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"BARBITURATES" is a plural of: barbiturate. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A class of chemicals derived from barbituric acid or thiobarbituric acid. Many of these are medically important as sedatives and hypnotics (sedatives, barbiturate), as anesthetics, or as anticonvulsants. (references) |
Medicine | Synthetic hypnotics; derivates of malonic acid and urea; malonylurea. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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: BARBITURATES |
| Specialty definitions using "BARBITURATES": deep coma ♦ Pyrimidines ♦ Receptors, GABA, Receptors, GABA-A ♦ Sedatives, Barbiturate. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Barbiturates slow down the central nervous system and cause tranquilizing or antiseizure effects. (references) | |
Many of the drugs used for myoclonus, such as barbiturates, phenytoin, and primidone, are also used to treat epilepsy. (references) | ||
Despite their many beneficial effects, barbiturates and benzodiazepines have the potential for abuse and should be used only as prescribed. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BARBITURATES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BARBITURATES" is used about 33 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% | 33 | 60,273 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BARBITURATES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | barbiturater (sleepers, softballs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | barbs, barbituraten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | barbituriques hypnotiques. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Barbiturate. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | βαρβιτουρικά (barbiturate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | barbiturici. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arbituratesbay barbitúricos hipnóticos. (various references) barbituricos hipnoticos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "BARBITURATES": nonbarbiturates. (additional references) | |
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"BARBITURATES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barbituate, barbituates, barbiurate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BARBITURATES" (pronounced bÄrbi"kheruts) |
| 4 | -er u t s | conglomerates, degenerates, doctorates, electorates, Emirates, favorites, illiterates, inaugurates, moderates. |
| 3 | -u t s | advocates, affidavits, affiliates, affricates, agates, aggregates, amulets, animates, anklets, approximates, articulates, associates, audits, Babbitts, ballots, bandits, banquets, baronets, baskets, berets, bigots, billets, biscuits, blankets, bluebonnets, booklets, bracelets, brackets, branchlets, buckets, budgets, buffets, bullets, cabinets, carats, carpets, carrots, caskets, certificates, chariots, chestnuts, cheviots, chocolates, ciliates, circuits, climates, closets, comets, compatriots, composites, conduits, consulates, coordinates, correlates, covets, credits, crickets, culprits, deficits, demerits, deposits, diets, digits, discredits, dockets, droplets, edits, electromagnets, elicits, ergots, estimates, exhibits, exits, eyelets, facets, faucets, ferrets, fillets, frigates, gadgets, garrets, gaskets, graduates, guesstimates, habits, hamlets, hatchets, helmets, helots, hermits, hornets, hypermarkets, idiots, ingots, inhabits, inherits, inhibits, initiates, intermediates, interprets, intimates, invertebrates, islets, jackets, jesuits, junkets, laminates, lancets, laureates, leaflets, legates, limits, limpets, maggots, magnets, markets, merits, microcircuits, microclimates, midgets, millets, minutes, nonprofits, nuggets, nutlets, omelets, opiates, opposites, orbits, packets, palates, pallets, pamphlets, parrots, particulates, patriots, peanuts, pellets, perquisites, pickets, pickpockets, piglets, pilots, pirates, planets, platelets, plaudits, plummets, pockets, poets, portraits, posits, prelates, prerequisites, privates, profits, prohibits, prophets, puppets, quiets, quintuplets, rackets, racquets, requisites, revisits, rickets, riots, rivets, rockets, russets, secrets, sextuplets, silicates, snippets, sockets, solicits, spigots, spirits, starlets, summits, supermarkets, surrogates, tablets, targets, tenets, thickets, tickets, toilets, trinkets, triplets, trumpets, turrets, underestimates, undergraduates, unfortunates, units, violets, visits, wallets, wastebaskets, whats, wickets, widgets, zealots. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-e-i-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: barbiturate. | |
-2 letters: arbitrates. | |
-3 letters: arbitrate, aubretias, aubrietas, birrettas, rabbiters, turbaries. | |
-4 letters: abutters, airburst, arbiters, ariettas, aristate, aubretia, aubrieta, babirusa, birettas, birretta, brattier, bruiters, burriest, rabbiter, rarebits, saturate, straiter, stubbier, subtribe, tabarets, tarriest, tributes, trustier, tuateras, tubbiest. | |
-5 letters: abaters, abattis, abreast, abutter, arbiter, arbutes, arietta, aristae, artiest, artiste, artsier, asteria, atresia, attires, babesia, baiters, barbate, barbers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-e-i-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+3 letters: nonbarbiturates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 52 42 49 54 55 52 41 54 45 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-. -... .. - ..- .-. .- - . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01010010 01000010 01001001 01010100 01010101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A R B I T U R A T E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0052 0042 0049 0054 0055 0052 0041 0054 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363552364354555235543953 |
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