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Sear

Definitions: Sear

Sear

Adjective

1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines".

Verb

1. Make very hot; "searing heat".

2. 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 "sear" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Sear

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

SEAR

EnglishSafety,Efficacy and Adverse Reactions Sub-CommitteeMedicine

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

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Synonyms: Sear

Synonyms: dried-up (adj), sere (adj), shriveled (adj), shrivelled (adj), withered (adj), parch (v), scorch (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Sear

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.

Deterioration

Run to seed, go to seed, run to waste swale, sweal; lapse, be the worse for; sphacelate: break, break down; spring a leak, crack, start; shrivel; (contract); fade, go off, wither, molder, rot, rankle, decay, go bad; go to decay, fall into decay; " fall into the sear and yellow leaf", rust, crumble, shake; totter, totter to its fall; perish; die.

Dryness

Adjective: dry, anhydrous, arid; adust, arescent; dried. Verb: undamped; juiceless, sapless; sear; husky; rainless, without rain, fine; dry as a bone, dry as dust, dry as a stick, dry as a mummy, dry as a biscuit.

Insensibility

Inure; harden the heart; steel, caseharden, sear.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Sear

English words defined with "sear": burncauterise, cauterizeEnsearHalf bentSear spring, Searing, sizzleTo sear. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sear": debeakerPOULTRY DEBEAKER. (references)
Etymologies containing "sear": EnsearSeerwood. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Sear" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Scottish (eastern, nm. the east).

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Commercial Usage: Sear

DomainTitle

Books

  • 1902, Sear, Roebuck Catalogs (reference)

  • Grandmothers Footsteps a Journey In Sear (reference)

  • Grill It!: 100 Easy Recipes for Foods to Sear, Sizzle, and Smoke (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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

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Image Slideshow: Sear

Illustrations:
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Familiar Quotations: Sear

AuthorQuotation

William C. Bryant

The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods and meadows brown and sear.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Sear

"Sear" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 40.74% of the time. "Sear" is used about 27 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
Lexical Verb (infinitive)40.74%11106,044
Noun (proper)29.63%8124,375
Noun (singular)14.81%4175,879
Lexical Verb (base form)11.11%3202,518
Unclassified Items3.7%1339,140
                    Total100.00%27N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Sear

The following table summarizes the usage of "sear" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
SearLast name20039,277
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Sear

Expressions using "sear": sear spring the sear and yellow leaf To sear to sear up. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sear

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
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sear

561

sear appliance

4

canada sear

27

furniture sear

4

brown sear

21

point raceway sear

4

s.com sear

15

job sear

4

sear portrait studio

13

sear walter

4

sear roebuck

12

engine sear

4

drop in auto sear

12

auto center sear

3

sear store

9

hardware sear

3

com sear

9

center sear service

3

engine includes manual sear search submission submission

9

david sear

3

sear catalog

7

sear travel

3

auto sear

6

point sear

3

optical sear

6

photo sear

3

aziz sear

6

ar 15 auto sear

2

sear part

6

google sear

2

sear tool

5

sear sucker suit

2

sear tower

5

automotive sear

2

brown group sear

5

school sear

2

department sear store

5

sear sucker

2

sear credit card

5

noot sear

2

sear tire

5

outlet sear

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Sear

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

Albanian

  

thaj (blot, desiccate, drain, drink off, dry, dry up, exsiccate, feel cool, sap, torrefy, wipe out, wither), përcëlloj (char, parch, scorch, singe). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كوى (burn, cauterize, press, presser), ‏حجر (congeal, fossilize, harden, petrify, quarantine, scree, send, stone, transfix), ‏صلب (adamant, aguish, callosity, callous, cast iron, concrete, consolidate, corneous, cross oneself, crucifixion, crucify, cruel, firm, harden, horny, inflexible, loin, metallic, out and out, persistent, ramrod, resistant, rigid, robust, solid, solidary, stabile, stark, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, temper, tenacious, tough, unkind, unyielding), ‏ذابل (blasted, dry, passe, sere, shrivelled, staleness, tatty, withered, wizened), ‏ذبل (consume, etiolate, fade, flag, languish, quail, shell, shrivel, wilt, wither, wizen), ‏ذبول (etiolation, fading, fall, wilt, wilting), ‏جفف (dehydrate, desiccate, drain off, dry, exsiccate, mangle, mummify, parch, season, spin), ‏أحرق (blaze, burn, burnt, char, deflagrate, fire, incinerate, kiln, light, parch, scald, singe, sizzle, smart, sting). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съсухрям (emaciate), съсухрен (seared, sere, shrunken, wizen), увехнал (dead, sere, withered), обгарям (bake, cauterize, flame, scorch), автоматически спусък, лост на спусъка на пушка, правя да закоравее, правя да загрубее (coarsen), притъпявам (dull, stupefy), изсъхвам (become peaky, become thin and hollow-cheeked, crisp, drain, dry, dry up, get dry, mummify, parch, season), изсушавам (dry off, exsiccate, parch, rub dry, torrefy). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

扣杆. (various references)

   

Czech

  

suchý (arid, bald, bare, dead, desiccated, droughty, dry, hacking, matter of fact, pedestrian, sere, torrid, wry), staří, spálit (blast, burn, burn down, burn up, char, incinerate, scorch), zvadlý (dead, faded, flaccid, sapless, withered), ožehnout, kauterizovat (cauterize). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پژمرده , سوزاندن (Blast, Burn, Cauterize, Fry, Incense, Incinerate, Scorch), علامت داغ , خسته (Blown, Spent, Tire, Weary), خشکیده (Hidebound, Wizen), خشکاندن , ازکارافتاده (Effete, Lameduck, Obsolete, Seedy), داغ کردن پژمرده کردن یاشدن . (various references)

   

French

  

sec (second, Securities and Exchange Commission), flétrissure, flétrir, flétri (sere), endurcir, dessécher, cautériser, brûler. (various references)

   

German

  

zutiefst treffen, verbrennen (be scorched, burn, burn down, burn up, burned, burning, burnt, combustion, cremate, deflagrate, incinerate, scald, scorch, singe, to ash, to deflagrate, to incinerate, to scorch), rasch anbraten, durchzucken, brennen (bake, balke, be alight, be on, be on fire, be sore, be sparked off, blaze, brand, burn, burn(to), burned, burnt, calcine, catch, cauterization, distill, fire, firing, glow, glow with heat, hurt, kindle, prick, roast, roasting, scorch, sere, sinter, smart, sting, tingle, to be on fire, to burn, to flame), austrocknen (drain, dry, dry out, dry up, parch, shrivel, wither), ausdörren (bake, dry up, parch, shrivel, wilt), ausbrennen (be burnt out, be gutted, become extinct, burn out, burnout, burnouts, cauterize, cautery, scorch, to burn out), anbraten (Brown, Browning, roast gently, saute, to brown). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καυτηριάζω (burn out, cauterize, lash out against), κατάξηροσ (parched), καίω (burn, burn down, burn(to), burnt, calcine, char, cremate, kiln, scorch, singe, tingle, to burn, to cut), καψαλίζω (gassing, parch, scorch, singeing, sweal, toast), ξηραίνω (drain, dry, parch, torrefy), μαραμένοσ (languishing, sere, wizen, wizened). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"כוות (scald, scorch), לצרוב (burn, cause heartburn, cauterize, scald, scorch, stain). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

száraz (anhydrous, arid, bald, bare, cut and dried, droughty, dry, dryasdust, dryish, fine, husky, lean, prosaic, prosy, sec, sere, stale, undamped), kiszárad (become dry, become stale, dry up, get dry, grow stale, to desiccate, to drain, to dry, to dry up, to run dry, to shrivel, to shrivel up, to wizen), kiéget (burn out, cauterize, to blight, to burn, to burn out, to cauterize, to sere). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

layu (fade, swift, wilt, withered). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scottare (be hot, blanch, burn, burn oneself, get one's fingers burnt, hurt, scald, scalding of plaster casts, sting), bruciare (blaze, burn, burn down, burn oneself, burn up, burn(to), burning, cauterization, rankle, scorch, set fire to, sting, to flame). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

그으른 자국. (various references)

   

Manx

  

swane, shirgaghey (atrophy, contract, dry up, languish, mummify, perish, shrivel, wilt, wither, withering), jannoo dhone (perish), fowaney (blast, blast of wind, blight, scorch). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

earsay

   

Portuguese

  

seco (arid, chippy, curt, dabby, dried, dry, hacking, jeroboam, parching, rainless, sapless, seared, seasoned, sec, sere, stale, thirsty, undamped), secar (blast, blight, desiccate, drainage, dry, exsiccate, forked, kirghiz, peter out, rub down, scorch, shrivel, Ted, wipe, wither), tornar insensível, ressequido (parched, seared, sere, thirsty), queimar a superfície de, murcho (seared, sere, withered), fazer mirrar, endurecer (bronze, cake, coarsen, harden, indurate, set, stiffen, to face harden, toughen), crestar (parch, to harvest), cauterizar (burn, burn in, cauterize, etch, fire). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

stigmatiza (badge, brand, denunciate, post, stigmatize), veşteji (stigmatize, wilt, wither), veşted, uscat (adust, arenaceous, arid, barren, continent, crusty, dry, earth, fleshless, hungry, husky, land, main, mainland, meager, meagre, parched, sere, shore, shrunken, slack, stale, thirsty, well-seasoned, wizened), uscare (drying), usca (air, desiccate, drain, dry, exsiccate, parch, sap, scorch, season, swelter), piedicã (balk, bar, brake, check, clog, cumber, delay, difficulty, drag, drawback, embargo, encumbrance, fetter, hindrance, hitch, hold back, impediment, interference, jog, lock, marplot, objection, obstacle, obstruction, pull back, set back, sprag, stay, stop, stopper, stopple, stumbling-bloc, trammel, traverse, trigger), ofili (die, dry, enervate, wilt, wither), cauteriza (brand, burn, cauterize, fire), 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, scorch, shrivel, smart, smoke, strike, tan, you are getting hot), împietri (caseharden, harden, palsy, stone). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

высушивать (desiccate, dry up, exsiccate, parch), опалять (scorch, singe), прижигать (cauterize). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

suvoća (dryness), spržiti (scorch, singe), sagoreti (burn, burn out), učiniti neosetljivim, povrediti (damage, encroach, hurt, impinge, injure, job, violate, wound), osušenost, žigosati (brand, earmark, stamp, stigmatize). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

abrasar (burn, parch, scorch). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förtorka (dry, parch, sere, wither). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sararmış (fade, flavescent, foxed, foxy, pale, sere, yellow), yakmak (bite, burn, cauterize, fire, flash, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, light up, put on, scathe, scorch, set on fire, turn on), kurutmak (air, bake, corn, cure, dehydrate, deplete, desiccate, drain, dry, dry up, exhaust, parch, scorch, season, shrivel, torrefy, weather, wither), kurumuş (dried, dry, seared, sere, weazened, wizen, wizened), kurumak (desiccate, dry, dry up, get dry, parch, season), koterize etmek, kavurmak (bake, blast, parboil, parch, roast, scorch, torrefy), katılaştırmak (concrete, deaden, fixate, harden, indurate, ossify, sinter, solidify, stiffen, toughen), emniyet tetiği, dağlamak (brand, cauterize, stigmatize), alazlamak (scorch, singe). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

сухий (arid, brut, chilly, drained, dried, dry, dryasdust, dusty, saharan, saharian, sere, withered), сушити (air, bake, dry, roast, sap, stove), сохнути (dry, wither), спусковий важіль, обпалювати (anneal, carbonize, char, scorch, swinge), зів'ялий (dead, faded), автоматичний спуск, припікати (bake, cauterize). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

héo (withering). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

serio, gwyw (arid, faded, withered), crin (arid, dry, withered). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Sear

LanguageDateSource2 Chronicles Chapter 12, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai logoi roboam oi prwtoi kai oi escatoi ouk idou gegrammenoi en toiV logoiV samaia tou profhtou kai addw tou orwntoV kai praxeiV autou kai epolemei roboam ton ieroboam pasaV taV hmeraV
Latin405VulgateOpera vero Roboam prima et novissima scripta sunt in libris Semeiae prophetae et Addo videntis et diligenter exposita pugnaveruntque adversum se Roboam et Hieroboam cunctis diebus
Middle English1395WyclifThe werkis forsothe of Roboam, the first and the last, ben writen in the bokis of Semei the prophete, and of Abdo sear, and besily expownede.
Jacobean English1611King JamesNow the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
Victorian English1833WebsterNow the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
Basic English1964OgdenNow the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not recorded in the words of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Sear

Language2 Chronicles Chapter 12, Verse 15
CebuanoKaron ang mga buhat ni Roboam, ang nahauna ug ang katapusan, wala ba sila mahisulat sa mga kasaysayana ni Semeias nga manalagna ug kang Iddo nga manalagna sumala sa batasan sa mga kaagi sa kagikanan? Ug may mga gubat sa taliwala ni Roboam ug ni Jeroboam sa kanunay.
CroatianRoboamova prva i posljednja djela - i ratovi koji su se neprestano vodili izmeðu Roboama i Jeroboama - zapisani su u povijesti proroka emaje i u plemenskom popisu vidioca Adona.
DanishRehabeams Historie fra først til sidst står jo optegnet i Profeten Sjemajas og Seeren tddos Krønike. Rehabeam og Jeroboam lå i Krig med hinanden hele Tiden.
DutchDe geschiedenissen nu van Rehabeam, de eerste en de laatste, zijn die niet geschreven in de woorden van Semaja, den profeet, en Iddo, den ziener, verhalende de geslachtsregisteren; daartoe de krijgen van Rehabeam en Jerobeam in al hun dagen?
FinnishRehabeamin vaiheet, sekä aikaisemmat että myöhemmät, ovat kirjoitetut profeetta Semajan ja näkijä Iddon historiaan, sukuluettelojen tapaan. Mutta Rehabeamin ja Jerobeamin väliset taistelut jatkuivat kaiken aikaa.
FrenchLes actions de Roboam, les premières et les dernières, ne sont-elles pas écrites dans les livres de Schemaeja, le prophète et d`Iddo, le prophète, parmi les registres généalogiques? Il y eut toujours guerre entre Roboam et Jéroboam.
GermanDie Geschichten aber Rehabeams, beide, die ersten und die letzten, sind geschrieben in den Geschichten Semajas, des Propheten, und Iddos, des Sehers, und aufgezeichnet, dazu die Kriege Rehabeam und Jerobeam ihr Leben lang.
Haitian CreoleTou sa wa Woboram te fè, depi premye jou li te moute wa a rive jouk dènye jou a, nou jwenn yo ekri nan liv travay pwofèt Chemaya ak nan liv vizyon pwofèt Ido ki bay lis fanmi yo. Se te yon lagè san rete ant Woboram ak Jewoboram.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKisah tentang Rehabeam dari mula sampai akhir dan silsilahnya dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Nabi Semaya dan dalam buku Sejarah Nabi Ido. Antara Rehabeam dan Yerobeam selalu saja terjadi peperangan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaAdapun segala kisah Rehabeam, yang mula dan yang kemudian, bukankah ia itu tersebut di dalam kitab tawarikh nabi Semaya dan di dalam sejarah Ido, penilik itu? Maka adalah perang antara Rehabeam dengan Yerobeam pada segala hari.
ItalianLe gesta di Roboamo, le prime e le ultime, sono descritte negli atti del profeta Semaia e del veggente Iddo, secondo le genealogie. Ci furono guerre continue fra Roboamo e Geroboamo.
MaoriNa, ko nga meatanga a Rehopoama, o mua, o muri, kahore ianei i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka a Hemaia poropiti, ki ta Iro matakite ano, kei reira nei nga korero whakapapa? Na he whawhai ta Rehopoama raua ko Ieropoama ki a raua i nga ra katoa.
NorwegianAlt hvad som er å fortelle om Rehabeam, både i hans første og i hans senere dager, det er opskrevet i profeten Semajas og seeren Iddos krønike, der hvor ættetavlene er optegnet. Mellem Rehabeam og Jeroboam var det krig hele tiden.
RumanianFaptele lui Roboam, cele dintki wi cele depe urmq, nu sknt scrise oare kn cartea proorocului Wemaia, wi a proorocului Ido, kn cqryile spiyelor de neam? Totdeauna a fost rqzboi kntre Roboam wi Ieroboam.

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

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Derivations & Misspellings: Sear

Derivations

Words beginning with "sear": search, searchable, searched, searcher, searchers, searches, searching, searchingly, searchless, searchlight, searchlights, seared, searer, searest, searing, searingly, searobin, searobins, sears. (additional references)

Words containing "sear": coresearcher, coresearchers, research, researchable, researched, researcher, researchers, researches, researching, researchist, researchists, unsearchable, unsearchably, unseared. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Sear" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: esari, essar, saar, sadar, saea, saeo, Saer, sair, Sairr, sara, sarae, sarr, sbea, sceaf, scear, sdar, sdea, seac, sead, seaf, seaq, searc, seare, Searl, Searo, searu, Seary, seax, seaz, secr, sedar, seea, Seeau, seeer, seerg, seery, Segar, segr, sehr, seior, separ, sepr, serac, serad, serag, Serah, serai, seral, serao, serau, seraw, serax, seray, serh, serq, Serr, Setar, seur, sevar, sewar, Sfera, sgar, sgea, siar, siara, siard, sidar, siea, sivar, sizar, sjar, sjer, skeaf, skear, skera, slar, smar, snear, soea, sqer, srar, stear, suar, suarf, sudar, suir, svar, swar, sxea, sxer, syea, szar, szea, szer, zeaf, zeag, zear, Zecar, zeer, zera. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Sear"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "sear" (pronounced si"r)
3s i" rfinancier, insincere, sere, sincere.
2-i" radhere, Amir, appear, auctioneer, austere, bandolier, beer, belvedere, bioengineer, bombardier, Brigadier, budgeteer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, cheer, Chevalier, clear, commandeer, conventioneer, dear, deer, disappear, domineer, ear, electioneer, emir, engineer, fear, fleer, Frere, frontier, gear, gondolier, hear, here, interfere, jeer, Kier, Lear, marketeer, mere, mir, mutineer, near, overhear, pamphleteer, peer, persevere, pier, pioneer, premier, premiere, profiteer, queer, Racketeer, Rainier, reappear, rear, reengineer, rehear, revere, severe, shear, sheer, smear, sneer, souvenir, spear, Speer, speir, sphere, steer, summiteer, unclear, veer, veneer, volunteer, year, Zaire.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Sear

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ares, arse, ears, eras, rase, sera.

Words within the letters "a-e-r-s"

-1 letter: are, ars, ear, era, ers, ras, res, sae, sea, ser.

-2 letters: ae, ar, as, er, es, re.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-r-s"
 

+1 letter: acres, agers, apers, apres, areas, arise, arles, arose, arses, asker, asper, aster, aures, avers, bares, baser, bears, braes, cares, carse, dares, dears, earls, earns, erase, escar, eskar, eyras, fares, fears, gears, hares, hears, lares, laser, lears, mares, marse, maser, nares, nears, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, races, rages, raise, rajes, rakes, rales, rapes, rares, rased, raser, rases, rates, raves, raxes, razes, reads, reals, reams, reaps, rears, resaw, resay, rheas, saber, sabre, safer, sager, saker, saner, saree, sarge, saver, sawer, sayer, scare, sears, serac, serai, seral, sewar, share, shear, smear, snare, spare, spear, stare, sware, swear, tares, tears, urase, ureas, ursae, wares, wears, years.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Sear


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

53 65 61 72

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

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

=

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 01100101 01100001 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#97 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 0061 0072

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

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

53716784

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INDEX

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


  

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