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BLACK-JACK

Definitions: BLACK-JACK

BLACK-JACK

Noun

1. The ensign of a pirate.

2. The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.

3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc.

4. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc.

5. A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms: BLACK-JACK

Synonyms by domain: black jack (sports & leisuregeographymining), blackjack (european union, military & defenseminingchemistry), blende, false galena, jack, life-preserver (european union, military & defense), mock ore,mock lead (chemistry), pseudogalena, sphalerite (geographychemistry), steel jack, zinc blende.

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Modern Translations: BLACK-JACK

Language Translations for "BLACK-JACK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

大'杯 (blackjack). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ack-jackblay

   

Russian 

  

избивать дубинкой. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BLACK-JACK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: blackjack.

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-j-k-k-l"

-3 letters: jackal.

-4 letters: aback, alack, bacca, black, cabal, clack, jacal.

-5 letters: alba, baal, back, balk, caca, calk, jack, kaka, lack.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-c-j-k-k-l"
 

+1 letter: blackjacks.

 

+2 letters: blackjacked.

 

+3 letters: blackjacking.

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

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Alternative Orthography: BLACK-JACK


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

42 4C 41 43 4B 2D 4A 41 43 4B

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

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

01000010 01001100 01000001 01000011 01001011 00101101 01001010 01000001 01000011 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#76 &#65 &#67 &#75 &#45 &#74 &#65 &#67 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 004C 0041 0043 004B 002D 004A 0041 0043 004B

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

36463537451544353745

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INDEX

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


  

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