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Scorch

Definitions: Scorch

Scorch

Noun

1. A surface burn.

2. A discoloration caused by heat.

Verb

1. Make very hot; "searing heat".

2. Burn so as to affect color or taste; "blackened chicken breast"; "The ceiling above the fireplace was charred".

3. Burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows".

4. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scorch" was first used: sometime around 1200. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Scorch

DomainDefinitions

Food & Agriculture

An injury to bark, foliage, flowers, or fruit from a)excessive heat, whether from fires or sunlight(insolation), b)hot, freezing, salt-laden, fume-laden, or unduly strong winds, or c)unbalanced nutrition or poisoning, e. g. from the misapplication of a pesticide. Source: European Union. (references)

Public Administration

Damage, modification, discolouration or pain caused to a surface by superficial carbonization due to flame or heat rays; Environment:extensively dried and unproductive earth due to excessive heat and insufficient rainfall. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Scorch

Synonyms: blacken (v), char (v), parch (v), sear (v), singe (v), swinge (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Scorch

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Calefaction

Burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch; brand, cauterize, sear, burn in; corrode, char, calcine, incinerate; smelt, scorify; reduce to ashes; burn to a cinder; commit to the flames, consign to the flames.

Velocity

Verb: move quickly, trip, fisk; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush; (be violent); dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Scorch

English words defined with "scorch": blisterSwealTo dry upwhip. (references)
Specialty definitions using "scorch": bark scorch. (references)
Etymologies containing "scorch": griddleUredo, Ustulate. (references)

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Modern Usage: Scorch

DomainUsage

Lyrics

The dandy lion sun scorch, ("WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE?"; performing artist: Paula Cole)

Movie/TV Titles

Scorch (1992)

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Commercial Usage: Scorch

DomainTitle

Books

  • Scorch (reference)

  • To Scorch or Freeze: Poems About the Sacred (Phoenix Poets Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: Scorch

Computer Images:
Scorch

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Photo Album: Scorch

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Spanish-American woman testing temperature of earthen oven by determining length of time required to scorch wool, Taos County, New Mexico.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Familiar Quotations: Scorch

AuthorQuotation

Lucretius

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Scorch

"Scorch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Scorch" is used about 42 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)57.14%2471,196
Lexical Verb (infinitive)35.71%1590,616
Lexical Verb (base form)7.14%3202,518
                    Total100.00%42N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Scorch

Expression using "scorch": bark scorch. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "scorch": scorch-riots, scorch-squeals, scorch-trail.

Ending with "scorch": sun-scorch.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scorch

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

scorch

135

earth scorch

17

game scorch

14

scorch sibelius

11

2000 scorch

11

bar scorch

9

adidas scorch

7

scorch download

6

leaf scorch

5

music scorch

4

scorch tank

3

download game scorch

3

bacterial leaf scorch

2

3d scorch

2

dogwood leaf scorch

2

mark removing scorch

2

mark remove scorch

2
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Modern Translations: Scorch

Language Translations for "scorch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

përzhit (singe), përcëlloj (char, parch, sear, singe), e djegur e lehtë, djegje (burn, combustion, cremation, incineration, scald, skald, sting), digjem (burn, burn out, die, glow, grow warmer, hanker, pine). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نشف (cure, dry, tumble dry), ‏لذع (acrimony, bite, burning, poignancy, pungency, sharpness, smart), ‏قاد بسرعة عالية, ‏قاد بسرعة جنونية (speeder), ‏حرق سطحي, ‏علامة الحرق, ‏صير أصهب, ‏جرى بإقصى سرعة, ‏إنطلق بسرعة (breeze, clip, fleet, fly, lick, prick, rocket, scat, scoot, scud, steam, tear away), ‏إتقد بقسوة, ‏أحرق الأرض, ‏شيط, ‏شياط. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

карам лудо (hog), карам бясно, карам да потъне в земята, обгаряне (cauterization, cautery), обгарям се, обгарям (bake, cauterize, flame, sear), опърлям (burn, singe), лудо каране, бясно каране, изгорено място (burn, scald), изгаряне (burn, burning, combustion, flying, incineration), изгарям се (burn oneself), изгарям (blight, blow, blow out, burn, burn away, burn out, burn up, consume, cremate, fuse, go phut, incinerate, parch). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

烧焦 (Charred, Charring, scorched, scorching, Singed, Singeing), (cauterize), '焦 , " (western moon before sunrise). (various references)

   

Czech

  

spálit (blast, burn, burn down, burn up, char, incinerate, sear), skvrna po ožehnutí, sežehnout (singe), popálené místo. (various references)

   

Danish

  

svidning (bark scorch, scorched, searing, sunburn, sunscald, white spot), brandsår (burn, burns, scalds), brandplet (burn, scald), afsvedet område. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schroeien (burn, singe, singeing, to flame), brandplek (burn, scald), aanvulcaniseren (scorching), aanbranden (burn, stick to the pan). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تاول زدن (Blister, Breakout), تاول (Bleb, Blister, Gall, Scald, Welt), سوزاندن (Blast, Burn, Cauterize, Fry, Incense, Incinerate, Sear), سوختگی (Scald), بودادن (Singe, Smell), بطورسطحی سوختن (Singe). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

poltevika (bark scorch, sunburn, sunscald, white spot), polte (ache, burn, scald, sharp pain), kuoripolte (bark scorch, sunburn, sunscald, white spot), kuorenpolte (bark scorch, sunburn, sunscald, white spot), esivulkanoituminen (scorching), auringonpolte (bark scorch, sunburn, sunscald, white spot). (various references)

   

French

  

roussissement, brûlure (scald). (various references)

   

German

  

verbrennen (be scorched, burn, burn down, burn up, burned, burning, burnt, combustion, cremate, deflagrate, incinerate, scald, sear, singe, to ash, to deflagrate, to incinerate, to scorch), Brandfleck (bark scorch, burn, scar, sunburn, sunscald, water mark, white spot). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καψαλίζω (gassing, parch, sear, singeing, sweal, toast). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לחרך (singe), לחרוך (char, parch, singe), לכוות (burn, scald), ל"חרך, ל"כוות (scald, sear), לצרוב (burn, cause heartburn, cauterize, scald, sear, stain), כוי" (burn, burning, cauterization, cautery, scalding), צריב" (acridity, burn). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megperzselõdés, megperzsel (singe, to excoriate, to scorch, to singe). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menghanguskan (singe). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scottatura (bark scorch, burn, combustion, scald, scalding, scolding, scorching, sunburn, sunscald, white spot), bruciatura (blackscraping, burn, burn out, burning, combustion, fuel burn-out, scald, singeing). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

焼け焦' (burn hole). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

やけ"' (burn hole). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

탄 자국. (various references)

   

Manx

  

lommaney (blight, blighting, scorching), lomman (blast, blast of cold wind, blight, blight on plants, scorching wind), fowaney (blast, blast of wind, blight, sear), fowanaghey (blight, blighting), fowan (blast of hot wind, blight on plants, dry period), daahjey (burn in, cauterization, cauterize, char, singe), daah (colour, colouration, dye, hue, paint, pigment, singe, stain, suit, tincture). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orchscay

   

Portuguese

  

secar (blast, blight, desiccate, drainage, dry, exsiccate, forked, kirghiz, peter out, rub down, sear, shrivel, Ted, wipe, wither), scorch, queimadura (burn, burning, combustion, scald, searing, water mark), camada de terra dessecada, causticar (etch), chamuscar (char, singe), fazer murchar (wilt), golpe de sol (bark scorch, sunburn, sunscald, white spot), "segurança", pré-vulcanização (scorching), vulcanizacao prematura, queimadura leve, queimadura superficial, queimar (bake, burn, burn in, burn out, burn(to), fire, flame, fuse, scathe, tan, to blast, to blow, to poke, to toat, to toke), ressequir (parch), m. (adjustment, anti-ager, bleaching, cracking, fabric, jaw). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

se usca (drain, dry up, parch, season), se pârli, usca (air, desiccate, drain, dry, exsiccate, parch, sap, sear, season, swelter), pârli (burn, singe, tan), merge cu o vitezã exageratã, dogori (burn, glow, redden, ripen), arsurã superficialã, arde (bake, be on fire, bite, blister, burn, burn away, burn out, burn up, calcine, cauterize, consume, cook, cremate, diddle, glare, glow, grill, heat, ignite, inflame, overdo, parch, roast, scald, sear, shrivel, smart, smoke, strike, tan, you are getting hot). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ожог (burn, flash burn, flash-burn, scald, sting, sunburn), опалять (sear, singe), бешеная езда, подгорать, палить (burn, grill, pop). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

loisg (burn, cause to burn, consume). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

spržiti (sear, singe), oprljiti (parch, singe), oprljenje (singe), opeći (burn, scald). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

quemadura (a fresh or healing injury of the cambium of a woody plant, blight, brand, burn, burning, burning mark, caused by fire, crematorium, fire wound, scald, sear). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sveda (parch, sear, singe, smart), brännskada (burn, singe). (various references)

   

Thai

  

แผลไหม้เกรียม, ย่างเกรียม. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yanmak (be hot, broil, burn, burn out, fire, fuse, fuze, glow, go on, inflame, kindle, light, light up, smart, sting, swelter, take, tan, toast), yakmak (bite, burn, cauterize, fire, flash, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, light up, put on, scathe, sear, set on fire, turn on), uçmak (barrel, belt, evaporate, fade, flush, fly, freak out, plane, sail, soar, take wing, wing), kurutmak (air, bake, corn, cure, dehydrate, deplete, desiccate, drain, dry, dry up, exhaust, parch, sear, season, shrivel, torrefy, weather, wither), kavurmak (bake, blast, parboil, parch, roast, sear, torrefy), hızlı gitmek (barrel, belt, spank along, streak), alazlamak (sear, singe), ağır konuşmak (drawl, have a rough tongue), ağır eleştirmek (pull to pieces, rap smb. over the knuckles, razz, score, slash). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

зowlamak (singe). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

слід від опіку, вигоряти, випалювати (burn, burn out, calcine, kiln), обпалюватися, обпалювати (anneal, carbonize, char, sear, swinge), опік (burn, scald, singe). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự thiêu sém. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

llosgi (burn, smart), greidio, deifio (blast, blight, singe), crasu (bake, parch). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Scorch

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

aduram, adurens, torrens, torrente, torrentem, torrentes, torrenti, torrentibus, torrentis, torrentium, torreri, torres, ustilari, ustilo ustulo. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Scorch

LanguageDateSourceRevelation Chapter 16, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai o tetartoV aggeloV execeen thn fialhn autou epi ton hlion kai edoqh autw kaumatisai touV anqrwpouV en puri
Latin405VulgateEt quartus effudit fialam suam in solem et datum est illi aestu adficere homines et igni
Middle English1395WyclifAnd the fourthe aungel schedde out his viol in to the sunne, and it was youun to hym to turmente men with heete and fier.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd the fourth angell poured out his viall on the sunne and power was geve vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd the fourth let what was in his vessel come out on the sun; and power was given to it that men might be burned with fire.

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Matched Bible Translations: Scorch

LanguageRevelation Chapter 16, Verse 8
BulgarianИ произлязоха светкавици и гласове и гръмове, и стана силен тръс, небивал откак съществуват човеците на земята, такъв тръс, толкоз силен.
Cebuano¶ Ug ang ikaupat nga manolunda miyabo sa iyang panaksan diha sa ibabaw sa Adlaw, ug ang Adlaw gihatagan ug gahum sa pagpaig sa katawhan pinaagig kalayo.
Chinese第 四 位 天 使 把 碗 ' 在 日 上 、 叫 日 能 " 火 烤 人 。
CroatianÈetvrti izli svoju èašu na sunce. I suncu je dano da pali ljude ognjem.
DanishOg den fjerde Engel udgød sin Skål over Solen; og det blev givet den at brænde Menneskene med Ild.
DutchEn de vierde engel goot zijn fiool uit op de zon; en haar is macht gegeven de mensen te verhitten door vuur.
FinnishJa neljäs enkeli vuodatti maljansa aurinkoon, ja sille annettiin valta paahtaa ihmisiä tulella.
FrenchLe quatrième versa sa coupe sur le soleil. Et il lui fut donné de brûler les hommes par le feu;
GermanUnd der vierte Engel goß aus seine Schale in die Sonne, und ihm ward gegeben, den Menschen heiß zu machen mit Feuer.
Haitian Creole¶ Katriyèm zanj lan vide gode pa l' la sou solèy la. Sa te bay solèy la pouvwa pou l' te boule moun ak dife l' la.
HungarianA negyedik angyal is kitölté az õ poharát a napra; és adaték annak, hogy az embereket tikkaszsza tûzzel.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSetelah itu malaikat keempat menuang isi wadahnya ke matahari, maka matahari pun dibolehkan menghanguskan manusia dengan panasnya yang hebat itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka malaekat yang keempat itu pun mencurahkan bokornya ke atas matahari, lalu matahari itu beroleh kuasa menghanguskan segala manusia dengan api;
ItalianIl quarto versò la sua coppa sul sole e gli fu concesso di bruciare gli uomini con il fuoco.
Korean네 째 가 그 대 을 해 에 쏟 으 매 해 가 권 세 를 받 아 불 로 사 람 " 을 태 우 니
LatvianUn ceturtais eòìelis izlçja savu kausu uz sauli, un tai bija dots spçks dedzinât cilvçkus karstumâ un ugunî.
Maori¶ Na ka ringihia e te tuawha o nga anahera tana oko ki te ra; a ka hoatu ki a ia kia tunua nga tangata ki te ahi.
NorwegianOg den fjerde engel tømte sin skål ut på solen; og den fikk makt til å brenne menneskene med ild;
PortugueseO quarto anjo derramou a sua taça sobre o sol, e foi-lhe permitido que abrasasse os homens com fogo.   
RumanianAl patrulea a vqrsat potirul lui peste soare. Wi soarelui i s`a dat sq dogoreascq pe oameni cu focul lui.
RussianюЕФЧЕТФЩК бОЗЕМ ЧЩМЙМ ЮБЫХ УЧПА ОБ УПМО"Е: Й "БОП 'ЩМП ЕНХ ЦЕЮШ МА"ЕК ПЗОЕН.
Shuar¶ Nuyá suntar kuatrua nu, tsawai nantunam ukarmai. Túramtai jijiai Shuáran esaamujai Wáitkiastin kakaram sunasmai.
SpanishEl cuarto ángel derramó su copa sobre el sol, y le fue dado quemar a los hombres con fuego.
SwahiliKisha malaika wa nne akamwaga bakuli lake juu ya jua. Jua likapewa nguvu ya kuwachoma watu kwa moto wake.
SwedishOch den fjärde göt ut sin skål över solen. Då fick denna makt att bränna människorna såsom med eld.
Thaiทูตสวรรค์องค์ที่สี่เทขันของตนลงที่"วงอาทิตย์ และทรงให้อำนาจแก่"วงอาทิตย์นั้นที่จะคลอกมนุษย์"้วยไฟ
Ukrainian¶ А Ангол четвертий вилив свою чашу на сонце. І дано йому палити людей огнем.
Uma¶ Oti toe, mala'eka ka'opo' -na mpobowo ihi' batili-na hi eo, pai' eo toe rawai' kuasa mpomampuhi manusia' hante penene-na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Scorch

Derivations

Words beginning with "scorch": scorched, scorcher, scorchers, scorches, scorching, scorchingly. (additional references)

Words ending with "scorch": bescorch. (additional references)

Words containing "scorch": bescorched, bescorches, bescorching. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Scorch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: corch, Scaachi, Schork, scooch, Scorah, scorcht, scortch, scourch, Skorich, Slorach, snork, sporch. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Scorch"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "scorch" (pronounced skô"rkh)
3-ô" r khporch, torch.

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Anagrams: Scorch

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-h-o-r-s"

-1 letter: crocs.

-2 letters: cors, cosh, croc, orcs, rhos, rocs.

-3 letters: cor, cos, ohs, orc, ors, rho, roc.

-4 letters: ho, oh, or, os, sh, so.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-h-o-r-s"
 

+1 letter: scrooch.

 

+2 letters: bescorch, caroches, chronics, coachers, cochairs, couchers, crochets, crotches, crouches, scorched, scorcher, scorches, scrootch.

 

+3 letters: caroaches, carroches, chancrous, charcoals, charlocks, checkrows, chicories, clochards, coanchors, cockhorse, corniches, coronachs, cromlechs, crotchets, ricochets, scorchers, scorching, scrooched, scrooches, trochaics.

 

+4 letters: aircoaches, bescorched, bescorches, carbachols, cartouches, catchwords, cerecloths, chancroids, checkrooms, chiccories, chickories, chloracnes, chromatics, chronicles, cirrhotics, coachworks, cockhorses, coherences, cornstarch, crocheters, crosscheck, crosshatch, crosspatch, encroaches, escharotic, forechecks, microchips, ochlocrats, octarchies, radicchios, scaramouch, schizocarp, scrooching, scrootched, scrootches, synchronic, trichocyst.

 

+5 letters: accoucheurs, archdeacons, archdiocese, bescorching, chancellors, chiaroscuro, cholesteric, chroniclers, churchgoers, clavichords, cockchafers, cockroaches, coherencies, cowcatchers, cowpunchers, crosschecks, cytochromes, dichroscope, dogcatchers, encroachers, escharotics, hydrocracks, hygroscopic, microfiches, microinches, microswitch, orthoscopic, overcoaches, scaramouche, schizocarps, scorchingly, scrootching, technocrats, theocracies, trichocysts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Scorch


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 63 6F 72 63 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    -.-.    ---    .-.    -.-.    ....

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100011 01101111 01110010 01100011 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#99 &#111 &#114 &#99 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0063 006F 0072 0063 0068

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

536981846974

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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