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Definition: Talcum Powder |
Talcum PowderNoun1. A toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A native magnesium silicate. (references) |
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Synonym: Talcum PowderSynonym: talcum (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Talcum Powder |
| English words defined with "talcum powder": talc, talcum. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well, we could grind our enemies into talcum powder with a sledgehammer, but, gosh, we did that last night. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) You ought to put some talcum powder on them. (Carry On Camping; writing credit: Talbot Rothwell) | |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | On the floor lay a broken comb, an empty talcum powder can, and a few dust mice. |
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Health | Try using nonmedicated talcum powder or corn starch to relieve anal discomfort. (references) | |
Try to stay away from strong odors and sprays, such as perfume, talcum powder, hair spray, and paints. (references) | ||
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| 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 |
talcum powder | 36 |
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| Language | Translations for "talcum powder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pudër talk (talc, talcum). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | талк на прах (talc), талк пудра. (various references) | |
Czech | tìlový pudr, kosmetický zásyp. (various references) | |
Finnish | talkki (E553b, talc). (various references) | |
Greek | κοινή πούδρα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | טלק (talc). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hintőpor (dusting powder, talc-powder). (various references) | |
Italian | borotalco. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 滑石粉 , 天花粉 , 天"粉 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かっせき", て"かふ". (various references) | |
Manx | talck-phoodyr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alcumtay owderpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | talco (body powder, E553b, powder, talc, talcum), pó de talco. (various references) | |
Russian | тальк (talc, talcum). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | puder od talka. (various references) | |
Swedish | talkpuder (talc), talk (E553b, talc, talcum). (various references) | |
Thai | แป้งฝุ่น. (various references) | |
Turkish | talk pudrası (talcum). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-l-m-o-p-r-t-u-w" | |
-2 letters: outcrawled. | |
-3 letters: clamoured, comparted, copulated, peculator. | |
-4 letters: aeroduct, captured, clamored, clodpate, clotured, compadre, compared, compleat, computed, computer, copulate, crumpled, cupolaed, damewort, democrat, dumpcart, educator, emulator, leadwort, mercapto, modulate, moldwarp, octupled, opercula, outcaper, outcrawl, outdream, outlawed, outpaced, outraced, pectoral, plectrum, poleward, portaled, poularde, preadult, tapeworm, temporal, trampled. | |
-5 letters: adopter, ampoule, caltrop, calumet, capture, caroled, caromed, clamour, clamped, clamper, clomped, cloture, cloured, clouted, clouter, clowder, clumped, coapted, compare, compart, compted, compute, comrade, copulae, copular, cordate, coulter, coupled, coupler, couplet, courted, cramped, crawled, crumped, crumpet, crumple, curated, cutworm, decorum, delator, droplet, earldom, eductor, leopard, leotard, leucoma, located, locater, maculed, madwort, marplot, matured, modular, morceau, morulae, moulder, moulted, moulter, mulcted, octuple, outdare, outdraw, outdrew, outleap, outpace, outrace, outread, outward, outwear, paroled, pedocal, plectra, plumate, polecat, poulard, poulter, premold, premolt, produce, product, prolate, prowled, rampole, readopt, readout, redcoat, roulade, rumpled, tadpole, templar, tempura, torulae, traduce, tramped, trample, trawled, tromped, trouped, trumped, tumoral, updater, uprated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6C 63 75 6D 50 6F 77 64 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101100 01100011 01110101 01101101 00100000 01010000 01101111 01110111 01100100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a l c u m   P o w d e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006C 0063 0075 006D 0050 006F 0077 0064 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5467786987792508189707184 |
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