Crossword clues for reckoner
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reckoner \Reck"on*er\ (r[e^]k"'n*[~e]r), n. One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.
Reckoners without their host must reckon twice.
--Camden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 13c., agent noun from reckon. Especially "book of tables used in calculation," often known as a ready reckoner.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who reckons. 2 An accountant.
WordNet
n. an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) [syn: calculator, figurer, estimator, computer]
a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation [syn: ready reckoner]
Wikipedia
"Reckoner" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead from their 2007 album In Rainbows. It was released as the album's fourth and final single on 23 September 2008. It was named one of the best songs of the decade by Pitchfork and the NME.
Remixes were released by electronic musicians James Holden, Flying Lotus and Diplo. Radiohead also released the separate stems for fans to remix themselves, as they had they done with their previous single " Nude".
Usage examples of "reckoner".
Being proxy meant you could speak for the Ennead, except that there were two kinds of proxies, reckoners and warders, and his parents were warders, which meant they stayed here in the Holding to work for the Ennead.
When he showed a light, it would be so bright that the Ennead would call him to be a vocate, and then he could get a ring and be a reckoner.
The rift between warder and reckoner had begun under that Ennead, was one of its nasty byblows.
I aided them both as I continued to run my reckoners rather than openly defy the Ennead and be destroyed by them.
Strain gauge, voltmeter, tarot, polarimeter, dowser, reckoner, mummy dust, microscope, you name it, probably you could find it here.
Thereon stood scales of several sizes, a graduated glass vessel half full of water, an arithmetical reckoner, and certain reference works.
At the speeds that are to be expected, the computer will be more than a mere ready Reckoner.
Now that the organization has gone, our ready reckoners for conduct within it no longer give the right answers.
Now that the organization has gone, our ready reckoners for conduct within it no longer Live the right answers.
In addition, the dead reckoners of a tread-driven cruiser are surprisingly accurate.