Salamander

Definitions: Salamander

Salamander

Noun

1. Any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed.

2. Reptilian creature supposed to live in fire.

3. Fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire.

Date "salamander" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Etymology: Salamander \Sal"a*man`der\, noun. [French expression salamandre, from Latin expression salamandra, Greek; compare to Per. samander, samandel.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Salamander

Domain	Definitions
Satire	SALAMANDER, n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be extinct, the last one of which we have an account having been seen in Carcassonne by the Abbe Belloc, who exorcised it with a bucket of holy water. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Literature	Salamander in Egyptian hieroglyphics, is a human form pinched to death with the cold. (See Undines .) Salamander. A sort of lizard, fabled to live in fire, which, however, it quenched by the chill of its body. Pliny tells us he tried the experiment once, but the creature was soon burnt to a powder. (Natural History, x. 67; xxix. 4.) Salamanders are not uncommon, especially the spotted European kind (Greek, salamandria). Salamander. Francois I. of France adopted as his badge "a lizard in the midst of flames," with the legend "Nutrisco et extinguo" ("I nourish and extinguish"). The Italian motto from which this legend was borrowed was, "Nudrisco il buono e spengo il reo" ("I nourish the good and extinguish the bad"). Fire purifies good metal, but consumes rubbish. (See ante. Salamander. Anything of a fiery-red colour. Falstaff calls Bardolph's nose "a burning lamp," "a salamander," and the drink that made such "a fiery meteor" he calls "fire." "I have maintained that salamander of yours with fire any time this two-and-thirty years."- Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., iv. 3. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Metallurgy	Molten metal which has penetrated and eroded the hearth below tap hole level during the campaign of a blast furnace. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A solid mass of iron, frequently weighing many tons, that is deposited and substantially replaces the firebrick hearth in the bottom of a blastfurnace after long periods of operation. Syn:bear. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Salamander web browser

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Salamander is a web browser for GNU/Linux that uses the GTK/GNOME libraries. Like Galeon, Skipstone, and Epiphany, Salamander embedds the Gecko layout engine. The lastest version is 0.3, released on October 17, 2002. Besides the GTK/GNOME libraries, Mozilla 1.0 is needed to run Salamander.

External Link

Salamander Webpage

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Salamander web browser."

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Synonyms: Salamander

Synonyms: fire hook (n), poker (n), stove poker (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Salamander

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Furnace	Noun: furnace, stove, kiln, oven; cracker; hearth, focus, combustion chamber; athanor, hypocaust, reverberatory; volcano; forge, fiery furnace; limekiln; Dutch oven; tuyere, brasier, salamander, heater, warming pan; boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot; urn, kettle; chafing-dish; retort, crucible, alembic, still; waffle irons; muffle furnace, induction furnace; electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Salamander

English words defined with "salamander": alpine salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma mexicanum, Ambystoma talpoideum, Ambystoma tigrinum, ambystomid, ambystomid salamander, amphiuma, Aneides lugubris, arboreal salamander, axolotl ♦ blind eel ♦ climbing salamander, common newt, congo eel, congo snake, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis ♦ Dicamptodon ensatus, dusky salamander ♦ eastern red-backed salamander, European fire salamander ♦ fire salamander ♦ Giant salamander ♦ hellbender, Hydromantes brunus ♦ limestone salamander, lungless salamander ♦ Megalobatrachus maximus, Menobranchus, mole salamander, mud puppy ♦ Necturus maculosus ♦ olm, olympic salamander ♦ Pacific giant salamander, Plethodon cinereus, Plethodon vehiculum, Proteus anguinus ♦ Rhyacotriton olympicus ♦ Salamandra maculosa, Salamandra salamandra, salamandriform, Salamandrine, Shasta salamander, Siredon, Siren, slender salamander, spotted salamander ♦ tiger salamander, Triturus vulgaris ♦ web-toed salamander, western red-backed salamander, worm salamander. (references)

Specialty definitions using "salamander": Fire-eaters. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Salamander" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (salamander), Dutch (salamander), German (salamander), Manx (Salamander), Serbo-Croatian (salamander), Swedish (salamander).

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Modern Usage: Salamander

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	A salamander can grow a new tail in three weeks. (Titus; writing credit: Karl-Heinz K�fer)
Movie/TV Titles	The Golden Salamander (1950) Salamander (2000) The Salamander (1981)
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Commercial Usage: Salamander

Domain	Title
References	Salamander A.G.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander (Encyclopedia Brown, 22) (reference) Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music: A Salamander Book (reference) Salamander (reference) Servicing the Salamander (reference) The Salamander and Other Gothic Tales (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Salamander (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Salamander,The (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	My Best Friend Is a Salamander (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Mr. Heater MH125LP 125,000 BTU Salamander (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Salamander

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Photo Album: Salamander

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Giant salamander in net.Credit: Carol Kauder.		[Genetics: Dividing salamander larvae cells].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Salamander

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Many local and foreign manufactures have developed their own retail chains, e.g. bata, Ecco, Gino Rossi, Sergio Rossi, Pollini, Salamander, But Hala, Gabor and Kazar. (references)
		Several well known brands are present in Poland, mostly from Italian, German and French manufacturers (e.g. bata, Salamander, Sergio Rossi, Armando Pollini, Charles Jourdan, Romano Mazzante, Fratelli Rossetti, Colette, Galizio, Toressi, Gianrico Meri, Paul Tissi, Marino Fabiani, Guliano Venzani, Scholl, Hogl, Gabor, Lloyd, Rieker, Helix, Remonte, Dorndorf and others). (references)
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Usage Frequency: Salamander

"Salamander" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.30% of the time. "Salamander" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.3%	26	68,323
Noun (proper)	3.7%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	27	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Salamander

Country	Name
Germany	Salamander A.G.
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Salamander

Expressions using "salamander": alpine salamander ♦ ambystomid salamander ♦ arboreal salamander ♦ climbing salamander ♦ dusky salamander ♦ european fire salamander ♦ fire salamander ♦ Giant salamander ♦ limestone salamander ♦ lungless salamander ♦ mole salamander ♦ olympic salamander ♦ Pacific giant salamander ♦ salamander stove ♦ Shasta salamander ♦ slender salamander ♦ slimy salamander ♦ spotted salamander ♦ tiger salamander ♦ worm salamander. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "salamander": salamander-prince.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Salamander

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
salamander	491
tiger salamander	56
gecko salamander	33
salamander design	33
letter salamander	33
salamander picture	33
spotted salamander	30
servant salamander	24
commander salamander	24
little salamander	20
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Modern Translations: Salamander

Language		Translations for "salamander"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		salmander, salamander. (various references)

Albanian		salamandër, pikëlore, picërrak. (various references)

Arabic		‏عظاية خرافية, ‏السمندر حيوان. (various references)

Bulgarian		саламандър, саламандра, шлака (clinker, dross, scoria, slag), нажежено желязо, нажежен тиган, мангал (brazier, fire pan, hearth, stove), дъждовник. (various references)

Chinese		鯢 (Cryptobranchus japonicus), � � . (various references)

Czech		salamandr, mlok (newt). (various references)

Danish		bjoern (bear, skull). (various references)

Dutch		salamander (bear). (various references)

Esperanto		salamandro. (various references)

Farsi		یکجورسوسماریامارمولک . (various references)

Finnish		salamanteri (salamanders). (various references)

French		salamandre. (various references)

German		Salamander (bear, salamanders), Molch (pig, rabbit, rabbler, scraper, scratcher). (various references)

Greek		σαλαμάντρα (bear), σαλαμάνδρα (newt). (various references)

Hebrew		סלמ� �"ר�". (various references)

Hungarian		szalamandra. (various references)

Italian		salamandra (bear, newt). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		火蜥蜴 , 山�'魚 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ひとか�' (man's shadow, soul), さ�"しょううお. (various references)

Manx		salamander, lossag (flare, fleck of light, flicker, small flame). (various references)

Pig Latin		alamandersay.(various references)

Portuguese		salamandra (bear). (various references)

Romanian		salamandrã, triton (triton). (various references)

Russian		саламандра. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		salamander. (various references)

Spanish		salamandra (potbelly, salamander stove). (various references)

Swedish		salamander (salamanders), byggtork. (various references)

Thai		สัตว์ครึ่งบกครึ่งน้ำ. (various references)

Turkish		semender (eft, newt, siren), salamandra, ateşte yanmayan canlı. (various references)

Ukranian		сумчастий пацюк, саламандра. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Salamander

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	salamandra. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Salamander

Derivations
	Words beginning with "salamander": salamanders. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Salamander" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alamanda, Kalamunda, salamader, Salamandra, salamandre, sallamander, Salmonier, salvamenta, Solamente. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Salamander"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "salamander" (pronounced sa'luma"nder)
6	-u m a" n d er	commander.
4	-a" n d er	Alexander, Bander, blander, brander, candor, coriander, gander, grander, Lander, meander, pander, sander, slander, Stander, Zander.
3	-n d er	asunder, attainder, auslander, bartender, bender, binder, blender, blinder, blonder, blunder, bookbinder, bounder, bystander, calamander, calendar, cinder, cofounder, Condor, contender, cylinder, defender, Ender, engender, extender, Fender, finder, flounder, fonder, founder, gender, gerrymander, grinder, highlander, hinder, islander, kinder, launder, lavender, lender, mainlander, minder, offender, oleander, pathfinder, Pinder, plunder, ponder, pounder, pretender, rejoinder, remainder, reminder, render, responder, rounder, sender, Sidewinder, slender, sounder, Spender, splendor, squander, sunder, surrender, suspender, tender, thunder, tinder, transponder, under, vendor, viewfinder, wander, weekender, winder, wonder, yonder.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Salamander

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-l-m-n-r-s"
	-2 letters: adrenals, alamedas, alderman, dalesman, leadsman, mandalas, mandrels, salaamed.
	-3 letters: adrenal, alameda, alarmed, almners, anadems, armadas, arsenal, damners, darnels, landers, leadman, maenads, mandala, mandrel, mansard, marsala, medlars, remands, sardana, slander, snarled.
	-4 letters: alands, alarms, alders, almner, amarna, amends, anadem, anears, arenas, armada, asrama, damans, damars, damner, damsel, darnel, denars, dermal, dermas, desman, dramas, dreams, elands, ladens, laders, lameds, lander, learns, lemans, madras, madres, maenad, malars, marled, medals, medlar, menads, mensal, naleds, namers, ramens, realms, redans, remand, remans, salaam, samara, sandal, sander, seaman, sendal, snared.
	-5 letters: adman, admen, aland, alane, alans, alarm, alder, almas, almes, amend, amens, anear, anlas, ansae, areal, areas, arena, arles, armed, asana, dales, daman, damar, dames, damns, dares, darns, deals, deans, dears, denar, derma, derms, drama, drams, dream, earls, earns, eland, elans, laden, lader, lades, lamas, lamed, lamer, lames, lands, lanes, lards, lares, lased, laser, leads, leans, learn, lears, leman, lends, maars, madre, malar, males, manas, maned, manes, manse, mares, marls, marse, maser, meads, meals, means, medal, melds, menad, mends, mensa, merls, nadas, naled, named, namer, names, nards, nares, nasal, nears, nemas, nerds, rales, ramen, rands, rased, reads, realm, reals, reams, redan, reman, renal, rends, salad, saned, saner, saran, sedan, seral, smear, snare, snarl.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-d-e-l-m-n-r-s"
	+1 letter: calamanders, salamanders.
	+2 letters: salamandrine.
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