disciple, mine-pit bottom, official, official residence, path length, place of ceremony, positive, public place, revision, rise and fall, run, sail, work schedule), かみ (a superior, delicious taste, flavoring, god, hair, head, paper, seasoning, the above, top, upper part, upper part of the body, upper stream), ていおう (sovereign), に"のう, たいそ (founder, progenitor), うえさま (honored person, shogun), うえざま (honored person, shogun), しゅじょう (living things, the people), おかみ (authorities, government, hostess, landlady, looking on by an outsider, madam, mistress, proprietress, wife), おおきみ (king, prince), おおぎみ (king, prince), か" (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, can, cap, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 황 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | impir, ard-ree (monarch, sovereign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | keiser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | emperador, emperadó, imperiadó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emperoray imperador (kaki, ruler). (various references) crai (Lovelace, padishah, philanderer, rake, whoremaster), împãrat (monarch, padishah). (various references) император. (various references) car (czar, tsar, tzar). (various references) emperador (broadbill, kaiser, Mediterranean spearfish, swordfish). (various references) kejsare (Caesar, kaiser). (various references) จักรพรร"ิ์. (various references) imparator (imperial, kaiser), ímparator. (various references) імператор (Caesar). (various references) ho ng đế. (various references) ymerawdwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | imperator. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | casere. (various references) |
| Old High German | 500-1100 | keisar. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Emperor": emperors, emperorship, emperorships. (additional references) | |
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"Emperor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emeror, emper, Empereur, emperior, emperoir, emperoro, emporer, emporor, emprego, empror, empros, Eperon, Espero, Kelmperer, Nemerov. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Emperor" (pronounced 'Em"per*or'): Abactor, Abator, Abbreviator, Abdicator, Abductor, Aberuncator, Abnegator, Abrogator, Accelerator, Accensor, Accentor, Acceptor, Accommodator, Accumulator, Acquisitor, Actor, Actuator, Adductor, Adjudicator, Adjutator, Adjutor, Administrator, Admonitor, Adulator, Adulterator, Aggregator, Aggressor, Agistator, Agitator, Agricultor, Aid-major, Algor, Alienator, Alienor, Alleviator, Alliterator, Alluminor, Alternator, Amalgamator, Ambulator, Ameliorator, Amputator, Ancestor, Angor, Animator, Annihilator, Annotator, Annunciator, Antecessor, Antecursor, Anterior, Antichlor, Anticipator, Anticor, Appellor, Appointor, Appreciator, Approbator, Appropriator, Approximator, Arbitrator, Arborator, Archchancellor, Architector, Archtraitor, ARDOR, Arendator, ARMOR, Arpentator, Articulator, Aspirator, Assassinator, Assentator, Assertor, Assessor, Assignor, Assistor, Assizor, Associator, Athanor, Attractor, Auditor, Auscultator, Author, Autocrator, Avenor, Backdoor, Bailor, Bargainor, Barrator, battledoor, BEHAVIOR, Belabor, BENEFACTOR, Bettor, Betutor, Bisector, Bivector, Blackamoor, Blackmoor, Boor, Buccinator, Calculator, Calefactor, Calorimotor, Calorisator, Calumniator, Candor, Cantor, Capitulator, Capnomor, Captor, Castigator, Causator, Caveator, Celebrator, Censor, Champertor, Chantor, Circulator, Circumferentor, Circumnavigator, Circumventor, Citator, Clangor, Coadjutor, Coagulator, Co-assessor, Coexecutor, Cognizor, Coinheritor, Cojuror, Co-lessor, Collaborator, Collator, Collector, Collimator, Collocutor, Commemorator, Commendator, Commentator, Commiserator, Communicator, Commutator, Companator, Comparator, Competitor, Compilator, Compositor, Compotator, Comprador, Comprehensor, Compressor, Compurgator, Conciator, Conciliator, Concionator, Concolor, Conductor, Confederator, Confessor, Confirmator, Confiscator, Confiteor, Conformator, Congratulator, Conisor, Conjector, Conjurator, Conjuror, Connector, Connusor, Conqueror, Consecrator, Conservator, Considerator, Consignor, Consolator, Conspirator, Constrictor, constructor, Contemplator, Continuator, Contractor, Contradictor, Contratenor, Controversor, Conusor, Conveyor, Cooperator, Cornfloor, Cornutor, Corporator, Corrector, Corregidor, Corridor, Corrugator, Councilor, Counselor, Countor, Covenantor, Creditor, Cremator, Cremor, Cretor, Cruor, Cultivator, Cunctator, Curator, Cursitor, cursor, Cuspidor, Day-labor, Debitor, Debtor, Decimator, Declamator, Declarator, Declinator, Decolor, Decorator, Decorticator, Dedicator, Deductor, Defalcator, Defecator, Defensor, Deflagrator, Deflector, Deforceor, Degerminator, Delator, Deliberator, Delineator, Demeanor, Demonstrator, Denigrator, Denominator, Denunciator, Dephlegmator, Depopulator, Depositor, Deprecator, Depreciator, Depredator, Depressomotor, Depressor, Depurator, Deputator, Derogator, Desecrator, Designator, Desolator, Determinator, Detracor, Devastator, Deviator, Devisor, Devotor, Dialector, Dictator, Differentiator, Digestor, Dilapidator, Dilatator, Dilator, Director, Disanchor, Disarticulator, Disceptator, Discolor, Discontinuor, Discreditor, Discriminator, Disenamor, Disheritor, Disinfector, Disintegrator, Dispensator, Dispositor, Dispossessor, Dissector, Disseizor, Disseminator, Dissertator, Dissimulator, Distrainor, Distributor, Divaricator, Divinator, Divisionor, divisor, Dolor, Domesticator, Dominator, Donator, Donor, Door, Ductor, Dumbledor, Dummador, Duressor, Editor, Educator, Eductor, Edulcorator, Effector, Egressor, Ejaculator, Elaborator, Electromotor, Elisor, Elucidator, Emancipator, Emasculator, Embraceor, Emendator, Emigrator, emulator, Enactor, Enamor, Encolor, Enharbor, Enumerator, Enunciator, Envigor, Ephor, Epitomator, Equivocator, Erector, error, Escalator, Escheator, Estimator, Evacuator, Evaporator, Evocator, Exactor, Exaggerator, Examinator, Excavator, Exceptor, Excerptor, Excheator, Excitator, Excito-motor, Excommunicator, Excusator, Executor, Exhibitor, Exmoor, Exonerator, Expenitor, Experimentator, Expiator, Expilator, Explicator, Explorator, Expositor, Expostulator, Expurgator, Exsiccator, Extensor, Extenuator, Exterminator, Extirpator, Extructor, Fabricator, Falsificator, Fautor, fervor, fetor, Fictor, Fidejussor, Flagellator, Flector, flexor, foetor, fornicator, Fragor, Fructidor, Fulgor, Fumigator, genitor, Gesticulator, Gladiator, Glossator, Governor, Graduator, grantor, guarantor, Guilor, Habitator, Hallucinator, Havior, heritor, horror, Horticultor, Hydro-extractor, Hydrometeor. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-m-o-p-r-r" | |
-1 letter: romper. | |
-2 letters: merer, moper, ormer, proem, repro, roper. | |
-3 letters: mere, mope, more, omer, peer, perm, poem, pome, pore, pree, prom, repo, romp, rope. | |
-4 letters: eme, ere, err, mop, mor, ope, ore, pee, per, pom, pro, ree, rem, rep, roe, rom. | |
-5 letters: em, er, me, mo, oe, om, op, or, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-m-o-p-r-r" | |
+1 letter: emperors, premorse. | |
+2 letters: madrepore, performed, performer, preemptor, preformed, premodern, pyrometer. | |
+3 letters: madrepores, peremptory, performers, preembargo, preemptors, preemptory, promenader, pyrometers, redemptory, reimported, spirometer, temporizer, terpolymer. | |
+4 letters: demographer, deprogramed, emperorship, extemporary, hypermodern, imperforate, madreporite, microampere, microsphere, misreported, overimpress, overpromise, overpromote, overtrumped, performable, performance, polarimeter, precomputer, procurement, promenaders, pyrometries, reprogramed, spherometer, spirometers, superbomber, supermodern, temporaries, temporizers, terpolymers, unperformed. | |
+5 letters: amperometric, cameraperson, chromosphere, demographers, deprogrammed, deprogrammer, emperorships, extemporizer, flameproofer, impoverisher, improperness, intercompare, madreporites, microamperes, microspheres, nonperformer, outperformed, overcompress, overpromised, overpromises, overpromoted, overpromotes, penetrometer, peremptorily, performances, performative, phrasemonger, polarimeters, precomputers, preformatted, preformulate, premeditator, preprogramed, procurements, psychrometer, pteridosperm, redemptioner, reimpression, reprogrammed, respirometer, respirometry, spectrometer, spectrometry, spherometers, spirometries, superbombers, thermosphere. | |
| 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)45 6D 70 65 72 6F 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- .--. . .-. --- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01110000 01100101 01110010 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m p e r o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0070 0065 0072 006F 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39798271848184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Orthography 24. Bibliography |
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