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RACK RAIL

Definition: RACK RAIL

RACK RAIL

1. (Railroads), a toothed rack, laid as a rail, to afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of locomotive for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: RACK RAIL

English words defined with "RACK RAIL": Pin rail. (references)
Specialty definitions using "RACK RAIL": BELT-MAKER HELPERTROLLEY CLEANER. (references)

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Modern Translations: RACK RAIL

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

Pig Latin

  

ackray ailray.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: RACK RAIL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-k-l-r-r"

-1 letter: clarkia, railcar.

-2 letters: arrack, racial.

-3 letters: acari, alack, craal, kraal, laari.

-4 letters: alar, arak, aria, aril, calk, cark, carl, carr, ilka, kail, lack, laic, lair, lari, lark, liar, lick, lira, rack, raia, rail, raki, rial, rick.

-5 letters: aal, ail, air, ala, arc, ark, car, ick, ilk, irk, kir, lac, lar, ria.

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

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Alternative Orthography: RACK RAIL


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

52 41 43 4B      52 41 49 4C

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

    

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

01010010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01010010 01000001 01001001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#65 &#67 &#75 &#32 &#82 &#65 &#73 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0041 0043 004B      0052 0041 0049 004C

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

52353745252354346

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INDEX

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


  

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