When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Agoge - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoge

    The agōgē was divided into three age categories: the paides (about ages 7–14), paidiskoi (ages 15–19), and the hēbōntes (ages 20–29). [4] The boys were further subdivided into groups called agelai (singular agelē, meaning "pack"), with whom they would sleep, and were led by an older boy (eirēn) who Plutarch claims was chosen by the boys themselves.

  3. Agag - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agag

    La mort d'Agag, illustration by Gustave Doré. Agag (/ ˈ eɪ ɡ æ ɡ /; Hebrew: אֲגַג ʾĂgāg) is a Northwest Semitic name or title applied to a biblical king.It has been suggested that "Agag" was a dynastic name of the kings of Amalek, just as Pharaoh was used as a dynastic name for the ancient Egyptians.

  4. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forms_of_word_play

    Blanagram: rearranging the letters of a word or phrase and substituting one single letter to produce a new word or phrase; Letter bank: using the letters from a certain word or phrase as many times as wanted to produce a new word or phrase; Jumble: a kind of word game in which the solution of a puzzle is its anagram

  5. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_having...

    American English meanings saloon closed car having two or (usu.) four doors, a front and rear seat and a separate boot/trunk (US: sedan) (saloon bar) posh bar within a pub or hotel passengers' lounge on a liner or luxury train (US approx.: parlor car) officers' dining room on a merchant ship bar, especially in the American Old West

  6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_British_terms...

    Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).

  7. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword_abbreviations

    Setter – I, ME, ONE (meaning the setter of the crossword) Setter's – MY (meaning the setter of the crossword) Sex appeal – IT (after Clara Bow – the It girl) or SA; Shilling – S; Ship – SS (steam ship) Ship's officer – PO (petty officer) Shirt – T; Short wave – SW; Side – LEG, OFF, ON; Significant other – SO

  8. Anagram - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagram

    An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. [1] For example, the word anagram itself can be rearranged into the phrase "nag a ram"; which is an Easter egg suggestion in Google after searching for the word "anagram".

  9. Agog - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agog

    Search for Agog in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Agog article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .