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Definition: AMYL |
AMYLNoun1. A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc. |
Date "AMYL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
Etymology: Amyl \Am"yl\, noun. [Latin expression amylum starch -yl. Compare to Amidin.]. (references) |
| 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 |
| Am | English | Amyl | Chemistry |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: AMYL |
| English words defined with "AMYL": Active valeric acid, Amylate, Amylic, Amylic alcohol ♦ banana oil ♦ fusel oil ♦ Pentyl, Potato whisky. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AMYL": feints ♦ higher alcohols ♦ pearl essence, pentasol xanthate. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I have pornographic movies in my apartment, and lubricants, and amyl nitrate (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Amyl and butyl nitrites have been associated with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), the most common cancer reported among AIDS patients. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "AMYL" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AMYL" is used about 9 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 (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "AMYL": amyl acetate ♦ Amyl alcohol ♦ amyl nitrate ♦ Amyl nitrite. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Containing "AMYL": n-amyl alcohol, sec-amyl alcohol. | |
| 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 |
amyl nitrate | 99 |
amyl nitrite | 23 |
amyl acetate | 13 |
amyl | 12 |
amyl cresol meta | 6 |
amyl alcohol | 4 |
amyl nitrate poppers | 4 |
amyl buy nitrate | 3 |
amyl nitrite poppers | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "AMYL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | الأميل. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | амил. (various references) | |
Danish | amylnitrit (amyl nitrites), amylformiat (Amyl formate), amylalkohol (amyl alcohol), amylacetat (amyl acetate), tert-Pentylalkohol (tertiary amyl alcohol, tert-Pentanol), Pentylformiat (Amyl formate). (various references) | |
Dutch | amylnitriet (amyl nitrites), Amylformiaat (Amyl formate), amylalcohol (amyl alcohol), amylacetaat (amyl acetate), tert-Pentanol (tertiary amyl alcohol, tert-Pentanol), pentylacetaat (amyl acetate), banaanolie (amyl acetate, amylacetic ester, banana oil, pear oil). (various references) | |
Finnish | amyyliasetaatti (amyl acetate), amyylialkoholi (amyl alcohol), isoamyylialkoholi (amyl alcohol, isoamyl alcohol(CH3.(CH2)3.CH2OH)). (various references) | |
French | amylique. (various references) | |
German | Amylformiat (Amyl formate), Amylbutylstyrol (amyl butyl styrene), Amylalkohol (amyl alcohol), Amylacetat (amyl acetate), tert-Pentanol (tertiary amyl alcohol, tert-Pentanol), MTA (methyl-tertiary-amylether, TAME, tertiary amyl methyl ether), Methyl-tertiär-amylether (methyl-tertiary-amylether, TAME, tertiary amyl methyl ether), Isopentylnitrit (amyl nitrites), Isopentylacetat (amyl acetate). (various references) | |
Greek | άμυλο (starch). (various references) | |
Italian | Amile formiato (Amyl formate), alcool amilico terziario (tertiary amyl alcohol), alcole amilico (amyl alcohol), acetato di isoamile (amyl acetate), acetato di amile (amyl acetate), olio di banana (amyl acetate, amylacetic ester, banana oil, pear oil), nitriti di amile (amyl nitrites), Formiato di amile (Amyl formate). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 亜硝酸アミル (amyl nitrite). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あしょうさんアミル (amyl nitrite). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amylay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acetato de amilo (amyl acetate), acetato de amido (amyl acetate), álcool anúlico (amyl alcohol), álcool amílico (fusel oil). (various references) | |
Spanish | amilo. (various references) | |
Swedish | amylacetat (amyl acetate). (various references) | |
Turkish | amil, nişasta (Farina, starch). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | аміл. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AMYL": amylase, amylases, amylene, amylenes, amylic, amylogen, amylogens, amyloid, amyloidoses, amyloidosis, amyloids, amylolytic, amylopectin, amylopectins, amyloplast, amyloplasts, amylopsin, amylopsins, amylose, amyloses, amyls, amylum, amylums. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "AMYL": carbamyl, cinnamyl. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AMYL": carbamyls, cinnamyls, mecamylamine, mecamylamines, paramylum, paramylums. (additional references) | |
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"AMYL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acml, Adyl, aimy, Ajmal, Akyol, amal, amay, Amel, ameld, amial, Amil, amild, amol, amsl, amul, amyel, amyg, amyr, amys, amyu, ankyl, anly, anyo, aqmy, asmy, asyl, Auyu, avyl, ayl, ayla, Bamhl, Damyl, Emly, imy, Mayol, myl, Namgyal, Namgyel, Smyrl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "AMYL" (pronounced 'Am"yl'): Acyl, Beryl, hydroxyl, Lipyl, Maleyl, Methoxyl, methyl, Nonyl, Phthalyl, Potassoxyl, Quinoxyl, sibyl, Xenyl. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-m-y" | |
-1 letter: lam, lay, may, yam. | |
-2 letters: al, am, ay, la, ma, my, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-m-y" | |
+1 letter: amply, amyls, balmy, flamy, lamby, loamy, madly, malmy, malty, manly, marly, mealy, palmy. | |
+2 letters: amylic, amylum, asylum, calmly, clammy, cymbal, damply, family, flyman, gamely, gamily, gleamy, haulmy, hymnal, lamely, layman, laymen, mainly, malady, marbly, mayfly, mazily, meanly, measly, milady, mislay, namely, qualmy, tamely, tymbal, wambly, warmly. | |
+3 letters: abysmal, alchemy, alchymy, alimony, allonym, almonry, alyssum, amiably, amplify, amylase, amylene, amyloid, amylose, amylums, anomaly, asylums, balmily, beamily, brambly, calumny, campily, chlamys, cymbals, foamily, hammily, humanly, hymenal, hymnals, lamprey, lehayim, majorly, malarky, malmsey, mangily, manlily, mayoral, maypole, mazedly, meatily, mesally, miliary, misally, mislays, misplay, modally, morally, movably, mutably, myalgia, myalgic, mycelia, myeloma, nymphal, palmary, palmyra, polyoma, smartly, tymbals, unmanly, womanly, yamalka, yamulka. | |
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