DIATOMS

"DIATOMS" is a plural of: diatom.

Date "DIATOMS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references)

Domain	Definition
Health	Microscopic unicellular algae. Most are aquatic, being found in fresh, brackish, and salt water. Diatoms are noted for the symmetry and sculpturing of their siliceous cell walls. (references)
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Crosswords: DIATOMS

English words defined with "DIATOMS": Bacillariophyceae ♦ class Bacillariophyceae, class Diatomophyceae ♦ Diatomophyceae ♦ Infusorial earth ♦ Pleurosigma. (references)

Specialty definitions using "DIATOMS": diatom ooze, diatom saprokol, diatomaceous ♦ Microbial Growth. (references)

Etymologies containing "DIATOMS": Pseudonavicula. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Diatoms (1969)
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Domain	Title
Books	Algae of New Zealand Thermal Areas. Together With: Cassie, V. a Taxonomic Guide to Thermally Associated Algae (Excluding Diatoms in New Zealand) (reference) Contribution to the Study of New Zealand Diatoms (Bibliotheca Diatomologica Vol 17) (reference) Diatoms from Viti Levu, Fiji Islands (Bibliotheca Diatomologica, Vol 14) (reference) Diatoms in Gambia. Diatoms in the Volo Bay, Greece (Bibliotheca Diatomologica, 12) (reference) Diatoms to Dinosaurs: The Size and Scale of Living Things (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Catalogue Of Diatoms (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Beautiful marine diatoms as seen through a microscope. These tiny creatures have silica exoskeletons. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
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"DIATOMS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 97.44% of the time. "DIATOMS" is used about 39 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 (plural)	97.44%	38	55,818
Noun (proper)	2.56%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	39	N/A

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Language		Translations for "DIATOMS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		diatomeer, kiselalger. (various references)

Dutch		diatomeeen (diatom), kiezelwieren, kiezelalgen. (various references)

Finnish		piilevät. (various references)

French		diatomophycées, diatomées, bacillariophycées. (various references)

German		Kieselalgen. (various references)

Greek		βακιλλαριόφυτα, διάτομα. (various references)

Italian		diatomee, bacillarioficee. (various references)

Pig Latin		iatomsday

Portuguese		diatomáceas, bacilariofíceas. (various references)

Spanish		diatomeas (diatom), baciliarofitos, bacilarias. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Bacillariophyceae. (various references)
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Misspellings
	"DIATOMS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adiantums, datiom, datums, Deaytons, diacom, Diaptomus, diatem, Dimatima, Distos, Doutoum. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "DIATOMS" (pronounced dī"utÄ'mz)
3	-Ä' m z	firebombs.
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	Direct Anagrams: mastoid.
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-m-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: admits, amidst, diatom.
	-2 letters: adios, adits, admit, amido, amids, atoms, datos, ditas, doats, doits, iotas, maids, maist, midst, misdo, moats, moist, odist, omits, ostia, staid, stoai, stoma, tamis, toads, tsadi.
	-3 letters: adit, ados, aids, aims, aits, amid, amis, atom, dais, dams, dato, dims, dita, dits, doat, doit, doms, dost, dots, iota, mads, maid.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-m-o-s-t"
	+1 letter: atomised, coadmits, mastoids, mattoids, saintdom, toadyism.
	+2 letters: amortised, diplomats, dogmatics, dogmatism, dogmatist, dominants, dominates, impastoed, mediators, midrashot, misatoned, saintdoms, toadyisms.
	+3 letters: anatomised, badmintons, chromatids, damnations, demantoids, dermatosis, diatomites, dichromats, diplomates, dogmatisms, dogmatists, dogmatizes, dominators, mastodonic, mediations, meditators, metalloids, midrashoth, mislocated, modalities, prismatoid, staminodia, sudatorium.
	+4 letters: admirations, admonitions, adoptianism, adoptionism, antimoderns, antimonides, audiometers, auditoriums, coatimundis, codominants, decimations, defamations, denominates, dichromates, dimethoates, diplomatist, disaccustom, dogmatizers, domesticate, dominations, emendations, eudaemonist, mandatories, mandolinist, manifestoed, mastoiditis, medications, meditations, moderations, modulations, mustachioed, myocarditis, nematocides, ordainments, prismatoids, radiometers, sodomitical, somatomedin, staminodium, subdominant, sudatoriums.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
diatoms	71
diatoms picture	4
algae diatoms	3
diatomaceous diatoms earth insecticide	3
diatoms fresh water	2
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DIATOMS

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diatoms

diatoms picture

algae diatoms

diatomaceous diatoms earth insecticide

diatoms fresh water

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