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Definitions: Hopkins |
HopkinsNoun1. United States educator and theologian (1802-1887). 2. United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873). 3. English poet (1844-1889). 4. English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947). 5. Welsh film actor (born in 1937). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Hopkins" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
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Literature | Hopkins (Matthew), of Manningtree, Essex, the witch-finder of the associated counties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Huntingdonshire. In one year he hanged sixty reputed witches in Essex alone. Dr. Z. Grey says that between three and four thousand persons suffered death for witchcraft between 1643 and 1661. Nicholas Hopkins. A Carthusian friar, confessor of the Duke of Buckingham, who prophesied "that neither the king (Henry VIII.) nor his heirs should prosper, but that the Duke of Buckingham should govern England. "1 Gent. That devil-monk Hopkins that made this mischief. 2 Gent. That was he That fed him with his prophecies." Shakespeare: Henry VIII., ii. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | HOPKINS. Mr. Hopkins; a ludicrous address to a lame or limping man, being a pun on the word hop. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hopkins is a city located in Hennepin County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 17,145.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hopkins is a city located in Nodaway County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 579.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hopkins, Michigan."
Synonyms: HopkinsSynonyms: Anthony Hopkins (n), Gerard Manley Hopkins (n), Johns Hopkins (n), Mark Hopkins (n), Sir Anthony Hopkins (n), Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins (n), Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hopkins |
| English words defined with "Hopkins": Anthony Hopkins ♦ Gerard Manley Hopkins ♦ Johns Hopkins ♦ Mark Hopkins ♦ Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins ♦ Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Hopkins": CAS 8051 Assembler, C-BC ♦ Hopkinsians ♦ Inventors Punished ♦ JHU/APL ♦ Misers ♦ Sternhold ♦ Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System, Vision Electronic Recording Apparatus ♦ Witch-finder. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Hopkins" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (Hopkins). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Gerard Manley Hopkins (1973) The Blues Accordin' to Lightin' Hopkins (1969) Sis Hopkins (1941) Hopkins 24/7 (2000) | |
Song Titles | Those Were the Days (performing artist: Mary Hopkins) | |
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Astronomers using the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), flown aboard the Shuttle ASTRO-2 ... Credit: NASA. | Observations with the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) of the most massive star currently ... Credit: NASA. | ||
![]() | C&GS Ship WESTDAHL In Glacier Bay heading up Johns Hopkins Inlet. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Jagged ice along the front of Johns Hopkins Glacier. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
![]() | Clark Glacier - Johns Hopkins Inlet. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Nudibranch. 23. Ancula pacifica MacFarland - Dorso-lateral view. 23 painted by Anna B. Nash of the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory. In: "Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Monterey Bay ....", Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Volume 25, 1905. P. 151, Plate XXX. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
![]() | Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore : [Floor plans of building for female nurses] / John R. Niernseé, Architect. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | [Premature Infant Carrier to transport babies to The Hopkins Premature Infant Unit]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Line engraving published in the "Hibernian Magazine", Dublin, Ireland, August 1776. As with most contemporary "Hibernian Magazine" portraits, this is probably a purely fanciful representation of the subject. The engraver also provided an incorrect forename for Hopkins. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Engraving by J. Rodgers, published during the 19th Century by Virtue, Emmins & Co., New York. It contains portraits of Esek Hopkins, Silas Talbot, John Paul Jones, Richard Dale and John Barry, all of whom were prominent officers of the Continental Navy and the early United States Navy. Credit: NAVY. |
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Gerard Manley Hopkins | Towery city and branching between towers; Cuckoo-echoing, bell-swarmed, lark-charmed, rook-racked, river-rounded. |
Harry L. Hopkins | People don't eat in the long run -- they eat every day. |
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Health | McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere. (references) | |
In addition, in 1997 scientists at NIA's Gerontology Research Center and The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, both in Baltimore, Maryland, reported on 472 women they had followed for 16 years. (references) | ||
NHGRI-supported investigators at Johns Hopkins University are developing a survey to determine how the public, particularly those at increased risk, understand the current information regarding inheritance of AD risk and the role of other risk factors. (references) | ||
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| "Hopkins" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.69% of the time. "Hopkins" is used about 519 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 (proper) | 92.69% | 481 | 12,374 |
| Noun (plural) | 6.15% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 1.15% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 519 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Hopkins" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hopkins | Last name | 41,000 | 263 |
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1. Hopkins, MI (village, FIPS 39180) 2. Hopkins, MN (city, FIPS 30140) 3. Hopkins, MO (city, FIPS 33004) 4. Hopkins, SC |
Expressions using "Hopkins": Anthony Hopkins ♦ Gerard Manley Hopkins ♦ Hopkins County ♦ Hopkins Park ♦ Johns Hopkins ♦ Mark Hopkins ♦ Sir Anthony Hopkins ♦ Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins ♦ Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins ♦ Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Hopkins": Hopkins-thomas. | |
Ending with "Hopkins": Scott-hopkins. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "Hopkins"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Hopkins'urinsyrebestemmelse (Hopkins method), Hopkins'optik (Hopkins optics), Hopkins-Coles reagens (Hopkins-Cole test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | reactie van Hopkins-Cole (Hopkins-Cole test), methode van Hopkins (Hopkins method). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | réaction de Hopkins-Cole (Hopkins-Cole test), réaction de Hopkins et Cole (Hopkins-Cole test), optique de Hopkins (Hopkins optics), méthode de Hopkins (Hopkins method). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Hopkins-Probe (Hopkins method), Hopkins-Methode (Hopkins method), Hopkins-Cole Reagens (Hopkins-Cole test), Hopkins Optik (Hopkins optics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | μέθοδος Hopkins (Hopkins method). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | sistema ottico di HOPKINS (Hopkins optics), reattivo di HOPKINS-COLE (Hopkins-Cole test), prova di HOPKINS (Hopkins method). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opkinshay sistema óptico de Hopkins (Hopkins optics), reacção de Hopkins-Cole (Hopkins-Cole test), método de Hopkins (Hopkins method). (various references) hopkins. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"Hopkins" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Halkins, Hipkin, Hipkins, Hofkens, Hofkunst, Hokkans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-k-n-o-p-s" | |
-1 letter: pinkos, siphon. | |
-2 letters: honks, ikons, kinos, knish, knops, knosp, kophs, oinks, opsin, phons, pinko, pinks, pions. | |
-3 letters: hins, hips, hisn, honk, hons, hops, ikon, inks, ions, khis, kino, kins, kips, knop, kois, koph, kops, nips, nosh, oink, phis, phon, pink, pins, pion, pish, piso, pois, pons, posh, shin, ship, shop, sinh, sink, skin. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-k-n-o-p-s" | |
+2 letters: pachinkos. | |
+3 letters: hopsacking. | |
+4 letters: checkpoints, groupthinks, hopsackings, lymphokines, workmanship. | |
+5 letters: chickenpoxes, housekeeping, packinghouse, photokineses, photokinesis, workmanships. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 6F 70 6B 69 6E 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101111 01110000 01101011 01101001 01101110 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H o p k i n s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 006F 0070 006B 0069 006E 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42818277758085 |
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Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; |