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"ASTRINGENTS" is a plural of: astringent. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Agents, usually topical, that cause the contraction of tissues for the control of bleeding or secretions. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contraction | Condensation, compression, compactness; compendium; squeezing; Verb: strangulation; corrugation; astringency; astringents, sclerotics; contractility, compressibility; coarctation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ASTRINGENTS |
| Specialty definitions using "ASTRINGENTS": Alum Compounds ♦ PUCKER WATER. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "ASTRINGENTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ASTRINGENTS" is used about 3 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) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
astringents | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ASTRINGENTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | styptika (hemostats, hemostyptics, styptics), hæmostatica (hemostats, hemostyptics, styptics), blodstandsende midler (hemostats, hemostyptics, styptics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | haemostyptica (hemostats, hemostyptics, styptics), haemostatica (hemostats, hemostyptics, styptics), bloedstelpende middelen (hemostats, hemostyptics, styptics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | hémostatiques. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Adstringens (astringent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αιμοστατικά φάρμακα (hemostats, hemostyptics, styptics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astringentsay hemostática (hemostats, hemostyptics, styptics). (various references) hemostáticos (hemostats, hemostyptics, styptics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"ASTRINGENTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: astringens, Oestringen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ASTRINGENTS" (pronounced ustri"njunts) |
| 7 | -i" n j u n t s | contingents. |
| 5 | -j u n t s | agents, detergents, indigents, insurgents, pageants, reagents, Regents, sergeants. |
| 4 | -u n t s | abandonments, abatements, abortifacients, accelerants, accidents, accompaniments, accomplishments, accountants, accouterments, achievements, adherents, adjustments, adolescents, advancements, advertisements, agreements, ailments, alignments, allotments, amendments, amusements, ancients, announcements, antecedents, antidepressants, antioxidants, apartments, applicants, appointments, arguments, armaments, arraignments, arrangements, aspirants, assailants, assessments, assignments, assistants, attachments, attendants, basements, battlements, belligerents, blandishments, bombardments, celebrants, claimants, clients, coefficients, combatants, commandments, commitments, compartments, complainants, complements, components, condiments, consonants, constants, constituents, consultants, contaminants, contestants, continents, coolants, copayments, cormorants, correspondents, covenants, Crosscurrents, currents, curtailments, decedents, decongestants, defendants, deferments, defoliants, delinquents, deodorants, departments, dependents, deployments, depressants, derailments, descendants, descendents, determinants, deterrents, developments, deviants, disagreements, disappointments, disbursements, disinfectants, dispersants, displacements, dissidents, divestments, docents, documents, elements, elephants, embarrassments, emigrants, emplacements, employments, enactments, encampments, encroachments, endorsements, endowments, enforcements, engagements, enhancements, enjoyments, enlargements, enrollments, entanglements, entertainments, enticements, entitlements, entrants, environments, equipments, equivalents, escarpments, establishments, experiments, exponents, figments, filaments, fluorescents, formants, fragments, frequents, garments, giants, governments, grandparents, hydrants, immigrants, impairments, impeachments, impediments, implements, impoundments, improvements, incidents, incitements, incompetents, increments, incumbents, independents, indictments, inducements, infants, informants, infringements, ingredients, inhabitants, inhalants, innocents, inpatients, installments, instruments, investments, involvements, irritants, judgements, judgments, lieutenants, ligaments, litigants, lubricants, managements, measurements, merchants, migrants, militants, miscreants, misjudgments, misstatements, moments, monuments, movements, mutants, noncombatants, nonresidents, nutrients, occupants, opponents, ornaments, overpayments, overstatements, oxidants, parents, parliaments, participants, patents, patients, pavements, payments, peasants, pennants, pheasants, pigments, placements, pollutants, postponements, precedents, predicaments, prepayments, presents, procurements, pronouncements, propellants, proponents, protestants, punishments, readjustments, realignments, reassignments, recipients, redeployments, reenactments, refinements, refreshments, refrigerants, regiments, registrants, reimbursements, reinforcements, remnants, repayments, replacements, requirements, resentments, residents, respondents, restatements, retirements, retrenchments, rodents, rudiments, sacraments, savants, sealants, sediments, segments, sentiments, serpents, servants, settlements, shipments, solvents, statements, stimulants, students, subcontinents, succulents, supergiants, superintendents, supplements, talents, temperaments, tenants, tenements, torrents, tournaments, transients, treatments, tyrants, undercurrents, undergarments, underpayments, vagrants, variants, warrants. |
| 3 | -n t s | accents, accounts, affronts, amounts, ants, appoints, aunts, ballpoints, blueprints, blunts, brents, cents, chants, checkpoints, circumvents, comments, complaints, compliments, confidants, confronts, consents, constraints, contents, counts, croissants, dachshunds, debutantes, dents, descents, disappoints, discontents, discounts, dissents, eggplants, events, ferments, fingerprints, flaunts, flints, fonts, footprints, forints, fronts, grants, grunts, haunts, hints, hunts, implants, imprints, intents, invents, jaunts, joints, laments, malcontents, mints, misrepresents, mounts, paints, pants, percents, pinpoints, pints, plants, points, portents, presidents, prevents, prints, punts, quints, recounts, rents, represents, reprints, resents, restaurants, restraints, saints, scents, splints, sprints, standpoints, stints, storefronts, stunts, sweatpants, taints, taunts, tents, tints, torments, transplants, underpants, vents, viewpoints, wants, waterfronts. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-n-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: astringent, gannisters, transients. | |
-2 letters: angriness, assenting, asserting, astringes, ganisters, gannister, instanter, intranets, nattering, nattiness, ranginess, rattening, resistant, restating, retasting, sensating, stannites, straitens, strangest, stringent, transient. | |
-3 letters: aginners, angriest, antigens, antsiest, artiness, artistes, artsiest, assigner, astringe, earnings, eastings, engrains, entrains, entrants, estating, ganister, gantries, gastrins, gentians, giantess, gitterns, gnattier, granites, grannies, ingrates, insanest, insnares. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-n-r-s-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: antiestrogens, intransigents, introgressant. | |
+3 letters: intransigeants, introgressants, stepparentings. | |
+4 letters: disintegrations, integrationists. | |
+5 letters: gastrointestinal, governmentalists, reinvestigations. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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