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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A compound used as a topical insect repellent that may cause irritation to eyes and mucous membranes, but not to the skin. (references) |
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DEET was developed by the US Army, following its experience of jungle warfare during World War 2. It entered military use in 1946 and civilian use in 1957.
Tests have shown DEET to be the most effective and long-lasting insect-repellant available. Studies into the health effects of DEET have not shown any significant harm to human health (other than for those who are allergic to DEET), but concerns arising from its chemical composition mean that care should be taken in its application. Current mainstream medical opinion is that any dangers posed by DEET are greatly outweighed by those of the serious insect-bourne diseases which DEET helps prevent.
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| 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 |
DEET | English | Department of Employment,Education and Training | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: DEET |
| Non-English Usage: "DEET" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Luxembourgish (does). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | If we decide to donate blood, most of us would like to control when we donate it-and to whom. So mosquitoes are an outdoor nuisance to be avoided, as are biting flies, ticks, and chiggers. We ward all of them off with deet, a strong repellant that ARS discovered 40 years ago. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | After the expiration of a period of two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, the total personnel of the German Navy, including the manning of the Deet, coast defences, signal stations, administration and other land services, must not exceed fifteen thousand, including officers and men of all grades and corps, The total strength of officers and warrant officers must not exceed fifteen hundred. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The concentration of DEET varies among repellents. (references) | |
Lower concentrations should be used for children (no more than 10% DEET). (references) | ||
Use DEET with caution on children because adverse reactions have been reported. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DEET": deets. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: teed. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-t" | |
-1 letter: dee, ted, tee. | |
-2 letters: de, ed, et. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-t" | |
+1 letter: deets, deter, etude, feted, meted, steed, tewed, treed, tweed. | |
+2 letters: anteed, belted, bested, betide, betted, debate, deceit, decent, defeat, defect, defter, deject, delate, delete, dement, demote, denote, dented, depute, derate, desert, detect, detent, deters, detest, devest, devote, dexter, dieted, dieter, edited, elated, eldest, eluted, emoted, endite, etched, etudes, evited, exited, extend, felted, fetted, heated, hefted, hented, ideate, itemed, jested, jetted, letted, meated, melted, metred, nested, netted, pedate, pelted, petted, redate, reedit, rented, rested, retied, retted, seated, sedate, steeds, stewed, teamed, teared, teased, teated, teched, tedded, tedder, teemed, teledu, temped, tended, tender, tensed, tented, teredo, termed, tested, themed, tiered, tweeds, tweedy, vented, vested, vetoed, vetted, weeted, welted, wetted, zested. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 45 54 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01000101 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E E T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0045 0054 |
| 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)38393954 |
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