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Definition: Hard Coal |
Hard CoalNoun1. A hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A. All coal of higher rank than lignite b. In the United States, the term is restricted to anthracite.See also:anthracite. (references) |
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Synonyms: Hard CoalSynonyms: anthracite (n), anthracite coal (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hard Coal |
| English words defined with "hard coal": anthracite, anthracite coal ♦ soft coal, Stone coal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hard coal": animal charcoal, auxiliary fan ♦ baum pot, boilum, bone char, bone charcoal, bone coal, bony coal ♦ cank, cat dirt, Coal coke, cutter plow ♦ fusite ♦ Huwood slicer ♦ mine ventilation auxiliary fan ♦ nonasphaltic pyrobitumen ♦ peldon, precutting, precutting blade ♦ secondary fan, splint coal, stem bag, sulfur ball ♦ underearth. (references) |
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Economic History | Germany | Natural resources: Iron, hard coal, lignite, potash, natural gas. (references) |
Croatia | The installed generating capacity totals 4,583 MW. Of this amount, hydroelectric power plants provide 2,076 MW (46%), thermal power plants (primarily oil, gas, and lignite, with some hard coal and diesel) provide 2,175 MW (47%), and the share of the joint Croatian/Slovenian Krsko nuclear station located in Slovenia provide 332 MW (7%). In 1999, total production of electricity was 12,241 GWh (48% from hydropower plants, 54% from thermal power and cogeneration plants), 2,948 GWh was imported and 572 GWh exported. (references) | |
Trade | Turkey | Such materials include hard coal, lignite, petrocoke, petroleum, arsenic, mercury, lead sulfides and carbonates, fluorocarbons, other chemicals and scrap metals. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "hard coal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | antracit (stone coal). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | антрацит (stone coal). (various references) | |
Chinese | 白煤 (anthracite, waterpower, white coal). (various references) | |
Czech | antracit (anthracite). (various references) | |
French | charbon maigre. (various references) | |
German | steinkohle (coal, pit coal). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kőszén (coal), feketeszén. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ardhay oalcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ovo cozido duro, antracite (anthracite, harden, lean coal, low-volatile steam coal, semi-anthracite). (various references) | |
Russian | антрацит (anthracite, blind coal, hard-coal). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | antracit (anthracite). (various references) | |
Spanish | hulla (bituminous coal, coal), antracita (anthracite). (various references) | |
Swedish | antracit (anthracite). (various references) | |
Turkish | antrasit (anthracite, blind coal, stone coal). (various references) | |
Ukranian | антрацит (anthracite). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | Antraxit (anthracite, blind coal, stone-coal). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-h-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: carload, chordal. | |
-2 letters: chadar, chador, choral, holard. | |
-3 letters: acold, ahold, aloha, carol, chard, chord, claro, coala, coral, craal, dacha, hadal, hoard, horal, lahar, larch, loach, orach, roach. | |
-4 letters: alar, arch, arco, calo, card, carl, chad, chao, char, clad, clod, coal, coda, cola, cold, cord, dahl, dhal, haar, halo, hard, harl, hoar, hold, hora, lard, load, loca, loch, lord, orad, oral, orca, road. | |
-5 letters: aah, aal, ado, aha, ala, arc, cad, car, cod, col, cor, dah, dal, doc, dol, dor, had, hao, hod, lac, lad, lar, oar, oca, old, ora, orc, rad, rah, rho, roc, rod. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-h-l-o-r" | |
+2 letters: chalkboard, charcoaled, octahedral. | |
+3 letters: chalkboards, chancroidal, icosahedral, rhapsodical. | |
+4 letters: achlorhydria, dodecahedral, endotracheal, octahedrally, procathedral, saccharoidal. | |
+5 letters: achlorhydrias, aphrodisiacal, archidiaconal, demographical, procathedrals, radiochemical, rhapsodically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 72 64 43 6F 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01110010 01100100 00100000 01000011 01101111 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a r d   C o a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 0072 0064 0043 006F 0061 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42678470237816778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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