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Definition: TOURBILLION |
TOURBILLIONNoun1. An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire. |
Etymology: Tourbillion \Tour*bil"lion\, noun. [French expression torbillion whirlwind, tourbillion, from the Latin expression turbo, -inis, whirl, whirlwind.]. (Websters 1913) |
| 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 |
tourbillion | 16 |
tourbillion watch | 5 |
tourbillion trailer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TOURBILLION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Greek | πυροστρόβιλοσ. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ourbilliontay | ||||
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Words beginning with "TOURBILLION": tourbillions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-i-l-l-n-o-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: tourbillon. | |
-3 letters: bouillon, tornillo, trillion. | |
-4 letters: billion, biotron, botulin, bullion, inbuilt, outroll, rollout. | |
-5 letters: billon, biotin, bonito, bouton, brulot, burton, lintol, lotion, nitril, toluol, unbolt, unroll, unroot. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-i-l-l-n-o-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: tourbillions. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 55 52 42 49 4C 4C 49 4F 4E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 01010101 01010010 01000010 01001001 01001100 01001100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O U R B I L L I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0055 0052 0042 0049 004C 004C 0049 004F 004E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5449555236434646434948 |
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