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DYES

"DYES" is a plural of: dye.

Date "DYES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Specialty Definition: DYES

DomainDefinition

Health

Chemical substances that are used to stain and color other materials. The coloring may or may not be permanent. Dyes can also be used as therapeutic agents and test reagents in medicine and scientific research. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: DYES

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField
FD C DyesEnglishFood,Drug and Cosmetic DyesFood & Agriculture, Chemical Industry

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

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Crosswords: DYES

English words defined with "DYES": 2-hydroxybenzoic acidachromatin, affinity, aldehyde, alizarin carmine, alizarin crimson, alizarin red, alizarin yellow, alpha-naphthol, aminobenzine, aniline, aniline dye, aniline oil, atomic number 53, Azo-basophilia, basophilic, benzoquinone, bleed, buckthorn, buckthorn berrychemical attraction, chrome, Chrysaniline, crotal, crottal, crottle, Cyanine, cyanine dyediazoniumgamma acid, genus Lomatia, Grain colorsi, Indoaniline, Induline, iodin, iodineMauve aniline, Morindaneutrophil, neutrophilePABA, para aminobenzoic acid, phenylamine, Phthalein, phthalic acid, potassium dichromate, Purple of molluscaquinoneRosaniline, runsalicylic acid, sodium sulfate, sodium sulphate, specific, stainabilityyellow berry. (references)
Specialty definitions using "DYES": acid milling dyesdisperse dyesFluorescent DyesHair DyesLissamine Green Dyesmilling dyesRosaniline Dyes. (references)

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Commercial Usage: DYES

DomainTitle

References

  • Pigments and Dyes in Mexico: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

  • The World Market for Disperse Dyes and Their Preparations: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Colors: The Story of Dyes and Pigments (reference)

  • Contemporary Batik and Tie Dye: Methods, Inspiration, Dyes (reference)

  • Environmental Chemistry of Dyes and Pigments (reference)

  • Hopi Dyes (reference)

  • The Chemistry of Vat Dyes (Palette of Color Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

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

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Historic Usage: DYES

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The above expression, dyestuffs and chemical drugs, includes all synthetic dyes and drugs and intermediate or other products used in connection with dyeing, so far as they are manufactured for sale. (reference)

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Non-Fiction Usage: DYES

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Ultrasound imaging employs no injected dyes or radiation and is safe for all patients including pregnant women. (references)

PCP can be mixed easily with dyes and turns up on the illicit drug market in a variety of tablets, capsules, and colored powders. (references)

After the biopsy, the doctor will inspect the tissue samples in the laboratory under one or more microscopes, perhaps using dyes to identify different substances that may be deposited in the tissue. (references)

Business

The ratio of dyes to cloth is not the same in all types of cloth. (references)

Reactive dyes and sulphur dyes ranked second and third respectively. (references)

The highest ratio in acrylic cloth for which the ratio of dyes to the cloth is 5% in weight. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

The basic raw material inputs such as dyes and chemicals are imported, as is all textile equipment and most spares. (references)

Honduras

Although the Honduran textile manufacturing industry is still relatively small and it is not directly benefited with the new CBI legislation, local textile manufacturing companies will be able to import tax free U.S. made yarn, fabrics, and dyes to manufacture and process textile products used in the apparel assembly industry. (references)

Political Economy

INDIA

In November 2000, the Indian government promulgated new regulations dictating that the import of 131 specified commodities (mainly food preservatives, color, dyes, steel, and cement) will be subject to compliance with specified Indian quality standards, and that exporters/manufacturers will be required to register with, and obtain a certificate from, the Bureau of Indian Standards before exporting such goods to India. (references)

Trade

Israel

Printing dyes and other marking materials should not affect merchandise quality. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: DYES

"DYES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 91.04% of the time. "DYES" is used about 134 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)91.04%12229,069
Lexical Verb (-s form)8.21%11106,044
Noun (proper)0.75%1339,140
                    Total100.00%134N/A

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

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Expression: DYES

Expressions using "DYES": acid milling dyes benzidine dyes disperse dyes Fluorescent Dyes Hair Dyes Lissamine Green Dyes milling dyes Phthalein Dyes Rosaniline Dyes. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "DYES": dyes-the.

Ending with "DYES": nitro-dyes.

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

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Modern Translation: DYES

Language Translations for "DYES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

冰""料 (azoic dyes). (various references)

   

Danish

  

dispersionsfarvestoffer (disperse dyes), valke-farvestoffer (acid milling dyes, milling dyes), syrefarvestoffer (acid milling dyes, milling dyes), Sudanfarvestoffer (Sudan dyes), Pappenheim's farvestoffer (Pappenheim dyes), lysokrom (Sudan dyes), kedel til fremstilling af farvestoffer (vat for the preparation of dyes). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

disperse kleurstoffen (disperse dyes), disperse kleurstof (disperse dyes, dispersed dyes), zwakzure wolkleurstoffen (acid milling dyes, milling dyes), ververijkookketel (vat for the preparation of dyes), verfketel (vat for the preparation of dyes), teerverfstoffen (coal-tar colours, coal-tar dyes), sudan (Republic of Sudan, Sudan, Sudan dyes), ontwikkelingskleurstoffen (developed dyes), niet-sensibiliserende kleurstoffen (non-sensitizing dyes), halowerende kleurstoffen (antihalation dyes), antihalokleurstoffen (antihalation dyes). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tätä kangasta on helppo värjätä (this material dyes well). (various references)

   

French

  

déchets provenant de la FFDU de teintures et pigments organiques(sauf 06 11 00) (waste from the MFSU of organic dyes and pigments(excluding 06 11 00)), cuisine couleurs (vat for the preparation of dyes), colorants non sensibilisateurs (non-sensitizing dyes), colorants dispersés (disperse dyes), colorants de Pappenheim (Pappenheim dyes), colorants développés (developed dyes), colorants dérivés des goudrons (coal-tar dyes), colorants antihalo (antihalation dyes), colorant pour foulon (acid milling dyes, milling dyes), colorant plastosoluble (acetate color disperse dye, acetate dye, disperse dyes, dispersed dyes), colorant dispersé (acetate color disperse dye, acetate dye, disperse dyes, dispersed dyes), chaudière de teinturerie (vat for the preparation of dyes), affinité tincturiale (affinity for dyes). (various references)

   

German

  

färbt (tinctures, tinges, tints). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χρώματα διασποράς (disperse dyes), χρωστικά του Pappenheim (Pappenheim dyes), λέβητας βαφικής (vat for the preparation of dyes), αζωχρώματα (azo dyes). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sudan (Sudan), gelatina colorata antialone (antihalation dyes), cucina a colori (vat for the preparation of dyes), coloranti non sensibilizzanti (non-sensitizing dyes), coloranti insolubili (disperse dyes), coloranti di Pappenheim (Pappenheim dyes), coloranti al catrame (coal-tar colours, coal-tar dyes), coloranti a sviluppo (developed dyes), colorante disperso (disperse dyes, dispersed dyes), colorante a dispersione (disperse dyes, dispersed dyes), caldaia per tintorie (vat for the preparation of dyes). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"料 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せ"りょう (1000 ryou, capture, dose, have a room to oneself, member of parliament, occupation, possession). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

yesday

   

Portuguese

  

resíduos da FFDU de tintas e pigmentos orgânicos(excluindo a categoria 06 11 00) (waste from the MFSU of organic dyes and pigments(excluding 06 11 00)), corantes dispersos (disperse dyes), corantes de Pappenheim (Pappenheim dyes), caldeira para a indústria de tinturaria (vat for the preparation of dyes). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

residuos de la FFDU de tintes y pigmentes orgánicos (excepto la categoría 06 11 00) (waste from the MFSU of organic dyes and pigments(excluding 06 11 00)), colorantes de Pappenheim (Pappenheim dyes), colorante disperso (disperse dyes), caldera de tintoreria (vat for the preparation of dyes). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: DYES

Derivations

Words beginning with "DYES": dyestuff, dyestuffs. (additional references)

Words ending with "DYES": overdyes, redyes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"DYES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dayes, dayest, Dbes, Desq, deye, deyes, Deyns, Deysel, dias, diese, diex, diez, dise, Dnes, drys, d'ya, Dyasi, dyee, D'yeh, dyen, dyets, dyies, dyns, dys, dyse, dysen, dysp, dyst, iyes, syes, tyes, tyse. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "DYES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "DYES" (pronounced dī"z)
3d ī" zdies.
2-ī" zadvise, ais, applies, apprise, arise, ayes, baptize, belies, bise, buys, chastise, complies, comprise, cries, decries, decriminalize, defies, demise, denies, despise, devise, disguise, dries, emprise, eyes, flies, fries, goodbyes, guise, guys, highs, implies, incise, lies, oversize, pies, plies, pries, prize, relies, replies, reprise, revise, rise, sensationalize, shies, sighs, size, skies, spies, supplies, surmise, surprise, thighs, ties, tries, underlies, unwise, vies, whys, wise.

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

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Anagrams: DYES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: deys.

Words within the letters "d-e-s-y"

-1 letter: dey, dye, eds, yes.

-2 letters: de, ed, es, ye.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-s-y"
 

+1 letter: dyers, dykes, dynes, emyds, lysed, sedgy, seedy, skyed, styed.

 

+2 letters: bendys, cyders, debyes, decays, decoys, delays, derays, descry, desoxy, dogeys, doyens, dressy, dryers, dryest, dynels, emydes, odyles, physed, redyes, slayed, spayed, speedy, stayed, steady, styled, swayed, synced, syndet, yessed, yields, yodels, yodles.

 

+3 letters: adenyls, assayed, bendays, beyonds, daresay, darkeys, dasyure, daybeds, dayside, daysmen, deejays, defrays, densely, densify, density, deploys, destiny, destroy, dialyse, dickeys, dingeys, dinkeys, disobey, disyoke, donkeys, doyleys, doylies, dryades, dryness, dyeings, dyneins, dynodes, dyspnea, ecdyses, ecdysis, ecdyson, endways, enskyed, essayed, eyelids, geodesy, gypsied, hayseed, heydays, heydeys, hoydens, hydrase, keypads, kidneys, medleys, modesty, moseyed, noyades, odyssey, physeds, psyched, pyxides, redbays, redeyes, restudy, ridleys, rudesby, samoyed, scythed, seedily, semidry, sideway, skydive, skydove, snidely, someday, spidery, splayed, sprayed, strayed, stroyed, stymied, synched, syndets, trysted, wayside, yeasted, yodlers, zydecos.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Historic
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Abbreviations
10. Acronyms
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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