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Definition: Funeral Pyre |
Funeral PyreNoun1. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Funeral PyreSynonym: pyre (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Funeral Pyre |
| English words defined with "funeral pyre": suttee. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Polititians' funeral pyre (21st CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN; performing artist: King Crimson) And our love become a funeral pyre ("Light My Fire"; performing artist: The Doors) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The funeral pyre of the cities. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| 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 |
funeral pyre | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "funeral pyre"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | ölü yakılan odun yığını (pyre). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | pyra. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | rogo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-l-n-p-r-r-u-y" | |
-2 letters: prayerful. | |
-3 letters: funerary, funereal, parleyer, prerenal. | |
-4 letters: fernery, ferrule, ferulae, flaneur, flareup, frenula, funeral, learner, palfrey, pearler, plenary, pleurae, relearn, repanel, yearner. | |
-5 letters: earful, earner, eupnea, eyeful, fearer, ferrel, ferula, ferule, flayer, fleury, flurry, freely, frypan, fueler, furane, furler, larrup, leaner, leaper, napery, nearer, nearly, neural, panfry, panful, parley, parrel, parure, pearly, penury, planer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-l-n-p-r-r-u-y" | |
+2 letters: prayerfulness. | |
+4 letters: prayerfulnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 75 6E 65 72 61 6C 50 79 72 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110101 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010000 01111001 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F u n e r a l   P y r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0075 006E 0065 0072 0061 006C 0050 0079 0072 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40878071846778250918471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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