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Date "QUERNO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Querno Camillo Querno, of Apulia, hearing that Leo X. was a great patron of poets, went to Rome with a harp in his hand, and sang his Alexias, a poem containing 20,000 verses. He was introduced to the Pope as a buffoon, but was promoted to the laurel. Rome in her Capitol saw Querno sit. Thronëd on seven hills, the Antichrist of wit." Dunciad, ii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: QUERNO |
| Specialty definitions using "QUERNO": Improvisators. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-o-q-r-u" | |
-1 letter: quern, roque, rouen. | |
-2 letters: euro, roue, rune. | |
-3 letters: eon, ern, nor, one, ore, our, roe, rue, run, urn. | |
-4 letters: en, er, ne, no, nu, oe, on, or, re, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-o-q-r-u" | |
+1 letter: conquer. | |
+2 letters: aequorin, conquers. | |
+3 letters: aequorins, conquered, conqueror, reconquer, roqueting. | |
+4 letters: conquering, conquerors, croqueting, quaternion, quercitron, questioner, reconquers, reconquest, squadroned, tourniquet. | |
+5 letters: beliquoring, chloroquine, croquignole, preconquest, quaternions, quercitrons, questionary, questioners, reconquered, reconquests, requisition, tourniquets, unconquered, ventriloquy. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)51 55 45 52 4E 4F |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--.- ..- . .-. -. --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010001 01010101 01000101 01010010 01001110 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)Q U E R N O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0051 0055 0045 0052 004E 004F |
| 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)515539524849 |
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