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Definition: ASPHALTUM |
ASPHALTUMNoun1. A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc. 2. Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen. |
Date "ASPHALTUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1863. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Resin | Noun: resin, rosin; gum; lac, sealing wax; amber, ambergris; bitumen, pitch, tar; asphalt, asphaltum; camphor; varnish, copal, mastic, magilp, lacquer, japan. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ASPHALTUM |
| English words defined with "ASPHALTUM": Albertite ♦ Earth pitch ♦ Japan black, Jew's pitch ♦ Kerite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ASPHALTUM": courtzilite ♦ lands valuable for minerals ♦ residual oil. (references) |
| 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 |
asphaltum | 4 |
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Words beginning with "ASPHALTUM": asphaltums. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-l-m-p-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: thalamus. | |
-2 letters: asphalt, hamauls, malthas, spathal, spatula. | |
-3 letters: almahs, alphas, ampuls, asthma, halmas, hamals, hamaul, haulms, lampas, maltha, matsah, pausal, plasma, shlump, sulpha, tamals, thumps, ulamas. | |
-4 letters: almah, almas, alpha, alums, amahs, ampul, ataps, atlas, atmas, halma, halms, halts, hamal, haulm, hauls, hulas, humps, lamas, lamps, laths, lumps, malts, maths, mauls, mauts, musth, palms. | |
-5 letters: aahs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-l-m-p-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: asphaltums. | |
+3 letters: hypothalamus. | |
+4 letters: epithalamiums. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 53 50 48 41 4C 54 55 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... .--. .... .- .-.. - ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010011 01010000 01001000 01000001 01001100 01010100 01010101 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A S P H A L T U M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0053 0050 0048 0041 004C 0054 0055 004D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)355350423546545547 |
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