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Literature | Leaning Tower The one at Pisa, in Italy, is 178 feet in height, and leans about 14 feet. At Caerphilly, in Glamorganshire, there is a tower which leans eleven feet in eighty. "The Leaning Tower of Pisa continues to stand because the vertical line drawn through its centre of gravity passes within its base."- Ganot: Physics. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: LEANING TOWER |
| English words defined with "LEANING TOWER": atilt ♦ canted ♦ leaning ♦ Pisa ♦ tilted, tipped. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "LEANING TOWER": Line of Direction ♦ Seven Wonders of the World. (references) |
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Screenplays | Is the Leaning Tower of Pizza just a statue? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Max, look, it's the Leaning Tower of Cheesa! (A Goofy Movie; writing credit: Jymn Magon; Chris Matheson) | |
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![]() | Station Post emulating the "Leaning Tower of Pisa" Leg settled badly in vicinity of ditch Tower was rebuilt with one leg placed in center of road. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | A new leaning tower. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Caerphilly Castle, leaning tower / F.F. & Co. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Panoramic view of Baptistry, Cathedral and Leaning Tower, Pisa, Italy. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Leaning Tower, Baptistry & Cathedral, Pisa, Italy. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Expression using "LEANING TOWER": the leaning tower of pisa. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
leaning tower of pisa | 343 |
leaning tower | 66 |
picture of leaning tower of pisa | 34 |
leaning tower ymca | 9 |
italy leaning tower | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "LEANING TOWER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | mod vinden hældende tårn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tegen de wind in overhellende toren. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tuuleen nojaava torni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | supportage monopode avec étai tournant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gegen den Wind geneigter Turm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κεκλιμένος πύργος με στήριγμα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pisai ferde torony (leaning tower of pisa). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | torre inclinata controvento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 斜" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゃとう (front ofa shrine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eaninglay owertay torre inclinada. (various references) turnul înclinat din pisa (the leaning tower of pisa). (various references) torre inclinada contra el viento. (various references) torn som lutar mot vinden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-r-t-w" | |
-2 letters: generation, relegation. | |
-3 letters: argentine, eglantine, entangler, inelegant, relenting, reloaning, tangerine, troweling, waterline, weltering. | |
-4 letters: aerolite, alerting, algerine, altering, anointer, antigene, elaterin, eloigner, elongate, entailer, entangle, entering, galenite, gantline, gelatine, gelation, geraniol, gratinee, ignorant, integral, interage, internal, lanneret, latening, learning, legatine, legation, lowering, negation, negatron, nitrogen, nonelite, nonglare, oriental, reanoint, regental, regional, relating, relation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 45 41 4E 49 4E 47      54 4F 57 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000101 01000001 01001110 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010100 01001111 01010111 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L E A N I N G   T O W E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0045 0041 004E 0049 004E 0047      0054 004F 0057 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4639354843484125449573952 |
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