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Definition: Bayer |
BayerNoun1. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer and Empirin) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Bayer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1894. (references) |
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Industry | Apparatus used to fix in weight(percentage)the diagram of the fibre length. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
| Bayforin | English | Bayer Foreign Investments Ltd. | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BayerSynonyms: acetylsalicylic acid (n), aspirin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bayer |
| English words defined with "Bayer": acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin ♦ Empirin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Bayer": alpha alumina ♦ Bayer letter, Bayer name, Bayer process, Beer aux Mouches ♦ combination process ♦ Flamsteed number ♦ lime-soda sinter process ♦ reactive silica ♦ soda-lime sinter process. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Bayer": Abeyance ♦ ba. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bayer" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (bavarian). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Ein Bayer auf Rügen (1993) | |
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![]() | Polio research a light is beginning to dawn / / Herbert Bayer.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Für Recht und Freiheit, Bayer. Volks Partei. Listeg / K.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Join NSA, National Ski Association / Herbert Bayer.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Mont Tremblant, Prov. Quebec, Canada / Herbert Bayer.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Examples include naproxen (Aleve, Anaprox, Naprosen), ibuprofen (Advil, Bayer Select, Motrin, Nuprin), and piroxicam (Feldene). (references) | |
Business | Germany's Bayer set up a JV in Wuxi for producing leather chemicals. (references) | |
Table 3 shows that the most imports in this market are made directly by the end-user (Abbott, Paladini, Profertil, Bayer). (references) | ||
The market leaders in immunoassay analyzers and reagents include Abbott, Boehringer, Sysmex, Roche, Chiron, Bayer, and Baxter. (references) | ||
Economic History | El Salvador | Bayer de El Salvador: Owns a modern pharmaceutical processing plant. (references) |
India | Bayer plans to convert the joint venture into a 100-percent-owned Indian subsidiary. (references) | |
India | Bayer (Germany) and Zydus Candila Health Care (Ahmedabad, India) have called off their joint venture Bayer Zydus Healthier Care. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | Some of the users are Sharp, Maxon, Acropolis, Canon, TDK, JVC, Audinac, Pioneer, Rates, Audio Logic, Zenith, Daewo, Talent, Goldstar, Panashiba, Nashiba, Le Roy, Carandache, Baume & Mercier, Corum, Tag Heuer, Movado, Caterpillar, Valvoline, Komatsu, Cummins, Coleman, John Deere, Home, Litte, Snapper, Asia, Kia, Isuzu, Mazda, Nissan, Case, SKF, Fag Steyr, Armstrong, Stanetex Tile, Multicolor Prem, Abco Haldex, Sigma Paximat, York, Autobombas Ford, GM, American Lafrance, Venus Carpet, Kalpakian Floget, Blue Diamond, Stronger, Yale, Skoda, Cessna, Bayer, Nike, Topper, Avia, Jovi, Canson, Stabilo, La Serenisima, Sancor, Ceres, Goodyear, Eastman, Digitar, Tecno Steel, Dallas, Cristaleria Bohemia, Heidelberg, Polar, Hempel, Crosley, Waltek, Exenel, Printex, Darling, Wega, R.N., Tecno 1, Medtronic, Akroplast, BRD, Lostra 2100 Fume, Care Quilt, Rae Flex, Zwiling, Nippon, Kaijo, Ki, Trinity, Asme, Dupont, Siderar, Sanitron, Band Ai, Alcoa, Samsonite, Daihatsu, Rhone Poulenc, Asics, Etam, Grimoldi, Boating Shoes, Sthil, Subaru, Daewoo, Cadbury de Argentina, Cafes La Virginia, Construcciones Metalurgicas Zanello, Electrolux Argentina, Ilko Argentina, Impsat, Ledesma Mattel Argentina, Multicolor Argentina, Papelera Tucuman, Pecom NEC, Philco Ushuaia, Phillips Argentina, Ralston Purina Argentina, Spazio Casa Simmons de Argentina. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bayer" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.12% of the time. "Bayer" is used about 41 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 (proper) | 95.12% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 4.88% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 41 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Bayer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bayer | Last name | 3,000 | 3,550 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | Bayer AG. | India | Bayer (India) Limited |
| Indonesia | Bayer Indonesia Tbk. P.T. | Peru | Bayer SA |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Bayer": Bayer Aspirin [OTC] ♦ Bayer Buffered Aspirin [OTC] ♦ Bayer Low Adult Strength [OTC] ♦ Bayer Select ♦ Bayer Select Ibuprofen ♦ Bayer Select Maximum Strength Backache ♦ Extra Strength Bayer Enteric 500 Aspirin [OTC] ♦ Extra Strength Bayer Plus [OTC] ♦ Regular Strength Bayer Enteric 500 Aspirin [OTC]. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
bayer | 1,146 |
bayer corporation | 119 |
bayer pharmaceutical | 65 |
bayer aspirin | 63 |
bayer diagnostics | 61 |
bayer corp | 53 |
bayer federal credit union | 38 |
bayer ag | 38 |
bayer leverkusen | 37 |
herbert bayer | 33 |
bayer crop science | 29 |
bayer cropscience | 27 |
bayer plastic | 25 |
bayer animal health | 24 |
bayer health care | 24 |
bayer chemical | 22 |
bayer advantage | 19 |
bayer canada | 19 |
bayer polymer | 18 |
bayer advanced | 16 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Bayer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 贝". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | bayer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | appareil bayer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Bayer (Bavarian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | συσκευή Μπάγιερ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | bayer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ハ長調 (bar, bar code, barbarism, barbecue, barbell, barber, barell, bargain, bargain sale, bargaining power, bartender, barter, base, BBQ, Berkeley, berkelium, Berkley, Bermuda shorts, Bermuda Triangle, berth, bias, biathlon, bio, bio music, biochip, biocomputer, bioconversion, bioelectronics, bioethics, biofeedback, biogas, biography, biohazard, bioholonics, bioindustry, bioinfomatics, biomass, bionics, biopsy, bioreactor, biorhythm, bioscience, biosensor, biotechnology, biotelemetry, biotron, bird carving, bird sanctuary, bird watching, birdcall, birdie, Birmingham, birth, birth control, birthday, bourbon, Burberry, burger, burlesque, burner, burn-out syndrome, burst, buying power, by, bye, C major, crowbar, Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, hair combed in stripes across a bald pate, old man who takes Viagra, scale, updating a software version, Vermont, vernier, verse, version, vertical marketing, violin, violinist, virgin, Virginia, virginity, virtual, virtual circuit, virtual reality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | バイエル (Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ayerbay Baer, fibrógrafo Baer. (various references) bayer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Bayer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abiezer, Badyear, Baeyer, Baher, Baire, Baiser, Bayar, Bayeh, Bayker, bayor, beyer, Boyter, Nayer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: barye, yerba. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-r-y" | |
-1 letter: abye, aery, bare, bear, brae, bray, byre, eyra, yare, year. | |
-2 letters: aby, arb, are, aye, bar, bay, bey, bra, bye, ear, era, ray, reb, rya, rye, yar, yea. | |
-3 letters: ab, ae, ar, ay, ba, be, by, er, re, ya, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-r-y" | |
+1 letter: ambery, bakery, barely, barley, baryes, baryte, betray, bewray, bleary, brayed, brayer, bready, eyebar, nearby, redbay, yabber, yerbas. | |
+2 letters: abhenry, barleys, barytes, battery, beanery, beeyard, beggary, betrays, beweary, bewrays, bilayer, blarney, bravely, bravery, brayers, breathy, daubery, dryable, eyebars, forebay, redbays, rosebay, typebar, yabbers. | |
+3 letters: abhenrys, acerbity, badgerly, bankerly, barberry, barrenly, barretry, barytone, basketry, bayadeer, bayadere, bayberry, bearably, beeyards, beggarly, bestiary, betrayal, betrayed, betrayer, bewrayed, bewrayer, bilayers, biyearly, bladdery, blarneys, blearily, boneyard, brazenly, breviary, butyrate, carboyed, cymbaler, daybreak, diablery, eurybath, forebays, hagberry, keyboard, nabobery, operably, paperboy, passerby, rateably, readably, reliably, rockabye, rosebays, slabbery, sybarite, teaberry, terabyte, typebars, urbanely, verbally, waxberry, yabbered, yearbook, ytterbia. | |
+4 letters: aberrancy, agreeably, alterably, ambrotype, baneberry, barometry, baronetcy, baroquely, barytones, bayadeers, bayaderes, bearberry, bearishly, betrayals, betrayers, betraying, bewrayers, bewraying, bizarrely, blaeberry, blarneyed, boneyards, breakaway, breathily, breezeway, budgetary, butyrates, bystander, cabinetry, cranberry, crybabies, cymbalers, daybreaks, desirably, embracery, embryonal, endurably, eurybaths, execrably, ferryboat, graybeard, guayabera, hackberry, hyperbola, keyboards, liberally, memorably, miserably, paperboys, passersby, raspberry, refutably, removably, renewably, repayable, reputably, rockabyes, shadberry, soapberry, superably, sybarites, terabytes, tolerably, venerably, veritably, yabbering, yearbooks, ytterbias. | |
+5 letters: aberrantly, abortively, abrasively, absorbency, abstrusely, ambrotypes, arboreally, babysitter, ballplayer, baptistery, barleycorn, bathymetry, bayberries, bellyacher, bewearying, blackberry, blarneying, breakaways, breaksaway, breezeways, bricklayer, bystanders, cerebrally, chinaberry, coralberry, corybantes, creditably, cybernated, cyberspace, debauchery, debonairly, defrayable, deplorably, emblazonry, eurybathic, ferryboats, graybeards, guayaberas, hyperbaric, hyperbolae, hyperbolas, inexorably, keyboarded, keyboarder, liberality, loganberry, lumberyard, measurably, obdurately, observably, perdurably, prebendary, preferably, presbyopia, presumably, reasonably, reassembly, recyclable, rekeyboard, remarkably, rowanberry, strawberry, subvariety, sufferably, sugarberry, terminably, unbearably, vulnerably. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 79 65 72 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -.--. . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01111001 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a y e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0079 0065 0072 |
| 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)3667917184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Frequency 10. Names: Company Usage 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Abbreviations 15. Acronyms 16. Derivations | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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