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Definitions: SCARABEE |
SCARABEENoun1. A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf]. 2. Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum). |
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Satire | SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus. He fell by his own hand Beneath the great oak tree. He'd traveled in a foreign land. He tried to make her understand The dance that's called the Saraband, But he called it Scarabee. He had called it so through an afternoon, And she, the light of his harem if so might be, Had smiled and said naught. O the body was fair to see, All frosted there in the shine o' the moon -- Dead for a Scarabee And a recollection that came too late. O Fate! They buried him where he lay, He sleeps awaiting the Day, In state, And two Possible Puns, moon-eyed and wan, Gloom over the grave and then move on. Dead for a Scarabee! Fernando Tapple. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: SCARABEE |
| Non-English Usage: "SCARABEE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (scarab). |
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| 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 |
scarabee | 6 |
japonais le musique scarabee | 3 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-r-s" | |
-2 letters: abaser, arecas, braces, cabers, caesar, crease, rebecs, scarab. | |
-3 letters: abase, acerb, acres, areae, areas, areca, bares, baser, bears, beers, brace, braes, brees, caber, carbs, cares, carse, cease, ceres, crabs, erase, escar, races, rebec, saber, sabra, sabre, sacra, saree, scare, scree, serac. | |
-4 letters: abas, aces, acre, arbs, arcs, area, ares, arse, asea, baas, bare, bars, base, bear, beer, bees, brae, bras, bree, cabs, carb, care, cars, casa, case, cees, cere, crab, ears, ease, eras, race, rase, rebs, recs, rees, sabe, scab, scar, sear, seer, sera, sere. | |
-5 letters: aas, aba, abs, ace, arb, arc, are, ars, baa, bar, bas, bee, bra, cab, car, cee, ear, era, ere, ers, ras, reb, rec, ree, res, sab, sac, sae, sea, sec, see, ser. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-r-s" | |
+1 letter: acerbates. | |
+2 letters: aberrances, berascaled, canebrakes, casebearer, rebalances, searchable. | |
+3 letters: aberrancies, bacteremias, carabineers, casebearers, exacerbates, increasable, tabernacles. | |
+4 letters: abecedarians, antechambers, backbreakers, decarbonates, embarcaderos, forbearances, forecastable, leatherbacks, overbalances, recalibrates, researchable, scarabaeuses, unsearchable. | |
+5 letters: ascertainable, backscattered, barefacedness, bureaucracies, bureaucratese, bureaucratise, cabinetmakers, carpetbaggers, decarboxylase, dischargeable, exacerbations, prefabricates, tractableness. | |
| 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)53 43 41 52 41 42 45 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .- .-. .- -... . . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000011 01000001 01010010 01000001 01000010 01000101 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S C A R A B E E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0043 0041 0052 0041 0042 0045 0045 |
| 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)5337355235363939 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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