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Terra Alba

Definitions: Terra Alba

Terra Alba

Noun

1. Finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment.

2. Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather.

3. A fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Terra Alba

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Mining

A. Finely pulverized powder, CaSO4 .2H2 O , made from gypsum and used in the manufacture of paper, paints, artificial marble, and composition plastics b. Any of several white mineral substances, such as (1) gypsum ground for a pigment; (2) kaolin used esp. as an adulterant of paints; (3) burntalum; (4) magnesia; and (5) blanc fixe. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Terra Alba

Synonyms: china clay (n), china stone (n), kaolin (n), kaoline (n), pipeclay (n), porcelain clay (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Terra Alba

Language Translations for "terra alba"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

magnezit, könnyű magnézia, fehér agyag. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erratay albaay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Terra Alba

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-e-l-r-r-t"

-2 letters: ratable.

-3 letters: abater, ablate, albata, arable, atabal, balata, barrel, barret, barter, errata, labara, labret, retral.

-4 letters: abate, abler, alate, alert, altar, alter, areal, artal, artel, baler, barer, barre, blare, blate, blear, bleat, labra, later, rabat, ratal, ratel, rater, reata, rebar, taber, tabla, table, talar, taler, tarre, terra.

-5 letters: abet, able, alae, alar, alba, area, baal, bale, bare, bate, bear, beat, belt, beta, blae, blat, blet, brae, brat, earl, late, lear, rale, rare, rate, real, rear, tael, tala, tale, tare, teal, tear, tela.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-e-l-r-r-t"
 

+2 letters: warrantable.

 

+3 letters: aberrational, tabernacular.

 

+4 letters: unwarrantable.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Terra Alba


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 72 72 61      41 6C 62 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100101 01110010 01110010 01100001 00100000 01000001 01101100 01100010 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#114 &#114 &#97 &#32 &#65 &#108 &#98 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 0072 0072 0061      0041 006C 0062 0061

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5471848467235786867

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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