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| Domain | Definition |
Post & Telecom | The alternate local wire line cellular carrier. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| A | English | A carrier | Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You saw yourself on a carrier, or a battleship, no doubt. (The Caine Mutiny; writing credit: Herman Wouk; Stanley Roberts) No, but he's a carrier. (U.S. Marshals; writing credit: John Pogue) | |
Clever | Cheerfulness is contagious, but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. (references; author: unknown) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Menhaden fishing - a carrier vessel taking a load of menhaden to a processing plant. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | A Japanese Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Plane ("Kate") takes off from a carrier as the second wave attack is launched. Ship's crewmen are cheering "Banzai" This ship is either Zuikaku or Shokaku. Note light tripod mast at the rear of the carrier's island, with Japanese naval ensign. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | One of a series of photographs "taken by a Navy F2H-2P 'Banshee' as it followed another 'Banshee' in for a carrier landing on the USS Oriskany (CVA-34), somewhere off the coast of San Francisco, California. The photo plane was equipped with a forward firing aerial mapping and reconnaissance camera installed in its nose. The camera was a type K-48 aerial camera with a 24-inch lens, a red A-25 filter, 1/200 second exposure, an exposure interval of two (2) seconds, and film size of 9x18 inches. The speed of the aircraft during approach is approximately 110 knots." (quoted from the original caption released with this image) Photograph was taken on 8 February 1955. Credit: NAVY. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | As a carrier of Crypto, you could infect other people. (references) | |
A carrier will not develop the disease but could pass the affected gene on to his or her children. (references) | ||
With others, a woman is discovered to be a carrier only after she gives birth to a child with the disease. (references) | ||
Economic History | Japan | Under the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, Japan hosts a carrier battle group, the III Marine Expeditionary Force, the 5th Air Force, and elements of the Army's I Corps. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "A CARRIER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | tilsætning af kviksoelv(II)chlorid,der tjener som medriver (addition of mercury bichloride employed as a carrier). (various references) | |
Dutch | toevoeging van kwikdichloride, dat als meesleepmiddel dient (addition of mercury bichloride employed as a carrier), betrouwbaarheid van een vervoersondernemer (good repute of a carrier). (various references) | |
French | addition de bichlorure de mercure utilisé comme entraîneur (addition of mercury bichloride employed as a carrier), adénosine triphosphate (a compound which serves as a carrier of energy for cells.), honorabilité d'un transporteur (good repute of a carrier). (various references) | |
German | Adenosintriphosphat (a compound which serves as a carrier of energy for cells., adenosine triphosphate, ATP an abbreviation for adenosine triphosphate), Zuverlässigkeit eines Verkehrsunternehmer (good repute of a carrier), Zusatz von Quecksilberdichlorid, das als Traegersubstanz verwendet wird (addition of mercury bichloride employed as a carrier). (various references) | |
Greek | προσθήκη διχλωριούχου υδραργύρου χρησιμοποιούμενου σαν φορέα (addition of mercury bichloride employed as a carrier), είμαι φορεύς (be a carrier). (various references) | |
Italian | adenosina trifosfato (a compound which serves as a carrier of energy for cells., adenosine triphosphate, ATP an abbreviation for adenosine triphosphate), addizione di bicloruro di mercurio usato come trasportatore (addition of mercury bichloride employed as a carrier). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay arriercay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | adição de bicloreto de mercúrio utilizado como transportador (addition of mercury bichloride employed as a carrier). (various references) | |
Spanish | adición de bicloruro de mercurio utilizado como portador (addition of mercury bichloride employed as a carrier). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-r-r-r" | |
-1 letter: carrier. | |
-2 letters: arrear, racier. | |
-3 letters: acari, aecia, airer, areca, areic, carer, ceria, crier, erica, racer, rarer, ricer. | |
-4 letters: acre, area, aria, care, carr, cire, race, raia, rare, rear, rice. | |
-5 letters: ace, air, arc, are, car, ear, era, err, ice, ire, rec, rei, ria. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-r-r-r" | |
+3 letters: ballcarrier, radiotracer. | |
+4 letters: ballcarriers, prevaricator, radiotracers. | |
+5 letters: intracerebral, prevaricators, undercarriage. | |
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