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Canada Balsam

Definitions: Canada Balsam

Canada Balsam

Noun

1. Yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a transparent cement in optical devices (especially in microscopy) and as a mounting medium.

2. Medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Canada Balsam

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Literature

Canada Balsam Made from the Pinus balsamea, a native of Canada. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Synonyms: Canada Balsam

Synonyms: balm of Gilead (n), balsam fir (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Canada Balsam

English words defined with "Canada balsam": AbietineBalsam fir. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Canada Balsam

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

canada balsam

3
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Anagrams: Canada Balsam

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-a-b-c-d-l-m-n-s"

-2 letters: balmacaans.

-3 letters: balmacaan.

-4 letters: almanacs, mandalas, scabland.

-5 letters: almanac, cabalas, cabanas, lambdas, mandala, scandal.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Canada Balsam


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

43 61 6E 61 64 61      42 61 6C 73 61 6D

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

    

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

01000011 01100001 01101110 01100001 01100100 01100001 00100000 01000010 01100001 01101100 01110011 01100001 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#110 &#97 &#100 &#97 &#32 &#66 &#97 &#108 &#115 &#97 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 006E 0061 0064 0061      0042 0061 006C 0073 0061 006D

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

3767806770672366778856779

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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