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| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| 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 |
BP | English | Boron Plastic | Chemical Industry |
BP | French | Basse pression | N/A |
BP | Greek | σημείο εξισορρόπησης | Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: BP |
| Specialty definitions using "BP": Alu family, Alu sequence ♦ short interspersed nuclear element ♦ TATA, TATA-box. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ikaria BP 1447 (1987) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | BP ethyl anti-knock controls horse-power. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Bp. Horne | The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own impatience. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 68.89% | 772 | 8,909 |
| Noun (common) | 23.8% | 267 | 18,030 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.61% | 63 | 42,364 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.34% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.36% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,121 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | BP Australia Holdings Limited | Japan | Akatsuki BP Co., Ltd. |
| United Kingdom | BP Amoco PLC(BP AMOCO) | USA | BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| 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. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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 pb (base pair), par de bases (base pair). (various references) par de bases (base pair). (various references) baspar (base pair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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). | |
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. 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. | |
| 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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