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BLACK POWDER

Specialty Definition: BLACK POWDER

DomainDefinition

Chemical Industry

Intimate mixture of a supporter of combustion and two combustible products. Source: European Union. (references)

Military & Defense

A mixture of saltpetre(potassium nitrate), sulfur, and charcoal(carbon). Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A deflagrating or low-explosive granular compound of sulfur, charcoal, and an alkali nitrate, usually potassium or sodium nitrate.Syn:black gunpowder. (references)

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

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Crosswords: BLACK POWDER

English words defined with "BLACK POWDER": Black tinPlatinum black. (references)
Specialty definitions using "BLACK POWDER": bag powdercement copper, CORE LOADERDETONATOR ASSEMBLERelectric squib, explosive antimonyfast cord, FUSE MAKERignition chargeLABORER, AMMUNITION ASSEMBLY I, low explosive, low-deflagrating explosivemultiple fuse-igniter cartridgepellet powder, powder box, precipitated coppershot firer, shot lighter. (references)

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Commercial Usage: BLACK POWDER

DomainTitle

Books

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BLACK POWDER

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

black powder

434

black powder pistol kit

14

black powder rifle

147

black powder rendezvous

13

black powder gun

136

tradition black powder

12

black powder cannon

109

cva black powder

10

black powder pistol

100

black powder hand gun

10

black powder revolver

55

black powder accessory

10

make black powder

44

black powder magazine

9

colt black powder

25

black powder musket

9

black powder shooting

23

black powder swiss

8

black powder firearm

21

black powder bullet

8

black powder hunting

21

goex black powder

8

black powder kit

21

elephant black powder

7

black powder supply

20

black powder reloading

7

black powder gun kit

19

black powder loads

6

black powder shotgun

19

black powder horn

6

black powder rifle kit

18

black powder cartridge reloading

6

making black powder

16

tradition black powder rifle

6

black powder cartridge rifle

16

black powder canon

6

black powder cartridge

14

black powder sale

6

black powder equipment

14

black powder rocket

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BLACK POWDER

Language Translations for "BLACK POWDER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

sortkrudt (black blasting powder, gunpowder). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zwart kruit (gunpowder), zwart buskruit (black blasting powder, gunpowder), salpeterkruit (black blasting powder, gunpowder), rookgevend kruit (gunpowder). (various references)

   

French

  

poudre noire (black blasting powder), poudre de mine (black blasting powder). (various references)

   

German

  

Sprengpulver (black blasting powder, gunpowder), Schwarzpulver (gun powder). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μαύρη πυρίτιδα (black blasting powder, gunpowder). (various references)

   

Italian

  

polvere nera (black blasting powder, gunpowder), polvere (dust, powder). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

'色火薬 (gunpowder). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"くしょくかやく (gunpowder). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackblay owderpay

   

Portuguese

  

pólvora ordinária (black blasting powder, gunpowder), pólvora negra (black blasting powder, gunpowder), pólvora comum (gunpowder), pólvora (gunpowder, powder). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pólvora negra (black blasting powder, gunpowder), pólvora de mina (black blasting powder, gunpowder). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BLACK POWDER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-k-l-o-p-r-w"

-2 letters: blockader, workplace.

-3 letters: backdrop, beadwork, becoward, blockade, capework, lacework, leadwork, plowback, poleward, ropewalk, workable.

-4 letters: becloak, becrawl, becrowd, bedrock, blacked, blacker, blocked, blocker, bowlder, brawled, brocade, caroled, cloaked, clowder, codable, crawled, croaked, dowable, earlock, labored, leopard, lowbred, padlock, paroled, pedocal, placebo, polkaed, prowled, ropable, rowable, warbled, warlock, wedlock, wracked.

-5 letters: albedo, arcked, backed, backer.

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

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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