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Definitions: Alar |
AlarAdjective1. (botany) of or relating to the axil. 2. (biology) having or resembling wings. Noun1. A growth-regulating chemical sprayed on fruit trees; entire crop can be harvested at one time. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Alar \A"lar\, adjective. [Latin expression alarius, from ala wing: compare to the French expression alaire.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Alar" is a common misspelling or typo for: afar, agar, ajar, alarm, alary, alas, altar. |
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Environment | Trade name for daminozide, a pesticide that makes apples redder, firmer, and less likely to drop off trees before growers are ready to pick them. It is also used to a lesser extent on peanuts, tart cherries, concord grapes, and other fruits. (references) |
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In 1989 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decided to ban it because "long-term exposure to Alar poses unacceptable risks to public health." The ban followed a February 1989 broadcast by CBS's 60 Minutes highlighting a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council claiming that alar was a dangerous carcinogen.
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Synonyms: AlarSynonyms: alary (adj), aliform (adj), axillary (adj), wing-shaped (adj), daminozide (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Alar |
| Non-English Usage: "Alar" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (Hale, haul, heave), Welsh (surfeit). |
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| "Alar" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 72.22% of the time. "Alar" is used about 18 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) | 72.22% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 27.78% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "alar" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Alar | Last name | 100 | 75,586 |
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Beginning with "alar": alar-free. | |
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| 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 |
alar | 19 |
alar china | 9 |
alar zone | 4 |
alar in yahoo.co.uk | 2 |
alar damage ligament | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "alar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Në Formë Flete (aliform), Me Fleta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Крилат, Който Има Крила, Който Се Отнася "о Крила. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spil af alae nasi (alar aspiration), plicae alares (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), naesevingelaengde (alar length, nostril length), naesevingehoejde (alar height, nostril breadth), indtraekning af alae nasi (alar aspiration, aspiration of the wings of the nose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | collapsus aloe nasi (alar aspiration, aspiration of the wings of the nose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aspiration de l'aile du nez (alar aspiration), replis alaires (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), longueur de l'aile du nez (alar length), hauteur de l'aile du nez (alar height), drain en aile (alar drain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Plicae alares (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), Nasenflügellänge (alar length, nostril length), Nasenflügelhöhe (alar height, nostril breadth), Nasenflügelatmen (alar aspiration), Nasenflügelansaugung (alar aspiration, aspiration of the wings of the nose), Flügeldrän (alar drain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τερύγιων, τερυγιακόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Szárnyas (fowl, pinioned, pinnate, poultry, winged). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pliche alari della rotula (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), legamenti alari della rotula (alar folds of the knee, alar ligaments), distensione inspiratoria delle ali nasali (alar aspiration, aspiration of the wings of the nose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alaray Alado (alate, pink, winged). (various references) De Aripã, În Formã De Aripã. (various references) Крыловидный, Крылатый. (various references) krilat (pinioned). (various references) Axilar (axillary), Del Ala (alary). (various references) Крилоподібний, Крилатий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "alar": alarm, alarmed, alarming, alarmingly, alarmism, alarmisms, alarmist, alarmists, alarms, alarum, alarumed, alaruming, alarums, alary. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "alar": malar, scalar, subalar, talar. (additional references) | |
Words containing "alar": antimalaria, antimalarial, antimalarials, intercalary, malaria, malarial, malarian, malarias, malariologies, malariologist, malariologists, malariology, malarious, malarkey, malarkeys, malarkies, malarky, malaroma, malaromas, malars, phalarope, phalaropes, salariat, salariats, salaried, salaries, salary, salarying, salaryman, salarymen, scalare, scalares, scalariform, scalariformly, scalars, talaria, talars, unsalaried. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "alar" (pronounced 'A"lar'): Antisolar, Apolar, Astylar, Bifilar, bipolar, Bolar, Cellar, Circumpolar, Cyclostylar, Dipolar, dollar, Electro-polar, Encollar, filar, Gular, hilar, interstellar, lunisolar, medlar, Medullar, Mullar, Patellar, Poplar, Praemolar, Premolar, Rostellar, scalar, Stilar, Subcellar, Subpolar, Substylar, Supersolar, Temporomalar, unifilar, unipolar, Velar, Volar, Zinco-polar. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-r" | |
-1 letter: aal, ala, lar. | |
-2 letters: aa, al, ar, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-r" | |
+1 letter: alarm, alary, altar, areal, argal, artal, arval, aural, craal, graal, kraal, laari, labra, lahar, larva, laura, lazar, malar, ratal, talar. | |
+2 letters: aboral, aerial, aglare, alarms, alarum, alegar, altars, alular, amoral, antral, anural, aortal, arable, areola, argala, argali, argals, ashlar, astral, atrial, barbal, bharal, calcar, carnal, carpal, craals, earlap, farfal, graals, hartal, kraals, laager, labara, lahars, lariat, larvae, larval, larvas, lascar, latria, laurae, lauras, lazars, malars, narial, narwal, palmar, parlay, parral, planar, racial, radial, radula, raglan, ranula, rascal, ratals, realia, sacral, salary, scalar, talars, tarnal, tarsal, valvar. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 61 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. .- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0061 0072 |
| 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)35786784 |
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