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Definition: SMALL COAL |
SMALL COAL1. (a) Little coals of wood formerly used to light fires. --Gay. (b) Coal about the size of a hazelnut, separated from the coarser parts by screening. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. Coal broken into small pieces, usually smaller than stove size; slack. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SMALL COAL |
| English words defined with "SMALL COAL": Nicking. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SMALL COAL": breakage clause ♦ doghole mine ♦ feldspar jig, feldspar-type washbox ♦ gummings ♦ holings ♦ kirvings ♦ machine holings ♦ pocket-and-fender method, Prins process ♦ spoil-heap fire. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Worker Rights | China | The Government, in recent years, has shut tens of thousands of small coal mines, and during the year announced tougher mine inspection and closure standards. (references) |
China | The extraordinarily wide distribution of small coal mines (which account for approximately 20,000 of an estimated 25,000 mines) and the paucity of inspectors also hinder enforcement in the coal-mining sector. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "SMALL COAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | smaakul (lump coal, rough small coal, slack, unscreened small coal), vaskede smaakul (washed slack, washed small coal). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | ruwe fijnkolen (lump coal, rough small coal, slack, unscreened small coal), ongewassen fijnkolen (lump coal, rough small coal, slack, unscreened small coal), gewassen fijnkolen (washed slack, washed small coal). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | charbonnaille (smalls), charbon menu. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Kohlenklein (fines, slack, smalls), Kohlengrus (breeze, fines, slack, smalls), Gruskohle (fines, slack, smalls), Grieskohle (coal-slack, slack, slack coal), Feinkohle (fines, slack, smalls). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | κάρβουνο πλυμένο μικρών διαστάσεων (washed slack, washed small coal), ακοσκίνιστο κάρβουνο μικρών διαστάσεων (lump coal, rough small coal, slack, unscreened small coal), ψιλό πλυμένο κάρβουνο (washed slack, washed small coal), ψιλό ακοσκίνιστο κάρβουνο (lump coal, rough small coal, slack, unscreened small coal). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | kockaszén (cobbles, cobs), hulladékszén (shorts, slack), darabos szén (cobs), apró szemű szén, apró szemű kőszén. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | minuti lavati (washed slack, washed small coal), minuti greggi (lump coal, rough small coal, slack, unscreened small coal), minuti di miniera (lump coal, rough small coal, slack, unscreened small coal). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | allsmay oalcay menudos lavados (washed slack, washed small coal), menudos brutos (lump coal, rough small coal, slack, unscreened small coal). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-l-l-m-o-s" | |
-3 letters: alamos, callas, coalas, llamas, locals, slalom. | |
-4 letters: alamo, almas, calla, calls, calms, calos, camas, clams, coala, coals, colas, comal, comas, lalls, lamas, llama, loams, local, lolls, malls, molal, molas, molls, ollas, omasa, salal, salol, scall, small. | |
-5 letters: aals, alas, alls, alma, alms, also, amas, call, calm, calo, cams, casa, clam, coal, cola, cols. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-l-l-m-o-s" | |
+5 letters: moralistically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4D 41 4C 4C 43 4F 41 4C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001101 01000001 01001100 01001100 00100000 01000011 01001111 01000001 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S M A L L   C O A L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004D 0041 004C 004C 0043 004F 0041 004C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5347354646237493546 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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