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Definition: DAHLIAS |
DAHLIASPlural1. Of Dahlia |
Date "DAHLIAS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
| Synonym by domain: dahlia (food & agriculture, european union). |
Crosswords: DAHLIAS |
| Specialty definitions using "DAHLIAS": Dahlia. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "DAHLIAS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 94.59% of the time. "DAHLIAS" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 94.59% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.41% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 37 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
dahlias | 346 |
growing dahlias | 26 |
dahlias planting | 15 |
dahlias care | 10 |
swan island dahlias | 7 |
grow dahlias | 5 |
dahlias picture | 4 |
dahlias plant | 4 |
connells dahlias | 4 |
dahlias flower | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DAHLIAS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 大丽花 (Dahlia). (various references) | |
Korean | 달리아 (Dahlia). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ahliasday.(various references) | |
Spanish | dalias. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Dahlia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"DAHLIAS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dahil, Dahlak, dahli, dahliia, Dahlis, dahlou, dailia, dalgas, dalhi, dalias, Delibas, dethlac, Detholiad, Dhalia, Dihli, dilias, makhilas, sahelians, tahlia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-h-i-l-s" | |
-1 letter: dahlia, dalasi, halids. | |
-2 letters: alias, dahls, dashi, dhals, dials, hadal, hails, halid, salad. | |
-3 letters: aahs, aals, aids, ails, alas, dahl, dahs, dais, dals, dash, dhal, dial, dish, hail, hila, lads, laid, lash, lids, sadi, said, sail, shad, sial, sild, slid. | |
-4 letters: aah, aal, aas, ads, aha, aid, ail, ais, ala, als, ash, dah, dal, dis, had, has, hid, his, ids, lad, las, lid, lis, sad, sal, sha. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, ah, ai, al, as, ha, hi, id, is, la, li, sh, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-h-i-l-s" | |
+1 letter: headsail. | |
+2 letters: halliards, handrails, headsails, nailheads, railheads. | |
+3 letters: adhesional, baldachins, charladies, diaphyseal, diaphysial, enchiladas, trailheads. | |
+4 letters: baldachinos, hollandaise, icosahedral, lanthanides, rhapsodical, withdrawals. | |
+5 letters: cardinalship, diaphanously, handrailings, hexadecimals, hollandaises, hydralazines, saccharoidal. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 41 48 4C 49 41 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- .... .-.. .. .- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000001 01001000 01001100 01001001 01000001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D A H L I A S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0041 0048 004C 0049 0041 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38354246433553 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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