ERRATIC BOULDER

  

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ERRATIC BOULDER

Specialty Definition: ERRATIC BOULDER

DomainDefinition

Geography

Rock fragment carried by glacial ice or by floating ice, deposited at some distance from the outcrop from which it was derived and generally, though not necessarily, resting on bedrock of different lithology. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Crosswords: ERRATIC BOULDER

Specialty definitions using "ERRATIC BOULDER": Peppy Bap. (references)

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Photo Album: ERRATIC BOULDER

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Glacial erratic boulder (white boulder in left center) trapped on eroding granite shoreline. Credit: America's Coastlines.

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

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Modern Translation: ERRATIC BOULDER

Language Translations for "ERRATIC BOULDER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

bludný kámen. (various references)

   

Danish

  

erratisk blok (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, stray block), vandreblok (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, stray block). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zwerfsteen (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, stray block), zwerfkei (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, stray block). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

siirtolohkare (boulder, cobble, erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, pebble, stray block). (various references)

   

French

  

roche perchée (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic), bloc erratique (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic). (various references)

   

German

  

erratische Felsblöcke (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, stray block), findling (erratic block, foundling), Driftfelsblöcke (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, stray block). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πλάνης λίθος (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, stray block). (various references)

   

Italian

  

masso erratico (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, stray block). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erraticay oulderbay

   

Portuguese

  

bloco errático (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, stray block). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

erratiskt block (erratic, erratic block, glacial erratic, stray block), flyttblock (boulder, bowlder, erratic, erratic block, nodule). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ERRATIC BOULDER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-e-i-l-o-r-r-r-t-u"

-2 letters: relubricated.

-3 letters: relubricate.

-4 letters: carbureted, carburetor, celebrator, correlated, creditable, edulcorate, elucidator, lubricated, lubricator, orbiculate, recordable, retailored, rubricated, rubricator.

-5 letters: adulterer, arteriole, bacteroid, bordereau, bracteole, burladero, cabriolet, carrotier, corelated, correlate, courtlier, curtailed, curtailer, decaliter, elucidate, iceboater, liberated, liberator, lubricate, orbicular, orderable, recarried, recruited, recruiter, rectorial, reducible, relocated, reticular, rubricate, traceried, trailered, ulcerated, urceolate, ureotelic.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ERRATIC BOULDER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 52 52 41 54 49 43      42 4F 55 4C 44 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010010 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000010 01001111 01010101 01001100 01000100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#82 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#66 &#79 &#85 &#76 &#68 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0052 0052 0041 0054 0049 0043      0042 004F 0055 004C 0044 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39525235544337236495546383952

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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