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Definition: Drachm |
DrachmNoun1. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains. 2. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters. 3. A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "drachm" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Note: Drachm \Drachm\, noun. [See Drachma.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: DrachmSynonyms: drachma (n), dram (n), fluid drachm (n), fluid dram (n), fluidram (n). (additional references) |
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Expression using "drachm": fluid drachm. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "drachm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | drem (dram), sasi e vogël (dole, dram, dribblet, handful, modicum, smack, smattering, sprinkle, trifle), grimë (bit, dash, doit, dram, drop, fleck, hint, hoot, jiff, jiffy, jot, lick, mite, rag, suspicion, tittle, touch, whit), gllënjkë (craving, draft, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, longing, mouthful, nip, peg, pull, sip, smack, sup, swallow, swig, thirst, traction), çikë (atom, bit, doit, dram, dribblet, drop, hoot, jot, near, scrap, tithe, tittle, whit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الدرهم (dirham, dram). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | глътка (drag, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, lap, mouthful, peg, pharynx, potion, pull, shot, sip, sup, swallow, taste), драхма (drachma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | řecké mince. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | drachme (drachma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | drachma (drachma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dram (dram), draghmey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | achmdray dracma (drachma, dram). (various references) mãsurã de greutate comercialã (dram). (various references) небольшое количество (a little, dollop, thimbleful), драхма (drachma, dram). (various references) dracma (drachma, dram). (various references) drahmi (drachma), dirhem (drachma, dram), damla (bead, blob, dribblet, driblet, drop, drops, glob, minim, suspicion), dört gram (drachma, dram), yudum (dram, draught, gulp, nip, sip, suck, sup, swallow). (various references) драхма (drachma, dram). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "drachm": drachma, drachmae, drachmai, drachmas, drachms. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "drachm": tetradrachm. (additional references) | |
Words containing "drachm": tetradrachms. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-h-m-r" | |
-1 letter: chard, charm, march. | |
-2 letters: arch, card, chad, cham, char, cram, dram, hard, harm, mach, marc. | |
-3 letters: arc, arm, cad, cam, car, dah, dam, had, ham, mac, mad, mar, rad, rah, ram. | |
-4 letters: ad, ah, am, ar, ha, hm, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-h-m-r" | |
+1 letter: charmed, dharmic, drachma, drachms, marched. | |
+2 letters: chadarim, chedarim, demarche, drachmae, drachmai, drachmas. | |
+3 letters: becharmed, chambered, chamfered, chromatid, demarches, dichromat, midrashic, pachyderm, rematched. | |
+4 letters: bedchamber, chairmaned, chromatids, diathermic, dichromate, dichromats, hydromancy, matchboard, merchanted, mischarged, outcharmed, outmarched, pachyderms. | |
+5 letters: archdukedom, bachelordom, bedchambers, bichromated, camphorated, chairmanned, chambermaid, checkmarked, comradeship, demographic, dichromates, dichromatic, dithyrambic, matchboards, merchandise, merchandize, overmatched, psychodrama, rhabdomancy, scrimshawed, tetradrachm, trichomonad. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 61 63 68 6D |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .-. .- -.-. .... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101000 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r a c h m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0061 0063 0068 006D |
| 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)388467697479 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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