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| Domain | Definition |
Mining | The vitreous appearing components of coal, which in thin section are shown to have been derived from the woody tissues of plants--such as stems, limbs, branches, twigs, roots, including both wood and cortex--changed and broken up into fragments of greatly varying sizes through biological decomposition and weathering during the peat stage, and later flattened and transformed into coal through the coalification process, but stillpresent as definite units. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ANTHRAXYLON |
| Specialty definitions using "ANTHRAXYLON": anthraxylous coal ♦ fibrous anthraxylon ♦ humic degradation matter ♦ splint coal ♦ translucent humic degradation matter, type of coal. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-l-n-n-o-r-t-x-y" | |
-3 letters: lanthorn. | |
-4 letters: althorn, anthrax, rhatany, xanthan. | |
-5 letters: antral, aortal, aroynt, atonal, axonal, harlot, hartal, larynx, natron, nonart, nontax, notary, ratany, rhyton, tarnal, thorax, thorny, yantra. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4E 54 48 52 41 58 59 4C 4F 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -. - .... .-. .- -..- -.--. .-.. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001110 01010100 01001000 01010010 01000001 01011000 01011001 01001100 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A N T H R A X Y L O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004E 0054 0048 0052 0041 0058 0059 004C 004F 004E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3548544252355859464948 |
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