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Definition: Saltpetre |
SaltpetreNoun1. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "saltpetre" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
"Saltpetre" is a common misspelling or typo for: saltpeter. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Saltpetre (French, saltpetre), sel de pierre, parcequ'il forme des efflorescences salines sur les murs. (Bouillet: Dict. des Sciences.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SaltpetreSynonyms: niter (n), nitre (n), potassium nitrate (n), saltpeter (n). (additional references) |
| "Saltpetre" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.83% of the time. "Saltpetre" is used about 24 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) | 95.83% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Unclassified Items | 4.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "saltpetre": cover with saltpetre ♦ saltpetre works ♦ treat with saltpetre. 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 |
saltpetre | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "saltpetre"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | salpetër (saltpeter), nitrat potasi (saltpeter). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملح صخري (saltpeter), نترات الصوديوم (niter, nitrate, nitre, saltpeter), الملح الصخري (saltpeter). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | селитра (niter, nitre, saltpeter). (various references) | |
Chinese | 硝石 (saltpeter). (various references) | |
Czech | ledek (nitre, saltpeter). (various references) | |
Finnish | salpietari (potassium nitrate). (various references) | |
French | salpêtre (salpetre, saltpeter). (various references) | |
German | salpeter (niter, nitre, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter, soda niter, soda nitre, sodium nitrate). (various references) | |
Greek | νιτρικό κάλιο (niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter). (various references) | |
Hungarian | salétrom (niter, nitre, saltpeter). (various references) | |
Italian | salnitro (saltpeter). (various references) | |
Korean | 초석 (cornerstone, saltpeter). (various references) | |
Manx | sollan cloaie. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | altpetresay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | salitre (niter, nitre, saltpeter), nitro (niter, nitre, saltpeter), nitrato de potássio (E252, niter, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, potassium nitrate, salpetre, saltpeter), azotado de potássio (saltpeter). (various references) | |
Romanian | salpetru (saltpeter). (various references) | |
Russian | селитра (niter, nitre, saltpeter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | šalitra (niter, nitre, saltpeter). (various references) | |
Spanish | salitre (niter, nitre, potash nitre, potassium nitrat, salpetre, saltpeter), nitro de chile (saltpeter). (various references) | |
Swedish | saltpeter (saltpeter). (various references) | |
Turkish | güherçile (niter, nitre, saltpeter). (various references) | |
Ukranian | селітра (niter, nitre, saltpeter). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | Xanpet, kali nitrat Natri nitrat. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: saltpeter. | |
| 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 72 65 |
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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 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a l t p e t r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006C 0074 0070 0065 0074 0072 0065 |
| 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)536778868271868471 |
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