INSECT REPELLENTS

  

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INSECT REPELLENTS

"INSECT REPELLENTS" is a plural of: insect repellent.


Specialty Definition: INSECT REPELLENTS

DomainDefinition

Health

Substances causing insects to turn away from them or reject them as food. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: INSECT REPELLENTS

Specialty definitions using "INSECT REPELLENTS": Naphthalenes. (references)

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Commercial Usage: INSECT REPELLENTS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Natural Insect Repellents for Pets, People, and Plants (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: INSECT REPELLENTS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

If you anticipate being exposed to rodent fleas, apply insect repellents to clothing and skin, according to label instructions, to prevent flea bites. (references)

If they anticipate being exposed to mosquitoes, they should apply insect repellents to clothing and skin, according to label instructions, to prevent mosquito bites. (references)

Application of insect repellents containing DEET (n,n-diethyl-m toluamide) to clothes and exposed skin, and permethrin (which kills ticks on contact) to clothes, should also help reduce the risk of tick attachment. (references)

Travel

Eq. Guinea

Americans are urged to take appropriate malaria prophylactic medication and to use insect repellents. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

No matter which option is selected it should be combined with use of insect repellents during evening hours. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: INSECT REPELLENTS

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

insect repellents

27

natural insect repellents

12

homemade insect repellents

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: INSECT REPELLENTS

Language Translations for "INSECT REPELLENTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

det bedst kendte insektrepellant er naftalin, som bruges til at holde orm eller moel vaek fra uld og psoque fra hoelader (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

het best bekende afweermiddel is naftaleen, gebruikt om motten uit wol te houden en tegen mijten in herbariums (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references)

   

French

  

le plus connu des insectifuges est la naphtaline utilisée pour éloigner des laines les vers ou les teignes mites, et les psoques des herbiers (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene). (various references)

   

German

  

das bekannteste Insektenrepellent ist Naphthalen,um Kleidermotten fernzuhalten (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

το πιο γνωστό από τα εντομοαπωθητικά είναι η ναφθαλίνη,που χρησιμοποιείται για να κρατά μακρυά από το μαλλί τα σκουλήκια ή το σκώρο,και τα ψ (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fra gli insettifughi il più noto è la naftalina usata per tener lontani i tarli o tignole dalle lane, gli psochi dagli erbari (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Portuguese

  

o mais conhecido dos insectífugos é a naftalina,utilizada para afastar da lã os vermes ou traças e os psocídeos de relvados (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

el más conocido de los insectífugos es la naftalina,utilizada para alejar los comejenes o polillas de la lana y los psocidas de los heniles (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: INSECT REPELLENTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-i-l-l-n-n-p-r-s-s-t-t"

-4 letters: presentences, repellencies, spinnerettes.

-5 letters: centerlines, percentiles, persistence, pertinences, pestilences, presentence, presentient, repleteness, resentences, serpentines, spinnerette, stencillers, terpeneless.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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