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Definition: SINUSES |
SINUSESPlural1. Of Sinus |
Date "SINUSES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | The openings between the lobes in the blade of a leaf. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It just clears the sinuses! (Under Siege 2: Dark Territory; writing credit: Richard Hatem) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | These viral colds do not cause symptoms of sinusitis, but they do inflame the sinuses. (references) | |
Dark circles under the eyes caused by increased blood flow near the sinuses (allergic shines). (references) | ||
Divers often get sinus congestion and infection when water is forced into the sinuses from the nasal passages. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SINUSES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 97.50% of the time. "SINUSES" is used about 40 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) | 97.5% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 2.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 40 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SINUSES": anal sinuses ♦ Cranial Sinuses ♦ Paranasal Sinuses ♦ sinuses of the dura mater. Additional references. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "SINUSES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 静脉窦 (sinus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bladbugt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | insnijdingen van de bladschijf. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lehtilavan poukama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sinus (sine, sinus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stirnhöhlen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κόλπος (bay, gulf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | homlok- és orr-melléküregek (frontal sinuses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | seni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 공동 (Collective, Common, Commoner, Commonest, Conjoint, sinus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inusessay sinus, seios foliares, seios (bust). (various references) senos (bosom, heart). (various references) inskärning (incision, indentation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"SINUSES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sanusis, Shinoussa, Sibusiso, sinsus, sinuse, sinusids, situses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SINUSES" (pronounced sī"nusuz) |
| 6 | -ī" n u s u z | minuses. |
| 5 | -n u s u z | bonuses, businesses, eyewitnesses, furnaces, harnesses, illnesses, likenesses, penises, weaknesses, witnesses. |
| 4 | -u s u z | accomplices, actresses, addresses, aliases, amaryllises, apparatuses, apprentices, biases, buttresses, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, caucuses, censuses, choruses, circuses, congresses, crevices, crocuses, embarrasses, encompasses, fetuses, focuses, fortresses, geniuses, goddesses, grimaces, hippopotamuses, hospices, hostesses, injustices, irises, justices, mattresses, mistresses, necklaces, notices, novices, offices, omnibuses, orifices, palaces, porpoises, poultices, prejudices, premises, promises, prospectuses, purchases, purposes, refocuses, repurchases, retroviruses, seamstresses, services, stewardesses, surfaces, surpluses, terraces, tortoises, treatises, viruses, waitresses, walruses. |
| 3 | -s u z | absences, abuses, acceptances, aces, acquaintances, advances, affixes, albatrosses, allegiances, alliances, allowances, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, appearances, appendixes, appliances, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, balances, bases, basses, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, Busses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, Casas, cases, cayuses, ceases, chances, chases, choices, circumstances, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embraces, eminences, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, forces, foxes, fragrances, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, headdresses, hindrances, hisses, hoaxes, horses, houses, hyraxes, ices, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, medusas, messes, minibuses, misses, missus, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, nieces, nixes, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, ordinances, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, paradoxes, passes, performances, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, possesses, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, pronounces, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, senses, sentences, sequences, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surpasses, surtaxes, taxes, tolerances, tosses, townhouses, traces, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, verses, versus, vices, voices, waltzes, waxes, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-s-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: issues. | |
-2 letters: issue, nisus, sines, sinus, sises. | |
-3 letters: ness, seis, sine, sins, sues, suns, suss, uses. | |
-4 letters: ens, ess, ins, nus, sei, sen, sin, sis, sue, sun, uns, use. | |
-5 letters: en, es, in, is, ne, nu, si, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-s-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: business, sunrises. | |
+2 letters: bushiness, dissensus, duskiness, dustiness, fussiness, fustiness, gushiness, gustiness, gutsiness, huskiness, issuances, lousiness, lustiness, mousiness, mushiness, muskiness, mussiness, mustiness, nonissues, piousness, pursiness, pushiness, rustiness, sauciness, sulkiness, sunfishes, sunniness, sunshines, surliness. | |
+3 letters: bluishness, businesses, clumsiness, crustiness, enuresises, meniscuses, minibusses, mulishness, odiousness, omnibusses, plushiness, puissances, puninesses, queasiness, russetings, scurviness, seclusions, sensoriums, sensualism, sensualist, sensuosity, sinfulness, slushiness, smudginess, smuttiness, snubbiness, spunkiness, stuffiness, stupidness, sturdiness, subsistent, succession, sultriness, supineness, suspension, suspensive, sustainers, trustiness, uglinesses, unassisted, uneasiness, uppishness. | |
| 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)53 49 4E 55 53 45 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, 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)01010011 01001001 01001110 01010101 01010011 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S I N U S E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0049 004E 0055 0053 0045 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)53434855533953 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, 중국, chinês, chino, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, "랑스, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, 독일, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, 그리스, grego, griego, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, húngaro, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano, koreansk |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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