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Definition: Black Ice |
Black IceNoun1. A thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Geography | A smooth compact deposit of ice, generally transparent by the freezing of supercooled drizzle droplets or raindrops on objects the surface temperature of which is below or slightly above 0 C. Source: European Union. (references) |
Hydrologic | Transparent ice formed in rivers and lakes. (references) |
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Crosswords: Black Ice |
| English words defined with "black ice": Frost smoke. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "black ice": Columnar Ice, cyberpunk. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Black Ice (1958) | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "black ice"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ngricë (freeze, frost, nip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | поледица. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | isslag (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ijzel (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost, ice storm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | verglas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Glatteis (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost, ice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υαλόπαγος (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vetrone (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost), superficie ghiacciata (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost), ghiacciata (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost), gelo (chill, clear ice, cold, freezing, freezing cold, frost, glaze, glazed frost, ice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackblay iceay verglas (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost), geada transparente (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost). (various references) гололедица (glassy ice on the ground). (various references) lluvia helada (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost), hielo transparente (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost), hielo glaseado (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost), hielo en el pavimento, hielo (clear ice, frost, glaze, glazed frost, ice). (various references) ishalka (clear ice, glaze, glazed frost). (various references) donmuş kırağı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-i-k-l" | |
-2 letters: cackle, celiac, cicale. | |
-3 letters: alike, black, bleak, cable, cecal, ceiba, clack, click, ileac, kibla. | |
-4 letters: able, alec, back, bail, bake, bale, balk, beak, beck, bice, bike, bile, bilk, blae, cake, calk, ceca, ceil, ilea, ilka, kail, kale, kibe, lace, lack, laic, lake, leak, lice, lick, like. | |
-5 letters: ace, ail, alb, ale, bal, bel, cab. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-e-i-k-l" | |
+3 letters: stickleback. | |
+4 letters: sticklebacks. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 61 63 6B 49 63 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01001001 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l a c k   I c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0061 0063 006B 0049 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36786769772436971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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