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TIME SINK

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Time sink n. [poss. by analogy with `heat sink' or `current sink'] A project that consumes unbounded amounts of time. Source: Jargon File.

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

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Anagrams: TIME SINK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-i-k-m-n-s-t"

-1 letter: inkiest.

-2 letters: imines, intime, kismet, minkes, seniti.

-3 letters: emits, imine, inset, intis, items, kines, kites, knits, metis, miens, mikes, mines, minis, minke, minks, mints, mites, mitis, neist, nisei, nites, senti, skein, skint, skite, smite, stein, stime, stink, tikes, tikis, times, tines.

-4 letters: emit, inks, inti, item, kens, kent, kine, kins, kist, kite, kits, knit.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-i-k-m-n-s-t"
 

+2 letters: kinematics, ministroke.

 

+3 letters: miniskirted, ministrokes, misstricken.

 

+4 letters: timekeepings.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TIME SINK


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

54 49 4D 45      53 49 4E 4B

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

    

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

01010100 01001001 01001101 01000101 00100000 01010011 01001001 01001110 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#73 &#77 &#69 &#32 &#83 &#73 &#78 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0049 004D 0045      0053 0049 004E 004B

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

54434739253434845

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