BANDS

"BANDS" is a plural of: band.

Date "BANDS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Bible

Literature

Transportation

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

Synonym: BANDS

Canonicals

Noun: canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown frock, pallium, surplice, cassock, dalmatic, scapulary, cope, mozetta, scarf, tunicle, chasuble, alb, alba, stole; fanon, fannel; tonsure, cowl, hood; calote, calotte; bands; capouch, amice; vagas, vakas, vakass; apron, lawn sleeves, pontificals, pall; miter, tiara, triple crown; shovel hat, cardinal's hat; biretta; crosier; pastoral staff, thurifer; costume.

Interchange

Verb: interchange, exchange, counterchange; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner,Verb: interchange, exchange, counterchange; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock; retaliate; requite.

Crosswords: BANDS

I love you more than marching bands and cookie-making (The Other Sister; writing credit: Alexandra Rose; Blair Richwood)

I was in a record store, and they were playing all these bands I'd never heard of. It was like the store had gone crazy (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Other bands have roadies (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Commander, how would you and your men like two weeks with nothing to do but play gin rummy, go surfing, have luaus with steel drum bands, dancing girls, hmm (McHale's Navy; writing credit: Ray Brenner; George Carleton Brown)

While the Black bands sweatin' ("Fight the Power"; performing artist: Public Enemy)

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. (references; author: unknown)

America's Greatest Bands (1955)

Cavalcade of Bands (1949)

Headline Bands (1946)

Here Come the Navy Bands (1945)

Listen to the Bands (1944)

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

References

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Theatrical Producers, Bands, Orchestras, and Entertainers in Asia (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Theatrical Producers, Bands, Orchestras, and Entertainers: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Theatrical Producers, Bands, Orchestras, and Entertainers: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The World Market for Stranded Wire, Cable, Ropes, and Plaited Bands of Iron, Steel, Copper, or Aluminum Excluding Electrically Insulated: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Arm Bands Vol.I (reference)

• Bands Brands and Billions: My Top Ten Rules for Success in Any Business (reference)

• Big Bands (reference)

• Bollinger on Bollinger Bands (reference)

• Kisstory: 440 Pages from the Bands Own Private Collection (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Lawrence Welk Show - Champagne Toast to the Big Bands (reference)

• Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force (reference)

• Massed Bands on Parade (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Black Appalachia: String Bands, Songsters And Hoedowns (reference)

• Story of the Great Argentine Tango Bands 1927-48 (reference)

• Christmas on the Bandstand: Best of the Big Bands (reference)

• Bohemian-Moravian Bands (reference)

• Essential Glenn Miller: Best of Army & Civilian Bands (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Uniden BC-244CLT Base Scanner Fully Programmable with 30 Channels and 10 Bands (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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

Within a myocyte is a pseudocyst containing numerous tachyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii. Several myocardial contraction bands and scattered inflammatory cells are visible. Parasite. Credit: CDC.

Common characteristics of the Culex restuans are dark-scaled proboscis, dark tarsus, a pair of small pale submedian spots usually present in middle of scutum, and bands on abdomen which extend to lateral margins. Vector of the West Nile virus. Credit: CDC.

Shadow bands in the pinkish glow of a Southeast Alaska sunset. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Photo #1.Cross-section of first spine of dorsal fin of young bluefin tuna showing annual growth rings. These rings are similar to tree growth rings. The wide (brown) areas represent summer growth during periods of high food intake. The narrow (white) bands represent periods of less fast growth during the winter when the fish's metabolism slows. Credit: Fisheries.

NOAA P-3 flying in eye of hurricane - note arcuate rain bands below aircraft. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Osprey - Pandion haliaetus. Efforts are being made to encourage nesting by this species on the reserve. Note bands on legs for future identification. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Storm clouds and bands of rain. Illuminated by lightning within a night-time thunderstorm. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Zebrasoma flavescens - yellow tang. Ctenocheatus strigosus is large black surg disc-shaped surgeon fish. Mulloidichthys samoensis -goat fish. Elongate fish with yellow tail. Acanthurus leucopareius - surgeon fish with white bands. A healthy reef ecosystem in the 1960's. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Iceland with sea ice to the north (A), a frontal band to the south (E), and parallel bands of cumuliform clouds to the east (B). TIROS IX photograph, pass 715/714, camera 2, frame 2. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Intense low-level convection over the Gulf of Mexico as extremely cold air flows over warmer Gulf of Mexico waters. Very narrow parallel cloud bands begin near the northern shore and become much larger convective elements to the south. TIROS X photograph, pass 3039/3038, camera 1, frame 7. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," July 1966. Credit: NOAA in Space.

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

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It was a vast shapeless assemblage of perpendicular planks, broader above than below, bound together by long transverse iron bands.

His hands were in his sidepockets and his trousers were tucked in at the knees by elastic bands.

Bands of little boys came out from the towns to break the windows and to pick over the debris, looking for treasures

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

They also may develop vertical lines or bands. (references)

The arrows indicate positions of positive bands. (references)

The sphincters keep the urethra closed by squeezing like tight rubber bands. (references)

Business

Wedding bands are the products with the highest selling potential in the fine jewelry segment. (references)

The service is provided in four different bands in the 800 MHz range and an additional band in the 400 MHz range. (references)

Even though they have not started providing services yet, Bell South has been buying bands and is now building its network. (references)

Civil Liberties

El Salvador

Approximately 150 licensed radio stations broadcast on the FM and AM bands. (references)

Nepal

With privatization of a number of radio bands, there has been a marked increase in the range of programming options available. (references)

Cuba

Radio Marti broadcasts at times overcame the jamming attempts on short-wave bands, but its medium-wave transmissions were blocked completely in Havana. (references)

Economic History

Chile

The price bands are under challenge in the WTO. (references)

Cape Verde

Flag: Broad horizontal blue bands at the top and bottom. (references)

Gabon

Flag: From top, blue, yellow, and green horizontal bands. (references)

Human Rights

Congo

Unlike in the previous year, there were no reports that armed bands of Rwandan Hutus posing as Interahamwe fighters committed abuses. (references)

Nicaragua

Despite these successful disarmaments, armed bands, including former members of the 3-80 Front and FUAC, engaged in murder, kidnaping for ransom, and armed robbery in the north and north-central regions. (references)

Congo

The climate of insecurity in rebel-held territories and particularly in the Kivu Provinces forced many local residents to abandon their homes and created food shortages because armed bands kept farmers from working in their fields. (references)

Political Economy

Congo

There were no reports that armed bands of Rwandan Hutus posing as Interahamwe fighters committed abuses. (references)

MOROCCO

The government is currently considering a modest reduction of tariffs coupled with a reduced number of tariff bands. (references)

CHILE

Principal non-tariff barriers: The main trade remedies used by the Chilean government are surcharges, minimum customs values, countervailing duties, antidumping duties, and import price bands and safeguards. (references)

Trade

Sri Lanka

The two bands are 10 and 25 percent. (references)

Yemen

Trade Barriers: The Yemeni government eliminated import licensing in 1996 and cut tariff rates to four bands between 5% and 25% ad valorum. (references)

Bangladesh

The maximum customs duty rate has been lowered from 350.0% in 1991 to 37.5% in 2000. The number of tariff bands has been reduced to from 18 in FY1991 to five in FY2000. (references)

Travel

Russia

In Moscow and St. Petersburg, the most prevalent crime is theft, primarily from hotel rooms and train compartments, and by pickpockets and bands of street criminals. (references)

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "BANDS": Matrix Bands ♦ Pretorian bands ♦ rubbing bands ♦ rudder bands ♦ swaddling bands. Additional references.

Ending with "BANDS": arm-bands, c-bands, sub-bands.

Afrikaans

bef. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قيود (bonds, chains, constraint, constriction, curb, handcuffs, manacles, qualifications, shacks, squeeze, trammels). (various references)

Chinese 

带 (Band). (various references)

Danish

bind (braid, fillet, string, tie), striber (and used as a distinguishing characteristic for navigation marks, shading, striations, stripes). (various references)

Dutch

bindtouwen, bef (Belgian franc, European Federalist Movement), ribben. (various references)

Esperanto

pendkolumo. (various references)

French

bandes. (various references)

German

Baender (a number of areas of contrasting colour separated from one another by straight lines, and used as a distinguishing characteristic for navigation marks, narrow woven fabrics, stripes), Streifen (binding, braid, brush, brush against, brush past, film, graze, kiss, line, panel, pink, prowl, range, rasher, ray, roam, roam about, scrape, shave, strap, streak, strip, stripe, tab, tape, tape back, tape down, tape up, thread, to streak, to stripe, touch, touch lightly, touch upon, wander, wrapper), Rippen (rib, ribs), Gruppen (groups, squads, terns). (various references)

Greek 

ζώνες (a number of areas of contrasting colour separated from one another by straight lines, and used as a distinguishing characteristic for navigation marks, stripes), λωρίδες (a number of areas of contrasting colour separated from one another by straight lines, and used as a distinguishing characteristic for navigation marks, stripes, strips). (various references)

Hungarian

bordázat (baffle, corrugation, frame, rib, ribbing, shell), béklyó (clog, cramp, drag, fetter, fetterlock, hobble, hopple, plummet, shackle, side line), szalmakötél (twisted straw), rangjelzés (prefix), paszomány (braid, edging, gimp, lace, piping, trim, trimmings), papi gallér, kötelék (bond, cement, group, ligament, ligature, privity, roller, tie), kötözővessző, gallér (collar, neck, neck-piece, stand up), fűzőzsinór (lace, stay-lace). (various references)

Italian

strisce (a number of areas of contrasting colour separated from one another by straight lines, and used as a distinguishing characteristic for navigation marks, stripes), cordoni (collar marks, overfill). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

金輪 (metal rings or hoops or bands), 二手 (two bands, two groups). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふたて (two bands, two groups), かなわ (metal rings or hoops or bands). (various references)

Korean 

악대 (Band). (various references)

Pig Latin

andsbay.(various references)

Portuguese

nervos (plexus). (various references)

Romanian

lanţ (cable, catena, catenation, chain, concatenation, fetters, link, range, ridge, series, string, succession, train). (various references)

Russian 

боковой полоса (side band, side bands, sideband). (various references)

Spanish

nervios (jitters), fajas (a number of areas of contrasting colour separated from one another by straight lines, and used as a distinguishing characteristic for navigation marks, stripes), alzacuello. (various references)

Swedish

band (band, belt, bevy, bind, binding, bond, bonds, cover, fret, gang, hoop, lead, leash, ligament, orchestra, restraint, ribbon, sling, string, tape, tie, tied, volume). (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words beginning with "BANDS": bandsman, bandsmen, bandstand, bandstands. (additional references)

Words ending with "BANDS": armbands, bellybands, browbands, contrabands, disbands, fahlbands, hairbands, hatbands, headbands, househusbands, husbands, neckbands, nosebands, passbands, probands, rainbands, ribands, ribbands, robands, sarabands, sidebands, spacebands, sweatbands, trainbands, waistbands, watchbands, wavebands, wristbands. (additional references)

Misspellings

"BANDS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abends, abnd, Badds, bads, bahnd, Baindu, balds, Banas, bandas, bande, bandh, bandi, Bandos, bandu, bandys, Bendusi, bendys, Bendysh, Bendz, beunos, bhands, bionds, Bnass, bndes, bons, Bundes. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ands, bads, band, bans, dabs, nabs, sand.

-2 letters: abs, ads, and, bad, ban, bas, dab, nab, sab, sad.

-3 letters: ab, ad, an, as, ba, na.

+1 letter: brands.

+2 letters: abounds, abscond, badness, banders, bandies, bandits, bandogs, basined, bausond, bedamns, bedpans, bendays, disband, husband, indabas, ribands, robands, sandbag, sandbar, sandbox, sandbur, sanddab, standby, subdean, unbased.

+3 letters: abandons, abdomens, abducens, absconds, absented, armbands, badlands, baldness, bandages, bandaids, bandanas, bandeaus, bandoras, bandores, bandsman, bandsmen, banished, bankside, bartends, baudrons, beadings, beadsman, beadsmen, bedesman, bedsonia, bedstand, bendways, blandest, blandish, bodhrans, bondages, bondsman, bradoons, branders, brandies, brandish, brigands, broadens, bushland, cabstand, debasing, dingbats, disbands, dogbanes, drabness, handbags, hatbands, husbands, inboards, misbrand, noseband, obsidian, passband, probands, ribbands, sandbags, sandbank, sandbars, sandburr, sandburs, sanddabs, saraband, scabland, sendable, sideband, standbys, subdeans, subnodal, sunbaked, tabanids, unabused, unbiased, unbraids, windbags.