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Definition: Pocketcomb |
PocketcombNoun1. A small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pocketcomb" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references) |
Synonym: PocketcombSynonym: pocket comb (n). (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-c-e-k-m-o-o-p-t" | |
-3 letters: compote, petcock. | |
-4 letters: bemock, betook, coempt, coombe, copeck, mopoke, pocket. | |
-5 letters: bocce, combe, combo, comet, compo, compt, comte, coomb, coopt, kempt, tempo. | |
| 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)50 6F 63 6B 65 74 63 6F 6D 62 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01100011 01101011 01100101 01110100 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o c k e t c o m b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0063 006B 0065 0074 0063 006F 006D 0062 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50816977718669817968 |
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