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Definitions: Ravenous |
RavenousAdjective1. Extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy". 2. Devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ravenous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: RavenousSynonyms: edacious (adj), esurient (adj), famished (adj), rapacious (adj), ravening (adj), sharp-set (adj), starved (adj), voracious (adj), wolfish (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greed | Greedy as a hog; overeager; voracious; ravenous, ravenous as a wolf; openmouthed, extortionate, exacting, sordid, alieni appetens; insatiable, insatiate; unquenchable, quenchless; omnivorous. |
Taking | Adjective: taking;Verb: privative, prehensile; predaceous, predal, predatory, predatorial; lupine, rapacious, raptorial; ravenous; parasitic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ravenous |
| English words defined with "ravenous": Cormoraut ♦ esurient ♦ famished ♦ Gormand ♦ Limosis ♦ Raphany, Ravin ♦ sharp-set, starved. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | A ravenous beast. (Cowboy Bebop; writing credit: Akihiko Inari) | |
Clever | Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ravenous (1999) | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | It is the unjust use of force then, that puts a man into the state of war with another; and thereby he that is guilty of it makes a forfeiture of his life: for quitting reason, which is the rule given between man and man, and using force, the way of beasts, he becomes liable to be destroyed by him he uses force against, as any savage ravenous beast, that is dangerous to his being. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And the roads were crowded with men ravenous for work, murderous for work. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | This will teach them the great political virtues of humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey. |
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| "Ravenous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "Ravenous" is used about 76 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 94.74% | 72 | 39,377 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.26% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 76 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ravenous": ravenous appetite ♦ ravenous hunger. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
ravenous | 51 |
ravenous rabbit | 9 |
baloth ravenous | 3 |
ravenous restaurant | 3 |
ravenous movie | 2 |
ravenous soundtrack | 2 |
healdsburg ravenous | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ravenous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i pangopur (gluttonous, insatiable, insatiate, piggish, rapacious, sateless, voracious), i etur (agog, dry, eager, keen, parched, rapacious, solicitous, thirsty, voracious, wistful), grabitqar (predacious, predator, predatory, rapacious, raptorial, vulture, wolfish). (various references) | |
Arabic | مفترس (predacious, predatory, rapacious, voracious), نهم (avid, cormorant, gluttonous, gluttony, gourmand, insatiable, insatiate, lickerish, open mouthed, pig, piggy, straggling, voracious, voracity), ضار (detrimental, felled, ferocious, fierce, hurtful, impish, injurious, malign, malignant, noisome, noxious, pernicious, pest, poisonous, predatory, prejudicial, rabid, rapacious, savage, set, sharp, truculent, unhealthy, unwholesome, vicious), جائع جدا (famished, ravenously), جائع (empty, esurient, hungered, hungry, peckish, starveling, starving), شديد الجوع. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | грабителски (extortionate, predacious, predatory, rapacious), гладен (esurient, hard set, hollow, hungry, lean, peckish, unfed), ненаситен (avid, covetous, craving, grasping, greedy, insatiable, insatiate, sateless, slakeless, voracious), лаком (avid, esurient, gourmand, grasping, greedy, gutsy, hoggish, lickerish, openmouthed, piggish, voracious). (various references) | |
Czech | hltavý (gluttonous, greedy, omnivorous, voracious, wolfish), žravý (gluttonous, omnivorous, voracious). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرولع (Voracious), پراشتیاق , بسیارگرسنه . (various references) | |
Finnish | ahnas (gluttonous, greedy, voracious). (various references) | |
French | rapace (rapacious, ravening), vorace (ravening), dévorant, affamé. (various references) | |
German | heißhungrig (voracious), gewaltig (colossal, enormous, epic, formidable, grand, heroic, huge, hugely, immense, massive, mightily, mighty, monumental, mountainous, mountainously, portentous, powerful, prodigious, resounding, rude, shattering, towering, tremendous, vast, vastly, violent, walloping), ausgehungert (emaciated, famished, starved). (various references) | |
Greek | πεινασμένοσ (famished, hungry, peckish, sharp-set), λαίμαργοσ (glutton, gluttonous, greedy, lickerish), αρπακτικόσ (curmudgeon, grasping, predaceous, predacious, predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, ravishing, vulturous), αδηφάγοσ (glutton, surfeiter, voracious). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מורעב (famished, hungered, starved), זולל י (gluttonous, voracious), רעבת י (avid, gluttonous, greedy, hungry, voracious), רעב (famine, famished, gluttonous, greedy, hunger, hungry, scarcity, starvation, yearning). (various references) | |
Hungarian | falánk (Edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gourmand, hoggish, piggish, piggy, ravening, voracious). (various references) | |
Indonesian | lahap (gluttonous, voracious), kemaruk (covetous, greedy), berhasrat. (various references) | |
Italian | vorace (greedy, gutsy, voracious). (various references) | |
Manx | accrys mooar. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | avenousray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | voraz (cormorant, edacity, gluttony, gourmet, greedy, lickerish, rapacious, voracious), faminto (belly-pinched, edacious, hard set, hollow, hungry, starveling), esfomeado (edacious, esurient, hard set, hungry, sharp-set, starveling), devorador (ravishing, voracious, wolfish), ávido (acquisitive, appropriative, athirst, avid, eager, edacious, grasping, greedy, hard set, hungry, jejunum, lickerish, rapacious, wishful, wistful). (various references) | |
Romanian | vorace (voracious), nesãţios (greedy, insatiable), mort de foame (perished with hunger), lacom (avid, covetous, craving, devouringly, edacious, esurient, glutton, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, hungry, insatiable, lickerish, open mouthed, piggish, rapacious, voracious, wishful, wolfish), hãmesit (famished, greedy, hungered), flãmând (empty, hard set, hollow, hunger-bitten, hungry, peckish, starving), devorant (consuming, devouring). (various references) | |
Russian | грабительский (burglarious, extortionate, predatory, rapacious), очень голодный (sharp-set), жадный (avaricious, avid, covetous, edacious, esurient, glutton, grasping, greedy, hoggish, insatiable, large-handed, locust, mingy, open mouthed, piggish, rapacious, sharp-set, voracious). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | proždrljiv (edacious, glutton, gluttonous, lupine, voracious), halapljiv (esurient, hoggish, sharp-set, voracious), grabljiv (grasping, predacious, predatory, rapacious, vulturous). (various references) | |
Spanish | voraz (edacious, esurient, voracious). (various references) | |
Swedish | glupsk (avid, edacious, glutenous, gluttonous, greedy, open mouthed, piggish, piggy, voracious). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งตะกละมาก. (various references) | |
Turkish | yırtıcı (ferocious, predaceous, predacious, predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ripper, savage), pisboğaz (gluttonous, gourmand, greedy, piggish, piglike), obur (cormorant, edacious, esurient, glutton, gluttonous, gormandizer, gourmand, greedy, guzzler, hog, lickerish, open mouthed, piggish, voracious), gözü dönmüş (furious, raving), gözü aç (grasping, greedy, insatiable), açgözlü (acquisitive, avid, covetous, esurient, grabber, grasping, greedy, hoggish, insatiable, open mouthed, piggish, piglike, rapacious, voracious, vulturine, vulturous, wolfish), aç kurt gibi, aç (covetous, empty, esurient, greedy for, hollow, hungry, starveling, unfed). (various references) | |
Ukranian | хижий (predacious, predatory, rapacious, sharking, vulturous), голодний, як вовк, ненажерливий (edacious, gluttonous, gourmand, greedy, voracious, wide-mouthed). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tham t n (raptorial), ph m ăn ngấu nghiến, dữ dội (boot, formidable, heavy, high, impetuous, keen, rude, severse, thundering, towering, vehement, violent). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vorax. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | gifre. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | ravinos. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 35, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ouk estai ekei lewn oude twn qhriwn twn ponhrwn ou mh anabh ep' authn oude mh eureqh ekei alla poreusontai en auth lelutrwmenoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non erit ibi leo et mala bestia non ascendet per eam nec invenietur ibi et ambulabunt qui liberati fuerint |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ther shal not be there a leoun, and euel beste shal not steyen vp bi it, `ne be founden there. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | No lion will be there, or any cruel beast; they will not be seen there; but those for whom the Lord has given a price, |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 35, Verse 9 |
| Bulgarian | Лъв не ще има там, Нито ще се качи по него хищен звяр; Такъв не ще се намери там; Но изкупените ще ходят по него . |
| Cebuano | Walay leon nga mahaadto didto, ni bisan unsa nga manunukob nga mga mananap moadto didto; sila dili hipalgan didto apan ang mga linuwas magalakaw didto: |
| Chinese | 在 那 裡 必 ' 有 獅 子 、 猛 獸 也 不 登 這 路 、 在 那 裡 都 遇 不 見 ． 只 有 贖 民 在 那 裡 行 走 。 |
| Croatian | Ondje neæe više biti l"ava, nit' æe onud zvijer prolaziti, veæ æe hodit' samo otkupljeni, |
| Danish | På den er der ingen Løver, Rovdyr træder den ej, der skal de ikke findes. De genløste vandrer ad den, |
| Dutch | Er zal geen leeuw zijn, en geen verscheurend gedierte zal daarop komen, noch aldaar gevonden worden; maar de verlosten zullen daarop wandelen. |
| Finnish | Ei ole siellä leijonaa, ei nouse sinne raateleva peto; ei sellaista siellä tavata: lunastetut sitä kulkevat. |
| French | Sur cette route, point de lion; Nulle bête féroce ne la prendra, Nulle ne s`y rencontrera; Les délivrés y marcheront. |
| German | Es wird da kein Löwe sein, und wird kein reißendes Tier darauf treten noch daselbst gefunden werden; sondern man wird frei sicher daselbst gehen. |
| Haitian Creole | P'ap gen lyon sou wout sa a. P'ap gen bèt bwa k'ap pase la. Se moun Seyè a delivre ase ki pral vwayaje sou li. P'ap gen lòt moun ankò! |
| Hungarian | Nem lesz ott oroszlán, és a kegyetlen vad nem jõ fel reá, nem is található ott, hanem a megváltottak járnak rajta! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di tempat itu tak akan ada singa, atau binatang buas lainnya. Orang-orang yang diselamatkan TUHAN akan berjalan di sana. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Di sana tiada akan ada singa, dan binatang yang ganaspun tiada akan sampai ke sana, maka barang sesuatupun tiada didapati di sana, apabila orang yang sudah ditebus itu menjalani dia. |
| Italian | Non ci sar più il leone, nessuna bestia feroce la percorrer , vi cammineranno i redenti. |
| Korean | 거 기 " 사 자 가 없 사 나 운 짐 승 이 그 리 로 올 라 가 지 아 니 하 므 로 그 것 을 만 나 지 못 하 오 직 구 속 함 을 얻 은 자 만 그 리 로 행 것 이 며 |
| Maori | Kahore o reira raiona, e kore ano tetahi kararehe kai kino e tika na reira, e kore e kitea ki reira; engari ka haereerea e te hunga i hokona. |
| Modern Greek | Λεων δεν θελει εισθαι εκει και θηριον αρπακτικον δεν θελει αναβη εκει· δεν θελει ευρεθη εκει· αλλα οι λελυτρωμενοι θελουσι περιπατει εκει. |
| Norwegian | Der skal det ingen løve være, og intet rovdyr skal komme op på den, de skal ikke finnes der; men de gjenløste skal ferdes der. |
| Portuguese | Ali não haverá leão, nem animal feroz subirá por ele, nem se achará nele; mas os redimidos andarão por ele. |
| Rumanian | Pe calea acaesta nu va fi niciun leu, wi nici o fiarq sqlbaticq nu va apuca pe ea, nici nu va fi kntklnitq pe ea, ci cei rqscumpqrayi vor umbla pe ea. |
| Russian | мШЧБ ОЕ 'Х"ЕФ ФБН, Й ИЙЭОЩК ЪЧЕТШ ОЕ ЧЪПК"ЕФ ОБ ОЕЗП; ЕЗП ОЕ ОБК"ЕФУС ФБН, Б 'Х"ХФ ИП"ЙФШ ЙУЛХ МЕООЩЕ. |
| Spanish | Allí no habrá leones; no subirán por ella fieras voraces, ni se encontrarán allí. Pero caminarán por allí los redimidos. |
| Swedish | Där skall icke vara något lejon, ej heller skall något annat vilddjur komma dit. Intet sådant skall finnas där, men ett frälsat folk skall vandra på den. |
| Thai | จะไม่มีสิงโตที่นั่น หรือจะไม่มีสัตว์ร้ายมาบนทางนั้น จะหามันที่นั่นไม่พบ แต่ผู้ที่ไถ่ไว้แล้วจะเ"ินบนนั้น |
| Ukrainian | Не буде там лева, і дика звірина не піде на неї, не знайдеться там, а будуть ходити лиш викуплені. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ravenous": ravenously, ravenousness, ravenousnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ravenous": intravenous. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ravenous": intravenouses, intravenously. (additional references) | |
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"Ravenous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arsenious, avenous, ranenous, ravanous, raveneous, ravenious, raveous, revelous, revenence, Revenko, revenous, Rutenois. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ravenous" (pronounced ra"vunus) |
| 4 | -u n u s | androgynous, asynchronous, bituminous, chitinous, Deaconess, exogenous, gelatinous, genuineness, gluttonous, homogenous, indigenous, larcenous, luminous, membranous, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, nitrogenous, nonpoisonous, ominous, outspokenness, poisonous, polygynous, ruinous, tetanus, villainous, voluminous. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gentleness, genus, ghastliness, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, madness, Manus, meanness, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nonbusiness, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, politeness, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, vindictiveness, vividness, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-n-o-r-s-u-v" | |
-1 letter: arenous, nervous. | |
-2 letters: arouse, arseno, naevus, ravens, reason, rouens, savour, senora, sovran, suaver, unrove, venous. | |
-3 letters: aeons, arose, arson, arvos, aures, avens, avers, earns, euros, nares, naves, nears, nevus, novae, novas, nurse, oaves, ovens, overs, raven, raves, roans, rouen, roues, rouse, roven, roves, runes, saner, saver, savor, senor, servo, snare, snore, soave, sonar, suave, urase, ureas, ursae, usnea, uveas, vanes, varus, verso. | |
-4 letters: aeon, aero, anes, anus, ares, arse, arvo, aver, aves, avos, earn, ears, eons, eras, erns, eros, euro, naos, nave, near, noes, nose, nous, nova, oars, ones, onus, ores, osar, ours, oven, over, rase, rave, revs, roan, roes, rose, roue, rove, rues, rune, runs, ruse, sane, save, sear, sera, soar, sone, sora, sore, sorn, sour, suer, sura, sure, urea, urns, ursa, user, uvea, vane, vans, vars, vase, vaus, vena, vera, voes. | |
-5 letters: ane, are, ars, ave, avo, ear, eau, ens, eon, era, ern, ers, nae, nor, nos, nus, oar, oes, one, ons, ora, ore, ors, ose, our, ova, ran, ras, res, rev, roe, rue, run, sae, sau, sea, sen, ser, son, sou, sue, sun, uns, urn, use, van, var, vas, vau, voe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-n-o-r-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: cavernous, supernova. | |
+2 letters: adenovirus, endeavours, manoeuvres, ravenously, supernovae, supernovas. | |
+3 letters: adventurous, cavernously, intravenous, mavourneens, overanxious, oversaucing, unobservant, variousness, voluntaries. | |
+4 letters: adenoviruses, countervails, nonuniversal, outmaneuvers, overcautions, overissuance, oversanguine, ravenousness, rejuvenators, renovascular, revaluations, unobservable, unresolvable, vaporousness. | |
+5 letters: adventuresome, adventurously, arteriovenous, cavernicolous, intravenouses, intravenously, marvelousness, nonuniversals, overissuances, overslaughing, reevaluations, rejuvenations, subordinative, subventionary, subversionary, unadventurous, variousnesses, veraciousness, vicariousness, vituperations, voluntariness, voraciousness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 76 65 6E 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- ...- . -. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01110110 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a v e n o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 0076 0065 006E 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5267887180818785 |
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