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FAIRY CHIMNEY

Specialty Definition: FAIRY CHIMNEY

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Geography

Tall, conical column of unconsolidated to semiconsolidated earth materials, e. g. clay, till or landslide debris, produced by differential erosion in a region of sporadic heavy rainfall, as in a badland or high alpine valley, and usually capped by a flat, hard boulder that shielded the underlying softer material from erosion. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Modern Translation: FAIRY CHIMNEY

Language Translations for "FAIRY CHIMNEY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

erosionspille (demoiselle, earth pyramid, earth-pillar, erosion column, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

aardpyramide (demoiselle, earth pyramid, earth-pillar, erosion column, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

maapyramidi (demoiselle, earth pyramid, earth-pillar, erosion column, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

French

  

pyramide coiffée, pilier d'érosion, nonne, demoiselle coiffée, demoiselle, colonne coiffée, cheminée de fées. (various references)

   

German

  

Nonne (concave tile, nun, nun moth), Erdpfeiler (demoiselle, earth pyramid, earth-pillar, erosion column, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γεωπυραμίδα (demoiselle, earth pyramid, earth-pillar, erosion column, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle), "στήλοι μαγισσών". (various references)

   

Italian

  

pilastro di terra (demoiselle, earth pyramid, earth-pillar, erosion column, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airyfay imneychay

   

Portuguese

  

chaminé de fada (demoiselle, earth pyramid, earth-pillar, erosion column, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

jordpelare (demoiselle, earth pyramid, earth-pillar, erosion column, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle), hoodoo (demoiselle, earth pyramid, earth-pillar, erosion column, hoodoo column, penitent, rain pillar, sand pinacle). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FAIRY CHIMNEY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-h-i-i-m-n-r-y-y"

-3 letters: firemanic, machinery.

-4 letters: chairmen, feminacy.

-5 letters: archine, carmine, carnify, chamfer, chimera, chimney, fancier, fireman, harmine, hircine, hyaenic, hymenia, hymnary, machine, marchen, micrify, mincier, minicar.

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

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Alternative Orthography: FAIRY CHIMNEY


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

46 41 49 52 59      43 48 49 4D 4E 45 59

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

    

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

01000110 01000001 01001001 01010010 01011001 00100000 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001101 01001110 01000101 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#65 &#73 &#82 &#89 &#32 &#67 &#72 &#73 &#77 &#78 &#69 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0041 0049 0052 0059      0043 0048 0049 004D 004E 0045 0059

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

4035435259237424347483959

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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