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SKULL CRACKER

Specialty Definition: SKULL CRACKER

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

A heavy iron or steel ball swung or dropped by a derrick to demolish old buildings or compact bulky scrap for shipment. Source: European Union. (references)

Metallurgy

A heavy weight, usually ball or pear shaped, dropped from a height in order to break large pieces of metal scrap. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A heavy iron ball allowed to drop from a height to break up, or crack,hard substances, as aloxite, rock, etc. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SKULL CRACKER

Language Translations for "SKULL CRACKER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

faldkugle (drop ball). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

sloopkogel (ball breaker, wrecking ball), valblok (drop ball), beulijzer (drop ball). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pudotuskuula (drop ball), pudotusjärkäle (drop ball). (various references)

   

French

  

poire de casse-fonte, masse sphérique, boulet de démolition, boule de démolition. (various references)

   

German

  

Fallkugel (drop ball). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σφαιρικός σπαστήρας (drop ball). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pera per berta spezzarottami (drop ball). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ullskay ackercray

   

Spanish

  

pera rompedora (drop ball). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hejarkula (drop ball). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SKULL CRACKER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-k-k-l-l-r-r-s-u"

-4 letters: allurers, cacklers, carrells, caulkers, clackers, crackers, crackles, crullers, krullers, rucksack.

-5 letters: accrues, accuser, allurer, allures, cackler, cackles, calkers, callers, carcels, carrell, carrels, caulker, cellars, clacker, cracker, crackle, cruller, cullers, curares, curlers, kruller, lackers, larkers, laurels, lurkers, rackers, recalls, recusal, reracks, ruckles, saccule, scarcer, scleral, sculker, sculler, secular, skulker, slacker, suckler, surreal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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