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Date "DUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
"DUS" is a common misspelling or typo for: does, dubs, duds, duns, dusk, dust. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Dus or Deuce. The chief god of the Brigan'tës, one of whose altars, bearing an inscription, was discovered at Gretland. (Camden: Britannia.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
DUS | English | Dusseldorf | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: DUS |
| Specialty definitions using "DUS": block or day release, block or day release courses ♦ Isenbras. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DUS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (accordingly, consequently, so, subsequently, then, therefore, thus), Dutch (accordingly, consequently, in that way, like this, so, subsequently, then, therefore, this way, thus), French (ought to), Frisian (accordingly, consequently, so, such, then, therefore, thus), Romanian (bearing, going), Romansch (two), Scottish (dust). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Do Bachche Dus Haath (1972) Dus Lakh (1966) Rupaye Dus Karod (1991) Baap Numberi Beta Dus Numberi (1990) Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987) | |
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Books | |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "DUS" 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 |
| Dus | Last name | 170 | 47,595 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
dus | 22 |
dus sakinleri sokagi | 4 |
dus file | 4 |
dus ftcap psu.edu webtest | 4 |
dus laszlo | 4 |
dus eddy | 3 |
dus eliza | 2 |
fannie mae dus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DUS": dusk, dusked, duskier, duskiest, duskily, duskiness, duskinesses, dusking, duskish, dusks, dusky, dust, dustbin, dustbins, dustcover, dustcovers, dusted, duster, dusters, dustheap, dustheaps, dustier, dustiest, dustily, dustiness, dustinesses, dusting, dustless, dustlike, dustman, dustmen, dustoff, dustoffs, dustpan, dustpans, dustrag, dustrags, dusts, dustup, dustups, dusty. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "DUS": exodus, fondus, fundus, gradus, kudus, modus, nidus, nodus, perdus, solidus, tamandus, teledus. (additional references) | |
Words containing "DUS": adust, deindustrialization, deindustrializations, deindustrialize, deindustrialized, deindustrializes, deindustrializing, dryasdust, dryasdusts, exoduses, graduses, hydromedusa, hydromedusae, indusia, indusial, indusium, industrial, industrialise, industrialised, industrialises, industrialising, industrialism, industrialisms, industrialist, industrialists, industrialization, industrializations, industrialize, industrialized, industrializes, industrializing, industrially, industrials, industries, industrious, industriously, industriousness, industriousnesses, industry, interindustry, kiddush, kiddushes, kiddushim, medusa, medusae, medusal, medusan, medusans, medusas, medusoid, medusoids. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-s-u" | |
-1 letter: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-s-u" | |
+1 letter: buds, cuds, dubs, duds, dues, dugs, duns, duos, dups, dusk, dust, fuds, muds, ouds, puds, scud, spud, stud, sudd, suds, sued, surd, udos, urds, used. | |
+2 letters: adust, bauds, bunds, burds, bused, cruds, curds, daubs, dauts, doums, douse, drubs, drugs, drums, druse, duads, duals, duces, ducks, ducts, dudes, duels, duets, duffs, duits, dukes, dulls, dulse, dumas, dumbs, dumps, dunes, dungs, dunks, dunts, dupes, duras, dures, durns, duros, durrs, durst, dusks, dusky, dusts, dusty, feuds, funds, fused, gauds, gudes, guids, hurds, judas, judos, kudos, kudus, lauds, leuds, ludes, mauds, modus, mused, nidus, nodus, nudes, nurds, pseud, quads, quids, quods, rudds, sadhu, scudi, scudo, scuds, sedum, slued, sound, spuds, spued, squad, squid, studs, study, sudds, sudor, sudsy, suede, surds, thuds, turds, updos, yauds. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 55 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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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)-.. ..- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0055 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)385553 |
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