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Definition: Saltpeter |
SaltpeterNoun1. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "saltpeter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1865. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of saltpeter, denotes change in your living will add loss to some unconquerable grief. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Mining | A. Potassium nitrate. One of the principal ingredients of black blasting powder. See:niterb. Any earthy nitrate cave deposit. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SaltpeterSynonyms: niter (n), nitre (n), potassium nitrate (n), saltpetre (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pungency | Mustard, cayenne, caviare; seasoning. (condiment); niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness) a; carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts; hartshorn (acridity) a. |
Saltiness | Niter, saltpeter, brine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Saltpeter |
| English words defined with "saltpeter": Anatron ♦ Petre, Pyrotechnical sponge ♦ Saltpeter acid, Saltpetrous ♦ Touch-paper. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "saltpeter": Chile saltpeter ♦ petralite ♦ saltpeter earth ♦ wall saltpeter, WHEEL-MILL OPERATOR. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Saltpeter" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Swedish (saltpeter, saltpetre). |
Expressions using "saltpeter": Chile saltpeter ♦ Chili saltpeter ♦ Saltpeter acid. 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 |
saltpeter | 126 |
buy saltpeter | 9 |
make saltpeter | 3 |
making saltpeter | 3 |
nitrate potassium saltpeter | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "saltpeter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | salpetër (saltpetre), nitrat potasi (saltpetre). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملح صخري (saltpetre), نترات الصوديوم (niter, nitrate, nitre, saltpetre), الملح الصخري (saltpetre). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | селитра (niter, nitre, saltpetre). (various references) | |
Chinese | 硝石 (saltpetre), 硝 (to tan). (various references) | |
Czech | ledek (nitre, saltpetre). (various references) | |
Danish | salpeter (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre), kaliumnitrat (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, potassium nitrate, salpetre). (various references) | |
Dutch | salpeter (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, soda niter, soda nitre, sodium nitrate), kaliumnitraat (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, potassium nitrate, salpetre), kalisalpeter (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre). (various references) | |
Farsi | نیترات پتاسیم , شوره قلمی , شوره برگ تنباکو. (various references) | |
Finnish | kaliumnitraatti (E252, niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, potassium nitrate, salpetre), kalisalpietari (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre). (various references) | |
French | salpêtre (salpetre, saltpetre), nitrate de potasse (salpetre). (various references) | |
German | Salpeter (niter, nitre, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpetre, soda niter, soda nitre, sodium nitrate). (various references) | |
Greek | νιτρικό κάλιο (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpetre). (various references) | |
Hungarian | salétrom (niter, nitre, saltpetre). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sendawa (belch, burp, gunpowder, nitre). (various references) | |
Italian | salnitro (saltpetre), nitrato di potassio (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 硝石 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうせき (a trace, evidence, proof). (various references) | |
Korean | 초석 (cornerstone, saltpetre). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | altpetersay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | salitre (niter, nitre, saltpetre), nitrato de potássio (E252, niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, potassium nitrate, salpetre, saltpetre). (various references) | |
Romanian | salpetru (saltpetre). (various references) | |
Russian | селитра (niter, nitre, saltpetre). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | šalitra (niter, nitre, saltpetre). (various references) | |
Spanish | salitre (niter, nitre, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpetre). (various references) | |
Swedish | saltpeter (saltpetre). (various references) | |
Turkish | güherçile (niter, nitre, saltpetre). (various references) | |
Ukranian | селітра (niter, nitre, saltpetre). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "saltpeter": saltpeters. (additional references) | |
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"Saltpeter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alpeter, salpeter, Salpiti, saltpetre, Salupeto, slatpeter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: alertest, palettes, partlets, peartest, petrales, platters, pleaters, prattles, prelates, pretaste, replates, splatter, sprattle. | |
-2 letters: elaters, estreat, leapers, letters, palette, palters, partlet, patters, peltast, peltate, pelters, persalt, pertest, petrale, petrels, petters, pettles, plaster, platers, platter, pleaser, pleater, prattle, prelate, presale, pretest, psalter, rattles, realest, relapse, relates, repeals, repeats, replate, reslate, respelt, restate, retapes, retaste, septate, settler, spatter, spelter, stapler, starlet, startle, stealer, sterlet, tapster, trestle. | |
-3 letters: alerts, alters, aptest, aretes, artels, asleep, easter, eaters, elapse, elater, elates, estate, estral, etapes, lapser, larees, laster, latest, latter, lattes, leaper, leaser, lepers, letter, palest, palets, palter, parles, pastel, paster, paters, pattee, patter, pearls, pelter, peseta, pester, pestle, petals, peters, petrel, petter, pettle, plater, plates, please, pleats, prates, preset, ratels, rattle, reales, relate, relets, repast, repeal, repeat, repels, resale, reseal, reseat, retape, retest, salter, sealer, seater, septal, septet, serape, setter, settle, slater, staler, staple, stater, stelae, stelar, streel, street, talers, tapers, taster, taters, teasel, teaser, tepals, testae, tester, tetras, trapes, treats. | |
-4 letters: alert, alter, apers, apres, apter, arete, arles, artel, asper, aster, earls, easel, eater, elate, erase, ester, etape, lapse, laree, lares, laser, later, latte, leaps, leapt, lears, lease, least, leers, leets, leper, lepta, paler, pales, palet, pares, parle, parse, parts, paste, pater, pates, peals, pearl, pears, peart, pease, peats, peels, peers, peles, pelts, perea, perse, petal, peter, plate, plats, pleas, pleat, prase, prate, prats, prees, presa, prese, prest, rales, rapes, ratel, rates, reals, reaps, reels, reest, relet, repel, reset, salep, saree, sepal, septa, seral, setae, setal, slate, sleep, sleet, slept, spale, spare, spate, spear, speel, speer, spelt, splat, sprat, spree, stale, stare, start, state, steal, steel, steep, steer, stela, stele, stere, strap, strep, taels, taler, tales, taper, tapes, tares, tarps, tarts, taste, tater, tates, teals, tears, tease, teats, teels, telae, teles, tepal, tepas, terse, tesla, testa, tetra, traps, trapt, treat, trees, trets. | |
-5 letters: alee, ales, alps, alts, aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, arts, ates, earl, ears, ease, east, eats, eels, else, eras, erst, etas, laps, lars, lase, last, late, lats, leap, lear, leas, leer, lees, leet, lept, lest, lets, pale, pals, pare, pars, part, pase, past, pate, pats, peal, pear, peas, peat, peel, peer, pees, pele, pelt, pert, pest, pets, plat, plea, prat, pree, rale, rape, raps, rapt, rase, rasp, rate, rats, real, reap, reel, rees, reps, rest, rete, rets, sale, salp, salt, sate, seal, sear, seat, seel, seep, seer, sept, sera, sere, seta, sett, slap, slat, spae, spar, spat, star, stat, step, stet, tael, tale, tape, taps, tare. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: saltpeters, splattered, streetlamp. | |
+2 letters: breastplate, letterspace, patternless, streetlamps, terneplates, wentletraps. | |
+3 letters: breastplates, extrapolates, interpolates, letterspaces, postliterate, preliterates, superathlete, telegraphist. | |
+4 letters: electroplates, interpellates, letterspacing, recapitulates, septentrional, stereotypical, superathletes, telegraphists, temporalities, tetraploidies, tetrapyrroles. | |
+5 letters: hyperstimulate, interpellators, keratoplasties, letterspacings, posterolateral, presentability, presentational, presentimental, reputabilities, respectability, superstimulate, teleportations, terephthalates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6C 74 70 65 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- .-.. - .--. . - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101100 01110100 01110000 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a l t p e t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006C 0074 0070 0065 0074 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536778868271867184 |
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