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ALUNOGEN

Definition: ALUNOGEN

ALUNOGEN

Noun

1. A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feather alum, and hair salt.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Alunogen \A*lu"no*gen\, noun. [French expression alun alum -gen.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: ALUNOGEN

DomainDefinitions

Mining

A triclinic mineral, Al2 (H2 O)12 (SO4 ) (sub 3) .5(H2 O) ; in fibrous masses or crusts; white, tinged yellow to reddish, with sharp acid taste; in acid environments filling crevices incoals, slates, gossans, and fumaroles. Syn:feather alum; hair salt. (references)

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

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Modern Translations: ALUNOGEN

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

Danish

  

halotrichit (feather alum, hair salt), hårsalt (feather alum, hair salt), fjeralun (feather alum, hair salt). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

halotrichiet (feather alum, hair salt). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

halotrikiitti (feather alum, hair salt). (various references)

   

French

  

alunogène (feather alum), alun de plume (feather alum), halotrichite (feather alum). (various references)

   

German

  

Harrsalz (feather alum, hair salt), Halotrichit (feather alum, hair salt). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αλοτριχίτης (feather alum, hair salt). (various references)

   

Italian

  

alunogeno (feather alum, hair salt), alotrichite (feather alum, hair salt). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alunogenay

   

Portuguese

  

alúmen (alum, feather alum, hair salt). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alunógeno (feather alum, hair salt), alumbre de hierro (feather alum, hair salt), halotriquita (feather alum, hair salt). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "ALUNOGEN"

Words rhyming with "ALUNOGEN" (pronounced 'A*lu"no*gen'): AEthogen, Agen, Amphigen, Amylogen, Biggen, Biogen, Botryogen, Chondrigen, Chondrogen, Chromogen, Chrysogen, Collagen, Copenhagen, Cyanogen, Dictyogen, Diisatogen, Eikonogen, Endogen, Erythrogen, Exogen, fibrinogen, Gasogen, -gen, Germogen, Glucogen, Glycogen, Gymnogen, Haemochromogen, halogen, hydrogen, Indogen, Inogen, Iodoformogen, Isatogen, Mucigen, Mucinogen, Neogen, nitrogen, Noggen, Organogen, Osteogen, oxygen, Paracyanogen, Pauhaugen, Pepsinogen, Peptogen, Persulphocyanogen, Phellogen, Photogen, Plasmogen. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ALUNOGEN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-n-n-o-u"

-2 letters: guenon, gunnel, lagune, langue, lanugo, longan, lounge, lungan, nonage, nounal.

-3 letters: agone, alone, along, angel, angle, annul, anole, genoa, genua, glean, gluon, guano, logan, longe, lunge, ulnae.

-4 letters: aeon, agon, ague, aloe, anon, egal, elan, enol, gaen, gale, gane, gaol, gaun, genu, glen, glue, goal, gone, guan, lane, lang, lean, leno, loan, loge.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-n-n-o-u"
 

+1 letter: nonleague.

 

+3 letters: langoustine, nonlanguage, outlearning, uncongenial, unignorable.

 

+4 letters: agglutinogen, conglutinate, hallucinogen, langoustines, magniloquent, nonlanguages, nonregulated, uncoalescing, ungovernable, unnegotiable, urinogenital.

 

+5 letters: agglutinogens, analogousness, conglutinated, conglutinates, degranulation, encouragingly, grandiloquent, hallucinogens, housecleaning, magniloquence, nonjudgmental, nonmeaningful, nonregulation, outgeneraling, reinoculating, undiagnosable, unreasoningly.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ALUNOGEN


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

41 4C 55 4E 4F 47 45 4E

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .-..    ..-    -.    ---    --.    .    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01000001 01001100 01010101 01001110 01001111 01000111 01000101 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#85 &#78 &#79 &#71 &#69 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 0055 004E 004F 0047 0045 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

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

3546554849413948

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INDEX

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


  

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