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"AMPHETAMINES" is a plural of: amphetamine. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Analogs or derivatives of amphetamine. Many are sympathomimetics and central nervous system stimulators causing excitation, vasopression, bronchodilation, and to varying degrees, anorexia, analepsis, nasal decongestion, and some smooth muscle relaxation. (references) |
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Synonym: AMPHETAMINESSynonym: Controlled drugs. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intemperance | Bhang, hashish, marijuana, pot, hemp, grass; opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin; LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide; phencyclidine, angel dust, PCP; barbiturates; amphetamines, speed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AMPHETAMINES |
| English words defined with "AMPHETAMINES": Adam ♦ ecstasy ♦ formication ♦ MDMA, methylenedioxymethamphetamine ♦ speed freak ♦ x. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AMPHETAMINES": Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors, Amphetamine-Related Disorders ♦ Designer Drugs ♦ mazindol. (references) |
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Screenplays | Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines (Airplane!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker) | |
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Health | Drugs such as amphetamines and thyroid derivatives are unsafe and unapproved. (references) | |
It has effects similar to, but more potent than, caffeine and less potent than amphetamines. (references) | ||
Depressive and manic states caused by medical disorders (e.g., hypothyroidism) or exogenous agents (e.g., amphetamines) also are not considered. (references) | ||
Economic History | Burma | A significant amount of hard currency also comes from the drug trade, which largely consists of opium and amphetamines. (references) |
The Netherlands | Despite the high priority given by the Dutch Government to fighting narcotics trafficking, the Netherlands continues to be an important transit point for drugs entering Europe, a major producer and exporter of amphetamines and synthetic drugs, and an important consumer of most illicit drugs. (references) | |
Travel | Yemen | Chemically related to amphetamines, qat is a "Class 4" controlled substance under U.S. law and may not be brought to the U.S. Individuals with heart problems, high blood pressure, insomnia, or gastro-intestinal problems should not chew. (references) |
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| "AMPHETAMINES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 96.55% of the time. "AMPHETAMINES" is used about 58 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) | 96.55% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 3.45% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 58 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "AMPHETAMINES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Dutch | In- en Uitvoerbeschikking amfetaminen 1972 (Imports and Exports Amphetamines Decree). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | amphetaminesay | ||||
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Words ending with "AMPHETAMINES": dextroamphetamines, methamphetamines. (additional references) | |
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"AMPHETAMINES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amphatamine, amphedamine, amphetammines, amphetimine. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AMPHETAMINES" (pronounced amfe"tumē'nz) |
| 3 | -ē' n z | alkenes, argentines, bylines, caesareans, evergreens, gabardines, libertines, limousines, magazines, mangosteens, opalines, peregrines, philistines, proteins, quarantines, seventeens, soybeans, submarines, tangerines. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-h-i-m-m-n-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: amphetamine. | |
-3 letters: aphanites, empathies, empathise, haematins, hemateins, hematines, mainsheet, meantimes, metaphase, pantheism. | |
-4 letters: amentias, animates, anthemia, apathies, aphanite, asthenia, emanates, etamines, haematin, hammiest, haptenes, hematein, hematine, hematins, hempiest, heptanes, imamates, mainmast, manatees, mateship, matinees, meantime, methanes, miseaten, paeanism, phantasm, pheasant, phenates, psammite, saphenae, sheepman, shipmate, shipment, thespian. | |
-5 letters: amentia, ammines, amnesia, anapest, anemias, animate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-h-i-m-m-n-p-s-t" | |
+4 letters: methamphetamines. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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