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Definition: ALUNOGEN |
ALUNOGENNoun1. 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. |
Etymology: Alunogen \A*lu"no*gen\, noun. [French expression alun alum -gen.]. (Websters 1913) |
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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. | |
| 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 alúmen (alum, feather alum, hair salt). (various references) alunógeno (feather alum, hair salt), alumbre de hierro (feather alum, hair salt), halotriquita (feather alum, hair salt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4C 55 4E 4F 47 45 4E |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. ..- -. --- --. . -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001100 01010101 01001110 01001111 01000111 01000101 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A L U N O G E N |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3546554849413948 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Rhymes 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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