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QUARRY POWDER

Specialty Definition: QUARRY POWDER

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Mining

Ammonium nitrate dynamites intended to replace the more costly gelatin dynamites used in quarrying, where blasts of several tons of explosives are used. Cartridges up to 8 in (20 cm) in diameter by 21 in (53 cm) in length, can be enclosed in metal cans to protect against water damage. (references)

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

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Anagrams: QUARRY POWDER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-o-p-q-r-r-r-u-w-y"

-5 letters: arrowed, drapery, eardrop, opaqued, opaquer, powdery, prouder, prudery, ropeway.

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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Alternative Orthography: QUARRY POWDER


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

51 55 41 52 52 59      50 4F 57 44 45 52

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

    

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

01010001 01010101 01000001 01010010 01010010 01011001 00100000 01010000 01001111 01010111 01000100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#81 &#85 &#65 &#82 &#82 &#89 &#32 &#80 &#79 &#87 &#68 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0051 0055 0041 0052 0052 0059      0050 004F 0057 0044 0045 0052

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

5155355252592504957383952

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