Franklin
American place name
The surname Franklin is derived from a noun that designated a freeholder who was not a noble.
It is famous today mainly because of the American patriot, writer, and inventor Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).
Most American towns and cities that bear the name do so in honor of him.
Franklin is used occasionally as a given name for males.
In slang, a Franklin is a $100 bill because Benjamin Franklin’s portrait is on its face.
Grounded spike for discharges
- bifocalsDual-strength corrective lenses
- stoveKitchen heating appliance
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
innovation · experiment · kite · key · conductivity · almanac · odometer · swim fins
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- typesettingArranging text for print
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
- broadsideFierce written assault
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
apprentice · journeyman · compositor · ink · paper · type · journalism · Philadelphia
Energy from charged particles
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- kiteWind-flown tethered toy
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- chargeCost or accusation
conductor · positive · negative · Gulf Stream · naturalist · Royal Society · empiricism · observation
Official foreign representative
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- FranceWestern European republic
- allianceFormal union of parties
- ParisFrance's chief city
negotiator · envoy · foreign · mission · Versailles · Louis XVI · court · emissary
Kitchen heating appliance
- instituteEstablish or scholarly organization
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- plannerAgenda for scheduling
- medalMetal honor token
award · prize · boulevard · square · bridge · tower · county · township
Governing principles document
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- independenceFreedom from external control
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
revolution · patriot · statesman · democracy · republic · colonies · sovereignty · self-governance
lightning rod
Grounded spike for discharges
- bifocalsDual-strength corrective lenses
- stoveKitchen heating appliance
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
patent · innovation · experiment · kite · key · conductivity · almanac · odometer · swim fins · catheter
press
Apply force downward
- typesettingArranging text for print
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
- broadsideFierce written assault
publishing · apprentice · journeyman · compositor · ink · paper · type · journalism · Philadelphia · newspaper
electricity
Energy from charged particles
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- kiteWind-flown tethered toy
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
charge · conductor · positive · negative · Gulf Stream · naturalist · Royal Society · empiricism · observation · hypothesis
ambassador
Official foreign representative
Paris · negotiator · envoy · foreign · mission · Versailles · Louis XVI · court · emissary · minister
stove
Kitchen heating appliance
medal · award · prize · boulevard · square · bridge · tower · county · township · Roosevelt
Constitution
Governing principles document
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- independenceFreedom from external control
liberty · revolution · patriot · statesman · democracy · republic · colonies · sovereignty · self-governance · Enlightenment
- American IconsAbraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks
- American ScientistsThomas Edison, Richard Feynman, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Carl Sagan, Jonas Salk
- Kids TVSesame Street, SpongeBob, Arthur, Rugrats, Clifford
- Electricity HistoryMichael Faraday, Faraday, Thomas Edison, Edison, Nikola Tesla
- 18th Century FiguresNapoleon, Washington, Jefferson, George Washington, Rousseau
- American IdeasAmerican Dream, American exceptionalism, transcendentalism, manifest destiny, self-reliance
Franklinobscurantist
One opposing spread of knowledge
- Benjamin FranklinColonial American polymath statesman
- Aretha Franklin
- Ben FranklinColonial polymath and diplomat
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Franklin RooseveltLongest-serving US president
- Rosalind Franklin