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Definition: Maltha |
MalthaNoun1. A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Maltha \Mal"tha\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemistry | Softer, more viscid varieties of native asphalt. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Various natural tars resulting from the oxidation and drying of petroleum. See also:mineral tar; pittasphalt b. A black viscid substance intermediate between petroleum and asphalt. Also called malthite. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: MalthaSynonym: mineral tar (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Maltha |
| Non-English Usage: "Maltha" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Czech (maltha). |
| 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 |
maltha | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "maltha"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | мек асфалт, малта. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | maltha. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pissasfalt (earth pitch, malthite, mineral tar, pissasphalt, pissasphaltum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pehmeä bitumilaji (earth pitch, malthite, mineral tar, pissasphalt, pissasphaltum), asfaltti (asphalt, bitumen, earth pitch, malthite, mineral tar, pissasphalt, pissasphaltum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pissasphalte (malthite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stinkender Asphalt (earth pitch, malthite, mineral tar, pissasphalt, pissasphaltum), Pissasphalt (earth pitch, malthite, mineral tar, pissasphalt, pissasphaltum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πισσάσφαλτος (earth pitch, malthite, mineral tar, pissasphalt, pissasphaltum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bitumen (asphalt, bitumen, blacktop, mineral pitch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pissasfalto (earth pitch, malthite, mineral tar, pissasphalt, pissasphaltum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | althamay maltês (Maltese), malta (band, gang, Malta, malted milk, Republic of Malta), pissasfalto (earth pitch, malthite, mineral tar, pissasphalt, pissasphaltum). (various references) мальта (malta). (various references) malta (malta). (various references) katranlı harç. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "maltha": malthas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "maltha" (pronounced 'Mal"tha'): Acantha, Aphtha, Bertha, Naphtha, Spatha, Sterelmintha. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-l-m-t" | |
-1 letter: almah, halma, hamal, tamal. | |
-2 letters: alma, amah, atma, halm, halt, lama, lath, malt, math, tala. | |
-3 letters: aah, aal, aha, ala, alt, ama, ham, hat, lam, lat, mat, tam. | |
-4 letters: aa, ah, al, am, at, ha, hm, la, ma, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-l-m-t" | |
+1 letter: hematal, malthas, thalami. | |
+2 letters: haematal, hamulate, thalamic, thalamus. | |
+3 letters: asphaltum, azimuthal, lanthanum, malachite, malathion, matchable. | |
+4 letters: altazimuth, asphaltums, chloasmata, fathomable, hemiacetal, lanthanums, lymphomata, malachites, malathions, ophthalmia, phantasmal, ultrahuman. | |
+5 letters: altazimuths, azimuthally, catechismal, epithalamia, epithalamic, hemiacetals, hypothalami, lachrymator, matriarchal, metaethical, ophthalmias, prothalamia, thalassemia, thalassemic, unmatchable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6C 74 68 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-.. - .... .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101100 01110100 01101000 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a l t h a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006C 0074 0068 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476778867467 |
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