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Definitions: Pastor |
PastorNoun1. A person authorized to conduct religious worship. 2. Only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pastor" was first used: 1242. (references) |
Etymology: Pastor \Pas"tor\, noun. [Latin expression, from pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. Compare to Pabulum, Pasture, Food.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: PastorSynonyms: curate (n), minister (n), parson (n), rector (n), subgenus Pastor (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A pastor is the minister or priest of a Christian Church. Many Protestant denominationss use pastor as a title (e.g. Pastor Smith) or as a job title (e.g. Senior Pastor, Pastor of Worship, Children's Pastor, meaning the church leader in charge of those areas). The term is particularly common among denominations that believe in the priesthood of all believers and therefore reject the use of the term priest for their leaders. Such denominations include the Mennonites.
Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches typically refer to their leaders as priests, although the term 'pastor' is used.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pastor."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister; father, father in Christ; padre, abbe, cure; patriarch; reverend; black coat; confessor. |
Teacher | Professor, lecturer, reader, prelector, prolocutor, preacher; chalk talker, khoja; pastor; (clergy); schoolmaster, dominie, usher, pedagogue, abecedarian; schoolmistress, dame, monitor, pupil teacher. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pastor |
| English words defined with "pastor": Church session, Commendam ♦ flock ♦ Locust bird ♦ parish, Pastor roseus, Pastor sturnus, Pastorage, pastoral, Pastorally, pastorate, Pastorless, Pastorling, Pastorly, pastorship ♦ rose-colored pastor, rose-colored starling ♦ Stated supply, subgenus Pastor ♦ Unpastor. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pastor": CLERGY MEMBER, curch council ♦ fabrique ♦ II Pastor Fido, Inaugurate. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "pastor": pabulum, Pannage, Pastorate, Pastorium. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pastor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (minister, parson, pastor, Shepherd), Czech (parson, pastor), Dutch (clergyman, pastor, priest), German (clergyman, minister, parson, pastor, priest, vicar), Latin (herdsman, shepherd), Portuguese (herdsman, minister, parson, pastor, shepherd), Romanian (parson, pastor, rector), Serbo-Croatian (dominie, parson, pastor, rector), Spanish (clergyman, curator, cure, herdsman, minister, neatherd, pastor, preacher, sheepherder, Shepherd, shepherdess), Swedish (chaplain, parson, pastor). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | A year ago exactly on this same night we were assembled here in this very room: I your pastor, and you my beloved flock. (The Fearless Vampire Killers; writing credit: Gérard Brach ; Roman Polanski) | |
Clever | If the church wants a better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Der Pastor mit der Jazztrompete (1962) El Pastor vasco (1961) Pastor Jarmann kommer hjem (1958) Name Band Musical: Tony Pastor and His Orchestra (1947) Pastor Angelicus (1942) | |
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 | President-elect John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Father Richard J. Casey, the pastor, after attending Mass at Holy Trinity Church [...] prior to inauguration ceremonies.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Los Angeles, California--evacuation: pastor saying good-bye to two evacuees.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Presbyterian pastor in Klan robes praises Jewish merchant and Klan presents flowers to him in [sic] his golden business anniversary.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pastor H.C. McClain standing on steps looking over the burned ruins of his High Hope Baptist Church, Dawson, Georgia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lutheran church and pastor, Monona County, Iowa.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pastor and inside of church at Point Pleasant, West Virginia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Pastor of Point Pleasant church.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Washington, D.C. Reverend Vondell Gassaway, pastor of the St. Martin's Spiritual Church, preaching the Sunday sermon.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Washington, D.C. Reverend Vondell Gassaway, pastor of the St. Martin's Spiritual Church standing in a bowl of sacred water banked with roses, each of which he blesses and gives to a member who has been annointed and prayed for by a long line of disciples.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Between us, to open my heart, and confess to my pastor, as I ought, I will confess that I have common sense. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Pastor Xu Yongze's family received no notification of his mid-1997 trial. (references) | |
Right-wing graffiti, as well as the name of a local Pastor known for assisting asylum seekers, was found on the church walls following the attacks. (references) | ||
Children | Guatemala | On February 19, several days before the trial was scheduled to open, Melchor Pastor Hernandez and Juvencio Ixmay kidnaped Ana Maria's older sister Marta Elena. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Uzbekistan | On June 24, Pastor Nikolai Shevchenko of Bethany (Baptist) Church in Tashkent and several of his parishioners were arrested in a raid during services. (references) |
Syria | They reportedly were transferred to prison in Syria, held for 2 months, and then released after signing papers stating that they would cease attending their church and cease contact with their pastor. (references) | |
Economic History | Madagascar | They also may invite a pastor to attend a famadihana. (references) |
Human Rights | Laos | In November a Lao Evangelical Church pastor was shot and killed by an unknown assailant near his home in Sayaboury Province. (references) |
Turkmenistan | In past years, foreign diplomats have not had access to several ostensibly open court proceedings; however, in January the Government allowed foreign diplomats access to court hearings of a Pentecostal pastor who was being evicted from his home. (references) | |
Minorities | Russia | The fire department and an ambulance arrived quickly, and the following day, the police investigated the scene and gathered evidence; however, according to the pastor, the perpetrators had not been arrested by year's end, and many parishioners were afraid to attend services with their families. (references) |
Mexico | Finally, in a Puebla community, an Adventist pastor was threatened while proselytizing. (references) | |
Yugoslavia | On October 19, unknown persons threw stones at the home of an Adventist pastor in Cacak. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pastor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.39% of the time. "Pastor" is used about 230 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) | 77.39% | 178 | 23,220 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.61% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Total | 100.00% | 230 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "pastor" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Pastor | Last name | 2,000 | 6,845 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "pastor": pastor roseus ♦ pastor sturnus ♦ subgenus Pastor. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pastor": pastor-father, pastor-type. | |
Ending with "pastor": co-pastor. | |
| 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 |
pastor troy | 783 |
pastor | 506 |
pastor aleman | 118 |
job for pastor | 100 |
pastor poem | 91 |
pastor search | 90 |
pastor appreciation | 84 |
youth pastor | 80 |
church seeking pastor | 75 |
pastor wife | 74 |
pastor appreciation poem | 43 |
betha mason pastor | 43 |
dia pastor | 40 |
pastor salary | 37 |
cherry john pastor | 37 |
taco al pastor | 36 |
anniversary pastor | 33 |
alemão pastor | 30 |
church looking pastor | 29 |
pastor belga | 28 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pastor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | predikant (preacher), dominee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prift protestan, pastor (minister, parson, Shepherd). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قسيس (clergyman, curate, priest, vicar), القس, راعي الأبرشية (curacy), راعي أبرشية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свещеник (camister, cassock, chaplain, clergyman, dominie, minister, parson, presbyter, priest, secular, sky pilot, vicar), розов скорец, овчар (stockeeper), пастор (clergyman, minister, parson, vicar), пастир (cowherd, herd, herdsman, oxherd), духовен съветник (director). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 牧人 (pastoral), 牧師 (chaplain, churchman, clergyman, parson, priest, rector), 牧师. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pastor (parson), duchovní pastýř. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | præst (clergyman, preacher, priest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pastoor (clergyman, priest, vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | pastro (clergyman, priest), pastoro, parokestro (vicar), paroĥestro (vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | prestur (clergyman, priest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیشوای روحانی , چوپان (Rancher), شعرروستاءی , شبانی , شبان (Looker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pastori (minister, parson, Rev), pappi (chaplain minister, clergyman, priest), sielunpaimen (shepherd of the fold), sielunkyky (shepherd of the fold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pasteur (parson). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | pastoar (clergyman, priest, vicar), dominy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pfarrer (chaplain, churchman, clergyman, father, minister, padre, parish priest, parson, parsons, priest, rector, rectorship, Reverend, vicar), Pastor (clergyman, minister, parson, priest, vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιερεύσ (parson, priest, skypilot), πνευματικόσ ποιμήν, πάστορασ, τσάντα για ψώνια (carrier bag, shopping bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כומר (chaplain, magus, official, padre, prebendary, presbyter), רוע" (herdsman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lelkipásztor (minister), lelkész (chaplain, churchman, clergyman, clerical, clerk, clerk in holy orders, curate-in-charge, divine, minister, parson, priest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pendeta (clergyman, parson, reverend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | sagart (clergyman, priest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prete (clergyman, padre, parson, priest), pastore (herd, herder, herdsman, minister, musterer, parson, Shepherd, stockman, vicar), sacerdate (clergyman, priest), curato (clergyman, curate, groomed, priest, tidy, trimly, vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 牧師 (clergyman, minister). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぼくし (clergyman, minister). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bochilley anmey (cleric), bochill anmey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | domi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astorpay pastor (herd, herder, herdsman, minister, musterer, parson, shepherd), cura (cure, curing, drying, healing, maturing, parson, priestess, recovery, repair, restoration, seasoning, vicar), clérigo (clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastical, ecclesiastically, oriole, priest). (various references) preot (Canon, chaplain, clergyman, cleric, curate, devil-dodger, divine, father, incumbent, minister, padre, parson, pope, preacher, prelate, presbyter, priest, rector, Reverend, rook, vicar), pastor (parson, rector). (various references) пастор (parson, rector). (various references) aoghaire (herdsman, shepherd). (various references) pastor (dominie, parson, rector), sveštenik (churchman, clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastic, minister, priest, reverend, vicar). (various references) dómine, pastor protestante, pastor (clergyman, curator, cure, herd, herder, herdsman, minister, musterer, neatherd, preacher, sheepherder, Shepherd, shepherdess), cura (churchman, clergyman, curate, cure, dominie, josser, medication, parson, priest, Reverend, treatment, vicar). (various references) domri (clergyman, priest). (various references) pastor (chaplain, parson), präst (clergyman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, jack-priest, minister, padre, parson, priest, priestling, Reverend, vicar). (various references) papaz (celebrant, chaplain, clergyman, cleric, clerk in holy orders, dominie, father, hiero-, josser, king, minister, monk, parish, parson, priest, shaveling, sky pilot). (various references) рожевий шпак, пастор (dominie). (various references) bugail (shepherd). (various references) umfundisi (preacher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | pastur. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 10, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de eisercomenoV dia thV quraV poimhn estin twn probatwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui autem intrat per ostium pastor est ovium |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Se þe in-gæð æt þam gäte he ys scepeheorde. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But he that entrith bi the dore, is the scheepherde of the scheep. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | He that goeth in by ye dore is the shepeherde of ye shepe: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 10, Verse 2 |
| Bulgarian | Затова юдеите се чудеха и казваха: Как знае Този книга, като не се е учил? |
| Cebuano | Apan ang mosulod agi sa pultahan mao ang magbalantay sa mga karnero. |
| Chinese | 從 門 進 去 的 、 " 是 羊 的 牧 人 。 |
| Croatian | A tko na vrata ulazi, pastir je ovaca. |
| Danish | Men den, som går ind igennem Døren, er Fårenes Hyrde. |
| Dutch | Maar die door de deur ingaat, is een herder der schapen. |
| Finnish | Mutta joka menee ovesta sisälle, se on lammasten paimen. |
| French | Mais celui qui entre par la porte est le berger des brebis. |
| German | Der aber zur Tür hineingeht, der ist ein Hirte der Schafe. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, moun ki pase nan pòt la, se gadò mouton yo li ye. |
| Hungarian | A ki pedig az ajtón megy be, a juhok pásztora az. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi orang yang masuk melalui pintu, dialah gembala domba. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi yang masuk daripada pintu itu, ialah gembala domba. |
| Italian | Chi invece entra per la porta, è il pastore delle pecore. |
| Korean | 문 으 로 " 어 가 " 이 가 양 의 목 자 라 |
| Latvian | Bet kas ieiet pa durvîm, tas ir avju gans. |
| Maori | Tena ko te tangata e tomo ana ra te kuwaha, ko te hepara ia o nga hipi. |
| Modern Greek | οστις ομως εισερχεται δια της θυρας, ειναι ποιμην των προβατων. |
| Norwegian | men den som går inn gjennem døren, han er fårenes hyrde. |
| Portuguese | Mas o que entra pela porta é o pastor das ovelhas. |
| Rumanian | Dar cine intrq pe uwq, este pqstorul oilor. |
| Russian | Б ЧИП"СЭЙК "ЧЕТША ЕУФШ БУФЩТШ ПЧ"БН. |
| Shuar | Antsu murikiu Wáinniuka Wáitiniam wayaawai. |
| Spanish | Pero el que entra por la puerta es el pastor de las ovejas. |
| Swahili | Lakini anayeingia kwa kupitia mlangoni, huyo ndiye mchungaji wa kondoo. |
| Swedish | Men den som går in genom dörren, han är fårens herde. |
| Thai | แต่ผู้ที่เข้าทางประตูก็เป็นผู้เลี้ยงแกะ |
| Ukrainian | А хто входить дверима, той вівцям пастух. |
| Uma | Ane topo'ewu, mesua' ntara hi wobo' moto-i. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pastor": pastoral, pastorale, pastorales, pastorali, pastoralism, pastoralisms, pastoralist, pastoralists, pastorally, pastoralness, pastoralnesses, pastorals, pastorate, pastorates, pastored, pastoring, pastors, pastorship, pastorships. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "pastor": copastor. (additional references) | |
Words containing "pastor": copastors, unpastoral. (additional references) | |
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"Pastor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apastron, apisto, Dastor, Kastor, kastrou, Pasdar, pasor, pasteor, pastery, Pasto, pastoer, paston, Pastora, pastord, Pastorie, Pasvol, Pasztor, Patar, patro, Pazour, pector, Perstor, Perstorp, Pesatori, Pinsdorf, pissoir, pistou, plastor, postdoc, posto, postori, praestari, Pysford. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pastor" (pronounced pa"ster) |
| 5 | p a" s t er | paster. |
| 4 | -a" s t er | aster, blaster, caster, Castor, disaster, faster, Gaster, grandmaster, headmaster, laster, master, oleaster, pilaster, plaster, raster. |
| 3 | -s t er | adjuster, administer, alabaster, ancestor, banister, bannister, barrister, blister, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, broadcaster, burgomaster, Buster, canister, cannister, cloister, cluster, coaster, concertmaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, dumpster, duster, Easter, ester, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, forecaster, Forester, Foster, gangbuster, gangster, hamster, harvester, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, Leister, Lister, lobster, Luster, lustre, minister, Minster, Mister, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, newscaster, oldster, ouster, oyster, pester, pollster, polyester, poster, postmaster, prankster, protester, quartermaster, register, requester, rester, ringmaster, roadster, roaster, roister, rooster, roster, royster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, sister, spinster, sportscaster, stepsister, taskmaster, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toaster, toastmaster, transistor, trickster, trimester, twister, Ulster, upholster, waster, Webster, Wester, youngster, zoster. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: aport, parts, ports, praos, prats, proas, prost, ratos, roast, rotas, sapor, sport, sprat, strap, strop, taros, tarps, toras, traps. | |
-2 letters: arts, atop, oars, oast, oats, opts, orts, osar, pars, part, past, pats, port, post, pots, prao, prat, proa, pros, raps, rapt, rasp, rato, rats, rota, rots, soap, soar, sora, sort, spar, spat, spot, star, stoa, stop, taos, taps, taro, tarp, tars, tops, tora, tors, trap, trop, tsar. | |
-3 letters: apt, ars, art, asp, oar, oat, ops, opt, ora, ors, ort, par, pas, pat, pot, pro, rap, ras, rat, rot, sap, sat, sop, sot, spa, tao, tap, tar, tas, top, tor. | |
-4 letters: ar, as, at, op, or, os, pa, so, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: airpost, captors, esparto, parrots, partons, pastors, patrols, patrons, portals, postwar, proteas, ragtops, raptors, seaport, tarpons. | |
+2 letters: adaptors, adopters, airports, airposts, aphorist, apricots, apterous, atropins, atropism, caltrops, carports, comparts, copastor, espartos, forepast, hardtops, marplots, operants, operates, outprays, overpast, parashot, parodist, parotids, passport, pastoral, pastored, pastromi, patriots, patroons, petrosal, phorates, piscator, plastron, polestar, portages, portrays, postcard, postgrad, postmark, postoral, postrace, postural, potshard, praetors, probates, pronates, prorates, prosaist, prostate, protases, protasis, proteans, protease, pulsator, pyrostat, rapports, readopts, seaports, soapwort, taprooms, taproots, trappose, trappous. | |
+3 letters: acceptors, agitprops, aphorists, aspirator, atrophias, atrophies, atropines, atropisms, bootstrap, calthrops, coparents, copastors, copatrons, corposant, crackpots, crapshoot, cystocarp, ephorates, expiators, foreparts, gastropod, grapeshot, impactors, jockstrap, lakeports, metaphors, mousetrap, operatics, operators, operettas, outcapers, outspread, palpators, parashoth, parodists, paroquets, parotitis, parotoids, parrokets, parroters, passports, pastorale, pastorali, pastorals, pastorate, pastoring, pastromis, patentors, patroness, patronise, pectorals, periostea, perorates, personate, piscators, piscatory, plastrons, platforms, plethoras, poetaster, polestars, portables, portances, portapaks, portraits, postcards, postcrash, postgrads, postmarks, posttrial, potshards, preadopts, preallots, predators, priorates, pronators, prosaists, prosateur, prosomata, prostates, prostatic, prostomia, prostrate, protamins, proteases, protistan, protostar, protracts, psoriatic, pterosaur, pulsators, pyrostats, rainspout, rapturous, saprolite, separator, soapworts, spaceport, spearwort, spectator, spoliator, sportsman, sporulate, strappado, supinator, tapaderos, tapeworms, teardrops, temporals, tetrapods, topiaries, tragopans, transport, transpose, trapdoors, traprocks, trapuntos, troopials, troupials, uprootals. | |
+4 letters: abruptions, absorption, absorptive, adsorption, adsorptive, allotropes, ambrotypes, ametropias, anastrophe, anatropous, anisotropy, aphoristic, apostrophe, apparitors, apportions, approbates, arthropods, ascription, aspiration, aspirators, atmosphere, authorship, autographs, autotrophs, auxotrophs, azeotropes, blastopore, bootstraps, capacitors, captoprils, carrottops, cartoppers, cataphoras, compacters, compactors, cooperates, copartners, corposants, crapshoots, crosspatch, cryptogams, cystocarps, davenports, depositary, doorplates, epistolary, evaporates, evaporites, factorship, gastropods, godparents, imperators, inspirator, jockstraps, karyotypes, mousetraps, mouthparts, notepapers, operations, operatives, outsparkle, outspreads, overplants, paintworks, palliators, paramounts, parashioth, parasitoid, parathions, paratroops, parodistic, partitions, pasteboard, pastorales, pastorally, pastorates, pastorship, patchworks, patriotism, patrollers, patronages, patronised, patronises, patronizes, peashooter, peculators, perborates, percolates, perforates, periosteal, permafrost, personalty, personated, personates, personator, photograms, pictograms, pictorials, plutocrats, podiatries, podiatrist, poetasters, polarities, polywaters, portapacks, porterages, portrayals, portrayers, portulacas, postarrest, postmarked, postmaster, postpartum, postulator, powerboats, predations, preformats, prestorage, pretorians, prismatoid, privations, probations, procreates, prolactins, pronations, pronatores, propagates, proplastid, prorations, prorogates, prosateurs, prostatism, prostomial, prostrated, prostrates, protamines, proteinase, protestant, prothallus, protistans, protonates, protoplasm, protoplast, protostars, protozoans, psoriatics, pterosaurs, purgations, pyrolysate, rainspouts, reappoints, reoperates, reportages, reprobates, respirator, retropacks, rhapsodist, saprolites, saprophyte, scriptoria, separation, separators, spaceports, spearworts, spectators, speculator, spoliators, sportscast, sportswear, sporulated, sporulates, stainproof, stipulator, strappados, supinators, supraoptic, syncopator, tetraspore, transpolar, transports, transposed, transposes, transposon, trapezoids, treponemas, tropopause, tropotaxes, tropotaxis, typographs, unpastoral, usurpation, vaporettos, waitperson, waterspout. | |
+5 letters: absorptance, absorptions, adsorptions, allopatries, allotropies, anastrophes, anisotropic, anthropoids, antileprosy, antiprotons, antistrophe, apatosaurus, apostrophes, apostrophic, apparitions, applicators, apriorities, arthroscope, arthroscopy, arthrospore, ascriptions, aspirations, atmosphered, atmospheres, atmospheric, authorships, baroceptors, blastopores, blastoporic, blastospore, camphorates, captivators, catastrophe, ceratopsian, champertous, chloroplast, chromoplast, colportages, comparatist, comparators, compatriots, compensator, conspirator, cooperators, corporatism, corporatist, corporators, cotransport, crapshooter, cryptograms, curatorship, depredators, desperation, diastrophic, duplicators, euphoriants, evaporators, expirations, explicators, expurgators, extirpators, factorships, fortepianos, gastroscope, gastroscopy, grapholects, graptolites, hectographs, heptachlors, hierophants, homopterans, houseparent, hypertonias, hypogastric, impersonate, importances, inspiration, inspirators, inspiratory, inspissator, lepromatous, leptospiral, lithographs, macrophytes, malapropist, metanephros, misanthrope, misanthropy, morphactins, multiparous, naturopaths, nonpartisan, outpreaches, outsparkled, outsparkles, pantographs, parasitoids, parasitoses, parasitosis, parenthoods, parotitises, pasteboards, pastoralism, pastoralist, pastorships, patchboards, paternoster, patrimonies, patriotisms, patronesses, patronising, patronymics, peashooters, pejoratives, pentamerous, percolators, perestroika, perforators, peristomial, permafrosts, permeations, perorations, personalist, personality, personating, personation, personative, personators, petrolatums, photographs, photomurals, pianofortes, pictographs, piscatorial, plasterwork, podiatrists, pollinators, polycrystal, polysorbate, portabellas, portabellos, portamentos, portraitist, postcranial, postharvest, postmarital, postmarking, postmasters, postorbital, postprimary, postulators, praetorians, praetorship, pratincoles, precautions, prefrontals, preparators, prestorages, prismatoids, probabilist, procaryotes, procreators, procrustean, procurators, profanities, profligates, prognathism, prognathous, prokaryotes, promulgates, propagators, propellants, propionates, propitiates, proplastids, propraetors, prostatisms, prostatitis, prostrating, prostration, protagonist, protectants, proteinases, protestants, prothoraces, prothoraxes, protohumans, protoplasms, protoplasts, protractors, provitamins, pteranodons, punctuators, purgatories, pyroclastic, pyrolysates, pyrolyzates, radiophotos, rapporteurs, rapturously, reparations, replicators, repopulates, repudiators, reputations, respiration, respirators, respiratory, rhapsodists, rhinoplasty, saprophytes, saprophytic, senatorship, separations, snapshooter, spatterdock, spectrogram, speculators, spermatozoa, spheroplast, spirochaete, spirochetal, sportscasts, sportsmanly, sportswoman, sporulating, sporulation, sporulative, stenography, stereograph, stipulators, stipulatory, strappadoes, stylography, subtropical, supernation, supportable, suppuration, suspiration, syncopators, temporaries, tetraploids, tetraspores, tetrasporic, trampolines, transponder, transported, transportee, transporter, transposing, transposons, trapshooter, triceratops, trophoblast, tropopauses, trypanosome, tryptophans, usurpations, waitpersons, waterpowers, waterproofs, waterspouts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 73 74 6F 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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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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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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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)01010000 01100001 01110011 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a s t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0073 0074 006F 0072 |
| 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)506785868184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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