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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Fracassus Father of Ferrgas, the giant, and son of Morgante. "Primus erat quidam Fracassus prole gigantis, Cujus stirps olim Morganto venit ab illo, Qui bacchioconem campanæ ferre solebat, Cum quo mille hominum colpos fracasset in uno." Merlin Cocaius (i.e. Théophile Folengo): Histoire Macaronique (1606). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FRACASSUS |
| Specialty definitions using "FRACASSUS": Giants. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-f-r-s-s-s-u" | |
-3 letters: acarus, fracas, scarfs, scaurs, scurfs. | |
-4 letters: afars, arcus, ascus, auras, casas, casus, crass, curfs, frass, sacra, scarf, scars, scaur, scurf, suras, surfs. | |
-5 letters: afar, arcs, arfs, aura, cars, casa, crus, curf, curs, cuss, furs, fuss, sacs, sass, scar, sura, surf, suss, ursa. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 52 41 43 41 53 53 55 53 |
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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)01000110 01010010 01000001 01000011 01000001 01010011 01010011 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F R A C A S S U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0052 0041 0043 0041 0053 0053 0055 0053 |
| 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)405235373553535553 |
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