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BITTER SPAR

Definition: BITTER SPAR

BITTER SPAR

1. A common name of dolomite; -- so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which are bitter. See Dolomite.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definitions: BITTER SPAR

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	Common rock-forming rhombohedral mineral; part of the magnesium may be replaced by ferrous iron and less frequently by manganese; dolomite is white, colourless, or tinged yellow, brown, pink, or grey; it has perfect rhombohedral cleavage and a pearly to vitreous lustre, effervesces feebly in cold dilute hydrochloric acid, and forms curved, saddlelike crystals; dolomite is found in extensive beds as dolomite rocks, it is a common vein mineral, and is found in serpentinite and other magnesian rocks. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. A pure, crystalline dolomite that consists of 1 part or equivalent of calcium carbonate and 1 part of magnesium carbonate. Syn:pearl spa. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: BITTER SPAR

Language		Translations for "BITTER SPAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		bitterspat (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references)

Finnish		dolomiitti (dolomite, magnesian lime, magnesian limestones, magnesian quick lime, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references)

French		chaux magnésifère, chaux carbonatée. (various references)

German		Bitterspat (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references)

Italian		spato amaro (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar), calce magnesiaca (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar), calce carbonatica (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references)

Pig Latin		itterbay arspay

Portuguese		cal carbonatada (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references)

Spanish		espato perla (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar), dolomita (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar), dolomía (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references)

Swedish		bitterspat (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar), dolomit (dolomite, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: BITTER SPAR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-p-r-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: birrettas.
	-2 letters: arbiters, birettas, birretta, brattier, partiers, rarebits, sparerib, straiter, tarriest.
	-3 letters: arbiter, artiest, artiste, artsier, aspirer, attires, baiters, baptise, baptist, barites, barrets, barters, batiste, batters, battier, biretta, bistate, bitters, brasier, iratest, parries, partier, parties, partite, pastier, patters, patties, piaster, piastre, pirates, praiser, praters, rapiers, rarebit, raspier, ratites, ratters, rattier, rebaits, repairs, restart.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-p-r-r-s-t-t"
	+3 letters: perturbations.
	+4 letters: subproletariat.
	+5 letters: subproletariats.
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Alternative Orthography: BITTER SPAR

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

42 49 54 54 45 52 53 50 41 52

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

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

01000010 01001001 01010100 01010100 01000101 01010010 00100000 01010011 01010000 01000001 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#73 &#84 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#32 &#83 &#80 &#65 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0049 0054 0054 0045 0052 0053 0050 0041 0052

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

364354543952253503552

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography

5. Bibliography

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