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"DOMINICANS" is a plural of: dominican. |
Date "DOMINICANS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Dominicans Preaching friars founded by Dominic de Guzman, at Toulouse, in 1215. Formerly called in England Black Friars, from their black dress, and in France Jacobins, because their mother-establishment in Paris was in the Rue St. Jacques. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: DOMINICANS |
| English words defined with "DOMINICANS": Domingo de Guzman, Dominic ♦ Mendicant orders ♦ Saint Dominic, St Dominic ♦ Thomism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DOMINICANS": Begging Hermits, Black Friars ♦ Friars, Friars Major ♦ Grey Friars ♦ Jacobins ♦ Orders. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Low incomes of the majority of Dominicans are one of the reasons why most car owners (especially those dedicated to public transportation) are forced to buy used spare parts. (references) | |
Economic History | Dominican Rep | Dominicans are often familiar with U.S. pricing practices. (references) |
Dominican Republic | About half of Dominicans live in rural areas; many are small landholders. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | Radio and television are the communication media reaching the largest numbers of Dominicans. (references) | |
Minorities | Dominican Republic | Darker-skinned Dominicans also face informal barriers to social and economic advancement. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | In the Dominican Republic, Hillary helped to rededicate a hospital that had been rebuilt by Dominicans and Americans, working side by side. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "DOMINICANS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DOMINICANS" is used about 22 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) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "DOMINICANS": c Dominicans or Black Friars. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
Misspellings | |
"DOMINICANS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: domenicans, Dominicaines, Dominicano, dominicanus, dominicoes, Dominikus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-i-m-n-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: insomniac. | |
-2 letters: amnionic, conidian, daimonic, indamins, indicans, insomnia, monacids, nonacids, simoniac. | |
-3 letters: amidins, amnions, anionic, anosmic, camions, conidia, daimios, daimons, diamins, disomic, domains, indamin, indican, maniocs, mansion, masonic, minions, miscoin, monacid, monadic, niacins, nomadic, nonacid, onanism. | |
-4 letters: adonis, amidic, amidin, aminic, amnion, amnios, animis, anions, anisic, anodic, anomic, camion, canids, canons, casini, casino, conins. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-i-m-n-n-o-s" | |
+3 letters: indomethacins, nicotinamides. | |
+4 letters: discrimination, predominancies. | |
+5 letters: discriminations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 4F 4D 49 4E 49 43 41 4E 53 |
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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 01001111 01001101 01001001 01001110 01001001 01000011 01000001 01001110 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D O M I N I C A N S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 004F 004D 0049 004E 0049 0043 0041 004E 0053 |
| 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)38494743484337354853 |
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