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AIR DRILL

Definition: AIR DRILL

AIR DRILL

1. A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: AIR DRILL

DomainDefinitions

Building & Civil Engineering

A drill which uses compressed air for reciprocating action and to remove the cuttings from the hole; hence "dry drilling", etc. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A small diamond drill driven by either a rotary or a reciprocating-piston air-powered motor; used principally in underground workings b. As used by miners, a percussive or rotary-type rock drill driven bycompressed air. CF:air rig. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: AIR DRILL

English words defined with "AIR DRILL": Fly cappneumatic drill. (references)
Specialty definitions using "AIR DRILL": air circulation, air leg, air slug, air swivel, airhammer, air-leg support, ASSEMBLER, BICYCLE I, ASSEMBLER, INSULATION AND FLOORINGblooey line, BORING-MACHINE OPERATOR, braddisher, bug dust, buoyant weightC.P. Hemborn dust extractor, CANAL-EQUIPMENT MECHANIC, CARBURETOR MECHANIC, carburetor repairer, CASTING REPAIRER, CATHODE RAY TUBE SALVAGE PROCESSOR, coal drill, COLLATING-MACHINE OPERATORDAIRY-EQUIPMENT REPAIRER, drill mounting, drilling rate, drilling up, DRILL-PRESS OPERATOR, ACOUSTICAL TILE, dust collector, dust trapelectric air drillfitter helper, foam drillingGAS-MAIN FITTERhand hammer drill, Holman Airleg, hot millerknox systemLAMINATOR, PREFORMSpick machine, PIPE-FITTER HELPER, preformer, impregnated fabricsROCK-DRILL OPERATOR II, ROCKET-MOTOR MECHANIC, ROUTER OPERATOR, HANDSCALE ASSEMBLY SET-UP WORKER, set-making-machine operator, squeegeer and former, stope driller, stoping drill, STOPPING BUILDER, submarine workerthermal boring, tractor drills, tunnel carriagevent tube, ventilation worker. (references)

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Modern Translations: AIR DRILL

Language Translations for "AIR DRILL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏ثقب هوائي. (various references)

   

Danish

  

trykluftsbor (dry drill, pneumatic drill). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kuivapora (dry drill, pneumatic drill), kuivakaira (dry drill, pneumatic drill). (various references)

   

French

  

trou aérienne, marteau perforateur air comprimé. (various references)

   

German

  

Trockenbohrer (dry drill, pneumatic drill), Pressluftbohrer (dry drill, jackhammer, pneumatic drill, sinker). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αερόσφυρα (bully, dry drill, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer, pneumatic pick), αεροκίνητος σφύρα (dry drill, pneumatic drill), αεροτρύπανο. (various references)

   

Italian

  

martello pneumatico (dry drill, pneumatic drill, rammer). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tarrar aer (pneumatic drill). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airay illdray

   

Portuguese

  

martelo pneumático (dry drill, paving breaker, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer, pneumatic pick, rammer, road breaker). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

perforadora en seco, martillo neumático (dry drill, pneumatic drill), martillo de aire (dry drill, pneumatic drill). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tryckluftsborrmaskin (dry drill, pneumatic drill). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AIR DRILL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-l-l-r-r"

-3 letters: drail, drill, iliad, ilial, laird, liard, lidar, radii.

-4 letters: arid, aril, dial, dill, dirl, ilia, irid, laid, lair, lard, lari, liar, lira, liri, raid, rail, rial, rill.

-5 letters: aid, ail, air, all, dal, ill, lad, lar, lid, rad, ria, rid.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-l-l-r-r"
 

+4 letters: primordially.

 

+5 letters: defibrillator.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AIR DRILL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 49 52      44 52 49 4C 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001001 01010010 00100000 01000100 01010010 01001001 01001100 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#73 &#82 &#32 &#68 &#82 &#73 &#76 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0049 0052      0044 0052 0049 004C 004C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35435223852434646

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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