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Definition: Ratch |
RatchNoun1. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | (1)The distance between the nips of the front and back rollers in a roller-drafting systems. (Synonym, reach. ); (2)A slight additional drafting of the yarn, which takes place towards the end of the mule draw. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: RatchSynonyms: rachet (n), ratchet (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ratch |
| Non-English Usage: "Ratch" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (burst of speed, dart, dash, race, run, rush, sprint). |
Expression using "ratch": ratch wheel. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
jerry ratch | 3 |
cut ratch | 3 |
ratch | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ratch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | valseafstand. (various references) | |
Dutch | rekveld, afstand rekwalsen. (various references) | |
French | écartement des cylindres d'étirage, écartement des cylindres. (various references) | |
German | Ratsche (ratchet, rattle), gezahnte Sperrstange. (various references) | |
Greek | ράτς, απόσταση (distance, range, reach, spacing). (various references) | |
Italian | dente d'arresto (cam, catch, detent, inverse cam, notch, pawl, stop, wiper). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atchray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | estiragem final, escartamento dos cilindros de estiragem. (various references) | |
Romanian | roatã cu clichet (ratch wheel). (various references) | |
Spanish | distancia entre los rodillos trasero y delantero en un tren de estirado. (various references) | |
Turkish | mandal (clothes peg, clothes pin, fastener, latch, pin, ratchet), kastanyola (cleat, click, pawl, ratchet, trip), dişli çark mandalı (ratchet). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ratch": ratches, ratchet, ratcheted, ratcheting, ratchets. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ratch": cratch, scratch. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ratch": apparatchik, apparatchiki, apparatchiks, cratches, scratchboard, scratchboards, scratched, scratcher, scratchers, scratches, scratchier, scratchiest, scratchily, scratchiness, scratchinesses, scratching, scratchy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: chart. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-r-t" | |
-1 letter: arch, cart, char, chat, hart, rath, tach, tahr. | |
-2 letters: act, arc, art, car, cat, hat, rah, rat, tar. | |
-3 letters: ah, ar, at, ha, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-r-t" | |
+1 letter: charts, cratch, rachet, starch. | |
+2 letters: batcher, brachet, catarrh, catcher, chanter, chantor, chantry, chapter, chariot, charity, charted, charter, chaster, chatter, cheater, cithara, futharc, haircut, haricot, hatcher, hatrack, hectare, matcher, patcher, rachets, ratches, ratchet, rechart, recheat, rematch, repatch, reteach, scratch, starchy, teacher, theriac, trachea, trachle, tranche, trochal, trochar, watcher, yachter. | |
+3 letters: achromat, acrolith, actorish, aetheric, anchoret, anorthic, archaist, arythmic, atrophic, attacher, autarchy, batchers, brachets, calthrop, carritch, cartouch, catarrhs, catchers, catchier, cathedra, catheter, chanters, chantors, chapiter, chapters, chariest, chariots, charters, charting, chartist, chatters, chattery, chattier, chaunter, cheaters, chelator, chlorate, chordate, chromate, citharas, coauthor, cratches, detacher, ethnarch, futharcs, haircuts, handcart, hardtack, haricots, hatchers, hatchery, hatracks, hectares, heptarch, hetaeric, hieratic, matchers, merchant, octarchy, outcharm, outmarch, outreach, parritch, patchers, patchier, pentarch, phratric, phreatic, pushcart, rachitic, rachitis, ratchets, reattach, recharts, recheats, rhematic, scratchy, snatcher, stancher, starched, starches, teachers, tetrarch, thatcher, thearchy, theatric, theocrat, theriaca, theriacs, thoracal, thoraces, thoracic, thwacker, tovarich, tracheae, tracheal, tracheas, tracheid, trachled, trachles, trachoma, trachyte, tranches, trauchle, triarchy, tribrach, trichina, trochaic, trochars, trochlea, watchcry, watchers, whitrack, yachters. | |
+4 letters: achromats, acritarch, acroliths, ahistoric, anarchist, anchorets, anchorite, antechoir, anthraces, anthropic, archaists, archetype, architect, archivist, archivolt, arthritic, artichoke, athrocyte, attachers, autarchic, brachiate, branchlet, calthrops, cantharis, cartouche, cartwheel, cataphora, catarrhal, catchword, catharses, catharsis, cathartic, cathedrae, cathedral, cathedras, catheters, chairlift, champerty, chantries, chapiters, chaptered, character, charioted, charities, charlatan, charlotte, charriest, chartered, charterer, chartists, chastener, chastiser, chattered, chatterer, chaunters, chelators, chirality, chlorates, chordates, chromates, chromatic, chromatid, chromatin, clathrate, coauthors, crapshoot, cutthroat, detachers, dichromat, enchanter, entrechat, ethnarchs, exarchate, flowchart, graphitic, haircloth, handcarts, handcraft, hardtacks, heartache, heartsick, hectogram, heptarchs, heptarchy, heretical, lethargic, matriarch, merchants, ochlocrat, octahedra, orchestra, outcharge, outcharms, outpreach, overmatch, parachute, parchment, patchwork, patriarch, pentarchs, pentarchy, postcrash, pushcarts, ratcheted, recharted, recharter, rematched, rematches, repatched, repatches, reteaches, rheumatic, rockshaft, roughcast, scratched, scratcher, scratches, shortcake, snatchers, snatchier, stanchers, starchier, starchily, starching, stauncher, stomacher, teacherly, tetrarchs, tetrarchy, thatchers, thatchier, theatrics, theocracy, theocrats, theriacal, theriacas, thornback, throwback, thwackers, touchmark, tracheary, tracheate, tracheids, tracheole, trachling, trachomas, trachytes, trachytic, trauchled, trauchles, treachery, trenchant, tribrachs, trichinae, trichinal, trichinas, trierarch, trochaics, trochleae, trochlear, trochleas, ultrachic, ultrarich, uncharted, watchword, whitracks. | |
+5 letters: achondrite, achromatic, acritarchs, aftershock, amphoteric, anarchists, anchorites, anchoritic, anorthitic, antechoirs, anthracene, anthracite, antichurch, antiheroic, aphaeretic, aphoristic, apothecary, archaistic, archentera, archetypal, archetypes, architects, architrave, archivists, archivolts, archpriest, arithmetic, arrhythmic, arthralgic, arthritics, artichokes, athrocytes, autarchies, batrachian, beachfront, bichromate, birthplace, blackheart, blackthorn, brachiated, brachiates, brachiator, branchiest, branchlets, broadcloth, camphorate, carritches, cartoonish, cartouches, cartwheels, cataphoras, cataphoric, catarrhine, catchwords, catechizer, cathartics, cathedrals, chairlifts, chaptering, characters, charactery, charioteer, charioting, charismata, charitable, charitably, charlatans, charlottes, charterers, chartering, chartreuse, chartulary, chasteners, chastisers, chatterbox, chatterers, chattering, chlorinate, chromatics, chromatids, chromatins, clathrates, coauthored, cornstarch, cowcatcher, crankshaft, crapshoots, crosshatch, crosspatch, cutthroats, czarevitch, diarrhetic, diathermic, dichromate, dichromats, dispatcher, dogcatcher, enchanters, entrechats, escharotic, eurybathic, exarchates, factorship, farfetched, flowcharts, flycatcher, grapholect, haircloths, haircutter, handcrafts, handicraft, hatcheries, heartaches, hectograms, hectograph, hematocrit, heptachlor, hermatypic, hermetical, historical, hovercraft, hyperacute, hysterical, interchain, lathyritic, machinator, macrophyte, matchboard, matchmaker, matriarchs, matriarchy, merchanted, metaphoric, monarchist, morphactin, ochlocrats, octahedral, octahedron, octarchies, orchardist, orchestral, orchestras, orthoclase, outcharged, outcharges, outcharmed, outmarched, outmarches, outreached, outreaches, packthread, parachuted, parachutes, parachutic, parchments, parritches, pasticheur, patchboard, patchworks, patriarchs, patriarchy, perithecia, pharmacist, phylactery, pictograph, preachiest, preachment, preethical, psychiatry, pyracantha, rachitides, ratcheting, raunchiest, reattached, reattaches, recharters, recharting, rematching, repatching, reteaching, revanchist, rheostatic, rhetorical, rheumatics, rhythmical, rockshafts, roughcasts, scratchers, scratchier, scratchily, scratching, shortcakes, starchiest, stomachers, subchapter, switchyard, tachometer, technocrat, tetrachord, tetrarchic, thearchies, theatrical, theocratic, theurgical, thiouracil, thornbacks, throwbacks, touchmarks, tovariches, tracheated, tracheitis, tracheolar, tracheoles, tragacanth, trauchling, trenchancy, triarchies, tribrachic, trichiases, trichiasis, trichromat, trierarchs, trierarchy, trigraphic, trochanter, trochlears, trochoidal, ultrafiche, unactorish, watchcries, watchmaker, watchtower, watchwords, witchcraft, witchgrass, wristwatch. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 74 63 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- - -.-. .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01110100 01100011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a t c h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 0074 0063 0068 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5267866974 |
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