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THE DIPPER

Definition: THE DIPPER

THE DIPPER

1. (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also Charles's Wain . See Ursa Major , under Ursa .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Crosswords: THE DIPPER

English words defined with "THE DIPPER": AliothDippingNorth StarPiet, polar star, Polaris, polestarUrsa MajorWater blackbird, Water crake, Water crow. (references)
Specialty definitions using "THE DIPPER": angle of swingcycle timedigging linefill factoroptimum depth of cutpadlock sheavesaddle block, shipper shaft, shovel front. (references)

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Modern Usage: THE DIPPER

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Movie/TV Titles

The Dipper (1917)

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

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Modern Translations: THE DIPPER

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

Finnish

  

Otava (Charles's Wain, the Plough). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ethay ipperday

   

Russian 

  

Большая Медведица (Great Bear, the Big Dipper). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: THE DIPPER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-h-i-p-p-r-t"

-2 letters: diether, peptide, preedit, prithee, tripped.

-3 letters: dieter, dipper, dither, either, heired, hipped, hipper, peptid, perdie, pithed, redipt, reedit, repped, retied, ripped, threep, tiered, tipped, tipper, trepid.

-4 letters: depth, deter, dript, eider, ether, heder, hider, hired, ither, peter, piped, piper, pipet, preed, pride, pried, redip, retie, riped, tepid, their, there, third, three, thrip, tired.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-h-i-p-p-r-t"
 

+3 letters: pteridophyte.

 

+4 letters: hypertrophied, presidentship, pteridophytes.

 

+5 letters: cyproheptadine, hyperpigmented, presidentships.

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

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Alternative Orthography: THE DIPPER


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

54 48 45      44 49 50 50 45 52

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

    

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

01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000100 01001001 01010000 01010000 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#68 &#73 &#80 &#80 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0048 0045      0044 0049 0050 0050 0045 0052

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

5442392384350503952

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INDEX

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


  

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