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ANIMALS

"ANIMALS" is a plural of: animal.

Date "ANIMALS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: ANIMALS

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

Animals belonging to species normally nourished and kept or consumed by man as well as animals living freely in the wild in the case where they are nourished, for some part, with animal feedingstuffs. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Animals (Symbolical). The ant, frugality and prevision; ape, uncleanness; ass, stupidity; bantam cock, pluckiness, priggishness; bat, blindness; bear, ill-temper, uncouthness; bee, industry; beetle, blindness; bull, strength, straight-forwardness; bull-dog, pertinacity; butterfly, sportiveness, living in pleasure; cat, deceit; calf, lumpishness, cowardice; cicada, poetry; cock, vigilance, overbearing insolence; crow, longevity; crocodile, hypocrisy; cuckoo, cuckoldom; dog, fidelity, dirty habits; dove, innocence, harmlessness; duck, deceit (French, canard, a hoax); eagle, majesty, inspiration; elephant, sagacity, ponderosity; fly, feebleness, insignificance; fox, cunning, artifice; frog and toad, inspiration; goat, lasciviousness; goose, conceit, folly; gull, gullibility; grasshopper, old age; hare, timidity; hawk, rapacity, penetration; hen, maternal care; horse, speed, grace; jackdaw, vain assumption, empty conceit; jay, senseless chatter; kitten, playfulness; lamb, innocence, sacrifice; lark, cheerfulness; lion, noble courage; lynx, suspicious vigilance; magpie, garrulity; mole, blindness, obstinacy; monkey, tricks; mule, obstinacy; nightingale, forlornness; ostrich, stupidity; ox, patience, strength; owl, wisdom; parrot, mocking verbosity; peacock, pride; pigeon, cowardice (pigeon-livered); pig, obstinacy, dirtiness; puppy, empty-headed conceit; rabbit, fecundity; raven, ill luck; robin red-breast, confiding trust; serpent, wisdom; sheep, silliness, timidity; stag, cuckoldom; swallow, a sunshine friend; swan, grace; swine, filthiness, greed; tiger, ferocity; tortoise, chastity; turkey-cock, official insolence; turtle-dove, conjugal fidelity; vulture, rapine; wolf, cruelty, savage ferocity, and rapine; worm, cringing; etc.
Animals (The cries of). Apes gibber; asses bray; bees hum; beetles drone; bears growl; bitterns boom; blackbirds whistle: blackcaps - we speak of the"chick-chick" of the blackcap; bulls bellow; canaries sing or quaver; cats mew, purr, swear, and caterwaul; calves bleat and blear; chaffinches chirp or pink; chickens pip; cicadæ sing; cocks crow; cows moo or low; crows caw; cuckoos cry cuckoo; deer bell; dogs bark, bay, howl, and yelp; doves coo; ducks quack; eagles scream; falcons chant; flies buzz; foxes bark and yelp; frogs croak; geese cackle and hiss; goldfinch - we speak of the "merry twinkle" of the female; grasshoppers chirp and pitter; grouse - we speak of the "drumming" of the grouse; guineafowls cry "come back "; guineapigs squeak; hares squeak; hawks scream; hens cackle and cluck; horses neigh and whinny; hyenas laugh; jays chatter; kittens mew; lambs baa and bleat; larks sing; linnets chuckle in their call; lions roar; magpies chatter; mice squeak and squeal; monkeys chatter and gibber; nightingales pipe and warble - we also speak of its "jug-jug"; owls hoot and screech; oxen low and bellow; parrots talk; peacocks scream; peewits cry pee-wit; pigeons coo; pigs grunt, squeak, and squeal; ravens croak; redstarts whistle; rooks caw; screech-owls screech or shriek; sheep baa or bleat; snakes hiss; sparrows chirp or yelp; stags bellow and call; swallows twitter; swans cry - we also speak of the "bombilation" of the swan; thrushes whistle; tigers growl; tits - we speak of the "twittwit" of the bottle-tit; turkey-cocks gobble; vultures scream; whitethroats chirr; wolves howl. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Specialty Definition: Animal

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Animals
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Phyla
Subkingdom Parazoa
    Porifera (sponges)
Subkingdom "Agnotozoa"
      Placozoa
      Orthonectida
      Rhombozoa
Subkingdom Metazoa
  "Radiata"
      Cnidaria
      Ctenophora
  Bilateria
   Protostomia
      Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
      Nemertina (ribbon worms)
      Gnathostomulida (jawed worms)
      Gastrotricha
      Rotifera (rotifers)
      Priapulida
      Kinorhyncha
      Loricifera
      Acanthocephala
      Entoprocta
      Nematoda (roundworms)
      Nematomorpha (horsehair worms)
      Cycliophora
      Mollusca (mollusks)
      Sipuncula (peanut worms)
      Annelida (segmented worms)
      Tardigrada (water bears)
      Onychophora (velvet worms)
      Arthropoda (insects, etc)
      Phoronida
      Ectoprocta (moss animals)
      Brachiopoda
   Deuterostomia
      Echinodermata
      Chaetognatha (arrow worms)
      Hemichordata (acorn worms)
      Chordata (vertebrates, etc)

See also: Animal (Muppet)

Animals are the group of organisms that constitute the kingdom Animalia. Typically, they are multicellular in composition and capable of both locomotion and responding to their surroundings. Unlike plants, animals do not photosynthesize, instead consuming plants or other organisms to grow and sustain themselves. Most animals have a body plan that becomes fixed as they mature and, except in animals that metamorphose, is established early in their development from embryos. The scientific study of animals is called zoology.

Colloquially, "animal" often is used to refer to all animals other than humans and rarely to refer to animals not classified as metazoan (see "Metazoa" below). The word "animal" derives from the Latin anima, in its sense of vital breath, and comes to English via the Latin word for animal, animalis. Animalia is the plural.

Development and evolution

Animals are eukaryotes, and diverged from the same group of flagellate protozoa that gave rise to the fungi and choanoflagellates. The last are especially close relatives, with collared cells appearing only among them, the sponges, and rarely in certain other animal forms. In all these groups motile cells (cells that propel themselves) have a single posterior flagellum with similar ultrastructure.

Adult animals are typically diploid, producing small motile sperm and large non-motile eggs. In all forms the fertilized zygote initially divides to form a hollow sphere called a blastula. This then undergoes rearrangement and differentiation. Blastulae are probably representative of the sort of colonies animals evolved from; similar forms occur among other flagellates, e.g. Volvox. However none of these other groups really ever progressed further, and large multicellular forms tend to develop by progressive growth instead.

Distinguishing characteristics

The most notable distinction of animals lies in the way the cells are held together. Instead of being simply stuck together or held in place by thick walls, animal cells are linked by septate junctions, composed mainly of elastic proteins - collagen is characteristic - that make up the extracellular matrix. Sometimes this is calcified to form shells, bones, or spicules, but otherwise it's fairly flexible and can serve as a framework, upon which cells can move about and be reorganized.

Evolution and basal forms

Except for a few exceptionally questionable trace fossils, the first forms that might represent animals appear in the fossil record around the end of the Precambrian. These are called Vendian Biota and are exceedingly difficult to relate to later forms. Other than them, virtually every phylum makes a more or less simultaneous appearance during the Cambrian.

This massive adaptive radiation may have come about because of climate change or a simple genetic innovation, and is so sudden that it is usually called the Cambrian explosion.

The sponges (Porifera) were separated from the other animals early on, and are very different. Sponges are sessile and usually feed by drawing in water through pores all over the body, which is supported by a skeleton typically divided into spicules - the cells are differentiated, but not organized into distinct groups.

There are also three problematic phyla - the Rhombozoa, Orthonectida, and Placozoa - that have an unclear position with respect to other animals. When they were first discovered, the Protozoa were considered as an animal phylum or subkingdom, but as they are generally unrelated and often as similar to plants as animals, a new kingdom, the Protista, was devised to hold them.

Metazoa

Aside from these, all animals belong to a monophyletic group called the Metazoa (called the Eumetazoa when the name Metazoa is used for all animals), characterized by a digestive chamber and separate cell layers that differentiate into various tissues. Distinguishing features of the Metazoa include a nervous system and muscles.

The simplest Metazoa are radially symmetric and diploblastic, that is, they have two germ layers. The outer layer (ectoderm) corresponds to the surface of the blastula and the inner layer (endoderm) is formed by cells that migrate into the interior. It then invaginates to form a digestive cavity with a single opening (the archenteron). This form is called a gastrula or planula when it is free-swimming. The Cnidaria (jellyfish, anenomes, corals, etc) are the main diploblastic phylum; the Ctenophora (comb jellies) may also belong here. The Myxozoa, a group of microscopic parasites, have been considered reduced cnidarians but may instead be derived from the Bilateria.

The remaining forms comprise a group called the Bilateria, since they are bilaterally symmetric (at least to some degree), and are triploblastic. The blastula invaginates without filling in first, so the endoderm is simply its inner lining, and the interior then fills in to become a third layer (mesoderm) between the others. Like tissues are grouped into organs. The simplest of such animals are the Platyhelminthes (flatworms), which may be paraphyletic to the higher phyla.

The vast majority of the triploblastic phyla form a group called the Protostomia. These phyla all have a complete digestive tract (including a mouth and an anus), with the mouth developing from the archenteron and the anus arising later. The mesoderm arises as in the flatworms, from a single cell, and then divides to form a mass on each side of the body. Usually there is a hollow space around the gut, called the coelom, arising from a split within the mesoderm, or at least some reduced version thereof (eg a pseudocoelom, where the split occurs between the mesoderm and endoderm, common in microscopic forms).

Some of the main protostome phyla are united by the presence of trochophore larva, which are distinguished by a special pattern of cilia. These make up a group called the Trochozoa, comprising the following:

Traditionally the Arthropoda - the largest animal phylum including insects, spiders, crabs, and kin - and two small phyla closely related to it, the Onychophora and Tardigrada, have been considered close relatives of the Annelida on account of their common segmented body plan (the Articulata hypothesis). This relationship is now in doubt, and it appears that instead they belong with various pseudocoeolomate worms - the Nematoda (roundworms), Nematomorpha (horsehair worms), Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, and Priapulida - which share with them ecdysis and several other characteristics. This group is called the Ecdysozoa.

There are various pseudocoelomate protostomes that are hard to classify because of their small size and reduced structure. The Rotifera and Acanthocephala are closely related to each other and probably belong near the Trochozoa. Other groups include the Gastrotricha, Gnathostomulida, Entoprocta, and Cycliophora. The last was discovered only recently, and as little investigation has been done into the marine world more will probably turn up. Most of these were originally grouped as the phylum Aschelminthes, together with the Nematoda and others, but they do not appear particularly closely related to each other.

The Brachiopoda (lamp shells), Ectoprocta (=Bryozoa, literally moss animals), and Phoronida form a group called the Lophophorata, thanks to the shared presence of a fan of cilia around the mouth called the lophophore. The evolutionary relationships of these forms are very unclear - the group has even been considered among the deuterostomes, and may be paraphyletic. They are most likely related to the Trochozoa, however, and the two are often grouped as the Lophotrochozoa.

The Deuterostomes differ from the Protostomes in various ways. They also have a complete digestive tract, but in this case the archenteron develops into the anus. The mesoderm and coelom do not form in the same way, but rather through evagination of the endoderm called enterocoelic pouching. And, finally, the embryonic cleavage is different. All this suggests that the two lines are separate and monophyletic. The Deuterostomes include:

There are also some extinct animal phyla that, without much knowledge of their embryology or internal structure, are very difficult to place. These are mostly from the cambrian period, and include

History of classification

In Linnaeus' original scheme, the animals were one of three kingdoms, divided into the classes of Vermes, Insecta, Pisces, Amphibia, Aves, and Mammalia. Since then the last four have all been subsumed into a single phylum, the Chordata, whereas the various other forms have been separated out. The above lists represent our current understanding of the group, though there is some variation from source to source.

Examples

Some well-known types of animals, listed by their common names:

See also

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Animal fat

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Fats obtained from animal sources include: In human nutrition—as far as regions where heart disease is a more common cause of death than starvation are concerned—animal fats are generally considered unhealthy due to their association with high cholesterol levels in the blood. Animal fat contains some cholesterol, but saturated fat (a large component of animal fat) stimulates cholesterol production in humans and so animal fat contributes in two ways to cholestrol levels. While elevated blood cholesterol levels have been linked to heart disease, it should be noted that there is no necessary relationship between cholesterol intake and blood cholesterol level. A properly functioning liver regulates the blood cholesterol level by storing and releasing as well as producing and excreting cholesterol as appropriate - primarily as bile. Even vegans, whose dietary intake of cholesterol is by definition essentially zero, have cholesterol in their blood.

See also: rendering

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Animal fat."

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Animals

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The word Animals when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language.

The term "Animals", when used by itself can refer to:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Animals."

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Animals (album)

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Animals is a Pink Floyd album, recorded at the band's own Britannia Row Studios in London and released in 1977. It is a concept album, loosely reminiscent of George Orwell's famous book Animal Farm.

Track listing

  1. "Pigs On The Wing pt. 1" - 1:25 (Waters)
  2. "Dogs" - 17:08 (Waters/Gilmour)
  3. "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" - 11:28 (Waters)
  4. "Sheep" - 10:20 (Waters)
  5. "Pigs On The Wing pt. 2" - 1:25 (Waters)

Personnel

Commentary

Through the central three songs, all over 10 minutes in length, Roger Waters equates all humans to one of three types of animals: dogs, pigs, or sheep. Dogs are used to represent the megalomaniacal businessmen who are finished by being dragged down by the very weight they needed to throw around. Pigs represent the corrupt politicians and moralists (with direct references to Margaret Thatcher and Mary Whitehouse). Those who do not fall into either of these two categories are sheep, who follow blindly, without any self-thought. These three core songs are bookended by a pair of love songs written by Waters: Pigs On The Wing parts 1 & 2.

Perhaps notably, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade covered the entire album in some concerts and eventually released a recording of this exact cover.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Animals (album)."

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Synonyms within Context: ANIMALS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Animal

Flocks and herds, live stock; domestic animals, wild animals; game, ferae naturae; beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea; black game, black grouse;flocks and herds, live stock; domestic animals, wild animals; game, ferae naturae; beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea; black game, black grouse; blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe.

Prediction

Divination by oracles, Theomancy; by the Bible, Bibliomancy; by ghosts, Psychomancy; by crystal gazing, Crystallomancy; by shadows or manes, Sciomancy; by appearances in the air, Aeromancy, Chaomancy; by the stars at birth, Genethliacs; by meteors, Meteoromancy; by winds, Austromancy; by sacrificial appearances, Aruspicy (or Haruspicy), Hieromancy, Hieroscopy; by the entrails of animals sacrificed, Extispicy, Hieromancy; by the entrails of a human sacrifice,

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ANIMALS

English words defined with "ANIMALS": Testaceous animals. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ANIMALS": Age of Animals., Animals, Domestic, Animals, Outbred Strains, Animals, Suckling, Animals, Transgenic, Animals, Wildbred animalsClean and Unclean Animals, Cold-blooded Animals, Cry of Animalsovine or caprine animals for breeding, ovine or caprine animals for breeding and fattening, ovine or caprine animals for production, ovine or caprine animals for slaughterpet animals. (references)
Etymologies containing "ANIMALS": Vermination. (references)

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Modern Usage: ANIMALS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

No, no, no. I want him fighting weally, wild, wavish animals by the mowning (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

Bring the dog, I love animals I'm a great cook (Fatal Attraction; writing credit: James Dearden; Nicholas Meyer)

Kids with no teeth who do nothing but play the banjo eat apple sauce through a straw pork farm animals. (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft)

It's important to have a job that makes a difference, boys, that's why I manually masturbate caged animals for artificial insemination (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

You are saying that a group of animals, entirely composed of females, will breed (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

Lyrics

Between human beings and animals that you should know about (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang)

Animals and birds who live nearby are dying (Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology); performing artist: Marvin Gaye)

Fodder for the animals (Optimistic; performing artist: Radiohead)

Reduces men to animals (LADY IN BLACK; performing artist: Uriah Heep)

Clever

Peta - People Eating Tasty Animals. (references; author: unknown)

The zoo is a place for animals to study the behavior of human beings. (references; author: unknown)

Chickens: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Animals Running (1974)

Night of the Animals (1971)

The Animals of Eden and After (1970)

Sex and the Animals (1969)

Animals in Motion (1968)

Song Titles

The House of the Rising Sun (performing artist: The Animals)

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

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Commercial Usage: ANIMALS

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Meat of Bovine Animals in N. America & Caribbean (reference)

  • The 2002 World Market Forecasts for Imported Food and Live Animals (reference)

  • The 2003 World Forecasts of Food and Live Animals Export Supplies (reference)

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for Meat Animals in Latin America (reference)

  • The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Food and Live Animals (reference)

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Books

  • Learning Block Books: Numbers, Colors, Shapes, Animals (reference)

  • My Family and Other Animals (Penguin Nature Classics) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • At Work with Fire Trucks, Airplanes, Animals and Magic (reference)

  • Teletubbies - Baby Animals (reference)

  • Baby Dolittle - Neighborhood Animals (reference)

  • Baby Einstein Gift Pack Volume 2 (Baby Mozart/Baby Van Gogh/Baby Dolittle Neighborhood Animals & World Animals) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

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

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Image Slideshow: ANIMALS

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Photo Album: ANIMALS

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These are various shots (mostly close-ups) of a young girl receiving chemotherapy. This is a hospital setting. In several shots some equipment is visible. In some shots the girl is playing with some stuffed animals. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Pictured is an attendant in a green lab coat, kneeling in an outdoor kennel pen. He is stroking one of the hogs in the pen with him and looking over the several other hogs in the pen. These animals are probably going to be used in an experiment. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

This 50 year old female had been a carder in a wool factory for 6 years. This lesion is on the 8th day of the illness. Cutaneous anthrax usually occurs after skin contact with contaminated meat, wool, hides, or leather from infected animals. Credit: CDC.

Humans become infected by swallowing water contaminated by infected animals or through skin contact, especially with mucosal surfaces, such as the eyes or nose, or with broken skin. The disease is not known to be spread from person to person. Credit: CDC.

Humpback whale's tail - distinctive markings allow identification of individual animals. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

Dead surf clams and other invertebrates after the spill. Sampling to determine mortality and other information about the animals killed during the spill lasted 4-5 months. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Local students seining for juvenile marine animals in shallows next to Weeks Bay marshland. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The root system of the red mangrove is used as nursing areas by many marine animals. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Tiny coral animals build massive reef structures. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Kelp beds are extremely complex and critical marine habitats. Wise management of both kelp beds and the animals that depend on them is key to the future of our marine ecosystem. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: ANIMALS
 

"Animals" by MICHAEL HOMBURG CLAN.DREI
Commentary: "Shop window in berlin."
"Animals around the house 1" by Ary Post
Commentary: "Small animals around the house."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "ANIMALS".

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Pig grunting, chicken clucking, dog barking, and other animals vocalizing in the barnyard.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: ANIMALS

AuthorQuotation

(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal

Even savage animals can agree among themselves.

Adam Smith

Mankind are animals that makes bargains, no other animal does this.

Blaise Pascal

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Confucius

Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

George Eliot

Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

Honore De Balzac

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Robert W. Chambers

[Being] good to animals . . . the bad man's invariable characteristic.

Samuel Butler

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

Savarin

Animals feed; man eats. Only the man of intellect and judgment knows how to eat.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: ANIMALS

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

In those viviparous animals which feed on grass, the conjunction between male and female lasts no longer than the very act of copulation; because the teat of the dam being sufficient to nourish the young, till it be able to feed on grass, the male only begets, but concerns not himself for the female or young, to whose sustenance he can contribute nothing. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

To this section belong economists, philanthropists, humanitarians, improvers of the condition of the working class, organisers of charity, members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, temperance fanatics, hole-and-corner reformers of every imaginable kind. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The animals delivered shall be of average health and condition. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: ANIMALS

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Every man, even the best, has some inconsiderate severity which he holds in reserve for animals.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Canker is a disease of plants, Cancer one of animals.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The children retired into the corner of the room, put their plates on the floor, and knelt in front of the food like little animals.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I had much ado to defend myself against these detestable animals, and could not forbear starting when they came on my face

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

I like sometimes to take rank hold on life and spend my day more as the animals do.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ANIMALS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Most were in wild animals. (references)

Quarantine imported animals. (references)

Worldwide, in humans and animals. (references)

Business

The scandal particularly affected KFC because the contaminated animals were chickens. (references)

A product that is made by using enzymes which were produced by genetically modified organisms can not, for example, be labeled GMO-free, neither can animal products coming from animals which have been fed with genetically modified corn meal. Furthermore, anyone who wants to label products GMO-free needs to provide evidence that requirements are fulfilled. (references)

Children

Afghanistan

Dolls and stuffed animals were prohibited by the Taliban as a result of its interpretation of religious injunctions against representations of living beings. (references)

Civil Liberties

Germany

The right of Muslims to ritually slaughter animals has been the subject of two court cases. (references)

Afghanistan

The Taliban banned all foreign journalists from filming or photographing persons or animals and required them to be accompanied at all times by a Taliban escort to ensure that such restrictions were enforced. (references)

Economic History

New Zealand

Animals are increasingly considered a part of the family. (references)

Uk

Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics test labs using animals have been their principal targets. (references)

Tanzania

Tanzania is endowed with a large expanse of land suited to a variety of crops and animals. (references)

Human Rights

Ghana

Police burned houses, slaughtered animals, stole property, and assaulted civilians during the course of the incident. (references)

Paraguay

Recruits commonly charged that the military does not give them enough to eat and forces them to hunt wild animals or steal cattle for food. (references)

Afghanistan

In Kabul soldiers allegedly searched homes for evidence of cooperation with the former authorities or for violations of Taliban decrees, including the ban on the possession of depictions of living things, including photographs, stuffed animals, and dolls. (references)

Minorities

Tanzania

The farmers were attacked by Maasai herdsmen with clubs after the farmers attacked cattle to stop the animals from eating planted sorghum. (references)

Nepal

According to press reports, the six families were reintegrated into the community after agreeing not to kill animals or perform other activities contrary to the tenets of Buddhism during religious festivals. (references)

India

Dalits are considered unclean by higher caste Hindus and thus traditionally are relegated to separate villages or neighborhoods and to low paying and often undesirable occupations (such as scavenging, street sweeping, and removing human waste and dead animals). (references)

Political Economy

EL SALVADOR

All fresh food, agricultural commodities, and live animals must be accompanied by a sanitary certificate. (references)

KUWAIT

A special import license is required to import certain kinds of goods, such as firearms, explosives, drugs and wild animals. (references)

AUSTRIA

New Technologies: Due to the alleged possibility of patenting genes, plants and animals, Austria is reluctant to implement the EU directive 98/44/EG on the protection of biotechnological inventions. (references)

Trade

Poland

Veterinary permits are also required for the import of live animals. (references)

Nepal

Live animals, fish, and most primary products are exempt from import duties. (references)

Jamaica

The quarantine division inspects and determines standards in the case of live animals. (references)

Travel

Chad

There are large numbers of donkeys and other animals for sale. (references)

Romania

Driving after dark at any time of year also is not recommended because of pedestrians, animals, or slow-moving vehicles often encountered on the roadway; otherwise, the main roads are reasonably safe. (references)

Egypt

There is a low risk of exposure to exotic diseases in Egypt such as Rift Valley Fever (RVF). RVF, which flares up in parts of the country from time to time, is a mosquito-borne disease of domestic animals that can infect humans. (references)

Women

Ghana

In his statement to the tribunal, the teacher said his bank account was out of money, animals had been eating the produce on his farm, and he recently had become impotent, all of which he attributed to witchcraft on the part of the woman. (references)

Worker Rights

Saint Kitts and Nevis

These provide a barely adequate living for a wage earner and family; many workers supplement wages by keeping small animals such as goats and chickens. (references)

Ethiopia

In urban areas, numerous children can be seen working in a variety of jobs, including shining shoes, hustling passengers into cabs, working as porters, selling lottery tickets, and herding animals. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

IN':ARDS:, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigators do not class the soul as an in'ard, but that acute observer and renowned authority, Dr. Gunsaulus, is persuaded that the mysterious organ known as the spleen is nothing less than our important part. To the contrary, Professor Garrett P. Servis holds that man's soul is that prolongation of his spinal marrow which forms the pith of his no tail; and for demonstration of his faith points confidently to the fact that no tailed animals have no souls. Concerning these two theories, it is best to suspend judgment by believing both.

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

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Spoken Usage: ANIMALS

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Bob Barker

I became a vegetarian out of concern for animals. But I'll tell you, I hadn't been a vegetarian long before I realized I could understand why people have become vegetarians for health reasons.

Jack Hanna

Well, you know, I think now with a lot of synthetic things we can all go to that instead of the animals, but you know, everybody has their own beliefs in what they want to do.

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

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Speeches: ANIMALS

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits-not animals.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: ANIMALS

"ANIMALS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.98% of the time. "ANIMALS" is used about 8,561 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)99.98%8,5591,128
                    Total100.00%8,561N/A

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

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Expression: ANIMALS

Expressions using "ANIMALS": all kinds of animals be cruel to animals be unkind to animals bred animals by the entrails of animals sacrificed copulation of animals domestic animals European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes feeding of animals foliage for animals game animals hoofed animals mating season of animals nocturnal animals ovine or caprine animals for breeding ovine or caprine animals for breeding and fattening ovine or caprine animals for production ovine or caprine animals for slaughter People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals pestilence of animals pet animals predatory animals prevention of cruelty to animals Testaceous animals the Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed trail used by wild animals train animals trainer of animals unclean animals young animals. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "ANIMALS": pack-animals.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ANIMALS

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

animals.com endangered

10
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Modern Translation: ANIMALS

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

Albanian

  

gjithfarë kafshësh (all kinds of animals), gjeth për ushqimn e bagëtive (foliage for animals), flamë (epilepsy, pestilence of animals). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏جماعة من الحيوان. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

малки животни (young animals). (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

animát. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(fawn, young of animals), 養活 (feed and clothe, raise animals), 牲口 (animals used for their physical strength), (female of domestic animals), 畜牧 (raise animals), (place trodden by animals), (grain-fed animals, pigsty), (post for tethering animals), (young of animals). (various references)

   

Czech

  

týrat zvířata (be cruel to animals), mláïata (brood, young animals), lovná zvìř (game animals). (various references)

   

Danish

  

fauna (fauna), dyr (animal, beast, beloved, costly, dear, expensive, lovely, pricey, valuable). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

dieren. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lemmikkieläinrehu (feeds for domestic animals), eläinryhmä (batch, batch of animals), eläinsuojelu (protection of animals), eläinsuojelus (protection of animals), eläintenkasvattaja (breeder of animals), elävät eläimet (cattle on the hoof, live animals, live cattle), erä (amount, consignment, entry, heat, instalment, item, lot, part-payment, period, quantity, round, set, share), jalostaa eläimiä (to breed animals), jalostaa karjaa (to breed animals), kasvattaa eläimiä (to breed animals), kasvattaa karjaa (to breed animals), eläinrääkkäys (cruelty to animals), kotieläin (domestic animal), vesieläin (aquatic animal), parttia (batch, batch of animals), riista (game), riistaeläimet (game, game animals), sarvellinen karja (horned animals, horned cattle), sarvikarja (horned cattle), sarvipäinen nautakarja (horned animals, horned cattle), sorkkaeläin (cloven-hoofed animals), suuret kotieläimet (heavy livestock, large animals, livestock, stock), suuret tuotantoeläimet (heavy livestock, large animals), taksia (stimulus response movements that are...readily observed in the lower animals, taxis), teuraseläimet (animals for slaughter, fatstock, slaughter animals, slaughter cattle, stock cattle), kokeisiin ja muihin tieteellisiin tarkoituksiin käytettävien eläinten suojelua koskevien jäsenvaltioiden lakien, asetusten ja hallinnollisten määräysten lähentämistä käsittelevä komitea (Committee on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes). (various references)

   

French

  

animaux, faune. (various references)

   

German

  

Tiere (beasts). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πανίδα (fauna), ζώα (livestock, stock). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בעלי חיים (livestock). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

melegvérű állatok (animals that have warm blood). (various references)

   

Italian

  

animali. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

獣類 (beasts), 動物達 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

どうぶつたち, じゅうるい (beasts). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cur moddee er (bait as animals, baiting), crooagh (placenta of animals, positive), beiyn (cattle, dumb animals, fauna), aalagh (farrow, hatch, incubation of birds, young of animals). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

animalsay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

animais, fauna (fauna). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

молодняк (young animals, younger generation, youth). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

bian (a hide, rarely of human, skin of animals). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

mladunčad (young animals). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

animales. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

djur (animal, beast, brute, cattle). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sıcak kanlı hayvanlar (warm-blooded animals). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

bakmak (graze animals). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

anifeilig (animal, of animals). (various references)

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Ancestral Language Translations: ANIMALS

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

ma-ane. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

Fauna, macer. (various references)

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Bible Trace: ANIMALS

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 15, Verse 20
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAlla episteilai autoiV tou apecesqai apo twn alisghmatwn twn eidwlwn kai thV porneiaV kai tou pniktou kai tou aimatoV
Latin405VulgateSed scribere ad eos ut abstineant se a contaminationibus simulacrorum et fornicatione et suffocatis et sanguine
Middle English1395WyclifTo be not disesid, but to write to hem, that thei absteyne hem fro defoulingis of maumetis, and fro fornicacioun, and stranglid thingis, and blood.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBut yt we write vnto them yt they abstayne them selves fro filthynes of ymages fro fornicacio from straglyd and fro bloude.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBut that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Victorian English1833WebsterBut that we write to them that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from lewdness, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Basic English1964OgdenBut that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

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Matched Bible Translations: ANIMALS

LanguageActs Chapter 15, Verse 20
Albanianpor t'u shkruhet atyre që të heqin dorë nga ndotjet e idhujve, nga kurvëria, nga gjërat e mbytura dhe nga gjaku.
Cebuanohinonoa ato silang sulatan nga dumilian nila ang mga nahugaw sa mga diosdios, ug ang pakighilawas, ug ang pagtilaw sa unod sa mananap nga naluok ug sa dugo.
Croatiannego im poruèiti da se uzdržavaju od mesa okaljana idolima, od bludništva, od udavljenoga i od krvi.
Danishmen skrive til dem, at de skulle afholde sig fra Besmittelse med Afguderne og fra Utugt og fra det kvalte og fra Blodet.
DutchMaar hun zal aanschrijven, dat zij zich onthouden van de dingen, die door de afgoden besmet zijn, en van hoererij, en van het verstikte, en van bloed.
Finnishvaan heille kirjoitettakoon, että heidän pitää karttaman epäjumalien saastuttamaa ja haureutta ja lihaa, josta ei veri ole laskettu, sekä verta.
Frenchmais qu`on leur écrive de s`abstenir des souillures des idoles, de l`impudicité, des animaux étouffés et du sang.
Germansondern schreibe ihnen, daß sie sich enthalten von Unsauberkeit der Abgötter und von Hurerei und vom Erstickten und vom Blut.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTetapi kita harus menulis surat kepada mereka dan menasihati mereka supaya mereka jangan makan makanan najis yang sudah dipersembahkan kepada berhala, atau makan daging binatang yang mati dicekik, atau makan darah. Dan juga supaya mereka menjauhkan diri dari perbuatan-perbuatan yang cabul.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamamelainkan menyurat kepada mereka itu, supaya mereka itu menjauhkan dirinya daripada najis berhala, daripada zinah, daripada binatang yang mati darah tertahan, dan daripada darah.
Italianma solo si ordini loro di astenersi dalle sozzure degli idoli, dalla impudicizia, dagli animali soffocati e dal sangue.
MaoriEngari kia tuhi atu tatou ki a ratou, kia mawehe atu ratou i nga poke o nga whakapakoko, i te moe tahae, i te mea kua notia te kaki, i te toro.
Norwegianmen skrive til dem at de skal avholde sig fra avgudenes urenhet og fra hor og fra det som er kvalt, og fra blod.
Portuguesemas escrever-lhes que se abstenham das contaminações dos ídolos, da prostituição, do que é sufocado e do sangue.   
Rumanianci sq li se scrie doar sq se fereascq de pkngqririle idolilor, de curvie, de dobitoace zugrumate wi de sknge.
RussianБ ОБРЙУБФШ ЙН, ЮФПВЩ ПОЙ ЧПЪДЕТЦЙЧБМЙУШ ПФ ПУЛЧЕТОЕООПЗП ЙДПМБНЙ, ПФ ВМХДБ, ХДБЧМЕОЙОЩ Й ЛТПЧЙ, Й ЮФПВЩ ОЕ ДЕМБМЙ ДТХЗЙН ФПЗП, ЮЕЗП ОЕ ИПФСФ УЕВЕ.
Shuar
SwahiliBali tuwapelekee barua kuwaambia wasile vyakula vilivyotiwa najisi kwa kutambikiwa sanamu za miungu; wajiepushe na uasherati; wasile mnyama yeyote aliyenyongwa, na wasinywe damu.
Swedishutan allenast skriva till dem att de skola avhålla sig från avgudastyggelser och från otukt och från köttet av förkvävda djur och från blod.
UmaSampale-wadi, agina ta'uki' sura, taperapi' bona neo' -ra mpokoni' pongkoni' to rapopepue' hi pinotau, neo' ngkoni' raa' pai' neo' ngkoni' bau' to uma ralali ncala' raa' -na. Pai' ta'uli' wo'o-raka bona neo' -ra mogau' sala' hante toronaa ba hante tobine doo.

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Misspellings: ANIMALS

Misspellings

"ANIMALS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anaimal, anamal, anial, anials, aniamal, animail, animais, animale, animales, animall, animazl, animel, animils, animles, animsl, Animula, aninal, anmial, anomale, anomalo, anomals, nanomoles, nimal, unimal. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "ANIMALS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ANIMALS" (pronounced a"numulz)
5-u m u l zdecimals.
4-m u l zcamels, enamels, mammals.
3-u l zables, accruals, acquittals, admirals, advertorials, agrochemicals, ambles, angels, angles, ankles, annals, annuals, apostles, apples, appraisals, approvals, archangels, arrivals, arsenals, articles, artiodactyls, assembles, australs, axles, constables, continentals, convertibles, corals, councils, counsels, baffles, bagels, balmorals, barbels, barnacles, barrels, battles, baubles, beadles, beagles, beetles, befuddles, belittles, betrayals, bibles, bicycles, bifocals, bindles, biologicals, biomaterials, biphenyls, bisexuals, boggles, Boodles, boondoggles, bottles, bowels, brambles, bristles, brothels, bubbles, buckles, bugles, bundles, burials, bushels, cables, cancels, candles, cannibals, capitals, capitols, capsules, cardinals, carnivals, carols, castles, casuals, cathedrals, cereals, channels, chemicals, chisels, chorals, chortles, chronicles, chuckles, circles, collectibles, colonels, colonials, commercials, compatibles, confessionals, counterproposals, couples, crackles, cradles, credentials, criminals, cripples, crumbles, crystals, cubicles, cudgels, cycles, cyclicals, cymbals, dabbles, dangles, debacles, decibels, deductibles, deferrals, denials, dentals, devils, diagonals, dials, diesels, differentials, disables, disciples, dismantles, dismissals, disposables, disposals, doodles, doubles, dowels, duals, duels, durables, dwindles, eagles, edibles, editorials, embezzles, enables, encyclicals, ensembles, entitles, entrails, equals, essentials, evangelicals, evils, examples, extraterrestrials, fables, facials, faithfuls, federals, festivals, fiddles, finals, fizzles, flannels, foibles, follicles, fossils, freckles, fuels, fumbles, fundamentals, funerals, funnels, gables, gambles, generals, genitals, Gentles, giggles, goggles, Gospels, grackles, granules, grapples, gribbles, grumbles, gunnels, guzzles, hackles, handles, hassles, heterosexuals, hobbles, homosexuals, honeysuckles, hopefuls, hospitals, hostels, hovels, huddles, humbles, hurdles, hustles, hymnals, icicles, idles, idols, illegals, immortals, imperils, imponderables, incidentals, individuals, industrials, infomercials, Ingles, initials, instrumentals, intangibles, intellectuals, internationals, intervals, invisibles, jewels, jingles, journals, juggles, jungles, juveniles, kennels, kernels, kestrels, kettles, kittles, knuckles, labels, ladles, laurels, legals, lentils, levels, liberals, littles, locals, madrigals, mangels, maniples, mantles, manuals, Maples, marbles, marshals, marvels, materials, measles, medals, memorials, metacarpals, metals, mickles, microfossils, minerals, mingles, minstrels, miracles, Miserables, missiles, mistrials, mobiles, models, moguls, mongols, morals, morsels, mortals, motorcycles, muddles, multinationals, multiples, Mumbles, municipals, murals, muscles, musicals, mussels, muzzles, myrtles, nationals, needles, neoliberals, nestles, nettles, neutrals, nibbles, nickels, Nickles, nicols, nitriles, nobles, nondurables, nonprofessionals, noodles, nostrils, notables, novels, nozzles, numerals, observables, obstacles, officials, ogles, oodles, oracles, Orientals, originals, ossicles, paddles, panels, panfuls, parables, paralegals, parcels, particles, payables, pebbles, pedals, peddles, pedestals, pencils, peoples, perennials, perils, periodicals, peripherals, personals, petals, petrels, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, physicals, Pickles, piddles, pimples, pineapples, pistols, pixels, poodles, portables, portals, portrayals, potentials, pretzels, principals, principles, professionals, projectiles, proposals, puddles, pupils, purples, puzzles, quarrels, quibbles, radials, radicals, raffles, rankles, rascals, rattles, rebels, rebuttals, receivables, receptacles, recitals, rectangles, recyclables, recycles, referrals, refusals, regionals, rehearsals, removals, renewals, rentals, reprisals, resembles, residuals, revels, reversals, revivals, riddles, rifles, ripples, rituals, rivals, Robles, royals, rubles, ruffles, rumbles, runkles, runnels, sables, saddles, samples, sandals, scalpels, scandals, scoundrels, scrambles, scribbles, scruples, scuffles, semifinals, sentinels, sequels, serials, settles, shackles, shambles, shekels, shingles, shovels, shuffles, shuttles, sickles, signals, singles, skittles, sorrels, sparkles, specials, spectacles, spirals, spirituals, sprinkles, squabbles, squiggles, squirrels, stables, Staples, startles, stickles, stifles, straddles, struggles, stumbles, subprincipals, subtitles, supermodels, swindles, swivels, syllables, symbols, tables, tackles, tangibles, tangles, taxables, Technicals, temples, tentacles, terminals, testicles, testimonials, thistles, throttles, tickles, timetables, titles, tonsils, topples, totals, towels, tramples, transsexuals, travels, trials, triangles, tribunals, trickles, trifles, triples, troubles, truffles, tumbles, tunnels, turntables, turtles, tussles, tutorials, twinkles, uncles, unicycles, unravels, untouchables, upheavals, utensils, valuables, vandals, variables, varietals, vassals, vegetables, vehicles, vessels, vials, vigils, visuals, vittles, vocals, vowels, waffles, wattles, weevils, whistles, winkles, withdrawals, wrangles, wrestles, wrinkles.

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Anagrams: ANIMALS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: laminas, manilas.

Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-m-n-s"

-1 letter: animal, animas, lamias, lamina, lanais, lianas, limans, manias, manila, nasial, salami, salina.

-2 letters: alans, alias, almas, amain, amias, amins, amnia, anils, anima, anlas, lamas, lamia, lanai, liana, liman, limas, limns, mails, mains, manas, mania, minas, nails, nasal, salmi, slain, snail.

-3 letters: aals, ails, aims, ains, alan, alas, alma, alms, amas, amia, amin, amis.

-5 letters: aa.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-m-n-s"
 

+1 letter: aluminas, bailsman, mainsail, manillas, staminal, talisman.

 

+2 letters: anabolism, analcimes, animalism, anomalies, atonalism, balsaming, calamines, calamints, claimants, galvanism, laminates, magnolias, mainlands, mainsails, mantillas, plainsman, salaaming, signalman, talismans, vandalism.

 

+3 letters: almandines, almandites, aluminates, amygdalins, anabolisms, animaliers, animalisms, animalizes, atonalisms, campaniles, cobalamins, dalmatians, gallamines, galvanisms, imbalances, lambasting, lamebrains, laminarias, laminarins, laminators, lawmakings, leishmania, luminarias, malathions, mammalians, marshaling, misbalance, naturalism, nialamides, organismal, palmations, salmagundi, seamanlike, semantical, semiannual, simoniacal, talismanic, vandalisms.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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