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RAT POISON

Specialty Definition: RAT POISON

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Chemistry

Arsenic (III) oxide, As2O3. Formed by burning As in air, contains As4O6 molecules or AsO3 units joined by oxygen bridges. As2O3 is used in glass manufacture and as arsenates (III) in insecticides, weedkillers and defoliants. It is used as a standard reducing agent (with I2 solution). It gives arsenates (III) with alkalis. (2). Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Crosswords: RAT POISON

English words defined with "RAT POISON": Ratsbane. (references)

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Photo Album: RAT POISON

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[Preparation of rat poison, New Orleans, La.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: RAT POISON

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

rat poison

140

rat poison bait

2
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Modern Translation: RAT POISON

Language Translations for "RAT POISON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏سم الفار. (various references)

   

Danish

  

rottegift (raticide), hvidt arsen (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), diarsentrioxid (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), As2O3 (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), arsensyrlingsanhydrid (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), arsensyrling (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

rattenvergift (raticide), rattenvergif (raticide), rattenkruit (arsenic), witte arseen (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), wit arseniek (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), diarseentrioxide (arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, diarsenic trioxide, white arsenic), As2O3 (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), arsenik (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), arsenigzuur (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), arseniek (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), arsenicumhexoxyde (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), arseentrioxide (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, diarsenic trioxide, white arsenic). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rotanmyrkky (rat-poison), rodentisidi (raticide, rodenticide). (various references)

   

French

  

raticide (raticide), trioxyde d'arsenic, oxyde arsénieux, mort-aux-rats, As2O3, arsenic blanc, anhydride arsénieux, acide arsénieux. (various references)

   

German

  

Rattengift (raticide), Weissarsenik (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), As2O3 (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), Arsentrioxid (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), Arsenik (arsenic), Arsenigsaeureanhydrid (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious anhydride, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

λευκό αρσενικό (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), αρσενικώδης ανυδρίτης (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), αρσενικώδες οξείδιο (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), αρσενικώδες οξύ (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), αρουραιοκτόνο (raticide), τριοξείδιο του αρσενικού (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, diarsenic trioxide, white arsenic). (various references)

   

Italian

  

veleno per topi (raticide), topicida (raticide, rodenticide). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

捕り (mousetrap, rattrap, speed trap), 取り (mousetrap, rattrap, speed trap), 猫要らず , 殺 剤 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ねずみとり (mousetrap, rattrap, speed trap), ね"いらず, さっそざい. (various references)

   

Manx

  

pyshoon roddan. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atray oisonpay

   

Portuguese

  

trióxido de arsénio (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, diarsenic trioxide, white arsenic), As2O3 (arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), arsénio branco (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), anidrido arsenioso (arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious anhydride, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), óxido arsenioso (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic), ácido arseniso (arsenic trioxide, arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3, white arsenic). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

raticida (raticide). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

råttgift (ratpoison). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

отрута для щурів. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: RAT POISON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t"

-1 letter: atropins, orations, patroons, portions, positron, sorption.

-2 letters: airpost, aroints, atropin, nitroso, options, oration, partons, patrons, patroon, portion, potions, pronota, protons, rations, ratoons, soprani, soprano, spirant, tarpons, torsion, tropins.

-3 letters: aorist, aprons, arioso, aristo, aroint, arsino, instar, intros, nitros, norias, option, orison, orpins, paints, pantos, parson, parton, pastor, patins, patios, patois, patron, pianos, pinots.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: absorption, adsorption, anisotropy, apportions, operations, probations, pronations, prorations, stainproof.

 

+2 letters: absorptions, adsorptions, anisotropic, anthropoids, antiprotons, conspirator, fortepianos, perorations, personation, pianofortes, pollinators, propionates, prostration, protagonist, sporulation.

 

+3 letters: anisotropies, anisotropism, approbations, conspiration, conspirators, contraptions, cooperations, corporations, deportations, evaporations, explorations, exportations, impersonator, importations, incorporates, operationism, operationist, paronomastic, percolations, perforations, personations, postabortion, postromantic, potentiators, probationers, procreations, procurations, profanations, propagations, prorogations, prostrations, protagonists, protestation, protonations, protractions, provocations, reapportions, reoperations, reprobations, somatotropin, sporulations, trapshooting.

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Alternative Orthography: RAT POISON


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

52 41 54      50 4F 49 53 4F 4E

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

    

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

01010010 01000001 01010100 00100000 01010000 01001111 01001001 01010011 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#65 &#84 &#32 &#80 &#79 &#73 &#83 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0041 0054      0050 004F 0049 0053 004F 004E

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

5235542504943534948

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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