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Definition: High Wire |
High WireNoun1. A tightrope very high above the ground. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: High Wire |
| English words defined with "high wire": constantan ♦ Eureka ♦ piano wire ♦ resistance pyrometer ♦ spark ♦ tightrope. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "high wire": assembler-erector, automobile washer, steam ♦ braided wire ♦ cable belt conveyor, cement patcher, cement rubber, concrete pointer, concrete polisher, CONCRETE RUBBER, CORE CHECKER, core inspector ♦ electric blasting cap, ELECTRIC RESISTANCE HEATER, ELECTRIC-MOTOR-AND-GENERATOR ASSEMBLER, ELECTRIC-TRACK-SWITCH MAINTAINER ♦ finished-wire inspector ♦ Geiger-Mue#1.ller counter tube ♦ high-conductivity copper, high-wire artist ♦ INSPECTOR, WIRE ♦ JEWEL-BEARING BROACHER, JEWELRY COATER ♦ Litz wire, Litzendraht wire ♦ MARBLE SETTER, motor-and-generator assembler ♦ pinner, jewel bearing, plaited wire ♦ Quantum-dot Cellular Automata ♦ STEAM CLEANER ♦ three-wire system, tight-rope walker ♦ vibrating screen ♦ wire enamel, WIRE WALKER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | High Wire (1984) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Sells Floto circus M'lle Beeson, a marvelous high wire Venus / / The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Herr Granada, Alma Fedora in their own invention, the revolving pyrotechnic fountain marvellous [sic] high wire artists.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Around the reservation there was a high wire fence, and along the fence, at intervals of fifty feet, the guards sat in the grass and waited. |
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| 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 |
high wire | 10 |
mirette on the high wire | 3 |
artist escape high wire | 2 |
high wire act | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "high wire"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Hochseil (wire). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ighhay ireway | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-h-i-i-r-w" | |
-2 letters: higher. | |
-3 letters: heigh, weigh. | |
-4 letters: grew, heir, high, hire, weir, whig, whir, wire. | |
-5 letters: erg, ghi, gie, heh, her, hew, hie, ire, reg, rei, rig, wig. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-h-i-i-r-w" | |
+5 letters: horsewhipping. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 69 67 68 57 69 72 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101001 01100111 01101000 00100000 01010111 01101001 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H i g h   W i r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0069 0067 0068 0057 0069 0072 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42757374257758471 |
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