DECUMAN

  

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DECUMAN

Definition: DECUMAN

DECUMAN

Adjective

1. Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. [R.] Also used substantively.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Decuman \Dec"u*man\, adjective. [Latin expression decumanus of the tenth, and by metonymy, large, from decem ten.]. (Websters 1913)

 

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Crosswords: DECUMAN

Specialty definitions using "DECUMAN": Decuman Gate. (references)

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Modern Translations: DECUMAN

Language Translations for "DECUMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

главен (arterial, capital, chief, general, grand, head, high, leading, magistral, main, major, master, pivotal, premier, primary, prime, principal, stellar). (various references)

   

Czech

  

hlavní (big, capital city, Cardinal, chief, essential, leading, magistral, main, major, prime, principal, staple, star). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hatalmas hullám. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecumanday

   

Portuguese

  

decúmano, grande (all-embracing, almighty, big, broad, considerable, good natured, grand, great, high, large, much obliged, roomy, rousing, spacious, substantial, swingeing, vast, walloping, wide), forte (accomplished, acute, bold, bouncing, brawny, cogent, firm, forceful, forcible, Fort, forte, fortress, full blown, Hale, hard, heavy, hefty, high, high-hearted, intense, intensive, keen, loud, lusty, man-made fibers, masculine, masterful, mighty, narcissism, penetrating, pithy, potent, presidio, racy, red blooded, robust, salt, sanguineous, seaworthy, sharp, sinewy, snorting, solid, stalwart, stark, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, swingeing, telling, tough, two-fisted, unfailing, vehement, Venturous, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

foarte mare (extreme, huge). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

могучий. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

colosal (colossal, jumbo, mammoth, monumental, mountainous). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

колосальний (colossal, huge, monumental, ocean-wide, pyramidal, stupendous, super-duper, terrific), величезний (astronomic, astronomical, babylonian, banging, dimensionless, enormous, flagrant, formidable, giantlike, grandiose, great, handsome, huge, immense, mighty, monstrous, mountainous, overwhelming, prodigious, slapping, swingeing, thumping, thundering, tremendous, vasty, walloping, whacking, whaling). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

khổng l" (colossal, gargantuan, giantlike, gigantic, huge, mammoth, monster, thumping, titanesque, titanic). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "DECUMAN"

Words rhyming with "DECUMAN" (pronounced 'Dec"u*man'): Ahriman, Airman, Alderman, Almsman, Alongshoreman, Ariman, Artilleryman, Artsman, Assemblyman, Ataman, Atman, Axman, Backwoodsman, Bagman, Bargeman, batsman, Bayman, Bellman, Billman, Boatsman, Bombardman, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bookman, Bordman, Bosjesman, Brachman, Brakeman, Breakman, Bridesman, Briefman, Burman, Bushelman, Bushman, Butterman, Cabman, Canoeman, Carman, Cartman, Cavalryman, Cayman, Chairman, Chapman, Chessman, Chinaman, Churchman, Clansman, Classman, Clergyman, Coachman, Coffeeman, Cogman, Colorman, Committeeman, Congressman, Copeman, Councilman, Counterman, Countryman, Cousin-german, Cracksman, Craftsman, Cragsman, Crossbowman, Cunningman, Dairyman, Dalesman, Daysman, Deathsman, Decoy-man, Demiman, Desman, Disman, Dodman, Doggerman, Dollman, Domesman, Doomsman, Draftsman, Dragman, Dragoman, Draughtsman, Drayman, Dustman, Dutchman, Earldorman, Engineman, Englishman, Exciseman, Expressman, ferryman, fireman, Firman, fisherman, Flagman, Floatiersman, Flyman, foeman, footman, Foreman, Forgeman, freedman, Freeman, Frenchman, freshman, Fugleman, Gabelleman, Gadman, Gadsman, Gateman, Gleeman, Goman, Goodman, Greco-Roman, Griman, groomsman, guardsman, Hackman, Hackneyman, Hammerman, Handcraftsman, Handi-craftsman, HANGMAN, Hanuman, hardwareman, headman, headsman, helmsman, henchman, Henxman, Hetman, High-churchman, highwayman, hodman, Hoodman, Horseman, Hoyman, huntsman, Husbandman, iceman, Indiaman, inhuman, Irishman, Jackman, journeyman, juryman, Kinsman, Kirkman, Krooman, Laceman, Lademan, Landamman, landman, landsman, laundryman, layman, Leadman, Leadsman, Leetman, Leman, Lemman, liegeman, lighterman, Light-horseman, Lightman, Liman, lineman, liveryman, lockman, Logman, longshoreman, Lopeman, Loresman, Low-churchman, lumberman, Lyerman, madman, maltman, Marchman, Markman, marksman, merchantman, Meresman, Merman, Metalman, middleman, militiaman, milkman, Mintman, Minuteman, Monothalaman, Mootman, Motorman, Mussulman, Newsman, Nightman, Nobleman, Norseman, Northman, Nurseryman, Oarsman, Oilman, Orangeman, Othman, Overman, Oversman, Packman, Passman, Patrolman, Penman, Peterman, Pieman, Pitman, Placeman, Plainsman, Pleaseman, Pointsman, Policeman, Portman, Postman, Potman, Preachman, Preterhuman, Privateersman, Prizeman, Proseman, Puppetman, Quarry-man, Questman, Raftsman, Ranchman, Remainder-man, Ribbonman, Ringman, Rodsman, roundsman, salesman, Sallyman, Sandman, Sayman, Sceneman, Schoolman, Scotsman, Scytheman, seedman, seedsman, selectman, shaman, Shearman, Shipman, Shopman, showman, Sickleman, sidesman, Sightsman, signalman, Silkman, Sitheman, Skyman, Slaughterman, Socman, Sokeman, Spaeman, Spearman, Spoilsman, spokesman, sportsman, Staffman, Stagecoachman, Staithman, Stallman, statesman, steersman, Sternsman, stockman, Sundryman, superhuman, superman, Surfman, switchman, Swordman, swordsman, Tableman, Tacksman, Talesman, talisman, tallyman, Tavernman, Textman, Tidesman, Tillman, timberman, Tineman, Tinman, Toftman, tollman, Toman, Topman, Topsman, townsman, Toyman, Trackman, tradesman, Transhuman, Trawlerman, Trencher-man, Tripeman, Truchman, Truckman, Trudgeman, Tubman, Tupman, Turcoman, Turfman, Turkoman, Tut-workman, Underhangman, unhuman, unman, Verseman, Vestryman, Viceman, Wardsman, Warehouseman, Washerman, Watchman, Waterman, Wealsman, Welchman, Welshman, Whaleman, Wheelman, Woodman, Woolman, Wordsman, Workingman, Workman, Yachtman, Yachtsman, Yeman, Yeoman, Yuman. (additional references)

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Anagrams: DECUMAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-m-n-u"

-1 letter: acumen, unmade.

-2 letters: acned, admen, adunc, amend, caned, dance, dunam, dunce, maced, maned, maund, menad, named.

-3 letters: aced, acme, acne, amen, cade, came, cane, cued, dace, dame, damn, dean, duce, duma, dune, mace, made, mane, maud, maun, mead, mean, mend, menu, name, nema, neum, nude, unde.

-4 letters: ace, amu, and, ane, cad, cam, can, cud, cue, cum, dam, den, due, dun, eau, ecu, emu, end, mac, mad, mae, man, med, men, mud, mun, nae, nam.

-5 letters: ad, ae, am, an, de, ed, em, en, ma, me, mu, na, ne, nu, um, un.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-m-n-u"
 

+1 letter: dumbcane.

 

+2 letters: dumbcanes, manicured, muscadine, unclaimed, unclamped, unmatched.

 

+3 letters: androecium, culminated, documental, mendacious, muscadines, unacademic.

 

+4 letters: calumniated, candelabrum, consummated, countermand, documentary, endocardium, misguidance, succedaneum, traducement, unmedicated, unreclaimed, unscrambled.

 

+5 letters: candelabrums, communalized, communicated, compoundable, countermands, documentable, manufactured, masculinised, masculinized, mendaciously, miseducating, miseducation, misguidances, succedaneums, traducements, unacclimated, unaccustomed, undemocratic, unmechanized.

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

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Alternative Orthography: DECUMAN


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

44 45 43 55 4D 41 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)

01000100 01000101 01000011 01010101 01001101 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#69 &#67 &#85 &#77 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0045 0043 0055 004D 0041 004E

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

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

38393755473548

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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