rebuses — re·bus || rɪËbÉ™s n. word puzzle representing form of pictures or symbols; heraldic emblem that displays a picture portraying the name of the bearer … English contemporary dictionary
Concentration (game show) — For other uses, see Concentration (disambiguation). Concentration Concentration logo employed from 1963 to 1973. Format Game show Created by Jack Barry Dan Enright Rob … Wikipedia
Rebus — A rebus (Latin: by things ) is a kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words; for example:: H + = Hear , or Here .The term rebus also refers to the use of a pictogram to represent a syllabic sound. This adapts… … Wikipedia
rebus — /ree beuhs/, n., pl. rebuses. 1. a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables: Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead. 2. a piece of writing containing many such… … Universalium
David Spindel — David M. Spindel Birth name David Michael Spindel Born August 31, 1941 (1941 08 31) (age 70) Brooklyn, New York, United States Nationality … Wikipedia
Dingbats — For other uses, see dingbat (disambiguation). Dingbats is the name of a board game that was devised by Paul Sellers and is currently manufactured by Ravensburger. The game, for two or more people, involves solving rebuses (puzzles in which a… … Wikipedia
Chinese character classification — Chinese characters Scripts Precursors · Oracle bone script · Bronze script · Seal script (large, small) · Clerical script · Cu … Wikipedia
Decipherment of rongorongo — Tablet B Aruku kurenga, verso. One of four texts which provided the Jaussen list, the first attempt at decipherment. Made of Pacific rosewood, mid nineteenth century, Easter Island. (Collection of the SS.CC., Rome) There have been numerous… … Wikipedia
Rebus — Re bus (r[=e] b[u^]s), n.; pl. {Rebuses} (r[=e] b[u^]s*[e^]z). [L. rebus by things, abl. pl. of res a thing: cf. F. r[ e]bus. Cf. 3d {Real}.] 1. A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Kanji — This article is about the Chinese characters used in Japanese writing. For other uses, see Kanji (disambiguation). Kanji (漢字; listen) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi[1] that are used in the modern … Wikipedia
