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BP

"BP" is a common misspelling or typo for: be, bop, by, up.


Specialty Definition: BP

DomainDefinition

Medicine

A pair of nucleotides linked through hydrogen bonding which occurs between complementary bases, A binding with T and G binding with C. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: BP

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

BP

EnglishBoron PlasticChemical Industry

BP

FrenchBasse pressionN/A

BP

Greekσημείο εξισορρόπησηςPost & Telecom

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

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Crosswords: BP

Specialty definitions using "BP": Alu family, Alu sequenceshort interspersed nuclear elementTATA, TATA-box. (references)

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Modern Usage: BP

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Ikaria BP 1447 (1987)

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

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Commercial Usage: BP

DomainTitle

References

  • Akatsuki BP Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • BP Amoco PLC(BP AMOCO): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • BP Australia Holdings Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Out-posts : Earle Birney, Bill Bissett, George Bowering, Nicole Brossard, Paul Chamberland, Raoul Duguay, BP Nichol, Claude P. Lokin (Peloquin) : interviews, poetry, bibliographies & a critical introduction to 8 major modern poets (reference)

  • Research on the behaviour of piles as anchors for buoyant structures : summary report : tests carried out by the Building Research Establishment for BP International, Britoil plc and the Department of Energy (reference)

  • Weathering the Storm BP (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Consumer Goods

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

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Photo Album: BP

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

BP ethyl anti-knock controls horse-power. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Familiar Quotations: BP

AuthorQuotation

Bp. Horne

The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own impatience.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: BP

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

BP Solar is the dominant company in the UK market. (references)

They have reached the top position because of the large overall investment by the BP Group in PV system development and solar energy. (references)

For solar heating equipment Thermomax, based in the UK has taken the lead; and for solar electric/PV, BP Solar dominates the sub sector. (references)

Economic History

Trinidad

Recently, BP announced the discovery of another 1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) off Trinidad's east coast. (references)

Mauritania

The address of the U.S. embassy in Mauritania is Rue Abdallaye, BP 222, Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania. (references)

Turkey

A consortium led by BP proposed to supply Azeri gas to Turkey in late 2002. Significant delays are to be anticipated. (references)

Travel

Senegal

The mailing address is BP 49, Dakar, Senegal. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: BP

"BP" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 68.89% of the time. "BP" is used about 1,121 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 (proper)68.89%7728,909
Noun (common)23.8%26718,030
Noun (singular)5.61%6342,364
Lexical Verb (base form)1.34%1590,616
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.36%4175,879
                    Total100.00%1,121N/A

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

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Usage in Company Names: BP

CountryNameCountryName
Australia

BP Australia Holdings Limited

Japan

Akatsuki BP Co., Ltd.

United Kingdom

BP Amoco PLC(BP AMOCO)

USA

BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust

 (more examples...)  

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

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Expressions: BP

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "BP": Bp-alaska, bp-alliance, bp-bonded, bp-donated, bp-long, bp-operated, bp-shell, bp-sponsored, bp-statoil, bp-unipart.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BP

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
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bp

1,170

canon bp 522

24

bp amoco

435

america bp

23

bp daily

241

bp oil company

23

bp oil

141

account bp online

23

bp credit card

122

bp card

23

bp solar

87

bp procare

22

bp gas station

80

bp microsystems

21

bp gas card

73

bp 512

20

bp gas

72

bp chemical

20

aspira bp

66

bp connect

20

bp 511

66

bp plc

19

bp pko

43

bp t23

18

bp 522

39

bp stealth

18

amaco bp

37

2l12 bp

17

canon bp 511

36

background bp

16

bp visa

33

bp gas credit card

16

bp planner route

31

bp gasoline

16

bp club motor

30

canon bp 535

15

bp 535

30

bp oil credit card

15

bp amoco credit card

30

air bp

15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BP

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

Danish

  

basepar (base pair). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

basenpaar (base pair). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

emäspari (base pair). (various references)

   

French

  

paire de bases. (various references)

   

German

  

Basenpaar (base pair). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ζεύγος βάσεων (base pair). (various references)

   

Italian

  

paio di basi (base pair), coppia di basi (base pair). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

bpay

   

Portuguese

  

pb (base pair), par de bases (base pair). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

par de bases (base pair). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

baspar (base pair). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: BP

Derivations

Words containing "BP": bombproof, subpanel, subpanels, subpar, subparagraph, subparagraphs, subparallel, subpart, subparts, subpena, subpenaed, subpenaing, subpenas, subperiod, subperiods, subphase, subphases, subphyla, subphylum, subplot, subplots, subpoena, subpoenaed, subpoenaing, subpoenas, subpolar, subpopulation, subpopulations, subpotencies, subpotency, subpotent, subprimate, subprimates, subprincipal, subprincipals, subproblem, subproblems, subprocess, subprocesses, subproduct, subproducts, subprofessional, subprofessionals, subprogram, subprograms, subproject, subprojects, subproletariat, subproletariats, subpubic, thumbprint. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: BP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "b-p"
 

+1 letter: bap, bop, pub.

 

+2 letters: baps, beep, blip, bops, bump, burp, pleb, pubs, upby.

 

+3 letters: abamp, bebop, becap, beeps, biped, bipod, bleep, blimp, blips, bloop, blype, bumph, bumps, bumpy, burps, pibal, plebe, plebs, plumb, probe, pubes, pubic, pubis, rebop, upbow, upbye.

 

+4 letters: abamps, abrupt, aplomb, backup, barhop, bebops, becaps, bedpan, beeped, beeper, beleap, beweep, bewept, bewrap, biceps, biopic, biopsy, bipack, bipeds, bipods, bishop, bleeps, blimps, bloops, blowup, blypes, bopeep, bopped, bopper, bowpot, bumped, bumper, bumphs, buppie, burlap, burped, bypass, bypast, bypath, byplay, ephebe, ephebi, hubcap, mobcap, pablum, pebble, pebbly, pegbox, phobia, phobic, phoebe, pibals, plebes, plumbs, potboy, prefab, probed, prober, probes, probit, public, pueblo, rebops, subpar, superb, upbear, upbeat, upbind, upboil, upbore, upbows.

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

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INDEX

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


  

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