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Definition: Rb |
RbNoun1. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
RB | Dutch | Regelbestand | N/A |
RB | English | Reconnaissance bomber | N/A |
RB | French | Rétinoblastome | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: RbSynonyms: atomic number 37 (n), rubidium (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rb |
| Specialty definitions using "Rb": Genes, Retinoblastoma ♦ RB protein, Retinoblastoma Protein, Rubidium Radioisotopes. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | The homies got RB, collab' creations ("No Diggity"; performing artist: Blackstreet) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | For example, to resolve a problem of the landfill for sewage sludge, Vodokanal used a technology for dewatering and sludge incineration offered by a French company OTV. The total cost of the waste treatment plant construction (first two phases) was Rb 450 million, half of which was provided as an intergovernmental Russian-French credit. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Rb" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.65% of the time. "Rb" is used about 93 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) | 80.65% | 75 | 38,535 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 15.05% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (common) | 4.3% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 93 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Rb": RB protein. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Rb": rb-associated, rb-doped, rb-radiant, rb-related. | |
Ending with "Rb": anti-rb. | |
| 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 |
rb music | 1,084 |
rb | 1,078 |
rb lyrics | 130 |
rb concept | 48 |
auction rb | 16 |
eawardcenter.com rb | 15 |
converter format rb | 13 |
racing rb | 10 |
0000110566 1 eawardcenter.com rb | 10 |
k rb | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Rb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | puissant inhibiteur de la croissance cellulaire (RB protein), protéine RB (RB protein), protéine rétinoblastome (RB protein). (various references) | |
Italian | proteina RB (RB protein, retinoblastoma protein). (various references) | |
Korean | 굽은 길. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | rbay.(various references) | |
Spanish | proteína RB (RB protein, retinoblastoma protein). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Rb": absorb, acerb, adsorb, adverb, arb, barb, bicarb, blurb, carb, chemisorb, cowherb, curb, darb, desorb, disturb, exurb, forb, garb, herb, kerb, orb, perturb, potherb, proverb, reabsorb, resorb, reverb, rhubarb, slurb, sorb, suburb, superb, uncurb, urb, verb, wellcurb. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Rb": absorbabilities, absorbability, absorbable, absorbance, absorbances, absorbancies, absorbancy, absorbant, absorbants, absorbed, absorbencies, absorbency, absorbent, absorbents, absorber, absorbers, absorbing, absorbingly, absorbs, acerbate, acerbated, acerbates, acerbating, acerber, acerbest, acerbic, acerbically, acerbities, acerbity, adsorbable, adsorbate, adsorbates, adsorbed, adsorbent, adsorbents, adsorber, adsorbers, adsorbing, adsorbs, adverbial, adverbially, adverbials, adverbs, afterbirth, afterbirths, afterburner, afterburners, airbag, airbags, airboat, airboats, airborne, airbound, airbrush, airbrushed, airbrushes, airbrushing, airburst, airbursts, airbus, airbuses, airbusses, amobarbital, amobarbitals, antiscorbutic, antiscorbutics, antiurban, arbalest, arbalests, arbalist, arbalists, arbelest, arbelests, arbiter, arbiters, arbitrable, arbitrage, arbitraged, arbitrager, arbitragers, arbitrages, arbitrageur, arbitrageurs, arbitraging, arbitral, arbitrament, arbitraments, arbitrarily, arbitrariness, arbitrarinesses, arbitrary, arbitrate, arbitrated, arbitrates, arbitrating, arbitration, arbitrational, arbitrations, arbitrative, arbitrator, arbitrators, arbor, arboreal, arboreally, arbored, arboreous, arbores, arborescence, arborescences, arborescent, arboreta, arboretum, arboretums, arboricultural, arboriculture, arboricultures, arborist, arborists, arborization, arborizations, arborize, arborized, arborizes, arborizing, arborous, arbors, arborvitae, arborvitaes, arbour, arboured, arbours, arbovirus, arboviruses, arbs, arbuscle, arbuscles, arbute, arbutean, arbutes, arbutus, arbutuses, ascorbate, ascorbates, ascorbic, astarboard, barbal, barbarian, barbarianism, barbarianisms, barbarians, barbaric, barbarically, barbarism, barbarisms, barbarities, barbarity, barbarization, barbarizations, barbarize, barbarized, barbarizes, barbarizing, barbarous, barbarously, barbarousness, barbarousnesses, barbasco, barbascoes, barbascos, barbate, barbe, barbecue, barbecued, barbecuer, barbecuers, barbecues, barbecuing, barbed, barbel, barbell, barbells, barbels, barbeque, barbequed, barbeques, barbequing, barber, barbered, barbering, barberries, barberry, barbers, barbershop, barbershops, barbes, barbet, barbets, barbette, barbettes, barbican, barbicans, barbicel, barbicels, barbing, barbital, barbitals, barbitone, barbitones, barbiturate, barbiturates, barbless, barbs, barbule, barbules, barbut, barbuts, barbwire, barbwires, bearbaiting, bearbaitings, bearberries, bearberry, beaverboard, beaverboards, berberin, berberine, berberines, berberins, berberis, berberises, bicarbonate, bicarbonates, bicarbs, bitterbrush, bitterbrushes, blunderbuss, blunderbusses, blurbed, blurbing, blurbs, borborygmi, borborygmus, bourbon, bourbonism, bourbonisms, bourbons, bowerbird, bowerbirds, burble, burbled, burbler, burblers, burbles, burblier, burbliest, burbling, burbly, burbot, burbots, burbs, butterball, butterballs, carbachol, carbachols, carbamate, carbamates, carbamic, carbamide, carbamides, carbamino, carbamyl, carbamyls, carbanion, carbanions, carbarn, carbarns, carbaryl, carbaryls, carbazole, carbazoles, carbide, carbides, carbine, carbines, carbinol, carbinols, carbo, carbocyclic, carbohydrase, carbohydrases, carbohydrate, carbohydrates, carbolic, carbolics, carbon, carbonaceous, carbonade, carbonades, carbonado, carbonadoed, carbonadoes, carbonadoing, carbonados, carbonara, carbonaras, carbonate, carbonated, carbonates, carbonating, carbonation, carbonations, carbonic, carboniferous, carbonization, carbonizations, carbonize, carbonized, carbonizes, carbonizing, carbonless, carbonnade, carbonnades, carbons, carbonyl, carbonylation, carbonylations, carbonylic, carbonyls, carbora, carboras, carbos, carboxyl, carboxylase, carboxylases, carboxylate, carboxylated, carboxylates, carboxylating, carboxylation, carboxylations, carboxylic, carboxyls, carboxymethylcellulose, carboxymethylcelluloses, carboxypeptidase, carboxypeptidases, carboy, carboyed, carboys, carbs, carbuncle, carbuncled, carbuncles, carbuncular, carburet, carbureted, carbureting, carburetion, carburetions, carburetor, carburetors, carburets, carburetted, carburetter, carburetters, carburetting, carburettor, carburettors, carburise, carburised, carburises, carburising, carburization, carburizations, carburize, carburized, carburizes, carburizing, cedarbird, cedarbirds, centerboard, centerboards, charbroil, charbroiled, charbroiler, charbroilers, charbroiling, charbroils, chatterbox, chatterboxes, checkerberries, checkerberry, checkerboard, checkerboards, chemisorbed, chemisorbing, chemisorbs, chlorofluorocarbon, chlorofluorocarbons, choirboy, choirboys. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-r" | |
+1 letter: arb, bar, bra, bro, brr, bur, orb, reb, rib, rob, rub, urb. | |
+2 letters: abri, arbs, barb, bard, bare, barf, bark, barm, barn, bars, bear, beer, berg, berm, bier, bird, birk, birl, birr, blur, boar, boor, bora, bore, born, bort, brad, brae, brag, bran, bras, brat, braw, bray, bred, bree, bren, brew, brie, brig, brim, brin, brio, bris, brit, broo, bros, brow, brrr, brut, buhr, bura, burd, burg, burl, burn, burp, burr, burs, bury, byre, byrl, carb, crab, crib, curb, darb, drab, drib, drub, forb, garb, grab, grub, herb, kbar, kerb, orbs, orby, rebs, ribs, robe, robs, rube, rubs, ruby, sorb, urbs, verb. | |
+3 letters: abhor, abler, abort, abris, acerb, amber, ambry, arbor, ardeb, bairn, baker, baler, barbe, barbs, barde, bards, bared, barer, bares, barfs, barge, baric, barks, barky, barms, barmy, barns, barny, baron, barre, barye, baser, bazar, beard, bears, beers, beery, beret, bergs, berme, berms, berry, berth, beryl, bevor, bider, biers, biker, birch, birds, birks, birle, birls, birrs, birse, birth, biter, blare, blear, bluer, blurb, blurs, blurt, board, boars, boart, bolar, boner, boors, boral, boras, borax, bored, borer, bores, boric, borne, boron, borts, borty, bortz, bourg, bourn, bower, boxer, boyar, brace, brach, bract, brads, braes, brags, braid, brail, brain, brake, braky, brand, brank, brans, brant, brash, brass, brats, brava, brave, bravi, bravo, brawl, brawn, braws, braxy, brays, braza, braze, bread, break, bream, brede, breed, brees, brens, brent, breve, brews, briar, bribe, brick, bride, brief, brier, bries, brigs, brill, brims, brine, bring, brink, brins, briny, brios, brisk, brits, britt, broad, brock, broil, broke, brome, bromo, bronc, brood, brook, broom, broos, brose, brosy, broth, brown, brows, brugh, bruin, bruit, brume, brunt, brush, brusk, brute, buhrs, buran, buras, burbs, burds, buret, burgh, burgs, burin, burke, burls, burly, burns, burnt, burps, burro, burrs, burry, bursa, burse, burst, buyer, byres, byrls, caber, carbo, carbs, carob, cobra, corby, crabs, cribs, crumb, cuber, curbs, darbs, debar, derby, dobra, dobro, drabs, dribs, drubs, embar, ember, exurb, fiber, fibre, forbs, forby, garbs, giber, grabs, grebe, grubs, herbs, herby, jiber, kabar, kbars, kebar, kerbs, krubi, labor, labra, liber, libra, libri, lobar, mbira, omber, ombre, orbed, orbit, oribi, probe, rabat, rabbi, rabic, rabid, rebar, rebbe, rebec, rebel, rebid, rebop, rebus, rebut, rebuy, redub, rehab, rhomb, rhumb, ribby, ribes, robed, robes, robin, roble, robot, rubes, ruble, rubus, rugby, rumba, saber, sabir, sabra, sabre, scrub, shrub, slurb, sober, sorbs, suber, taber, tabor, throb, tribe, tuber, turbo, umber, umbra, unbar, urban, urbia, verbs, weber, yerba, zebra. | |
+4 letters: abaser, abater, abator, abhors, abider, abjure, aboard, aboral, aborts, abrade, abroad, abrupt, absorb, absurd, abuser, adsorb, adverb, aerobe, airbag, airbus, ambari, ambary, ambeer, ambers, ambery, ambler, arabic, arable, arbors, arbour, arbute, ardebs, arroba, auburn, backer, badder, badger, bagger, bailer, bailor, bairns, baiter, bakers, bakery, balder, balers, balker, baller, bander, banger, banker, banner, banter, barbal, barbed, barbel, barber, barbes, barbet, barbut, barded, bardes, bardic, barege, barely, barest, barfed, barfly, barged, bargee, barges, barhop, baring, barite, barium, barked, barker, barley, barlow, barman, barmen, barmie, barong, barons, barony, barque, barred, barrel, barren, barres, barret, barrio, barrow, barter, baryes, baryon, baryta, baryte, basher, baster, bather, batter, bawdry, bawler, bayard, bazaar, bazars, beaker, beards, bearer, beater, beaver, bedder, bedrid, bedrug, beeper, beezer, before, befret, beggar, begird, begirt, begrim, belfry, belier, belter, bemire, bender, berake, berate, bereft, berets, berime, berlin, bermes, bertha, berths, beryls, bestir, betray, better, bettor, bevors, beware, beworm, bewrap, bewray, bezoar, bharal, bibber, bicarb, bicker, bicorn, bicron, bidder, biders, biform, bigger, bikers, bilker, biller, binary, binder, binger, birded, birder, birdie, bireme, birkie, birled, birler, birles, birred, birses, births, bister, bistre, bistro, biters, bitter, blamer, blared, blares, blazer, blears, bleary, blower, blurbs, blurry, blurts, boards, boarts, boater, bobber, boiler, bolder, bolero, bolter, bomber, bonder, boners, bonier, bonzer, booger, booker, boomer, boozer, bopper, borage, borals, borane, borate, bordel, border, boreal, boreen, borers, boride, boring, borons, borrow, borsch, borsht, borzoi, bosker, bother, bourgs, bourne, bourns, bourse, bowers, bowery, bowler, bowyer, boxcar, boxers, boxier, boyard, boyars, braced, bracer, braces, brachs, bracts, braggy, brahma, braids, brails, brains, brainy, braise, braize, braked, brakes, branch, brands, brandy, branks, branny, brants, brashy, brasil, brassy, bratty, bravas, braved, braver, braves, bravos, brawer, brawls, brawly, brawns, brawny, brayed, brayer, brazas, brazed, brazen, brazer, brazes, brazil, breach, breads, bready, breaks, breams, breast, breath, bredes, breech, breeds, breeks, breeze, breezy, bregma, brents, breves, brevet, brewed, brewer, brewis, briard, briars, briary, bribed, bribee, briber, bribes, bricks, bricky, bridal, brides, bridge, bridle, briefs, briers, briery, bright, brills, brined, briner, brines, brings, brinks, briony, brisks, britts, broach, broads, broche, brocks, brogan, brogue, broils, broken, broker, brolly, bromal, bromes, bromic, bromid, bromin, bromos, bronco, broncs, bronze, bronzy, brooch, broods, broody, brooks, brooms, broomy, broses, broths, brothy, browed, browns, browny, browse, brucin, brughs, bruins, bruise, bruits, brulot, brumal, brumby, brumes, brunch, brunet, brunts, brushy, brutal, bruted, brutes, bryony, bucker, buckra, budder, budger, buffer, bugger, bugler, bulbar, bulger, bulgur, bummer, bumper, bunker, bunter, burans, burble, burbly, burbot, burden, burdie, bureau, burets, burgee, burger, burghs, burgle, burgoo, burial, buried, burier, buries, burins, burked, burker, burkes, burlap, burled, burler, burley, burned, burner, burnet, burnie, burped, burred, burrer, burros, burrow, bursae, bursal, bursar, bursas, burses, bursts, burton, busbar, busher, busier, busker, buster, butler, butter, buyers, buzzer, byrled, byrnie, byroad, byword, bywork, cabers, camber, carbon, carbos, carboy, caribe, carobs, cherub, cobber, cobras, comber, corban, corbel, corbie, corymb, crabby, crambe, crambo, crumbs, crumby, cubers, cumber, curbed, curber, cyborg, dabber, dauber, daubry, debark, debars, debris, debtor, desorb, dibber, disbar, dobber, dobras, dobros, dorbug, drably, dubber, dumber, durbar, embark, embars, embers, embrue, embryo, enrobe, erbium, exurbs, eyebar, fabler, fabric, ferbam, fibber, fibers, fibres, fibril, fibrin, forbad, forbid, forbye, foreby, gabber, gabbro, gambir, garbed, garble, gerbil, gibber, gibers, goober, grabby, graben, grebes, grubby, harbor, herbal, herbed, hereby, hombre, hubris, hybrid, hybris, imbark, imbrue, inborn, inbred, isobar, jabber, jabiru, jerboa, jibber, jibers, jobber, kabars, kebars, kerbed, krubis, krubut, labara, labors, labour, labret, labrum, lamber, libber, libers, librae, libras, limber, lobber, lubber, lubric, lumbar, lumber, marble, marbly, mbiras, member, midrib, mihrab, mimbar, mobber, morbid, nabber, nearby, nobler, number, obeyer, obvert, ombers, ombres, orbier, orbing, orbits, oribis, ourebi, prefab, probed, prober, probes, probit, rabato, rabats, rabbet, rabbin, rabbis, rabbit, rabble, rabies, ragbag, ramble, ratbag, rebait, rebars, rebate, rebato, rebbes, rebeck, rebecs, rebels, rebids, rebill, rebind, rebody, reboil, rebook, reboot, rebops, rebore, reborn, rebozo, rebred, rebuff, rebuke, rebury, rebuts, rebuys, recomb, redbay, redbud, redbug, redubs, rehabs, resorb, reverb, rhebok, rhombi, rhombs, rhumba, rhumbs, ribald, riband, ribbed, ribber, ribbon, ribeye, ribier, riblet, ribose, robalo, roband, robbed, robber, robbin, robing, robins, robles, robots, robust, rouble, rubace, rubati, rubato, rubbed, rubber, rubble, rubbly, rubied, rubier, rubies, rubigo, rubles, ruboff, rubout, rubric, rumbas, rumble, rumbly, rurban, sabers, sabirs, sabras, sabred, sabres, sambar, sambur, scarab, scribe, scrubs, serdab, shrubs, slurbs, sobber, sobers, somber, sombre, sorbed, sorbet, sorbic, strobe, subers, suborn, subpar, suburb, superb, tabard, tabers, tabors, tabour, tambur, terbia, terbic, throbs, timber, timbre, treble, trebly, tribal, tribes, trilby, tubber, tubers, turban, turbid, turbit, turbos, turbot, umbers, umbrae, umbral, umbras, unbars, unbear, unborn, unbred, uncurb, unrobe, upbear, upbore, urbane, urbias, verbal, verbid, vibrio, warble, webers, yabber, yerbas, zareba, zariba, zebras. | |
| 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)52 62 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. -... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0062 |
| 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)5268 |
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