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Definitions: Terra Alba |
Terra AlbaNoun1. 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. |
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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. | |
Synonyms: Terra AlbaSynonyms: china clay (n), china stone (n), kaolin (n), kaoline (n), pipeclay (n), porcelain clay (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "terra alba"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | magnezit, könnyű magnézia, fehér agyag. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | erratay albaay | ||||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 72 72 61      41 6C 62 61 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01110010 01110010 01100001 00100000 01000001 01101100 01100010 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e r r a   A l b a |
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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