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Mojave Desert

Definition: Mojave Desert

Mojave Desert

Noun

1. A desert area in southern California.

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


Synonyms: Mojave Desert

Synonyms: Mohave (n), Mohave Desert (n), Mojave (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Mojave Desert

English words defined with "Mojave Desert": Crotalus scutulatusMojave rattlesnake. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Mojave Desert

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ecological Communities and Processes in a Mojave Desert Ecosystem (reference)

  • Mojave Desert (reference)

  • Mojave Desert Wildflowers (reference)

  • Mojave Desert Windshield Adventures (reference)

  • Walking the East Mojave Desert (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Image Slideshow: Mojave Desert

Photos:
Mojave Desert

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Photo Album: Mojave Desert

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Small wooden stand on ridge in Mojave Desert Station built during observations on Transcontinental Traverse work Triangulation party of Woodrow Johnson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Moving day in the Mojave Desert Level party of F. W. Hough. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Astro setup in Mojave Desert Richard Cohen preparing to record in truck Astro party of Lt.(j.g.) Albert Theberge. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

F-22 Raptor soars high above the Mojave Desert.

A deep air diver--Bert White takes provisions, oxygen, and weapons on attempt to set new parachute record of 27,000 feet over the Mojave Desert. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mojave Desert country, crossed by Santa Fe R.R., Cadiz, Calif. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mojave Desert

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

mojave desert

233

mojave desert picture

7

mojave desert resort

5

california mojave desert

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Mojave Desert

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Ammomanes deserti, Balanites aegyptiaca, Eremurus, Schistocerca gregaria, Schistocerca peregrina. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Mojave Desert

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-j-m-o-r-s-t-v"

-3 letters: moderates, steamered, stevedore.

-4 letters: deemster, devotees, mastered, moderate, modester, overeats, overseed, overtame, reseated, reteamed, revested, seadrome, stereoed, streamed.

-5 letters: adverse, adverts, averted, dearest, demotes, derates, deserve, devotee, devotes, emerods, emersed, emoters, evaders, everted, jereeds, maestro, majored, meeters, meteors, metered, oedemas, oersted, overate, overeat, oversad, oversea, oversee, overset, radomes, ramjets, redates, redeems, reested, remated.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Mojave Desert


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

4D 6F 6A 61 76 65      44 65 73 65 72 74

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

    

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

01001101 01101111 01101010 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01000100 01100101 01110011 01100101 01110010 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#106 &#97 &#118 &#101 &#32 &#68 &#101 &#115 &#101 &#114 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 006A 0061 0076 0065      0044 0065 0073 0065 0072 0074

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

4781766788712387185718486

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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