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ADHESIVES

"ADHESIVES" is a plural of: adhesive.


Specialty Definition: ADHESIVES

DomainDefinition

Health

Substances that cause the adherence of two surfaces. They include glues (properly collagen-derived adhesives), mucilages, sticky pastes, gums, resins, or latex. (references)

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

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Synonyms: ADHESIVES

Synonyms: Glue, Glues. (additional references)

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Crosswords: ADHESIVES

English words defined with "ADHESIVES": acrylate resin, acrylic, acrylic resin, alkyd, alkyd resin, amylumboric acid, butanonecaseinepoxy, epoxy glue, epoxy resinmelamine resin, methyl ethyl ketoneorthoboric acidplastic, ployurethan, polyurethane, polyvinyl acetate, PVAsilicone, silicone polymer, starchtragacanthurea-formaldehyde resin. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ADHESIVES": assembler, bonding, ASSEMBLER, METAL BONDING, ASSEMBLER, PLASTIC HOSPITAL PRODUCTSbleed through, Bone Cements, BOW MAKER, CUSTOMCOATER OPERATOR, corn starch, corn starch USDOCUMENT RESTORERELECTRONICS WORKER, EXHIBIT ARTISTGLUE MIXERINSULATION WORKERLABORATORY TESTER, leader assembler, LEADER TIERmaize starch, maize starch GB, Materials Testing, METAL-BONDING CRIB ATTENDANT, METAL-BONDING PRESS OPERATORpaintings conservator, PAINTINGS RESTORER, platen operator, metal bond, polyvinyl acetal, Polyvinyl Acetate emulsionshoemaker's paralysis, SIGN ERECTOR I, sign hanger, SKIN-LAP BONDER, SUPERVISOR, COREMAKERWOOD TECHNOLOGIST. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ADHESIVES

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References

  • The 2001 Report on Adhesives and Sealants: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

  • The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Adhesives and Sealants: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for Adhesives and Sealants in Asia (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Adhesion and Adhesives Technology: An Introduction (reference)

  • Adhesives in Recycling Seminar: Proceedings (reference)

  • Construction Sealants and Adhesives (Wiley Series of Practical Construction Guides) (reference)

  • Handbook of Adhesives & Sealants (reference)

  • Science for Conservators: Adhesives and Coatings (Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management Programme) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: ADHESIVES

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

A Korean company invested in Jiangsu province's Changshu to produce adhesives. (references)

However, adhesives for maintenance work and repairs for imported vehicles still rely on imports. (references)

Raw materials and equipment for the manufacturing of thermosol adhesives and polyurethane adhesives need to be imported. (references)

Economic History

Bulgaria

U.S. value-added building products that may have very good market prospects include wooden and vinyl windows, doors, flooring and kitchen cabinets, suspended ceilings, insulation, adhesives, cements, roofing shingles, heating and ventilation equipment, air conditioning, refrigeration and cooling systems, steel buildings and fabrications. (references)

Political Economy

MALAYSIA

Import duties on 109 goods, where the rates are not consistent with rates on goods from the same category (including adhesives, lingerie, and linens) have been reduced from between 25 and 30 percent to between 0 and 25 percent. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: ADHESIVES

"ADHESIVES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ADHESIVES" is used about 60 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 (plural)100%6043,597

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

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Expressions: ADHESIVES

Expression using "ADHESIVES": Tissue Adhesives. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "ADHESIVES": packaging-to-adhesives, self-adhesives.

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

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Modern Translation: ADHESIVES

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

Danish

  

affald fra fremstilling,formulering,distribution og brug af klæbestoffer og fugemasser(herunder tætningsmidler) (wastes from the MFSU of adhesives and sealants(including waterproofing products)), klæbestofslam (adhesives sludge). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afval van bereiding,formulering,levering en gebruik van lijm en kit(inclusief vochtwerende produkten) (wastes from the MFSU of adhesives and sealants(including waterproofing products)), lijmslib (adhesives sludge). (various references)

   

French

  

assemblage par adhésifs (assembly for adhesives), boue de colle (adhesives sludge). (various references)

   

German

  

Klebstoffe. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

λάσπη κόλλας (adhesives sludge). (various references)

   

Italian

  

adesivi. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adhesivesay

   

Portuguese

  

adesivos. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

клейкое вещество (mucilage). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

adhesivos. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ADHESIVES

Misspellings

"ADHESIVES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adheasive, adhensive. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "ADHESIVES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ADHESIVES" (pronounced adhē"sivz or udhē"sivz)
4-s i v zabrasives, exclusives, explosives, offensives, progressives, subversives.
3-i v zactives, additives, adjectives, alternatives, captives, collectives, conservatives, contraceptives, cooperatives, derivatives, detectives, directives, disincentives, electives, executives, expletives, fixatives, fugitives, imperatives, incentives, initiatives, laxatives, locomotives, motives, narratives, natives, negatives, neoconservatives, objectives, octaves, olives, operatives, palliatives, perspectives, positives, prerogatives, preservatives, preventatives, relatives, representatives, superlatives.
4-s i v zabrasives, exclusives, explosives, offensives, progressives, subversives.
3-i v zactives, additives, adjectives, alternatives, captives, collectives, conservatives, contraceptives, cooperatives, derivatives, detectives, directives, disincentives, electives, executives, expletives, fixatives, fugitives, imperatives, incentives, initiatives, laxatives, locomotives, motives, narratives, natives, negatives, neoconservatives, objectives, octaves, olives, operatives, palliatives, perspectives, positives, prerogatives, preservatives, preventatives, relatives, representatives, superlatives.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: ADHESIVES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-h-i-s-s-v"

-1 letter: adhesive, advisees.

-2 letters: advisee, advises, deashes, devises, disease, dissave, heavies, seaside, shavies, sheaved, sheaves.

-3 letters: advise, asides, daises, dashes, dashis, dassie, davies, deaves, devise, dieses, dishes, easies, evades, heaved, heaves, hissed, sadhes, sashed, seised, shades, shaved, shaves, shavie, sheave, shivas, shives, sieved, sieves, visaed, viseed.

-4 letters: aedes, aides, ashed, ashes, aside, assed, dashi, deash.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-h-i-s-s-v"
 

+3 letters: adhesiveness.

 

+5 letters: adhesivenesses.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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