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VAUNTMURE

Definition: VAUNTMURE

VAUNTMURE

Noun

1. A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Vauntmure \Vaunt"mure`\, noun. [French expression avant-mur. See Vanguard, and Mure.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: VAUNTMURE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Defense

Breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin; vauntmure; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage, fort-alice; lines.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: VAUNTMURE

English words defined with "VAUNTMURE": Vaimure, Vamure. (references)

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Anagrams: VAUNTMURE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-r-t-u-u-v"

-2 letters: trumeau, varment, vaunter.

-3 letters: antrum, auteur, autumn, manure, marten, mature, nature, tavern, untame, untrue.

-4 letters: ament, antre, armet, aurum, avert, mater, mauve, maven, meant, menta, muter, namer, ramen, ramet, raven, reman, rumen, tamer, trave, tuner, unarm, unmet, urate, vaunt, vertu.

-5 letters: amen, ante, arum, aunt, aver, earn, etna, mane, mare, mart, mate, maun, maut, mean, meat, menu, meta, mura, mure, mute, name, nave, near, neat, nema, neum, rant, rate, rave, ream, rent, rune, runt, tame, tare, tarn, team, tear, term, tern, tram, true, tuna, tune, turn, unau, urea, uvea, vane, vatu, vena, vent, vera, vert.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-r-t-u-u-v"
 

+2 letters: outmaneuver.

 

+3 letters: outmaneuvers.

 

+4 letters: outmaneuvered.

 

+5 letters: outmaneuvering.

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

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Alternative Orthography: VAUNTMURE


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

56 41 55 4E 54 4D 55 52 45

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)

01010110 01000001 01010101 01001110 01010100 01001101 01010101 01010010 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#65 &#85 &#78 &#84 &#77 &#85 &#82 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0041 0055 004E 0054 004D 0055 0052 0045

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

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

563555485447555239

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INDEX

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


  

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