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Definition: BALISTRARIA |
BALISTRARIANoun1. A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged. |
Etymology: Balistraria \Bal`is*tra"ri*a\, noun. [Late Latin]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Balistraria Narrow apertures in the form of a cross in the walls of ancient castles, through which cross-bowmen discharged their arrows. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defense | Safeguard; (safety); balistraria; bunker, screen; (shelter); camouflage; (concealment); fortification; munition, muniment; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment; kila; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation; paling; (inclosure); palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise; abatis, abattis, abbatis; vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate; vallation, vanfos. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "balistraria"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | alistrariabay.(various references) | |
Ukranian | амбразура (crenel, crenelle, embrasure, loophole). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "BALISTRARIA" (pronounced 'Bal`is*tra"ri*a'): Acetonuria, Acrita, Adularia, Adversaria, Albuminuria, Alcyonaria, Anisocoria, Aporia, Appendicularia, Apteria, Araucaria, Aria, Auricularia, Azoturia, Baria, Bipinnaria, Brachiolaria, Cafeteria, calceolaria, Calvaria, Carinaria, Cercaria, Ceria, Chyluria, Cineraria, Cnidaria, Convallaria, Curia, Dataria, Desmobacteria, Desmomyaria, Dinosauria, Diphtheria, Dysphoria, Enaliosauria, Feria, filaria, Fistularia, Gastrotricha, Gloria, Glucosuria, Glycosuria, Grossularia, Halisauria, Hatteria, hematuria, Heteromyaria, Heterotricha, Holotricha, Homoeomeria, Hypotricha, hysteria, Ichthyosauria, Improperia, Injuria, Krameria, Laminaria, Lemuria, Lepidosauria, Lucernaria, malaria, Memoria, Mercenaria, Mesosauria, Microbacteria, miliaria, Monadaria, moria, Myaria, Noria, Ophiurida, Oscillaria, Parkeria, Pedicellaria, Pelicosauria, Peloria, Peptonuria, Peristeria, Peritricha, Persicaria, Phantasmagoria, Phosphaturia, Physemaria, Phytozoaria, Planaria, Plesiosauria, Plumularia, Poluria, Polycyttaria, Prototheria, Pseudobacteria, Pseudofilaria, Pyuria, Radiolaria, Regularia, Reticularia, Rotatoria, Salisburia, Saltatoria, Sanguinaria, Sauria, Scalaria, scoria, Scrophularia, Serpentaria, Sertularia, Solfanaria, Stegosauria, Streptobacteria, Suctoria, talaria, Thoria, Tornaria, Trachearia, Tubularia, Turbellaria, Umbellularia, urticaria, Vesicularia, Wistaria, Zauschneria, Zoantharia, Zonaria. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-i-i-l-r-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: arbalist, arbitral, salariat. | |
-4 letters: albatas, atabals, balatas, basilar, lariats, latrias, stibial, talaria. | |
-5 letters: aaliis, abasia, abatis, albata, alibis, altars, arista, astral, atabal, atrial, balata, basalt, bialis, brails, brasil, briars, labara, lariat, latria, libras, rabats, ratals, riatas, satara, tablas, talars, tarsal, tarsia, tiaras, tibial, tibias, trails, trials, tribal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-i-i-l-r-r-s-t" | |
+5 letters: antilibertarians. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 4C 49 53 54 52 41 52 49 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-.. .. ... - .-. .- .-. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01001100 01001001 01010011 01010100 01010010 01000001 01010010 01001001 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A L I S T R A R I A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 004C 0049 0053 0054 0052 0041 0052 0049 0041 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3635464353545235524335 |
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