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| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | A light concrete breaker (20-30 lb). Source: European Union. (references) |
| Rotary saws instead of jackhammers could be used to break up street pavements. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A compressed-air-operated hand tool used to excavate coal, ore, and rock, with a punching action. Without the pick steel, its length is about 18 in (46 cm) and weight about 24 lb (10.8 kg). It delivers about 2,500 blows/min. The latest type is the water-controlled pick, so designed that the air valve is operated by water pressure. The water assists insuppressing the dust made during cutting. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: PNEUMATIC PICK |
| Specialty definitions using "PNEUMATIC PICK": activated plough ♦ dynamic plough ♦ impact plough ♦ percussive plough. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "PNEUMATIC PICK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pneumatisk hammer (paving breaker, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), trykluftsmejsel (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), trykluftshammer (breaker, paving breaker, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer, road breaker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pikhamer (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), delfhamer (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), afbouwhamer (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | paineilmavasara (paving breaker, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer, road breaker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | piocheuse, marteau-piqueur pneumatique, marteau-piqueur (pneumatic hammer), marteau pneumatique de démolition (pneumatic breaker), marteau piqueur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Preßlufthammer (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), Pickhammer (chipping hammer, pick hammer, welder's hammer), Spitzhammer, Bodenfräse, Abbauhammer (breaker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σφύρα καταστροφής οδοστρωμάτων (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), σφύρα θραύσης οδοστρωμάτων (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), αερόσφυρα (air drill, bully, dry drill, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | légcsákány, fejtőkalapács (acute hammer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | picconatrice (ripper, rooter), martello per picchiettare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aerspeih. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eumaticpnay ickpay picareta mecânica, martelo pneumático (air drill, dry drill, paving breaker, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer, rammer, road breaker), martelo picador. (various references) piqueta mecánica, perforadora neumática (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), martillo piqueta, martillo neumático (air hammer, jackhammer). (various references) tryckluftsmejsel (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), tryckluftshammare (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-k-m-n-p-p-t-u" | |
-4 letters: cinematic, kinematic, panmictic, pneumatic. | |
-5 letters: actinium, cuneatic, maieutic, minutiae, neumatic, pumicite. | |
| 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. | |
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