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EARTH PYRAMID

Definition: EARTH PYRAMID

EARTH PYRAMID

1. (Geol.) See Earth pillars , under Earth .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: EARTH PYRAMID

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Geography

Tall, conical column of unconsolidated to semiconsolidated earth materials, e. g. clay, till or landslide debris, produced by differential erosion in a region of sporadic heavy rainfall, as in a badland or high alpine valley, and usually capped by a flat, hard boulder that shielded the underlying softer material from erosion. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Modern Translations: EARTH PYRAMID

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

Danish

  

erosionspille (demoiselle, earth-pillar, erosion column, fairy chimney, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

aardpyramide (demoiselle, earth-pillar, erosion column, fairy chimney, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

maapyramidi (demoiselle, earth-pillar, erosion column, fairy chimney, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

French

  

pyramide coiffée (earth-pillar), pilier d'érosion (earth-pillar), nonne (earth-pillar), demoiselle coiffée (earth-pillar), demoiselle (earth-pillar), colonne coiffée (earth-pillar), cheminée de fées (earth-pillar). (various references)

   

German

  

Erdpfeiler (demoiselle, earth-pillar, erosion column, fairy chimney, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle), Nonne (black-arched moth, concave tile, demoiselle, earth-pillar, erosion column, fairy chimney, hoodoo column, night moth, nun, nun moth, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γεωπυραμίδα (demoiselle, earth-pillar, erosion column, fairy chimney, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle), "στήλοι μαγισσών". (various references)

   

Italian

  

pilastro di terra (demoiselle, earth-pillar, erosion column, fairy chimney, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

earthay yramidpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

chaminé de fada (demoiselle, earth-pillar, erosion column, fairy chimney, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

jordpelare (demoiselle, earth-pillar, erosion column, fairy chimney, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle), hoodoo (demoiselle, earth-pillar, erosion column, fairy chimney, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: EARTH PYRAMID

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-i-m-p-r-r-t-y"

-3 letters: apartheid, diathermy, hyperarid, ramparted.

-4 letters: arythmia, diarrhea, hermitry, imparted, imparter, martyred, preadmit, teraphim, trihedra.

-5 letters: adapter, admirer, airdate, airhead, airthed, amirate, apteria, arrayed, daymare, daytime, dietary, diptera, dithery, drapery, empathy, hadarim, hardier, harried, hayride, hetaira, hydrate, hydriae, madeira, married, midyear, mythier, parader, pareira, parried, partied, partier, partyer, phratry, pirated, pithead, pretrim, primary, primate, pyaemia, pyramid, radiate, rampart, raphide, rapider, readapt, readmit, retiary, tardier, tarried, therapy, thready, thymier, tiaraed, tramped, tramper, yardarm.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-h-i-m-p-r-r-t-y"
 

+5 letters: parathyroidectomy.

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

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Alternative Orthography: EARTH PYRAMID


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

45 41 52 54 48      50 59 52 41 4D 49 44

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

    

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

01000101 01000001 01010010 01010100 01001000 00100000 01010000 01011001 01010010 01000001 01001101 01001001 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#65 &#82 &#84 &#72 &#32 &#80 &#89 &#82 &#65 &#77 &#73 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0041 0052 0054 0048      0050 0059 0052 0041 004D 0049 0044

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

3935525442250595235474338

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INDEX

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


  

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