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Definition: Vapour Lock |
Vapour LockNoun1. A stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Vapour Lock" is a common misspelling or typo for: vapor lock. |
Synonym: Vapour LockSynonym: vapor lock (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "vapour lock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | apourvay ocklay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-k-l-o-o-p-r-u-v" | |
-3 letters: carpool, copular, lavrock, oarlock. | |
-4 letters: colour, copula, cupola, lockup, lookup, ocular, ovular, valour, vapour. | |
-5 letters: carol, caulk, claro, cloak, clour, color, copal, copra, coral, croak, crook, croup, culpa, karoo, orlop, parol, parvo, plack, pluck, polar, polka, pooka, pucka, valor, vapor, vocal, volar. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 70 6F 75 72      4C 6F 63 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01110000 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01001100 01101111 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a p o u r   L o c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 0070 006F 0075 0072      004C 006F 0063 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)566782818784246816977 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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