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| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Isolated crescent-shaped sand dune lying transverse to the direction of the prevailing wind, wings or horns of the crescent pointing downwind, and a steep concave leeward slope inside the horns. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BARCHANE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | barkan (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | barchaan (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune), sikkelduin (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaaridyyni (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | barkhane (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Bogendüne (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune), Barchan (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | θίνη μηνοειδούς σχήματος (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune), θίνη barkhan (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | barcana (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune), duna a mezzaluna (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | archanebay barcãs (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune), dunas em crescente (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references) barkan (barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barkan, barkhan, crescentic dune, horseshoe dune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-h-n-r" | |
-1 letter: barchan, brechan. | |
-2 letters: anarch, arcane, branch, breach. | |
-3 letters: acerb, anear, areca, arena, beach, bench, brace, brach, caber, caner, chare, crane, hance, nacre, rance, ranch, reach, rehab. | |
-4 letters: ache, acne, acre, arch, area, bach, bane, bare, barn, bean, bear, brae, bran, bren, cane, carb, care, carn, char, crab, each, earn, haar, haen, hare, hear, herb. | |
-5 letters: aah. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-h-n-r" | |
+1 letter: branchiae. | |
+2 letters: backhander. | |
+3 letters: antechamber, backhanders, blackhander, chamberlain, hibernacula, unreachable. | |
+4 letters: antechambers, blackhanders, chamberlains, elasmobranch, merchantable, rhabdomancer, unbreachable, uncharitable, unsearchable, unsearchably. | |
+5 letters: chateaubriand, elasmobranchs, lamellibranch, rhabdomancers, rhabdomancies. | |
| 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)42 41 52 43 48 41 4E 45 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, 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)01000010 01000001 01010010 01000011 01001000 01000001 01001110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A R C H A N E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0052 0043 0048 0041 004E 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)3635523742354839 |
| 1. Translations: Modern 2. Anagrams 3. Orthography 4. Bibliography |
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