BALANCE ROPE

Domain	Definition
Mining	A steel-wire rope, generally of the same weight per foot as the main winding rope, that is attached to the bottom of the cages, and extends down to form a loop in the shaft bottom or sump. Its function is to balance out the difference in weight of the upgoing or downgoing mainropes during the wind. See also:winding. (references)
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-l-n-o-p-r"
	-2 letters: aeroplane, canoeable, rebalance.
	-3 letters: albacore, anaerobe, balancer, barnacle, beanpole, capabler, coplanar, openable, operable, parlance, peroneal, preclean, reapable.
	-4 letters: abalone, acerola, apnoeal, areolae, balance, capable, capelan, caporal, carpale, cleaner, corneae, corneal, earlobe, enabler, parable, parolee, percale, placebo, preanal, reclean, repanel, replace, ropable.
	-5 letters: aboral, aerobe, anlace, apneal, apnoea, arable, arcane, areola, areole, baleen, beacon, beleap.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-l-n-o-p-r"
	+3 letters: comparableness, rhombencephala.
	+5 letters: comparablenesses.
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