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Definition: DEAD WIND |
DEAD WIND1. (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Dead Wind (A). A wind directly opposed to a ship's course; a wind dead ahead. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: DEAD WIND |
| Specialty definitions using "DEAD WIND": aerial navigator, airplane navigator ♦ story ♦ wind triangle. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "DEAD WIND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | erë e kundërt (head-wind). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | насрещен вятър (head-wind). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ellenszél (counterblow, cross-wind, headwind, noser, upwind). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eadday indway.(various references) | |
Romanian | vânt contrar. (various references) | |
Russian | встречный лобовой ветер (dead-wind). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | suprotni vetar. (various references) | |
Spanish | viento al frente. (various references) | |
Swedish | motvind (head wind, head-wind, opposing wind, upwind). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-d-e-i-n-w" | |
-1 letter: waddied. | |
-2 letters: addend, dawned, dwined, wadded, waddie, winded. | |
-3 letters: added, aided, awned, dawed, dawen, dewan, dined, diwan, dwine, nided, waded, waned, widen, wined. | |
-4 letters: aide, anew, awed, dawn, dead, dean, deni, died, dine, idea, nide, wade, wadi, wain, wand, wane, wean, wend, wide, wind, wine. | |
-5 letters: add, aid, ain, and, ane, ani, awe, awn, dad, daw, den, dew, did, die, din, end, nae, naw, new, wad, wae, wan, wed, wen, win. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 41 44      57 49 4E 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01000001 01000100 00100000 01010111 01001001 01001110 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E A D   W I N D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0041 0044      0057 0049 004E 0044 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38393538257434838 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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