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Definitions: Adorn |
AdornVerb1. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day". 2. Be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere". 3. Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adorn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Synonyms: AdornSynonyms: beautify (v), clothe (v), deck (v), decorate (v), embellish (v), grace (v), invest (v), ornament (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Verb: ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Adorn |
| English words defined with "adorn": Adorning, Aguise, Anorn, Attrap ♦ Becurl, Befringe, Begem, bejewel, Belace, Bestud, Betrim ♦ Diamondize, Dight ♦ Emblaze, Emblossom, Emborder, Embroyde, Enchase, Enlimn, enrobe ♦ fringe, Frounce ♦ Garland ♦ Illuminator, Impaint, Increst ♦ jewel ♦ Orn ♦ Picturize, Proin ♦ Readorn, rubric ♦ scarf, Stick ♦ tinsel, To dress a ship, To set off, To set out, To top off. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "adorn": Adriel. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "adorn": Adornment, Attorn ♦ Diamondize ♦ Garland ♦ Impaint, Increst ♦ mundane ♦ orn ♦ Tiffany. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Will some day never more adorn a sleeve. ("We Will All Go Together When We Go"; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
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 | Graceful ferns adorn coastal forested regions in Oregon.Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Lava cliffs and greenery adorn the some of the higher areas of the Galapagos Islands.Credit: Small World. |
 | Lava cliffs and greenery adorn the some of the higher areas of the Galapagos Islands.Credit: Small World. |  | Lava cliffs and greenery adorn the some of the higher areas of the Galapagos Islands.Credit: Small World. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Epictetus | Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. |
Euripides | Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly. |
Lord Chesterfield | Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Adorn" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 52.22% of the time. "Adorn" is used about 90 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 52.22% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 43.33% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 90 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "adorn": adorn oneself ♦ adorn with flourishes. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
adorn | 42 |
adorn llc | 7 |
adorn art body | 4 |
adorn hairspray | 4 |
adorn fashions | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "adorn"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zbukuroj (beautify, bedeck, bedizen, bespangle, bespread, color, colour, deck, decorate, dress, embellish, embroider, festoon, flatter, Flavor, flavour, garnish, gild the pill, glorify, inlay, intersperse, landscape, ornament, pink, prettify, set with, smarten up, stud, touch up, trap, trick out, trim, water down), stolis (array, bedizen, deck, decorate, dress, embellish, enchase, ornament, prank, tire, trap, trick up, trim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حلى (candy, sugar, sugar coat, sweeten), زين يزخرف (balance, garnish, illustrate), زخرف (bedeck, deck, decorate, do, embellish, embellishment, emboss, embroider, enrich, flourish, garnish, grace, illuminate, illustrate, lard, ornament, ornamentation, string, trace, trick, trick out, trick up, trim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | украсявам (array, color, colour, deck, decorate, dress, embellish, embroider, enchase, enrich, flatter, garnish, glorify, grace, lard, ornament, prank, set, titivate, trim), крася (prank), кича (prank), окичвам (bedeck), декорирам (invest, ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 飾 (ornaments), 装饰 (Adorned, Adorning, Decking, decor, Decorate, Decorated, Decorating, Decoration, Decorative, decoratively, Drape, Draped, Emblazon, Emblazoned, Emblazoning, Emboss, Embossed, Embossing, fringed, Fringing, Garnish, garnished, Garnishing, latticed, Latticing, ornamental, ornamentally, Ornamented, Ornamenting), 裝 (adornment, clothing, costume, dress), 扮 (to disguise oneself, to dress up), 修飾 (do up), 妝 (adornment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ozdobit (decorate, embellish, garnish, trim), okrášlit (beautify, decorate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | versieren (decorate, ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ornami (decorate, ornament), dekori (decorate, ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قشنگ کردن (Pretty), زینت دادن (Embellish, Trim), زیباکردن (Beautify, Embellish, Groom), ارایش دادن (Able, Beautify, Decorate, Embellish, Garnish, Lard, Plume), بازروزیوراراستن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | somistaa (decorate, fix up, trim), koristaa (decorate, garnish, trim), kaunisstaa (beautify, embellish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | orner, parer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zieren (decorate, garnish, grace, to adorn), schmücken (adornment, array, attire, bedeck, blazon, decorate, drape, embellish, emblazon, gild, ornament, spangle, to adorn, to blazon, to decorate, to emblazon, to spangle, trim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοσμώ (decorate, grace, ornament), στολίζω (array, attire, beautify, bespangle, caparison, deck, decorate, doll, doll up, embellish, garnish, ornament, perk, prank, prim, primp, prink, titivate, tog, trim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לקשט (deck, decorate, fringe, garnish, ornament, trick out, trick up, trim), לפאר (beautify, embellish, glorify, ornament), לזין (arm, lie with a woman, ornament), ל""ור (esteem, honour, respect), ל""ר (decorate, ornament), לטכס (arrange, array, praise, set in order), לצעצע (embellish, ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szépít (beautify, prettify, to adorn, to beautify, to embellish, to embroider, to extenuate, to gild, to glorify, to touch up), díszít (attire, deck, decorate, embellish, enrich, garnish, ornament, ornate, to adorn, to braid, to deck, to decorate, to embellish, to emblazon, to embroider, to festoon, to garnish, to gimp, to grace, to inlay, to instar, to ornament, to primp, to set out, to spangle, to stud, to vandyke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menghiasi (embellish, emblazon, illustrate), menghias (decorate, embellish, ornament), memperindah. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | decorare (decorate, ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 飾る (to adorn, to decorate, to ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | つくりたてる (to adorn, to build up, to decorate, to dress up), かざる (to adorn, to decorate, to ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jesheenaghey (adornment, bedeck, decorate, dress, embellish, emblazon, garnish, painting, painting trade, prank, preen, renovation, set, titivate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | smykke (jewel), pryde (grace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adornay ozdabiać. (various references) ornamentar (apparel, bedek, decorate, diaper, garnish, lace, ornament, prank, Primrose), decorar (coffer, decorate, learned, memorialize, memorize, ornament, Patty, scrimshaw), adornar (attire, bedeck, bejewel, blazon, decorate, fig, gild, grace, illuminate, lard, ornament, prank, purl, set). (various references) orna (deck, decorate, fit out, flag, flourish, garnish, ornament, trim), decora (decorate, drape, dress, garnish, ornament), împodobi (array, beautify, bedeck, caparison, deck, deck out, decorate, drape, dress, embellish, encrust, feather, fig, fig out, fringe, garnish, gild, grace, hang with, ornament, pink, prank, robe, set, smarten up, trap, trim). (various references) украшать (beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, decorating, embellish, garnish, gild, ornament, prettify, set off). (various references) sgeadaich (adorn with dress, dress). (various references) ulepšavati, ukrasiti (array, decorate, emblazon, enchase, garnish, illuminate, ornament, trim), krasiti, dičiti se (be proud). (various references) adornar (array, bedeck, decorate, doll up, embellish, embroider, festoon, garnish, garnishee, grace, hang, lard, ornament, set off, set out, titivate, trap, trim), decorar (decorate, dress, hang, ornament). (various references) smycka (array, bedeck, blazon, deck, decorate, garnish, grace, ornament, trim), pryda (array, bedeck, deck, decorate, drape, embellish, enrich, garnish, glorify, grace, ornament). (various references) süslemek (array, beautify, bedeck, bedight, caparison, crown, damask, deck out, decorate, dike, dizen, doll out, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, embroider, enamel, enrich, fancy up, fig out, figure, flourish, garnish, gild, gird, grace, interlard, lace, lard, ornament, prank, prank out, prank up, rig, scrimshaw, set, smarten, tart up, tire, titivate, trick out, trick up, trig out, trig up, trim, zing up, zip, zip up), renk katmak (color, colour, embellish, relieve), güzelleştirmek (beautify, do up, embellish, face-lift, gild, perk up, prettify, pretty up), bezemek (bedeck, bedight, decorate, trick out, trick up). (various references) nagyюlamak (decorate, embellish), haюamlamak (decorate). (various references) бути прикрасою, прикрашати (apparel, beautify, bedeck, bespread, brighten, caparison, color, colour, deck, decorate, dress, dress out, embellish, embroider, flatter, garnish, gloss over, grace, needle, ornament, ornamentalize, prettify, set forth, smug, sugar coat, trim, trim up, varnish). (various references) addurno (bedeck, bedizen, decorate, ornament), teca/u (beautify, embellish), harddu (beautify, embellish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | tag. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adornare, adornatus, decebat, decent, decet, decoro, distincta, distincte, distinctum, distinctus, distinguo, distinxerunt, distinxit, excolo, exorna, exornat, exorno, extollo, glorifico, honesta, honestari, honestas, honestate, honestati, honestatis, honestavit, insignio, orna, ornabant, ornabatur, ornaberis, ornabit, ornanda, ornandam, ornandum, ornant, ornantes, ornare, ornaret, ornasti, ornat, ornata, ornatam, ornati, ornatis, ornato, ornatu, ornatum, ornaturum, ornatus, ornaverunt, ornavi, ornavit, ornent, orno, parer. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | bywan, glengan gyrwan. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | aduber. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Titus Chapter 2, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh nosfizomenouV alla pistin pasan endeiknumenouV agaqhn ina thn didaskalian tou swthroV umwn qeou kosmwsin en pasin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non fraudantes, sed in omnibus fidem bonam ostendentes ut doctrinam salutaris nostri Dei ornent in omnibus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But in alle thingis schewinge good feith, that thei onoure in alle thingis the doctryn of `God, oure sauyour. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Nether be pickers but that they shewe all good faythfulnes that they maye do worshippe to ye doctryne of oure saveoure God in all thynges. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Titus Chapter 2, Verse 10 |
| Bulgarian | Но когато се яви благостта на Бога, нашия Спасител, и Неговата любов към човеците, |
| Cebuano | ug dili na sila magpangawkaw, hinonoa kinahanglan magpakita sila sa bug-os nga pagkamaunongon, aron nga sa tanang butang sila makahatag ug pasidungog sa tuloohan sa Dios nga atong Manluluwas. |
| Chinese | 不 可 私 拿 東 西 ． 要 顯 為 、 以 致 凡 事 尊 榮 我 們 救 主 神 的 " ． |
| Croatian | ne pronevjeruju, nego neka im iskazuju svaku dobru vjernost da u svemu budu ures nauku Spasitelja našega, Boga. |
| Danish | ikke besvige, men vise al god Troskab, for at de i alle Måder kunne være en Pryd for Guds, vor Frelsers Lære. |
| Dutch | Niet onttrekkende, maar alle goede trouw bewijzende; opdat zij de leer van God, onzen Zaligmaker, in alles mogen versieren. |
| Finnish | etteivät näpistele, vaan kaikin tavoin osoittavat vilpitöntä uskollisuutta, että he Jumalan, meidän vapahtajamme, opin kaikessa kaunistaisivat. |
| French | ne rien dérober, mais montrer toujours une parfaite fidélité, afin de faire honorer en tout la doctrine de Dieu notre Sauveur. |
| German | nicht veruntreuen, sondern alle gute Treue erzeigen, auf daß sie die Lehre Gottes, unsers Heilandes, zieren in allen Stücken. |
| Haitian Creole | Ni yo pa dwe nan pran sa ki pa pou yo. Okontrè, se pou yo serye tout bon nan tou sa y'ap fè. Konsa y'a fè respè mesaj Bondye, delivrans nou an, nan tout bagay. |
| Hungarian | Ne tolvajkodjanak, hanem teljes jó hûséget tanusítsanak; hogy a mi megtartó Istenünknek tudományát ékesítsék mindenben. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | atau mencuri. Hendaklah mereka menunjukkan bahwa mereka selalu bersikap baik dan setia, supaya dengan sikap mereka itu orang memuji ajaran tentang Allah, Penyelamat kita. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan dengan tiada mencuri, melainkan menunjukkan setia yang sempurna, supaya di dalam segala perkara mereka itu menjadi suatu perhiasan bagi pengajaran Allah, Juruselamat kita. |
| Italian | non rubino, ma dimostrino fedelt assoluta, per fare onore in tutto alla dottrina di Dio, nostro salvatore. |
| Korean | 떼 어 먹 지 말 오 직 한 충 성 을 다 하 게 하 라 이 " " 사 에 우 리 구 주 하 나 님 의 교 훈 을 빛 나 게 하 함 이 라 |
| Latvian | Lai nedara zaudçjumus, bet visâ pierâda pilnîgu uzticîbu, lai viòi Dieva, mûsu Pestîtâja, mâcîbu visâdi greznotu! |
| Maori | Kaua e kaia, engari kia kitea he pai, he nui, to ratou pono; kia ai ratou i nga mea katoa hei whakapaipai i te whakaako i te Atua, a to tatou Kaiwhakaora. |
| Modern Greek | να μη σφετεριζωνται τα αλλοτρια, αλλα να δεικνυωσι πασαν πιστιν αγαθην, δια να στολιζωσι κατα παντα την διδασκαλιαν του σωτηρος ημων Θεου. |
| Norwegian | ikke å være utro, men vise all god troskap, forat de i alt kan være en pryd for Guds, vår frelsers lære. |
| Portuguese | nem defraudando, antes mostrando perfeita lealdade, para que em tudo sejam ornamento da doutrina de Deus nosso Salvador. |
| Rumanian | sq nu fure nimic, ci totdeauna sq dea dovadq de o desqvkrwitq credinciowie, ca sq facq kn totul cinste knvqyqturii lui Dumnezeu, Mkntuitorul nostru. |
| Russian | ОЕ ЛТБУФШ, ОП ПЛБЪЩЧБФШ ЧУА "П'ТХА ЧЕТОПУФШ, "Б'Щ ПОЙ ЧП ЧУЕН 'ЩМЙ ХЛТБЫЕОЙЕН ХЮЕОЙА у БУЙФЕМС ОБЫЕЗП, вПЗБ. |
| Shuar | "Kasamkairap, tura anankawairap. Iis, pénker Túrakrumka, takarniuitiatrum, shiir tura asarum ii Uwemtikramin Yusri chichamen Shíiraiti, tu Enentáimtikrattarme" Titiá. |
| Spanish | que no defrauden, sino que demuestren toda buena fe para que en todo adornen la doctrina de Dios nuestro Salvador. |
| Swahili | au kuiba vitu vyao. Badala yake wanapaswa kuonyesha kwamba wao ni wema na waaminifu daima, ili, kwa matendo yao yote, wayapatie sifa njema mafundisho juu ya Mungu, Mwokozi wetu. |
| Swedish | att icke begå någon oärlighet, utan på allt sätt visa dem redbar trohet, så att de i alla stycken bliva en prydnad för Guds, vår Frälsares, lära. |
| Thai | อย่าให้ยักยอก แต่ให้สัตย์ซื่อหม"ทุกอย่าง เพื่อว่าในการทั้งปวงนั้น เขาจะไ"้เทิ"เกียรติพระ"ำรัสสอนของพระเจ้า ผู้ทรงเป็นพระผู้ช่วยให้รอ"ของเรา |
| Ukrainian | не крали, але виявляли всяку добру вірність, щоб у всьому вони прикрашали науку Спасителя нашого Бога. |
| Uma | pai' neo' -ra mponongko' rewa maradika-ra. Kana rapelompehi oa' kehi-ra, bona rahilo maradika-ra kama'ala-ra rasarumaka. Apa' ane hewa toe kehi batua-batua to Kristen, hawe'ea tauna mpai' mpo'une' tudui' -ta to mpo'uli' Alata'ala Magau' Tompohore-ta ngkai huku' jeko' -ta. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "adorn": adorned, adorner, adorners, adorning, adornment, adornments, adorns. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "adorn": readorn. (additional references) | |
Words containing "adorn": readorned, readorning, readorns, unadorned. (additional references) | |
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"Adorn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aborn, Adaro, addon, addorn, aderyn, adir, adjorn, Adon, ador, adorm, Adorna, Adorne, adorno, adour, adourn, Adprt, Adron, Adugna, Adyr, adzor, Agdor, ahorn, aldron, alorn, Andronov, aporn, Ardon, asdor, ator, atorn, Audoen, awdor, axor, azor, Cadorna, Daforno, dairn, daon, doorn, edor, edorn, fayourn, Nagorno, narodni, Padarn, Sadourny, vador. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adorn" (pronounced udô"rn) |
| 3 | -ô" r n | born, borne, Bourn, Bourne, corn, forlorn, forsworn, horn, lowborn, mourn, porn, reborn, scorn, shorn, stillborn, sworn, thorn, torn, unborn, warn, wellborn, worn. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: radon. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: darn, dona, nard, orad, rand, road, roan. | |
-2 letters: ado, and, don, dor, nod, nor, oar, ora, rad, ran, rod. | |
-3 letters: ad, an, ar, do, na, no, od, on, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: adorns, around, candor, dragon, hadron, inroad, jordan, ladron, lardon, onward, ordain, pardon, radons, random, roband, rodman. | |
+2 letters: adjourn, adoring, adorned, adorner, aground, andiron, android, aneroid, aproned, bandora, bandore, bodhran, bradoon, broaden, caldron, candors, candour, cardoon, diatron, donator, doorman, dormant, dragons, dragoon, gadroon, goldarn, gormand, groaned, hadrons, inboard, inroads, jordans, ladrone, ladrons, lardons, lardoon, madrona, madrone, madrono, monarda, mordant, nodular, norland, odorant, onboard, onwards, operand, ordains, ordinal, organdy, padrone, padroni, pandoor, pandora, pandore, pandour, pardons, poniard, proband, randoms, readorn, robands, rodsman, rondeau, rotunda, sadiron, tandoor, tardyon, tornado, troland. | |
+3 letters: acrodont, adjourns, adorners, adorning, aerodyne, airbound, anchored, andirons, androgen, androids, aneroids, antidora, arointed, aroynted, attorned, banderol, bandoras, bandores, baudrons, boarding, boardman, boardmen, bodhrans, boneyard, boundary, braconid, bradoons, broadens, browband, caldrons, cancroid, candours, cardamon, cardoons, cartoned, cauldron, chaldron, chlordan, colander, condylar, conelrad, cordovan, cordwain, crayoned, cropland, crunodal, danewort, deaconry, debonair, demeanor, diatrons, dinosaur, dognaper, donators, doornail, dormancy, downward, draconic, dragoman, dragomen, dragonet, dragoons, drawdown, duration, dynatron, enamored, endeavor, endocarp, endosarc, expandor, forehand, foreland, forzando, fricando, gadroons, goldarns, gormands, gourmand, grandson, hadronic, handover, handwork, hardnose, hoarding, honorand, inboards, intrados, ironclad, jargoned, ladrones, landform, landlord, lardoons, largando, loanword, madronas, madrones, madronos, mandator, markdown, marooned, monandry, monardas, moonward, moorland, mordancy, mordants, narrowed, nonbrand, nondairy, nonhardy, nonrated, norlands, normande, odorants, oleander, ondogram, operands, ordained, ordainer, ordinals, ordinand, ordinary, ordinate, ordnance, organdie, orphaned, outdrank, outdrawn, overhand, overland, padrones, pandoors, pandoras, pandores, pandours, paranoid, pardoned, pardoner, parlando, pauldron, pomander, poniards, probands, profaned, pronated, pyranoid, quadroon, radioing, radioman, radiomen, raindrop, rancored, randomly, ransomed, rationed, ratooned, rawboned, readorns, reasoned, reloaned, renegado, reordain, rhodamin, rigadoon, rigaudon, romanced, rondeaux, rotundas, sadirons, sandworm, sandwort, sardonic, sardonyx, solander, squadron, swordman, tandoori, tandoors, tardyons, teardown, tornadic, tornados, trinodal, trolands, unloader, untoward, wanderoo. | |
+4 letters: abandoner, absconder, accordant, according, accordion, acrodonts, adjourned, adoration, adoringly, adornment, adsorbent, adsorbing, aerodynes, affording, affronted, androecia, androgens, androgyne, androgyny, andromeda, anhydrous, arachnoid, arytenoid, banderole, banderols, bandoleer, bandolier, begroaned, boardings, bombardon, boneyards, braconids, breakdown, broadband, broadened, broadness, brocading, browbands, cancroids, carbonade, carbonado, carcinoid, cardamons, carronade, cartooned, cauldrons, chaldrons, chancroid, chlordane, chlordans, clangored, clarioned, coarsened, colanders, commander, communard, concordat, conelrads, cordovans, cordwains, coriander, cornbread, coronated, corrading, crackdown, creodonta, croplands, damnatory, daneworts, dangerous, davenport, demeanors, demeanour, deodorant, detonator, diachrony, dichondra, dinosaurs, doctrinal, dogearing, dognapers, dognapper, dominator, doornails, downdraft, downgrade, downrange, downwards, draconian, dragomans, dragonets, dragonfly, dragonish, dragooned, drawdowns, drawnwork, durations, dynamotor, dynatrons, ealdorman, ealdormen, enamoured, endeavors, endeavour, endocarps, endosarcs, expandors, farandole, forehands, forelands, forenamed, forzandos, frontward, gadrooned, girandole, godparent, goosander, gourmands, gradation, grandiose, grandioso, grandsons, granitoid, handiwork, handovers, handsomer, handworks, handwrote, hardbound, hardnoses, harpooned, hoardings, hoarsened, holandric, honorands, hydration, hydrozoan, indagator, indicator, inundator, ironclads, jaborandi, landforms, landlords, landowner, loanwords, lowlander, mandators, mandatory, markdowns, meandrous, memoranda, monodrama, moorlands, mordanted, mordantly, nondancer, nondollar, nongraded, nonrandom, nonreader, northland, northward, noseguard, notarized, oleanders, ondograms, orangeade, ordainers, ordaining, ordinance, ordinands, ordinates, ordnances, organdies, organised, organized, outdaring, outearned, outlander, outranged, outranked, overdrank, overdrawn, overhands, overladen, overlands, paragoned, paranoids, pardoners, pardoning, parodying, pauldrons, pinafored, polyandry, pomanders, ponderosa, poniarded, predation, preordain, promenade, quadroons, radiation, raindrops, randomize, rattooned, readorned, redaction, reloading, renegados, renovated, reordains, resonated, rhodamine, rhodamins, rigadoons, rigaudons, romanised, romanized, roundelay, roundsman, runaround, sandstorm, sandworms, sandworts, sangfroid, secondary, sforzandi, sforzando, shorthand, signboard, snowboard, solanders, squadrons, swordsman, tandooris, teardowns, tornadoes, tradition, trainload, unadorned, unarmored, undercoat, unloaders, wanderoos. | |
| 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)41 64 6F 72 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in 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)01000001 01100100 01101111 01110010 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d o r n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 006F 0072 006E |
| 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)3570818480 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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