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CONDOMS

"CONDOMS" is a plural of: condom.


Specialty Definition: CONDOMS

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Health

A sheath that is worn over the penis during sexual behavior in order to prevent pregnancy or spread of sexually transmitted disease. (references)

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

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Crosswords: CONDOMS

English words defined with "CONDOMS": safe sex. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CONDOMS": αναλογία των φÏλωνsafer sex. (references)

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Modern Usage: CONDOMS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

It's okay, I brought the condoms! (Tank Girl; writing credit: Alan Martin; Jamie Hewlett)

Condoms! Joey what are condoms in the box for. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

I'm sorry, they don't make condoms that big. (Just Married; writing credit: Sam Harper)

That's why I also brought you condoms. (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

Lyrics

The only thing I sling is condoms for spring break (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo)

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

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Commercial Usage: CONDOMS

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References

  • The World Market for Rubber Sheath Contraceptives (Condoms): A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • 101 Exciting New Uses for Condoms (reference)

  • Aspects of the law relating to AIDS : national compulsory standard for condoms, disposable syringes, needles and other hazardous materials, universal work place infection control measures (universal precautions), medical certificates in respect of HIV/AID (reference)

  • Condoms (reference)

  • Condoms Are Safes (reference)

  • Procurement of Health Sector Goods: (Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines, and Condoms) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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

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Photo Album: CONDOMS

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Always Use Latex Condoms. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Lifesaver. : condoms can protect you from AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

I love her. : I use condoms. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

AIDS is a fact. when you teach her the facts of life, remember the most important one today. : condoms make sex... safer. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Proceed With Condoms. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Rubbers Are Bringing Men Together Again. : Condoms. Use Them. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

There are a lot of things worth protecting. One of them is your life. Use condoms every time!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Condoms Mean Caring : Latex Condoms...Prevention Against AIDS. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Condoms keep your love alive!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Love is a serious thing. use condoms [Black male]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: CONDOMS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The use of condoms is particularly important. (references)

Persons with multiple sex partners should be advised to use latex condoms. (references)

The proper use of condoms can be helpful in preventing some forms of vaginitis. (references)

Worker Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In some cases, women forced to work in brothels reportedly received as little as $13 (25 KM) per month for personal expenses and were forced to find other money (often through begging) for essentials, including condoms. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: CONDOMS

"CONDOMS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CONDOMS" is used about 279 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%27917,495

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Misspellings: CONDOMS

Misspellings

"CONDOMS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: codom, codons, concom, condome, condomi, Condomme, condous, Conodonta. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "CONDOMS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "CONDOMS" (pronounced kÄ"ndumz)
5-n d u m zmemorandums, referendums.
4-d u m zfiefdoms, freedoms, kingdoms, modems, sedums, sheikdoms.
3-u m zacronyms, ageratums, albums, algorithms, alums, amalgams, anachronisms, angstroms, antagonisms, anthems, aphorisms, aquariums, atoms, auditoriums, axioms, bantams, baptisms, blossoms, bottoms, caladiums, chrysanthemums, columns, condominiums, consortiums, criticisms, curriculums, customs, dirhams, doldrums, dualisms, ecosystems, emblems, embolisms, enthusiasms, euphemisms, fathoms, forums, geraniums, ginghams, Grahams, gymnasiums, herbariums, honorariums, hoodlums, idioms, isms, items, logarithms, mannerisms, maxims, mechanisms, mediums, metabolisms, methodisms, microorganisms, millenniums, minimums, monisms, moratoriums, museums, nostrums, organisms, orgasms, phantoms, pilgrims, podiums, poems, possums, premiums, problems, puritanisms, quorums, ransoms, rhythms, schisms, spasms, spectrums, stadiums, stratagems, subsystems, surrealisms, symposiums, symptoms, systems, tantrums, totems, transoms, ultimatums, victims, welcomes, zirconiums.

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

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Anagrams: CONDOMS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-m-n-o-o-s"

-1 letter: codons, condom, condos, mondos.

-2 letters: codon, condo, coons, dooms, mondo, monos, moods, moons, nomos, snood, sodom.

-3 letters: cods, cons, coon, coos, docs, doms, dons, doom, mocs, mods, mono, mons, mood, moon, moos, nods, noms, soon.

-4 letters: cod, con, coo, cos, doc, dom, don, dos, moc, mod, mon, moo, mos, nod, nom, noo, nos, ods.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-m-n-o-o-s"
 

+2 letters: comedones, comedowns, commandos, compounds, downcomes, monoacids.

 

+3 letters: cacodemons, commandoes, condemnors, condylomas, diseconomy, doronicums, economised, incommodes, mastodonic, monadnocks, monochords, monorchids.

 

+4 letters: chironomids, codominants, compendious, compounders, coromandels, decomposing, femtosecond, microsecond, nondomestic.

 

+5 letters: backwoodsman, backwoodsmen, chondriosome, commissioned, composedness, condominiums, decommission, discommoding, discomposing, diseconomies, femtoseconds, incommodious, microseconds, monorchidism, noncompounds, nondomestics, overconsumed, trichomonads, undecomposed.

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

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Alternative Orthography: CONDOMS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 4E 44 4F 4D 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    ---    -.    -..    ---    --    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01001110 01000100 01001111 01001101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#78 &#68 &#79 &#77 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004E 0044 004F 004D 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37494838494753

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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