Malt

  

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Malt

Definitions: Malt

Malt

Noun

1. A milkshake made with malt powder.

2. Alcoholic beverage made with malt.

3. Grain that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling.

Verb

1. Treat with malt or malt extract.

2. Turn into malt, become malt.

3. Convert grain into malt.

4. Convert into malt.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "malt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Malt

DomainDefinitions

19th Century Satire

A humble grain which often gets into a ferment, cools off and becomes Stout in its old age. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.

Dream Interpretation

To dream of malt, betokens a pleasant existence and riches that will advance your station.
To dream of taking malted drinks, denotes that you will interest yourself in some dangerous affair, but will reap much benefit therefrom. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Food & Agriculture

Germinated grain which is usually subsequently dried in hot-air kilns. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Malt The Sermon on Malt was by John Dod, rector of Fawsley, Northants, called the decalogist, from his famous exposition of the Ten Commandments. A Puritan divine. (1547-1645.)
This was not Dr. William Dodd, who was executed for forgery (1729-1777). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Malt

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

MALT

SwedishMukosa-associerad lymfoid vävnadMedicine

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Malt

Synonyms: malt liquor (n), malted (n), malted milk (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Malt

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Food

Wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin; (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep; near beer. beer, non-alcoholic beverage.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Malt

English words defined with "malt": beer, beer maker, Beerhouse, bine, Boud, Bourbon, brewer, brewing, Bubcommon barley, common hop, common hopsEuropean hopHordeum vulgare, Humulus lupulus, Hydrolytic fermentJack back, John BarleycornLath brickMalt dust, Malt floor, Malt house, Malt kiln, malt liquor, malt sugar, malt whiskey, malt whisky, malted, malted milk, Maltine, Malting, maltman, maltster, Malty, mash, Multumporter, porter's beerrye, rye whiskey, rye whiskyScotch and soda, sudsTo couch maltwortZythum. (references)
Specialty definitions using "malt": BREWING DIRECTOR, brewing superintendentCalvert's Entire, candy waterDRIER OPERATOR, DRUMFILTER-PRESS TENDER, FLAVOR EXTRACTORGroaning MaltKETTLE OPERATOR, kiln loader, KILN OPERATOR, MALT HOUSELOADER, MALT HOUSE, Lymphoma, Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid TissueMalt ... Meal, malt loader, MALT lymphoma, MALT ROASTER, malt sprouts, MALT-HOUSE OPERATOR, MALT-SPECIFICATIONS-CONTROL ASSISTANT, MASH GRINDER, Maut gets abune the Meal, Meal or MaltPHARAOHRoystonSALES SUPERVISOR, MALT LIQUORS, Son of Dripping, SUPERVISOR, BREW HOUSE, SUPERVISOR, FEED MILL, SUPERVISOR, MALT HOUSEYEAST DISTILLER, yeast maker, YEAST-CULTURE DEVELOPER. (references)
Etymologies containing "malt": Boud, Braggetmaltose. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Malt" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (malt), French (malt), German (paints), Swedish (malt), Turkish (malt).

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Modern Usage: Malt

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage; and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

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

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Commercial Usage: Malt

DomainTitle

References

  • Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt Sanayi A.S.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Ege Biracilik ve Malt Sanayii A.S.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Guney Biracilik Ve Malt Sanayii A.S.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Malt Beverages in Finland (reference)

  • Turk Tuborg Bira ve Malt Sanayii A.S.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Malt Whisky (reference)

  • Malt Whisky: A Comprehensive Guide for Both Novice and Connoisseur (reference)

  • Michael Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch (reference)

  • Single Malt Whisky: An Italian Passion (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

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

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Image Slideshow: Malt

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Photo Album: Malt

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Malt Bitters : The House That Jack Built / Forbes Co., Boston.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Stimulation Without Intoxication. : Malt Bitters. / Forbes Co., Boston.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Malt houses, Walker distillery, Walkerville, Ont.Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Industrial alcohol. These 40,000 gallon tanks in the fermenting room of a converted whiskey distillery produce industrial alcohol by the action of yeast upon cooked grain whose starches have been changed to sugars by the enzyme action of malt.Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Use in Literature: Malt

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Perry tells me that Mr. Cole never touches malt liquor.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Malt

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Beer ranges considerably in its alcohol content, with malt liquor being higher in its alcohol content than most other brewed beverages. (references)

Preliminary epidemiologic data suggest that H. pylori infection is associated with both non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and MALT lymphomas of the stomach. (references)

Business

The liquor tax of 222,000 yen per kiloliter is equivalent to about 77.7 yen per 350ml can. Happoshu's liquor tax differs depending on the malt content. (references)

These import duties however, will be abolished from 2002. In addition to the import duty, beer is subject to a liquor tax of 222,000 yen per kiloliter and happoshu is subject to a liquor tax, which ranges from 222,000 yen to 105,000 yen per kiloliter depending on the malt content. (references)

For happoshu, if the malt content is 25% or less of the weight of total ingredients, excluding water weight, the tax is 105 yen per liter; if the malt content is between 25% to 50% of the weight of total ingredients, it will be taxed at 152.7 yen per liter; and if the malt content is between 50% to 66.6%, it is taxed at 222 yen per liter. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

Import duties of 30+ACU- and 50+ACU- are imposed on malt and hops, respectively. (references)

Ukraine

Two specialized plants located in Berdychiv (Zhytomyr oblast) and Slavuta (Khmelmytsky oblast) supply domestic malt. (references)

China

For corn and barley, the underlying demand factors in the next five years will be limited land for local production, increasing population, better incomes as well as changing consumer preferences, which will mean increased demand for feed corn and barley to malt for beer. (references)

Political Economy

COLOMBIA

Some of these products, which include important U.S. exports to Colombia, are wheat, malt barley, corn, rice, sorghum, and wheat flour. (references)

Trade

Brazil

Breeder livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys, including semen and embryos); wine and brandy, distilled spirits (rum, wodka and whiskey); fresh vegetables (asparagus, beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, corn, garlic, lettuce, onions, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes); canned vegetables (asparagus, beans, carrots, corn, peas, tomatoes and tomato paste); frozen vegetables (beans, broccoli, carrots, corn and spinach); peanut butter or peanut flour; dairy products (butter, butter oil, ghee, anhydrous milk fat, non-fat and whole milk powder, whey powder, whey protein concentrate, lactose, non-sweetened condensed milk, fluid milk, lecithin and cheese); ice cream; meat, frozen or chilled (beef, pork and their products);wheat, wheat flour, semolina; cotton, 100% cotton yarn, 100% cotton fabrics (woven and knit unbleached/bleached/dyed, and/or printed); rice; feed grains (barley, including malting barley, white corn, yellow corn, sorghum and oats); corn products (flour, starch, corn meal, popcorn and gluten); pulses(dry beans, peas and lentils), poultry breeder stock (baby chicks, turkey pouts and hatching eggs); eggs and egg products (fresh, dry, refrigerated, frozen, albumin, etc); fresh fruits (apples, apricots, avocados, blueberries, cherries, grapes, grapefruit, kiwi, lemons, melons, nectarines, oranges, pears, plums, peaches, raspberries and tangerines); hops: hops extract; tallow: grease, lard, barley malt; potatoes(cut and chilled or frozen; flakes, granules); peanuts; commercially prepared dog and cat food, animal feed ingredients, fish food; seeds for sowing; almonds ( walnuts, pistachios, hazelnut and pecan); dry fruits, frozen fruits, canned fruits, fruit pure and fruit pulp, 100% natural fruit juice; seafood (fresh and frozen);tomato paste; alfalfa; honey; skins; nutritional beverages preparations (for human consumption); soy protein products; vegetable oils; wood; beer; cereals; preparation for breads and pizzas (powder, refrigerated of frozen); canned pickles; ready-to-eat meals; soft drinks and sodas; soups and sauces. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: Malt

"Malt" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.20% of the time. "Malt" is used about 376 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.2%37314,596
Noun (proper)0.8%3202,518
                    Total100.00%376N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Malt

CountryName
Turkey

Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt Sanayi A.S.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Malt

Expressions using "malt": Malt dust malt extract Malt floor Malt house Malt kiln malt liquor malt loaf MALT lymphoma malt sprouts malt sugar malt whiskey malt whisky To couch malt. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "malt": malt-house, malt-loaf, malt-milling, malt-sacks, malt-vats, malt-worm.

Ending with "malt": chocolate-malt, single-malt.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Malt

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

malt

113

malt meal o

72

malt liquor

60

malt meal.com o

42

malt beverage

35

malt whisky

32

malt lymphoma

31

crystal malt

30

single malt

29

malt extract

26

gruvis malt

17

malt barley

15

malt powder

14

malt vinegar

14

malt shop

13

malt whiskey

12

chocolate malt

11

malt rare whisky

10

duck malt

10

malt scotch

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Malt

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

Albanian

  

malt, ndërroj (cast, change, commute, distort, dress, exchange, proselytize, relay, relieve, remove, transfigure, veer), birrë (ale, beer, table-beer, tap, wallop). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ملت حول إلي ملت, ‏ملت شعير مخمر, ‏جعة (beer, stout), ‏شعير منقوع بيرة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ставам на малц, слад, малц (grist), правя на малц. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

麥芽 , 麦芽. (various references)

   

Czech

  

sladovat, slad, promìnit v slad. (various references)

   

Danish

  

malt. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

mout. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

mallas. (various references)

   

French

  

malt. (various references)

   

German

  

Malz (malts). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βύνη. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ללתות, לתת (allow, establish, give, grant, hand over, let, make, permit, render), שעורת שכר. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

maláta. (various references)

   

Italian

  

malto (barleycorn, bruised barley, grist, malts). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(leaven, mould used to make sake, yeast), 麦芽 , マルチ商法 (Malaysia, multilevel marketing system), モリブデン酸アンモニウ (ammonium molybdate, guinea pig, malt whisky, marmotte, Moldavia, molybdenium, morgue, morphine, mortar). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

マルツ , モルト , ばくが (accomplished, extensive knowledge, well-informed), "うじ (affairs after one's death, alley, bait, construction work, curious, decoy, edict, fortune, future affairs, good deed, government business, higher-order-, lane, leaven, lure, meta-, mould used to make sake, mouth and ear, public announcement, yeast). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

맥아. (various references)

   

Manx

  

bry, braih, braghey (ferment, fermentation, fermentation of cereals, malted). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

altmay

   

Portuguese

  

malte (malt extract), delito (crime, delict, delinquency, fault, guilt, guiltily, misdeem, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, misdoing, offence, offense, transgression). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

malţ, face malţ. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

солод. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

braich (fermented grain), brach. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

slad (grains), praviti slad. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

malta (Malta, malts, Republic of Malta). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

malt. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

maltlaştırmak, malt yapmak, malt. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

солод (grist), робити солод, додавати солод. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

mạch nha, có mạch nha; l m bằng mạch nha. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

bragu (brew), brag. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Malt

Derivations

Words beginning with "malt": maltase, maltases, malted, malteds, maltha, malthas, maltier, maltiest, malting, maltol, maltols, maltose, maltoses, maltreat, maltreated, maltreater, maltreaters, maltreating, maltreatment, maltreatments, maltreats, malts, maltster, maltsters, malty. (additional references)

Words ending with "malt": smalt. (additional references)

Words containing "malt": schmaltz, schmaltzes, schmaltzier, schmaltziest, schmaltzy, shmaltz, shmaltzes, shmaltzier, shmaltziest, shmaltzy, smalti, smaltine, smaltines, smaltite, smaltites, smalto, smaltos, smalts. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Malt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amlot, maal, mact, maft, magt, Mahl, mait, malat, mald, maleta, malg, Malk, malot, malp, malr, malte, malto, maltz, Malu, mant, Matla, mault, maut, mawt, melf, melg, melit, melot, melsh, melta, melty, metl, mgal, mielt, milkt, milti, mlt, molut, mulot, mult, multa, Mutla, mwali, nalt, ralt, zalt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Malt"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "malt" (pronounced mô"lt)
3-ô" l tassault, basalt, default, exalt, fault, Gault, halt, salt, Sault, vault.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Malt

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-l-m-t"

-1 letter: alt, lam, lat, mat, tam.

-2 letters: al, am, at, la, ma, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-l-m-t"
 

+1 letter: malts, malty, metal, smalt, tamal.

 

+2 letters: almost, amatol, amulet, armlet, camlet, hamlet, lactam, lament, lamest, malate, mallet, maloti, malted, maltha, maltol, mantel, mantle, meatal, mental, metals, mitral, mortal, muleta, mutual, ramtil, samlet, smalti, smalto, smalts, stomal, talcum, tamale, tamals, tamely, timbal, tombal, tramel, tymbal, ultima, umlaut.

 

+3 letters: ailment, aliment, amatols, amplest, amulets, armlets, bimetal, calmest, calumet, camlets, clamant, climate, emulate, flotsam, hamlets, hematal, implant, intimal, lactams, lambast, lambent, lambert, laments, lamster, lemmata, liftman, limbate, lomenta, maillot, malates, maleate, mallets, maltase, malteds, malthas, maltier, malting, maltols, maltose, mantels, mantled, mantles, mantlet, marital, marlite, marplot, martial, martlet, matelot, matilda, matinal, matless, meatily, meltage, metaled, metical, militia, mistral, mortals, mudflat, mulatto, muletas, mutable, mutably, mutuals, mutular, oatmeal, omental, optimal, palmate, palmist, plumate, ramtils, samlets, shmaltz, smaltos, smartly, somital, stammel, stigmal, stromal, talcums, tamable, tamales, tambala, tampala, telamon, teleman, templar, thalami, thermal, timbale, timbals, timbral, tollman, tombola, tramell, tramels, trammel, trample, tumoral, tumular, tymbals, ultimas, umlauts.

 

+4 letters: ailments, alarmist, aliments, almagest, almighty, altruism, alumroot, ambulant, ambulate, amitrole, antimale, atomical, atremble, autumnal, bailment, balmiest, bimetals, blastema, blastoma, calamint, calamite, calamity, calumets, cellmate, celomata, claimant, clematis, climatal, climates, climatic, comatula, comitial, compleat, cumulate, custumal, dalmatic, diplomat, embattle, emulated, emulates, emulator, fatalism, filament, flameout, flamiest, flatmate, flatworm, flotsams, gliomata, gunmetal, haematal, halftime, halutzim, hamulate, helpmate, hotelman, imitable, immolate, immortal, implants, lambaste, lambasts, lamberts, lambiest, lamented, lamenter, laminate, lamister, lamppost, lamsters, ligament, limitary, lipomata, lithemia, loamiest, maculate, maillots, malamute, malapert, maleates, maledict, malemiut, malemute, malmiest, maltases, maltiest, maltoses, maltreat, maltster, manliest, mannitol, mantelet, mantilla, mantlets, mantling, marliest, marlites, marlitic, marplots, martello, martlets, martyrly, masscult, masterly, mastless, mastlike, mateless, matelote, matelots, material, materiel, maternal, matildas, matronal, matronly, mattedly, maturely, mealiest, mealtime, meatball, meatless, meatloaf, medalist, megalith, megavolt, melanist, melanite, meltable, meltages, mentally, mesnalty, metaling, metalise, metalist, metalize, metalled, metallic, metazoal, methanol, methylal, meticals, metrical, militant, military, militate, militias, minutial, misalter, misdealt, misplant, mistrals, mistrial, moatlike, modality, modulate, molality, molarity, moralist, morality, mortally, mothball, motional, mudflats, mulattos, multiage, multicar, muralist, muscatel, mutilate, mutually, myoblast, mystical, mythical, nonmetal, oatmeals, palmated, palmette, palmetto, palmiest, palmists, palmitin, pamphlet, plastrum, platform, platinum, playmate, playtime, polymath, primatal, psalmist, ptyalism, realtime, remittal, rolamite, schmaltz, shmaltzy, simulant, simulate, smallest, smaltine, smaltite, solatium, staminal, stammels, staumrel, steamily, stillman, stomatal, summital, taillamp, talesman, talesmen, taleysim, talisman, tallisim, tallitim, tallyman, tallymen, talmudic, tambalas, tameable, tameless, tampalas, tantalum, tegminal, telegram, telemark, templars, template, temporal, terminal, thalamic, thalamus, thallium, thermals, thraldom, timbales, tomalley, tombolas, totalism, trameled, tramells, tramless, tramline, trammels, trampled, trampler, tramples, tympanal, ultimacy, ultimata, ultimate, ultraism, umlauted, vitalism, voltaism.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Malt


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 6C 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .-    .-..    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01101100 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#108 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 006C 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47677886

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Company Usage
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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