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Definitions: Eighth |
EighthAdjective1. Coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position. Noun1. Position eight in a countable series of things. 2. An eighth part. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eighth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Biographical Satire | EIGHTH, Henry the, suitor, blue beard, and church builder. When a young man he became a benedict, a condition in which he remained until well along in years. As fast as a queen appeared at the breakfast table with her hair down her back, she was dispatched to the block. A couple of queens got ahead of him. Was nearly as successful in obtaining divorces as Napoleon, of France, and American millionaires. In his later years he competed against the Pope in England. Ambition: A harem. Recreation: Spooning. Dreams: Bad. Address: Windsor. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Slang | Noun. Source: From the measurement. Definition: This implies simply one-eighth an ounce. Context: Used to describe the amount of pot. Social Source: Oregon College Marijuana Users. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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Synonym: EighthSynonym: one-eighth (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Five | Adjective: five, quinary, quintuple; fifth; senary, sextuple; sixth; seventh; septuple; octuple; eighth; ninefold, ninth; tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth; eleventh; duodenary, duodenal; twelfth; in one's 'teens, thirteenth. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | He has a sixth, a seventh and an eighth. (Where Eagles Dare; writing credit: Alistair MacLean;) I am one eighth the Ule Time , Know what i mean? (Ernest Saves Christmas; writing credit: B. Kline) Yes, I was a bitchy eighth grader for that whole week, actually! (Can't Hardly Wait; writing credit: Deborah Kaplan; Harry Elfont) Evil! Pure and simple from the eighth dimension! (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension; writing credit: Earl Mac Rauch) If I had to do it all over again, I'd have started advanced placement classes in preschool so I could go from eighth grade straight to college. (Is It College Yet?; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) | |
Lyrics | As Kevin reached his eighth year, he was the same as the was when he was four. ("Mephisto and Kevin"; performing artist: Primus) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Eighth Day (1967) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) Oliver the Eighth (1934) King Tut-Ankh-Amen's Eighth Wife (1923) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1923) | |
Song Titles | I'm Henry The Eighth, I Am (performing artist: Herman's Hermits) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | In honor of NASA Hubble Space Telescope's eighth anniversary, we have gift-wrapped Saturn in ...Credit: NASA. | |
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| Snare and bass playing in even eighth notes. | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Eighth.The standard set by law in each country with respect to the conditions of labour should have due regard to the equitable economic treatment of all workers lawfully resident therein. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Somebody measures it, and finds one of the proportions an eighth of an inch wrong. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was in the eighth corps, of the Grand Army which Mortier commanded, and which took Hamburg. |
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Health | NF2 is characterized by bilateral (occurring on both sides of the body) tumors on the eighth cranial nerve. (references) | |
One of the more common forms of schwannoma affects the eighth cranial nerve, which contains nerve cells important for balance and hearing. (references) | ||
Scientists now know that the tumors typically occur on the vestibular nerve, another branch of the eighth cranial nerve near the auditory nerve. (references) | ||
Business | In 1999, U.S. pharmaceutical exporters held the eighth position, after companies from France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Great Britain, Netherlands, Japan and Denmark. (references) | |
The eighth Kazakhstan International Healthcare Exhibition (KIHE 2001) was held at the Atakent International Exhibition Center (a tax free zone), May 11-14, 2001, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (references) | ||
To provide sufficient power during the Eighth Plan alone, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) had planned to spend approximately US$10 billion on new generating capacity. (references) | ||
Children | Turkey | Government-provided education through the age of 14 or the eighth grade is compulsory. (references) |
Albania | School attendance is mandatory through the eighth grade (or until age 18, whichever comes first). (references) | |
Chile | The Government provides free education through high school; education is compulsory from first through eighth grade. (references) | |
Economic History | The Netherlands | Between the fourth and eighth centuries A.D., most of both portions were conquered by the Franks. (references) |
Sri Lanka | The United States remained the eighth largest supplier to Sri Lanka with a 3.5 percent market share. (references) | |
Pakistan | Pakistan's 610,000-member armed forces, the world's eighth largest, are well trained and disciplined. (references) | |
Human Rights | Croatia | Seven suspects were detained at year's end and an eighth suspect was a fugitive as the investigation continued. (references) |
Kenya | The life of an eighth suspected criminal, a GSU policeman, reportedly was spared following pleas from his pregnant wife; however, police arrested and reportedly beat him. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | An investigative judge in the Eighth Penal Court, who was assigned to investigate the case in the civilian courts, ruled that the court did not have jurisdiction over a police matter. (references) | |
Minorities | Dominican Republic | In July Secretary of Education and Vice President Milagros Ortiz-Bosch announced that all children would be allowed to enroll in school through the eighth grade, whether or not they had a birth certificate. (references) |
Poland | In June the Philadanco dance troupe, which was touring the country as part of the Eighth Annual International Dance Conference and Festival in Warsaw, Poznan, and Bytom, reported that in Bytom, some of the dancers were called "monkeys" and "animal" in English and had objects thrown at them. (references) | |
Political Economy | Israel | Likud Knesset member Moshe Katsav was elected as Israel's eighth President at the end of July, 2000, replacing Ezer Weizman. (references) |
Women | Tajikistan | In rural areas, women tend to marry younger, have larger families, and receive less university education than women in cities do. In rural and traditional areas, women receive less education in general, often leaving school after the eighth year. (references) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Eighth, we must strengthen the ability of free nations everywhere to develop their independence and raise their standard of living, and thereby frustrate those who prey on poverty and chaos. |
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| "Eighth" is generally used as an ordinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Eighth" is used about 1,277 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 |
| Ordinal Number | 100% | 1,277 | 6,170 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "eighth". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Sheminith | N/A | Biblical | Eighth (an eight-stringed instrument) |
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Expressions using "eighth": eighth cranial nerve ♦ Eighth note ♦ eighth part. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "eighth": eighth-century, eighth-finals, eighth-magnitude, eighth-minute, eighth-ninth, eighth-notes, eighth-of-an-inch, eighth-of-a-page, eighth-round, eighth-tone, eighth-wicket. | |
Ending with "eighth": eighty-eighth, five-eighth, mid-eighth, one-eighth, thirty-eighth, twenty-eighth. | |
| 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 |
eighth latinas street | 49 |
henry the eighth | 42 |
eighth circuit court of appeal | 33 |
eighth amendment | 24 |
eighth air force | 22 |
eighth grade math | 19 |
eighth | 19 |
eighth army | 18 |
king henry eighth | 15 |
circuit eighth | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "eighth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | agste (eighth part). (various references) | |
Albanian | një e tetë, i tetë. (various references) | |
Arabic | الثامن, ثمن جزء من ثمانية, ثمن (charge, cost, damage, esteem, estimate, price, revalue, value). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | осми. (various references) | |
Chamorro | oktabu. (various references) | |
Chinese | 第八 . (various references) | |
Czech | osmina, osmý, osmé. (various references) | |
Danish | ottende. (various references) | |
Dutch | achtste (eighth part). (various references) | |
Esperanto | okono (eighth part), oka (eighth hour). (various references) | |
Finnish | kahdeksas. (various references) | |
French | huitième. (various references) | |
German | achte (eighthes, eighths), achtel (quaver). (various references) | |
Greek | όγδοοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שמי ית, שמי י. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nyolcadik, nyolcad (octa-, octave). (various references) | |
Italian | ottavo. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 辛 (8th in rank, eighth sign of the Chinese calendar), 葉月 (eighth month of lunar calendar), 未 (eighth sign of Chinese zodiac, not yet), 八日 (eight days, the eighth), 八十八夜 (eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | し" (8th in rank, Buddhist sect originating in the thirteenth century, confidence, core, devotion, eighth sign of the Chinese calendar, faith, fidelity, genuineness, heart, marrow, new, reality, reliance, sincerity, trust, truth, wick), ひつじ (eighth sign of Chinese zodiac, sheep), かのと (8th in rank, eighth sign of the Chinese calendar), ようか (adoptive family, eight days, iodization, melting, pupation, smelting, the eighth), はづき (eighth month of lunar calendar), はちじゅうはちや (eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring). (various references) | |
Korean | 8번째. (various references) | |
Manx | hoghtoo. (various references) | |
Norwegian | åttende. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eighthay.(various references) | |
Polish | ósmy. (various references) | |
Portuguese | oitavo (eighth part). (various references) | |
Romanian | optime, al optulea, a opta parte. (various references) | |
Russian | восьмой. (various references) | |
Scottish | ochdamh. (various references) | |
Sepedi | boseswai. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | osmi. (various references) | |
Sicilian | ottavu. (various references) | |
Spanish | octavo. (various references) | |
Swahili | -a nane. (various references) | |
Swedish | åttonde. (various references) | |
Tagalog | ikawaló. (various references) | |
Turkish | sekizlik (sextain), sekizinci şey, sekizinci, sekizde birlik kısım. (various references) | |
Turkmen | sekizinji. (various references) | |
Ukranian | восьма частина, восьмий, октава (octave, ottava). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật thứ tám, thứ tám, một phần tám người thứ tám. (various references) | |
Welsh | wythfed. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | octavus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | ashtemem. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 7, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai edwken autw diaqhkhn peritomhV kai outwV egennhsen ton isaak kai perietemen auton th hmera th ogdoh kai o isaak ton iakwb kai o iakwb touV dwdeka patriarcaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et dedit illi testamentum circumcisionis et sic genuit Isaac et circumcidit eum die octava et Isaac Iacob et Iacob duodecim patriarchas |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he yaf to hym the testament of circumcisioun; and so he gendride Ysaac, and circumcidide hym in the eiyt dai. And Isaac gendride Jacob, and Jacob gendride the twelue patriarkis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he gave him the covenaunt of circumcision. And he begat Isaac and circumcised him the viii. daye and Isaac begat Iacob and Iacob the twelve patriarkes |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 7, Verse 8 |
| Albanian | Pastaj i dha atij besëlidhjen e rrethprerjes. Dhe kështu Abrahamit i lindi Isaku dhe e rrethpreu të tetën ditë; Isakut i lindi Jakobi, dhe Jakobit dymbëdhjetë patriarkë. |
| Bulgarian | Но аз, рече Бог, ще съдя народа, на който ще робуват: и подир това ще излязат и ще ми служат на това място. |
| Cebuano | Ug kaniya siya naghimog pakigsaad mahitungod sa pagsirkunsisyon. Ug si Abraham nanganak kang Isaac ug kini iyang gisirkunsidahan sa ikawalo ka adlaw; ug si Isaac nanganak kang Jacob, ug si Jacob nanganak sa napulog-duha ka patriarca. |
| Chinese | 神 又 賜 他 割 禮 的 約 . 於 是 亞 伯 拉 罕 " 了 以 '' 、 第 八 日 姶 他 行 了 割 禮 . 以 '' " 雅 各 、 雅 各 " 十 二 位 先 祖 。 |
| Croatian | Dade mu i Savez obrezanja. Tako rodi Izaka i obreza ga osmi dan, Izak Jakova, Jakov dvanaest rodozaèetnika." |
| Danish | Og han gav ham Omskærelsens Pagt. Og så avlede han Isak og omskar ham den ottende Dag, og Isak avlede Jakob, og Jakob de tolv Patriarker. |
| Dutch | En Hij gaf hem het verbond der besnijdenis; en alzo gewon hij Izak, en besneed hem op den achtsten dag; en Izak gewon Jakob, en Jakob de twaalf patriarchen. |
| Finnish | Ja hän antoi hänelle ympärileikkauksen liiton; ja niin Aabrahamille syntyi Iisak, ja hän ympärileikkasi hänet kahdeksantena päivänä, ja Iisakille syntyi Jaakob, ja Jaakobille ne kaksitoista kantaisää. |
| French | Puis Dieu donna Abraham l`alliance de la circoncision; et ainsi, Abraham, ayant engendré Isaac, le circoncit le huitième jour; Isaac engendra et circoncit Jacob, et Jacob les douze patriarches. |
| German | Und gab ihm den Bund der Beschneidung. Und er zeugte Isaak und beschnitt ihn am achten Tage, und Isaak den Jakob, und Jakob die zwölf Erzväter. |
| Haitian Creole | Apre sa, Bondye pase yon kontra ak Abraram, li ba li sikonsizyon an pou sèvi mak kontra a. Se konsa Abraram te sikonsi Izarak, pitit gason l' lan, wit jou apre l' te fèt. Menm jan an tou, Izarak te sikonsi Jakòb, pitit li a. Jakòb menm sikonsi douz pitit li yo, zansèt douz branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl la. |
| Hungarian | És adta néki a körülmetélés szövetségét: és így nemzé Izsákot, és körülmetélé õt nyolczadnapon; és Izsák Jákóbot, és Jákób a tizenkét pátriárkhát. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sesudah berkata begitu ikatan janji itu disahkan oleh Allah dengan upacara sunat. Maka sesudah Ishak, anak Abraham lahir, Abraham menyunat dia pada waktu ia berumur delapan hari. Kemudian Ishak menyunat juga anaknya, yaitu Yakub. Dan Yakub pun menyunat pula kedua belas anaknya, yaitu yang menjadi bapak-bapak leluhur bangsa Yahudi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu dikaruniakan-Nya kepadanya Perjanjian persunatan; maka demikianlah Ibrahim telah memperanakkan Ishak, lalu menyunatkan dia pada hari yang kedelapannya, dan Ishak memperanakkan Yakub, dan Yakub memperanakkan kedua belas nenek moyang ini. |
| Italian | E gli diede l'alleanza della circoncisione. E così Abramo generò Isacco e lo circoncise l'ottavo giorno e Isacco generò Giacobbe e Giacobbe i dodici patriarchi. |
| Korean | 례 의 언 약 을 아 브 라 함 에 게 주 셨 " 니 그 가 이 삭 을 낳 아 여 " 만 에 례 를 행 하 이 삭 이 야 곱 을, 야 곱 이 우 리 열 두 조 상 을 낳 으 니 |
| Latvian | Un Viòð tam deva apgraizîðanas derîbu; un viòð dzemdinâja Îzâku un to apgraizîja astotajâ dienâ; un Îzâks - Jçkabu un Jçkabs - divpadsmit ciltstçvus; |
| Maori | A i homai ano e ia ki a ia te kawenata o te kotinga: a whanau ake ta Aperahama ko Ihaka, a i te waru o nga ra ka kotia; a na Ihaka ko Hakopa; na Hakopa hoki nga tupuna kotahi tekau ma rua. |
| Modern Greek | Και εδωκεν εις αυτον διαθηκην περιτομης· και ουτως εγεννησε τον Ισαακ και περιετεμεν αυτον τη ογδοη ημερα, και ο Ισαακ εγεννησε τον Ιακωβ, και ο Ιακωβ τους δωδεκα πατριαρχας. |
| Norwegian | Og han gav ham omskjærelsens pakt; og så fikk han sønnen Isak, og omskar ham på den åttende dag, og Isak fikk sønnen Jakob, og Jakob blev far til de tolv patriarker. |
| Portuguese | E deu-lhe o pacto da circuncisão; assim então gerou Abraão a Isaque, e o circuncidou ao oitavo dia; e Isaque gerou a Jacó, e Jacó aos doze patriarcas. |
| Rumanian | Apoi i -a dat legqmkntul tqierii kmprejur; wi astfel Avraam, cknd a nqscut pe Isaac, l -a tqiat kmprejur kn ziua a opta; Isaac a nqscut wi a tqiat kmprejur pe Iacov, wi Iacov pe cei doisprezece patriarhi. |
| Shuar | Yus tuke Apraámnasha chicharuk `Yamaikia Wíi-shuar asarum tsupirnaktiniaitrume. Tuma asam amesha uchiram aishmankach akiiniamtai, Wi Tímiajna Núnismek, Sirkunsisiún tutai, shunichiri nuape tsupirkata, Tímiayi. Tura Chícham Wi yamaikia ámijiai najanaj nu nekas uminkatniuiti tusam nusha Túrata" Tímiayi Yus. Tuma asamtai ni Uchirí Isak akiiniamtai, uchu tsawant nankaamasmatai, Apraám niin tsupirkamiayi. Tura Isaksha ukunam ni tuse (12) uchirin ii uuntri armia nunasha Nútiksan Túramiayi. |
| Spanish | Dios le dio el pacto de la circuncisión; y así Abraham engendró a Isaac y le circuncidó al octavo día. Lo mismo hizo Isaac a Jacob, y Jacob a los doce patriarcas. |
| Swahili | Halafu Mungu aliifanya tohara iwe ishara ya agano. Hivyo, Abrahamu alimtahiri mtoto wake Isaka, siku ya nane baada ya kuzaliwa. Na Isaka, vivyo hivyo, alimtahiri Yakobo. Naye Yakobo aliwatendea wale mababu kumi na wawili vivyo hivyo. |
| Swedish | Och han upprättade ett omskärelsens förbund med honom. Och så födde han Isak och omskar honom på åttonde dagen, och Isak födde Jakob, och Jakob födde våra tolv stamfäder. |
| Thai | พระองค์ไ"้ทรงตั้งพันธสัญญาพิธีเข้าสุหนัตไว้กับอับราฮัม เหตุฉะนั้นเมื่ออับราฮัมให้กำเนิ"บุตรชื่ออิสอัค จึงให้เข้าสุหนัตในวันที่แป" อิสอัคให้กำเนิ"บุตรชื่อยาโคบ และยาโคบให้กำเนิ"บุตรสิบสองคน ซึ่งเป็นบรรพบุรุษของเรา |
| Ukrainian | І дав 'ін йому заповіта обрізання. І породив так Ісака, і восьмого дня він обрізав його. А Ісак породив Якова, а Яків дванадцятьох патріярхів. |
| Uma | Oti toe, Alata'ala mpobabehi pojanci posidaia' -na hante Abraham, pai' nahubui bona Abraham pai' hawe'ea muli-na ratini'. Ada petini' toe jadi' tanda pojanci-na Alata'ala hante muli Abraham. Jadi', putu mpu'u-mi ana' Abraham to rahanga' Ishak, natini' -imi hi eo kawalu-na. Oti toe wo'o-hawo, Ishak mpotini' Yakub ana' -na. Pai' Yakub mpotini' ana' -na to hampulu' rodua. Pai' hira' toe-mi to jadi' ntu'a-ta kita' to Yahudi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eighth": eighthly, eighths. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "eighth": heighth. (additional references) | |
Words containing "eighth": heighths. (additional references) | |
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"Eighth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aagghh, Aagghhh, aggghh, Aith, eagth, eateth, eehh, Egeth, eghth, eighte, eightth, eigth, Eithy, epith, heighth, peight, rightho, Ugghhh. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "eighth" (pronounced ā"tth or ā"th) |
| 2 | ā" th | faith, interfaith. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: height. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-h-i-t" | |
-1 letter: eight, heigh, hight, thigh. | |
-2 letters: heth, high. | |
-3 letters: eth, get, ghi, gie, git, heh, het, hie, hit, teg, the, tie. | |
-4 letters: eh, et, he, hi, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-h-i-t" | |
+1 letter: eighths, heighth, heights, highest, highted, thighed. | |
+2 letters: eighthly, heighten, heighths. | |
+3 letters: eightieth, haughtier, headlight, heightens, sheathing, thighbone, threshing. | |
+4 letters: earthlight, eighteenth, eightieths, hatcheling, haughtiest, headlights, heightened, hightailed, lighthouse, nightshade, sheathings, thighbones. | |
+5 letters: earthlights, eighteenths, ensheathing, hatchelling, haughtiness, headhunting, heavyweight, heightening, highlighted, highlighter, houselights, hyphenating, insheathing, lightheaded, lighthouses, lightweight, nightshades, searchlight, unsheathing, wheelwright. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 69 67 68 74 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .. --. .... - .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E i g h t h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0069 0067 0068 0074 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)397573748674 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Orthography 24. Bibliography |
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