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SKAIN

Definition: SKAIN

SKAIN

Noun

1. See Skean.

2. See Skein.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: SKAIN

Etymologies containing "SKAIN": Skainsmate. (references)

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Anagrams: SKAIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: kains, kinas.

Words within the letters "a-i-k-n-s"

-1 letter: ains, akin, anis, inks, kain, kina, kins, sain, saki, sank, sink, skin.

-2 letters: ain, ais, ani, ask, ink, ins, kas, kin, sin, ska, ski.

-3 letters: ai, an, as, in, is, ka, na, si.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-k-n-s"
 

+1 letter: asking, gaskin, kamsin, kanjis, kiangs, kinase, takins.

 

+2 letters: alkines, anticks, askings, bakings, banksia, basking, calkins, casking, catkins, daikons, funkias, gasking, gaskins, hankies, intakes, kainits, kalians, kamsins, kaolins, kations, khamsin, kidnaps, kinases, kinemas, kinsman, knavish, kyanise, lakings, makings, malkins, masking, nankins, napkins, rankish, sacking, shaking, sinkage, skating, slaking, snakier, snakily, snaking, soaking, staking, takings, tanukis, tasking.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SKAIN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 4B 41 49 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    -.-    .-    ..    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01001011 01000001 01001001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#75 &#65 &#73 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 004B 0041 0049 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5345354348

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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