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Definition: Saltpan |
SaltpanNoun1. A shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | Undrained, small, shallow natural depression in which water accumulates and evaporates, leaving a salt deposit. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A shallow lake of brackish water. b. An undrained natural depression in which water gathers and leaves a deposit of salt on evaporation. CF:pla. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "saltpan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | saltsænkning (salt pan), saltkedel (salt pan). (various references) | |
Dutch | kwelderpan (salt pan). (various references) | |
Finnish | suola-allas (salt pan). (various references) | |
French | cuvette sel (salt pan). (various references) | |
German | Salzpfanne (salt pan). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 塩" (field for drying salt). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | え"で" (field for drying salt). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | altpansay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tina de sal (salt pan). (various references) | |
Spanish | cubeta de sal (salt pan). (various references) | |
Swedish | saltpanna (salt pan), flackt,avloppslöst bäcken,vari hopats salter genom det tillrinnande vattnets avdunstning (salt pan). (various references) | |
Turkish | tuzla (saline, salt marsh, salt pan, saltern, saltworks), tuz ayırma kabı. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "saltpan": saltpans. (additional references) | |
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"Saltpan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: saldaan, salopian, saltean, saltian, Saltpond, Satpal, Selotape, shatwan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: platans. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: alants, aslant, plants, platan. | |
-2 letters: alans, alant, anlas, antas, ataps, atlas, nasal, natal, pants, pasta, plans, plant, plats, salpa, slant, splat, talas, tapas. | |
-3 letters: aals, alan, alas, alps, alts, anal, anas, ansa, anta, ants, atap, laps, last, lats, naps, pals, pans, pant, past, pats, plan, plat, salp, salt, slap, slat, snap, span, spat, tala, tans, tapa, taps. | |
-4 letters: aal, aas, ala, alp, als, alt, ana, ant, apt, asp, lap, las, lat, nap, pal, pan, pas, pat, sal, sap, sat, spa, tan, tap, tas. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, an, as, at, la, na, pa, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: ashplant, platanes, platinas, pleasant, postanal, saltpans. | |
+2 letters: ashplants, palatines, panatelas, panetelas, pantalets, placentas, plantains, plantsman, postnatal, rataplans, talapoins, waxplants. | |
+3 letters: altiplanos, analeptics, anaplastic, antipodals, appellants, applicants, asphalting, cantaloups, leadplants, nameplates, nonspatial, palmations, palpations, pantalones, pantaloons, partisanly, phantasmal, placations, placentals, planations, pleasanter, pleasantly, pleasantry, polyanthas, spallation, tailplanes, tarpaulins, transeptal, transplant, transpolar, unpastoral, unpleasant. | |
+4 letters: analphabets, angioplasty, antechapels, antiphonals, antiplagues, cantaloupes, complaisant, encapsulate, floatplanes, landscapist, manipulates, noncapitals, nyctalopias, palatinates, palliations, pantalettes, parliaments, pastureland, paternalism, paternalist, pentagonals, phalanstery, plainchants, planarities, plantations, playactings, pleasantest, postcranial, postnatally, spallations, topgallants, transalpine, transplants. | |
+5 letters: antipleasure, appellations, applications, appositional, aspirational, capitalising, complainants, cryptanalyst, encapsulated, encapsulates, explanations, kleptomanias, landscapists, malapertness, manipulators, naphthalenes, palatialness, palpitations, pansexuality, passionately, pastoralness, pasturelands, paternalisms, paternalists, planetariums, planetesimal, plantigrades, plastocyanin, platemakings, pleasantness, pleasantries, postneonatal, postprandial, postvaccinal, proletarians, speciational, supernatural, synaptically, synaptosomal, transplanted, transplanter, transposable, unpleasantly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6C 74 70 61 6E |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- .-.. - .--. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101100 01110100 01110000 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a l t p a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006C 0074 0070 0061 006E |
| 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)53677886826780 |
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