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Definition: CARBOLIC |
CARBOLICAdjective1. Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol). See Phenol. |
Date "CARBOLIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1889. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A. Of, pertaining to, or derived from carbon and oil; of or pertaining to coal-tar oil. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CARBOLIC |
| English words defined with "CARBOLIC": carbolated, carbolic acid, Carbolize, Creosol ♦ Glacial acid, Glacial phenol ♦ Phenyl hydrate ♦ Salicylic. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "CARBOLIC": Rosolic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CARBOLIC" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (carbolic). |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Buchan's Carbolic Disinfecting Soap No. 11. : The Best Dog Soap In The World.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "CARBOLIC" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 84.38% of the time. "CARBOLIC" is used about 32 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 84.38% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.63% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "CARBOLIC": carbolic acid. 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 |
carbolic acid | 22 |
carbolic | 14 |
carbolic soap | 6 |
ball carbolic carlill co smoke v | 4 |
ball carbolic carlill company smoke v | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CARBOLIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fenik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مشبع بحمض الكربوليك. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | карболова киселина (phenol), карболов. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | karbololie (carbolic oil), karbol (carbolic oil), fenololie (carbolic oil, phenolic oils). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | carbololie (carbolic oil), fenololie (carbolic oil, phenolic oils). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | karbolihappo (carbolic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phéniqué. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Karbol (carbolic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καρβoλικό έλαιo (carbolic oil), καρβολικό οξύ (carbolic acid), φαιvoλικό έλαιo (carbolic oil), φαινικό οξύ (carbolic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | karbol-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | karbol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fenico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 石炭酸 (carbolic acid, phenol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せきた"さ" (carbolic acid, phenol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | carboylagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arboliccay carbólico, fênico. (various references) carbolic. (various references) карболовый. (various references) karbolni, karbolna kiselina. (various references) aceite fenólico (carbolic oil), aceite carbólico (carbolic oil), ácido carbólico (carbolic acid). (various references) karbolsyra (carbolic acid). (various references) asit fenik (carbolic acid, phenylic acid). (various references) карболка, карболовий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CARBOLIC": carbolics. (additional references) | |
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"CARBOLIC" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: carbol, Carbosin, cirkovic, Kerbola. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "CARBOLIC" (pronounced 'Car*bol"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-i-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: boracic, caloric. | |
-2 letters: bailor, boccia, calico, caroli, lorica. | |
-3 letters: aboil, baric, bocci, bolar, boral, boric, brail, broil, carbo, carob, carol, cibol, circa, claro, cobia, cobra, colic, coral, coria, croci, labor, libra, lobar, rabic. | |
-4 letters: abri, arco, aril, bail, birl, bloc, boar, boil, bola, bora, brio, calo, carb, carl, ciao, coal, coca, coil, coir, cola. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-i-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: carbolics, corbicula. | |
+2 letters: carbonylic, carboxylic, corbiculae. | |
+3 letters: carbocyclic, subcortical. | |
+4 letters: contractible, dicarboxylic, microbalance, reconcilable. | |
+5 letters: acrobatically, bacteriologic, bacteriolytic, bioelectrical, microbalances, mycobacterial, tricarboxylic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 41 52 42 4F 4C 49 43 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .-. -... --- .-.. .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01000001 01010010 01000010 01001111 01001100 01001001 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C A R B O L I C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0041 0052 0042 004F 004C 0049 0043 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3735523649464337 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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