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Definition: Soundness |
SoundnessNoun1. A state or condition free from damage or decay. 2. The quality of being prudent and sensible. 3. The firmness and tone of healthy tissue: "his muscle firmness". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "soundness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | The Le Chatelier method for soundness is a simple test to determine whether undue expansion is likely to occur. Source: European Union. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | State of a solid free from cracks, flaws or fissures and from any variation from an accepted standard of quality. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SoundnessSynonyms: firmness (n), wisdom (n), wiseness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unsoundness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Health | Noun: health, sanity; soundness; Adjective: vigor; good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health; bloom. mens sana in corpore sano; Hygeia; incorruption, incorruptibility; good state of health, clean bill of health; eupepsia; euphoria, euphory; St. Anthony's fire. |
Orthodoxy | Noun: orthodoxy; strictness, soundness, religious truth, true faith; truth; soundness of doctrine. |
Sanity | Noun: sanity; soundness; Adjective: rationality, sobriety, lucidity, lucid interval; senses, sober senses, right mind, sound mind, mens sana. |
Stability | Noun: stability; immutability; Adjective: unchangeability; Adjective: unchangeableness; constancy; stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Soundness |
| English words defined with "soundness": Eucrasy, Eupepsy ♦ integrity ♦ Orthodoxly ♦ Redintegrate ♦ solidly ♦ wholesome. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "soundness": bend test ♦ CAMELS, complete inference system, cosmetic treatment ♦ diamond grade ♦ Farm Credit Act of 1971, Farm Credit Administration, federal thrift regulator, Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ♦ INSPECTOR, PROCESSING ♦ Kite ♦ mechanical joint, mechanical means of obtaining soundness ♦ nondestructive testing ♦ Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight ♦ scheduled items, sounding the top ♦ TREATING INSPECTOR. (references) |
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Froude | The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Her small hand felt his arm, felt the soundness of his muscles. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | These tests, most of which can be performed on a sample of blood, probe the soundness of the various parts of the immune system. (references) | |
Business | The second group is also considered by the GOU for privatization in order to apply principles of corporate management and increase their soundness. (references) | |
Economic History | Yemen | Both of these cases demonstrate the soundness of Yemen's basic IPR laws. (references) |
Uae | In today's economic climate, a US franchisor must focus on the financial soundness of the potential franchisee. (references) | |
Guatemala | Evaluating the financial health or soundness of financial groups or their constituent elements is therefore problematic. (references) | |
Trade | Honduras | The soundness and reliability of the Honduran financial system were tested in 1999, especially by the bankruptcy (through fraud and mismanagement) of Bancorp bank. (references) |
Romania | The NBR is responsible for supervising all commercial banks and establishes rules and regulations to ensure their soundness, including setting minimum reserve requirements, solvency ratios, loan exposure limits, and financial reporting requirements. (references) | |
Ukraine | Project aims at: (i) autonomy and independence of the National Bank of Ukraine in the provision of monetary stability and the health and soundness of the banking system; (ii) improved monitoring and regulation of commercial banks; and (iii) creating a favorable environment for the future development and structure of the banking sector in Ukraine. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Our balance of payments deficit has declined and the soundness of our dollar is unquestioned. |
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| "Soundness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Soundness" is used about 91 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 91 | 34,491 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "soundness": mechanical means of obtaining soundness ♦ mental soundness ♦ soundness of doctrine ♦ soundness of mind. 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 |
bull soundness structural | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "soundness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shëndet (bless you, health, lustiness, pledge, toast, wassail), saktësi (accuracy, definition, elaboration, exactitude, exactness, justness, minuteness, nicety, preciseness, precision, sensibility, veracity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متانة (durability, enduringness, firmness, solidity, stoutness, strength, sturdiness, substantiality, toughness), صلابة (callosity, hardihood, hardness, hards, inflexibility, iron, perseverance, reliability, resistance, rigidity, rigorism, singleness, solidity, stability, steadiness, stiffness, stoutness, strength, stubbornness, tenacity, toughmindness, toughness), صحة (accuracy, authenticity, exactitude, fidelity, fitness, health, legitimacy, nearness, nicety, purity, trustiness, truth, validity, veracity), القدرة على السداد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стабилност (durability, fastness, road-holding, stability, vitality), сигурност (assurance, certainty, certitude, dependability, poise, reliability, safety, security, surety), здраве (health, heartiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 酣然. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | solidnost (solidity, thoroughness), zdravost, tvrdost (hardness, stiffness, toughness), nepoškozenost, hloubka (deepness, depth), dùkladnost (closeness, depth, thoroughness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | i god stand. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | toezicht uitoefenen op de financiële soliditeit (to supervise the financial soundness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | eheys (integrity, unity, wholeness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stabilité de volume, stabilité aux expansifs, solvabilité (solvency), solidité (solidity), santé, bon état. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gesundheit (bless you, fitness, health, healthiness, healths, robustness, salubriousness, strength, wholesomeness), einwandfreier Zustand. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καλή κατάσταση (kilter), βάθοσ (back, back ground, background, bottom, deepness, depth, far end), πληρότητα (completeness, fullness, plenitude, pregnancy, repleteness), υγιέσ, υγεία (fitness, health), ορθότησ (correctness), ορθότητα (accuracy, advisability, correctness, nicety, propriety, rectitude, rightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תקפות (validity), בריאות (fettle, health). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | épség (safety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kekukuhan (firmness, sturdiness, tenacity), kekokohan (firmness, sturdiness, tenacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | solidit (solidity, strength), sanit (health certificate), vigore (effectiveness, flush, force, forcefulness, greenness, manhood, pep, puissance, punch, sap, spirit, stamina, strength, strenuousness, sturdiness, trenchancy, verve, vigor, vigour), buona condizione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 確実 (certainty, reliability), 健全 (health, wholesome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かくじつ (certainty, every other day, reliability), け"ぜ" (being clear or manifest, eye examination, health, optometry, wholesome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 건 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | trimmid (bounteousness, burdensomeness, charge, density, density of fog, emphasis, graveness, gravity, hardness, hardness of work, harshness, harshness of punishment, heaviness, highness, importance, intenseness, pressure, seriousness, severity, stress, weight, weightiness), suntid (healthiness), lajerid (potency, powerfulness, prowess, starkness, strength, vigour), keayll, follanys (haleness, healthiness, salubrity, wholesomeness), follanid (edibility, fitness, geniality, healthfulness, healthiness, heartiness, orthodoxy, solvency, wholesomeness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oundnesssay supervisionar a solidez financeira (to supervise the financial soundness). (various references) soliditate (compactness, fastness, firmness, hardness, massiness, reliability, solidity, stability, stiffness, strength), sãnãtate (fitness, freshness, haleness, health, healthfulness, heartiness, saneness, well). (various references) здоровье (health, heartiness, lustiness, well being), прочность (endurance, fastness, firmness, hardness, perdurability, permanence, stoutness, strength, tenability, toughness). (various references) zdravlje (health), očuvanost, čvrstoća (firmness, hardness, solidity, steadfastness, steadiness, temper). (various references) solvencia (ability to pay, solvency), robustez (hardihood, hardiness, lustiness, stockiness, sturdiness), lo razonable (reasonableness), formalidad (formality, formalization, reliability, responsibility), firmeza (buoyancy, fastness, firmness, steadiness, sturdiness, sureness). (various references) felfrihet. (various references) sağlamlık (durability, earthiness, fastness, firmness, hardness, integrity, invulnerability, responsibility, robustness, solidity, stability, stoutness, sturdiness, substance, substantiality, validity, wholeness), sağlık (curative, fitness, health, hygienic, sanitarian, sanitary, sense of well-being, welfare, well being), yasallık (lawfulness, legality, legitimacy, validity), mükemmellik (class, consummation, excellence, faultlessness, finish, impeccability, perfection, thoroughness), iyi durumda olma, geçerlilik (availability, currency, effectiveness, force, validity), esenlik, doğruluk (accuracy, authenticity, candor, candour, correctitude, correctness, directness, evenness, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, integrity, justice, justness, preciseness, precision, prig, probity, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightness, sincerity, straightforwardness, straightness, trueness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, validity, veracity, Verity). (various references) розсудливість (advisability, canniness, prudence, sobriety, wisdom), міцність (fastness, firmness, hardness, lasting, permanency, serviceableness, solidity, stoutness, strength, substantiality, toughness), здоров'я (health, well being). (various references) tính l nh mạnh tính đúng đắn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | integritate, integritatem. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | drvatâtem. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 3, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epi th pistei tou onomatoV autou touton on qewreite kai oidate esterewsen to onoma autou kai h pistiV h di autou edwken autw thn oloklhrian tauthn apenanti pantwn umwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et in fide nominis eius hunc quem videtis et nostis confirmavit nomen eius et fides quae per eum est dedit integram sanitatem istam in conspectu omnium vestrum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And in the feith of his name he hath confermyd this man, whom ye seen and knowen; the name of hym, and the feith that is bi him, yaf to this man ful heelthe in the siyt of alle you. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And his name thorow the fayth of his name hath made this man sound whom ye se and knowe. And the fayth which is by him hath geven to him this health in the presence of you all. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And his name, through faith in his name, hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yes, the faith which is by him, hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 3, Verse 16 |
| Albanian | Dhe për besimin në emër të Jezusit, ky njeri, të cilin ju po e shihni dhe e njihni, u fortesua nga emri i tij; dhe besimi, që është nëpërmjet tij, i ka dhënë shërimin e plotë të gjymtyrëve, në praninë e të gjithëve ju. |
| Cebuano | Ug ang iyang ngalan, pinasikad sa pagtoo sa iyang ngalan, nakapahimong mabaskog niining tawhana nga inyong nakita ug nailhan; ug ang pagtoo nga pinasikad kang Jesus maoy naghatag kaniya niining hingpit nga pagkaayo sa atubangan ninyong tanan. |
| Croatian | "I po vjeri u njegovo ime, to je ime dalo snagu ovomu kojega gledate i poznate: vjera u Njega vratila je ovomu potpuno zdravlje naoèigled vas sviju." |
| Danish | Og i Troen på hans Navn har hans Navn styrket denne, hvem I se og kende, og Troen, som virkedes ved ham, har givet denne hans Førlighed i Påsyn af eder alle. |
| Dutch | En door het geloof in Zijn Naam heeft Zijn Naam dezen gesterkt, dien gij ziet en kent; en het geloof, dat door Hem is, heeft hem deze volmaakte gezondheid gegeven, in uw aller tegenwoordigheid. |
| Finnish | Ja uskon kautta hänen nimeensä on hänen nimensä vahvistanut tämän miehen, jonka te näette ja tunnette, ja usko, jonka Jeesus vaikuttaa, on hänelle antanut hänen jäsentensä terveyden kaikkien teidän nähtenne. |
| French | C`est par la foi en son nom que son nom a raffermi celui que vous voyez et connaissez; c`est la foi en lui qui a donné cet homme cette entière guérison, en présence de vous tous. |
| German | Und durch den Glauben an seinen Namen hat diesen, den ihr sehet und kennet, sein Name stark gemacht; und der Glaube durch ihn hat diesem gegeben diese Gesundheit vor euren Augen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saudara-saudara sudah melihat dan menyaksikan apa yang terjadi dengan orang lumpuh ini. Ia sudah menjadi kuat dan sehat kembali karena ia percaya kepada Yesus dan kuasa-Nya. Karena percaya kepada Yesus maka orang ini sudah menjadi sehat kembali di hadapan Saudara-saudara sekalian. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan dari sebab alasan iman akan nama-Nya itu, maka nama-Nya itu juga sudah menguatkan orang yang kamu lihat dan kenal ini; bahkan iman, yang dari sebab Yesus itu, mengaruniakan dia kesehatan yang sempurna di hadapan kamu sekalian. |
| Maori | A na te whakapono ki tona ingoa i meinga ai e tona ingoa tenei tangata kia kaha, e kite nei, e matau nei koutou; ae ra, ko te whakapono ki a ia te mea nana i hoatu tenei ora nui ki tenei i te aroaro o koutou katoa. |
| Norwegian | Og ved troen på hans navn har hans navn styrket denne mann som I ser og kjenner, og troen som virkedes ved ham, har gitt ham denne fulle førlighet for eders alles øine. |
| Rumanian | Prin credinya kn Numele lui Isus, a kntqrit Numele Lui pe omul acesta, pe care -l vedeyi wi -l cunoawteyi; credinya kn El a dat omului acestuia o tqmqduire deplinq, cum vedeyi cu toyii. |
| Shuar | Tura ju aishman jui wajaana ju tura nékarmena ju, Yusa Uchiri naari Enentáimta asa kakaram ajasuiti. Jesus Enentáimtusu asa nekas pénker ajasuiti. Nusha Wáinniu asarum nékarme' Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Y el nombre de Jesús hizo fuerte, por la fe en su nombre, a este hombre que vosotros veis y conocéis. Y la fe que es despertada por Jesús le ha dado esta completa sanidad en la presencia de todos vosotros. |
| Swahili | Jina la Yesu na imani katika jina hilo ndivyo vilivyompa nguvu mtu huyu mnayemwona na kumfahamu. Imani kwa Yesu ndiyo iliyomponya kabisa mtu huyu kama mnavyoona nyote. |
| Swedish | Och det är på grund av tron på hans namn som denne man, vilken I sen och kännen, har undfått styrka av hans namn; och den tro som verkas genom Jesus har, i allas eder åsyn, gjort att han nu kan bruka alla lemmar. |
| Uma | Baraka' ngkai hanga' Yesus toe-mi to mpakaroho witi' -na topungku toei-e. Jadi', tauna to nihilo pai' to ni'inca toi, jadi' mo'uri' sabana pepangala' -na hi Yesus. Ngkai pepangala' hi Yesus, toe pai' mo'uri' -imi hewa to nihilo moto-mi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "soundness": soundnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "soundness": unsoundness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "soundness": unsoundnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Soundness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: boundness, soudness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "soundness" (pronounced sou"ndnus) |
| 5 | -n d n u s | blandness, blindness, fondness, kindness. |
| 4 | -d n u s | awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, boldness, coldness, crookedness, farsightedness, goodness, handedness, hardness, indebtedness, madness, mindedness, nearsightedness, preparedness, redness, rudeness, sacredness, sadness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, spiritedness, tiredness, vividness, weirdness, wickedness, wildness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, bagginess, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, bleakness, bluntness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, happiness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, ruinous, ruthlessness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wilderness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-n-n-o-s-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: dunness, nonuses. | |
-3 letters: dosses, douses, nonuse, nouses, onuses, sondes, sounds, soused, souses, sudses, sunned, sussed, undoes, undone. | |
-4 letters: donne, doses, douse, dunes, neons, nodes, nodus, nones, nosed, noses, nouns, nudes, sends, sneds, sonde, sones, sound, souse, sunns. | |
-5 letters: dens, does, done, dons, dose, doss, dues, dune, duns, duos, ends, eons, neon, ness, node, nods. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-n-n-o-s-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: roundnesses, soundnesses, unsoundness. | |
+3 letters: confusedness, rotundnesses, wondrousness. | |
+4 letters: boundednesses, boundlessness, dangerousness, insidiousness, invidiousness, pendulousness, ponderousness, roundednesses, ungodlinesses, unsoundnesses. | |
+5 letters: confusednesses, diaphanousness, groundlessness, indecorousness, indigenousness, libidinousness, mendaciousness, nondisclosures, outlandishness, profoundnesses, scandalousness, slanderousness, stupendousness, tremendousness, untowardnesses, unwontednesses, wondrousnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 75 6E 64 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- ..- -. -.. -. . ... ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01110101 01101110 01100100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o u n d n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0075 006E 0064 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538187807080718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 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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