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"CLIFFORD" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a ford by a cliff". |
Date "CLIFFORD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Clifford (Paul). A highwayman, reformed by the power of love, in Sir L. Bulwer Lytton's novel so called. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CLIFFORD |
| Specialty definitions using "CLIFFORD": iron box ♦ Notarica, Nut-brown Maid ♦ Rosamond ♦ Shepherd Lord ♦ The Cuckoo's Egg. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | This is a hospital Mr. Clifford, not a penitentiary, everything obtaining to one of our patients is recorded in that patient's folder, weather you can make sense of it, or not! (When a Stranger Calls; writing credit: Steve Feke; Fred Walton) The football's like a one-man cold to Clifford Franklin. (The Replacements; writing credit: Vince McKewin) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | R. Clifford prepares A. Bryson for dive to Jeffries Ledge off Mass. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Figure 35. Brouardel surface sampler, improvement of previous instrument, was designed by Jean Brouardel and Jean Vernet and constructed by Jean Comelli. This instrument was inspired by Bernard M. Jenkins' Surface Mud Sampler, created for the limnological studies of Clifford H. Mortimer. It was used to sample bottom water and sediment simultaneously. It was first tested off the EIDER in 1954. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Diana Clifford Kimber. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | "Meet the Press" with Mr. Clark M. Clifford. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Tuscarora Indians at wedding feast along Niagara Falls, seated is bride, Vivian Rickard, and groom, Clifford Printup. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Clifford Rowe, twenty-six year old tenant farmer, who is going to repaper the rooms of the house he has just moved into. Near Templeton, Indiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Corner bedroom in Clifford Blum's farmhouse near Terril, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Captain Clifford, aide-de-camp to General Buller. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Clifford White, residence in Harmon, New York. Entrance facade. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Clifford Sifton, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, arms folded. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Clifford K. Berryman | Stout hearts, my laddies! If the row comes, REMEMBER THE MAINE, and show the world how American sailors can fight. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Clifford Electronics of Chatsworth, California through its British division distributes its Intellipage and IntelliVoice alarm systems. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nigeria | Trials against Keniwer Imo Neweigha, Monday Diongoli, Timi Epengele, Onoriode David, Ebi Clifford Saibu, Derioteidou Aganaba, Timinepre Keren, Joshua Godspower, John Zitua, and Benson Odiowei for the alleged murders of 12 policemen and 6 civilians that sparked the Odi incident, were ongoing at year's end. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CLIFFORD" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CLIFFORD" is used about 464 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) | 100% | 464 | 12,682 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CLIFFORD" 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 |
| Clifford | First name Male | 123,000 | 149 |
| Clifford | Last name | 8,000 | 1,630 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "CLIFFORD" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a ford by a cliff". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "CLIFFORD." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Cliff | Male | English | Clifford |
| Clifford | Male | English | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Clifford, IN (town, FIPS 13582) 2. Clifford, KY 3. Clifford, MI (village, FIPS 16420) 4. Clifford, ND (city, FIPS 14740) |
Expressions using "CLIFFORD": Clifford Chance ♦ Clifford Odets ♦ Clifford trust. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "CLIFFORD": clifford-like, Clifford-turner. | |
Ending with "CLIFFORD": Wallich-clifford. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
clifford the big red dog | 653 | clifford research | 17 |
clifford | 551 | clifford matrix rs3 | 17 |
clifford alarm | 164 | clark clifford | 17 |
clifford chance | 122 | clifford smith | 16 |
clifford car alarm | 76 | clifford game | 15 |
clifford performance | 73 | clifford max | 14 |
clifford brown | 56 | clifford alarm system | 14 |
brown clifford festival jazz | 54 | clifford matrix | 14 |
clifford dog | 43 | clifford stoll | 13 |
clifford will | 42 | algebra clifford | 12 |
picture of clifford the big red dog | 36 | clifford design michael | 12 |
clifford coloring page | 34 | clifford pa | 12 |
clifford red dog | 31 | clifford michigan | 12 |
clifford olsen | 30 | clifford martin short | 12 |
clifford willis | 30 | barry clifford | 11 |
clifford t ward | 28 | clifford vermont | 11 |
clifford olson | 26 | clifford picture | 11 |
clifford geertz | 26 | clifford odets | 11 |
clifford bailey | 18 | linda clifford | 10 |
clifford sifton | 18 | clifford scholastic.com | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "CLIFFORD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Clifford's tegn (Clifford sign), Clifford's syndrom (Clifford syndrome), Ballantyne-Runge's syndrom (Clifford syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | syndrome des enfants postmatures (Clifford syndrome), syndrome de Ballantyne-Runge (Clifford syndrome), signe de Clifford (Clifford sign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Clifford Zeichen (Clifford sign), Clifford Syndrom (Clifford syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύνδρομο Clifford (Clifford syndrome), σημείο Clifford (Clifford sign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sindrome di Clifford (Clifford syndrome), segno di Clifford (Clifford sign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iffordclay sinal de Cliford (Clifford sign), síndrome de Cliford (Clifford syndrome). (various references) Клиффорд. (various references) signo de Clifford (Clifford sign), síndrome del niño postmaduro (Clifford syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"CLIFFORD" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cledford, Clyfford, Colaford, Culliford, Cullifords, Shifford, Silford. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-f-f-i-l-o-r" | |
-2 letters: florid, frolic. | |
-3 letters: cliff, dolci, fiord. | |
-4 letters: clod, coff, coif, coil, coir, cold, cord, corf, diol, dirl, doff, fico, fido, filo, flic, floc, foci, foil, fold, ford, idol, lido, loci, lord, odic, riff, roil, rolf. | |
-5 letters: cod, col, cor, doc, dol, dor, fid, fil, fir, for, fro, iff, lid, off, oil, old, orc, rid. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-f-f-i-l-o-r" | |
+4 letters: officeholder. | |
+5 letters: officeholders. | |
| 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. | |
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