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Definition: Dowsing Rod |
Dowsing RodNoun1. A rod (usually a forked branch) that is said to dip down when held over and underground source of water or minerals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Dowsing RodSynonym: divining rod (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dowsing Rod |
| English words defined with "dowsing rod": dowse, dowsing ♦ rhabdomancy. (references) |
| 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 |
dowsing rod | 35 |
divination dowsing rod | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dowsing rod"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wichelroede (divining rod, doodle bug, wiggle stick), seismische en geofysische apparatuur (divining rod, doodle bug, wiggle stick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | taikavarpu (divining-rod), seismografi (divining rod, doodle bug, seismograph, wiggle stick), geofysikaalinen laite (divining rod, doodle bug, wiggle stick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | baguette de sourcier (doodle bug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wünschelrute (divining rod). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | slat chouyllagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owsingday odray haste de vedor (divining rod, doodle bug, wiggle stick). (various references) sismógrafo (seismograph). (various references) slagruta (divining rod). (various references) maden arama çubuğu (dipping rod, twig), çatal biçiminde çubuk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-g-i-n-o-o-r-s-w" | |
-2 letters: drowsing, wordings. | |
-3 letters: dowsing, drongos, drownds, godowns, indoors, rodding, roosing, rowings, sodding, sordino, wooding, wording. | |
-4 letters: disown, doings, donors, dosing, dowing, droids, drongo, drownd, drowns, girons, godown, godson, grinds, grison, groins, indoor, indows, isogon, orison, rondos, rosing, rowing, signor, sordid, soring, sowing, wooing, wrings, wrongs. | |
-5 letters: didos, dingo, dings, dodos, doing, dongs, donor, doors. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 77 73 69 6E 67 52 6F 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01110111 01110011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01010010 01101111 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o w s i n g   R o d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 0077 0073 0069 006E 0067 0052 006F 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388189857580732528170 |
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