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Definition: Upsetter |
UpsetterNoun1. An unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Sets up and operates closed-die forging machine equipped with horizontal ram and gripping die to expand end of hot metal bar stock: Aligns and bolts specified dies and cams in machine, using rule, square, and wrenches. Pulls stock from furnace when color indicates forging temperature and inserts stock in gripping die against stop gauge, using tongs or hoist. Presses pedal to close gripping die on stock and to advance ram, squeezing end of metal into gripping die cavity. Moves workpiece through series of dies to shape stock progressively to specifications. Verifies dimensions of forged piece, using set gauges. May set up and operate closed-die forging machine to expand end of cold metal. (references) |
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Crosswords: Upsetter |
| Specialty definitions using "upsetter": furnace operator, furnace tender ♦ hammer heater, heater, furnace ♦ slug-furnace operator. (references) |
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Expression using "upsetter": upsetting machine upsetter. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
upsetter | 12 |
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| Language | Translations for "upsetter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Farsi | مختل کننده , واژگون کننده (Tipper). (various references) | ||||
Greek | ανατροπέασ (overthrower, subverter). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | etterupsay | ||||
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Words beginning with "upsetter": upsetters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-p-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: pertest, petters, pretest, puttees, putters, reputes, sputter, trustee. | |
-2 letters: erupts, peruse, pester, peters, petter, preset, purees, purest, puttee, putter, repute, retest, retuse, rupees, septet, setter, street, suttee, tester, truest, tutees, utters. | |
-3 letters: erupt, ester, peers, perse, peter, prees, prese, prest, puree, purse, putts, reest, reset, reuse, rupee, setup, speer, spree, sprue, spurt, steep. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-p-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: putterers, sputtered, sputterer, superette, upsetters. | |
+2 letters: pirouettes, putrescent, spluttered, splutterer, sputterers, superettes, superstate, trumpeters. | |
+3 letters: counterstep, guttersnipe, perpetuates, pretentious, repetitious, splutterers, superfatted, superstates, trusteeship, turpentines, vituperates. | |
+4 letters: countersteps, guttersnipes, interrupters, perpetuators, perpetuities, posteruptive, prestructure, stepdaughter, subtemperate, superathlete, teleutospore, temperatures, therapeutics, trusteeships. | |
+5 letters: heteropterous, perpetuations, prematurities, prestructured, prestructures, pretentiously, recapitulates, repetitiously, stepdaughters, subdepartment, superathletes, superfetation, supersaturate, superstrength, supersubtlety, teleutospores, unpretentious. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 70 73 65 74 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- .--. ... . - - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01110000 01110011 01100101 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U p s e t t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 0070 0073 0065 0074 0074 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5582857186867184 |
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