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LAPSTRAKE

Definition: LAPSTRAKE

LAPSTRAKE

Adjective

1. Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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Crosswords: LAPSTRAKE

English words defined with "LAPSTRAKE": Lapstreak. (references)

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Commercial Usage: LAPSTRAKE

DomainTitle

Books

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

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Image Slideshow: LAPSTRAKE

Illustrations:
LAPSTRAKE

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LAPSTRAKE

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

lapstrake

5

boat lapstrake

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: LAPSTRAKE

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

Swedish

  

klinkbyggd båt (lapstreak), klinkbyggd (clinker-built, lapstreak). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LAPSTRAKE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-k-l-p-r-s-t"

-1 letter: asparkle, palestra, partakes.

-2 letters: apteral, earlaps, karates, palates, palters, partake, persalt, plaster, platers, psalter, sparkle, stalker, stapler, talkers.

-3 letters: akelas, alates, alerts, altars, alters, artels, astral, earlap, estral, kalpas, karate, karats, kraals, lakers, lapser, laster, latkes, palate, palest, palets, palter, parkas, parles, pastel, paster, paters, pearls, petals, plater, plates, pleats, prates, ratals, ratels, reatas, repast, salpae, salter, sarape, satrap, septal, skater, slaker, slater, splake, staler, staple, stelar, strake, streak, takers, talars, talers, talker, tapers, tarsal, tepals, trapes.

-4 letters: akela, alate, alert, altar, alter, apart, apeak, apers, apres, apter, araks, areal, areas, arles, artal, artel, asker, asper, aster, ataps, atlas, earls, eskar, kales, kalpa, kapas, karat, karst, karts, katas, kelps, kraal, laker, lakes, lapse, lares, larks, laser, later, latke, leaks, leaps, leapt, lears, least, lepta, palea, paler, pales, palet, parae, paras, pares, parka, parks, parle, parse, parts, pasta, paste, pater, pates, peaks, peals, pearl, pears, peart, peats, pelts, perks, petal, plate, plats, pleas, pleat, prase, prate, prats, presa, prest, rakes, rales, rapes, ratal, ratel, rates, reals, reaps, reata, saker, salep, salpa, sepal, septa, seral, setal, skate, skelp, slake, slate, slept, spake, spale, spare, spark, spate, speak, spear, spelt, splat, sprat, stake, stale, stalk, stare, stark, steak, steal, stela, strap, strep, taels, takas, taker, takes, talar, talas, taler, tales, talks, tapas, taper, tapes, tares, tarps, teaks, teals, tears, tepal, tepas, tesla, traps, treks.

-5 letters: aals, alae, alar, alas, ales, alps, alts, aper, apes, apse, arak, area, ares, arks, arse, arts, asea, atap, ates, earl, ears, east, eats, elks, eras, erst, etas, kaas, kaes, kale, kapa, kart, kata, kats, keas, kelp, keps, kept, lake, laps, lark, lars, lase, last, late, lats, leak, leap, lear, leas, leks, lept, lest, lets, pale, pals, para, pare, park, pars, part, pase, past, pate, pats, peak, peal, pear, peas, peat, pelt, perk, pert, pest, pets, plat, plea, prat, rake, rale, rape, raps, rapt, rase, rasp, rate, rats, real, reap, reps, rest, rets, sake, sale, salp, salt, sark, sate, seal, sear, seat, sept, sera, seta, skat, skep, slap, slat, spae, spar, spat, star, step, tael, taka, take, tala, tale, talk, tapa, tape, taps, tare, tarp, tars, task, teak, teal, tear, teas, tela, tels, tepa, trap, trek, tsar.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-k-l-p-r-s-t"
 

+2 letters: platemakers.

 

+3 letters: keratoplasty, marketplaces.

 

+5 letters: keratoplasties.

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

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Alternative Orthography: LAPSTRAKE


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

4C 41 50 53 54 52 41 4B 45

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-..    .-    .--.    ...    -    .-.    .-    -.-    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01001100 01000001 01010000 01010011 01010100 01010010 01000001 01001011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#65 &#80 &#83 &#84 &#82 &#65 &#75 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0041 0050 0053 0054 0052 0041 004B 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

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

463550535452354539

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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