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Definition: FLUSHING |
FLUSHINGNoun1. A surface formed of floating threads. 2. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the / Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Flush |
Date "FLUSHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
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Chemical Industry | Process by which a pigment dispersed in water is converted directly to a pigment dispersed in a different medium in paste form. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | A normal flushing event can be defined as the response attributable to acidic inputs flushed by the equivalent of 1 to 2 inches rainfall or snowmelt into streams of 10 to 500 c. f. s. flow, following a period of accumulation of acidic deposition in snow or surface litter and foliage. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Flush:to prepare for breeding by improving the ration for a time. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A transient reddening of the face that may be due to fever, certain drugs, exertion, stress, or a disease process. (references) |
Industry | A heavy woollen coating cloth originally made in Flushing, Holland. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A drilling method in which water. . is driven into the borehole through the rod and bit. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Penetration of broken material from the goaf into the space beneath the powered supports at a coalface. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A. A drilling method in that water or some other thicker liquid, such as a mixture of water and clay, is driven into the borehole through the rod and bit. The water rises along the rod on its outer side, between the walls of the borehole and the rod, with such a velocity that the broken rock fragments are carried up by this water current (direct flushing). Alternatively, water enters the borehole around the rod and issues upwards through the rod (indirect flushing) b. In a colliery, diversion of ventilation to clear foul atmosphere (a dangerous method. c. See:hydraulic stowing d. In oil-well production, use of gravitated ground water to force oil orgas to the surface. (references) | |
Physics | Enforced circulation of the dielectric fluid through the working gap, obtained either by pressure or suction or by a relative movement of the electrodes. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
\Flushing is
- a city in the Netherlands: see Flushing, Netherlands
- a section of the borough of Queens in New York City. See Flushing, New York
- a city in Genesee County, Michigan: see Flushing, Michigan
- a village in Belmont County, Ohio: see Flushing, Ohio
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flushing."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Flushing is a city located in Genesee County, Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 8,348.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.3 km² (4.3 mi²). 11.2 km² (4.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.92% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 8,348 people, 3,435 households, and 2,366 families residing in the city. The population density is 747.8/km² (1,936.7/mi²). There are 3,558 housing units at an average density of 318.7/km² (825.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 96.98% White, 0.63% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other races, and 1.26% from two or more races. 1.61% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 3,435 households out of which 29.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% are married couples living together, 10.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% are non-families. 28.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.38 and the average family size is 2.92. In the city the population is spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 84.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 80.7 males. The median income for a household in the city is $54,010, and the median income for a family is $64,726. Males have a median income of $52,794 versus $31,502 for females. The per capita income for the city is $24,697. 4.7% of the population and 4.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 6.3% are under the age of 18 and 6.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flushing, Michigan."
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Flushing (population 45,000, Dutch Vlissingen) is a city in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, on the former island of Walcheren.The municipality also comprises the following towns, villages and townships: Oost-Souburg, Ritthem (West-Souburg is just a quarter).
Having a strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Flushing has been a important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315.
Railway stations: Vlissingen, Vlissingen Souburg.
External Links
- official website (in Dutch)
- basic data
- http://www.plattegronden.nl/vlissingen/
- railway station Vlissingen:
- departures (pdf)
- departures, with stops and arrival times
- station facilities
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flushing, Netherlands."
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Flushing, New York is a section of the borough of Queens in New York City.Before the consolidation of New York City in 1898, Flushing was a town in Queens County, and the United States Postal Service still treats Flushing as a separate town. Downtown Flushing is currently a thriving business and residential area, with large Chinese and Korean communities (see Chinatown).
Flushing contains La Guardia Airport, one of three major New York area airports; Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets baseball team; and Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, which includes the Queens Botanical Garden and the site of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flushing, New York."
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Flushing is a village located in Belmont County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 900.Geography
Flushing is located at 40°8'55" North, 81°3'55" West (40.148543, -81.065320)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 900 people, 380 households, and 250 families residing in the village. The population density is 579.2/km² (1,491.0/mi²). There are 434 housing units at an average density of 279.3/km² (719.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.56% White, 1.00% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.11% from other races, and 0.22% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 380 households out of which 25.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% are married couples living together, 11.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% are non-families. 30.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.37 and the average family size is 2.93. In the village the population is spread out with 20.6% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.2 males. The median income for a household in the village is $26,875, and the median income for a family is $35,972. Males have a median income of $28,523 versus $17,768 for females. The per capita income for the village is $14,917. 17.4% of the population and 14.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 29.3% are under the age of 18 and 9.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flushing, Ohio."
Crosswords: FLUSHING |
| English words defined with "FLUSHING": Flush tank, Flusher, Flushingly ♦ Hopper cock, Hushing ♦ irrigation ♦ lavage. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FLUSHING": blower, blast furnace ♦ CLASSIFIER TENDER, Craelius drilling machine ♦ DE-ALCOHOLIZER, domestic water use ♦ explosive drilling ♦ fsck ♦ Horner-Bernard syndrome, hot blaster, hydraulic loading ♦ indirect flushing ♦ jeweler's rouge ♦ Low Flush Toilet ♦ mal rouge, motor hammer drill ♦ Nicotinyl Alcohol ♦ oil-well-sounding-device operator, open-hearth-furnace-operator helper ♦ red disease ♦ SECOND HELPER, SERVICE-UNIT OPERATOR, OIL WELL, silt box, STOVE TENDER, SUPERVISOR, BLAST FURNACE ♦ VACUUM-PAN OPERATOR III ♦ Walcheren Expedition, water supply connection. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "FLUSHING": Flush. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "FLUSHING" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (flushing). |
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Screenplays | What do you think of Flushing, New York (Tiny Toon Adventures; writing credit: Charles Adler; Pat Allee) | |
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 | Padanaram Marsh, Dartmouth MA. One of the areas selected for restoration during the round 1. Restoration was conducted to improve tidal flushing at the marsh. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. An abandoned road within the Reserve was restored to its original wetlands elevation to reestablish sheetflow and tidal flushing. Within a few months of the restoration, the recolonization of native wetlands had begun. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Which is Right or Regular and Quack opinions on the Flushing Fever. / [Charles Williams]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | The last of the Shinnecock Indians L.I. N.Y. / B.M. Franklin, Flushing, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Seven women and two small girls in the garden of Mrs. John W. Paris, Flushing, Long Island, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | High school Victory Corps. Boys at Flushing High School, Queens, New York, toughen up by methods similiar to those used in Commando training. Ability to cover distances quickly despite obstacles is developed by the school's ranger course which these boys. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Skating rink, Flushing Meadow Park. Cafeteria. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 45th Ave. and 192nd St., Flushing, Long Island, New York. Exterior I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chemical Corn Exchange Bank. Flushing branch. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Kent Realty Co., 3906 Union St., Flushing, New York. Chandelier on stairs. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Toilet flushing. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | His hand twisted the flushing lever |
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Health | In addition, some have had facial flushing, which is not seen with HPS but is seen with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. (references) | |
After an injection of heroin, the user reports feeling a surge of euphoria ("rush") accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin, a dry mouth, and heavy extremities. (references) | ||
With heroin, the rush is usually accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, and a heavy feeling in the extremities, which may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and severe itching. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "FLUSHING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 67.82% of the time. "FLUSHING" is used about 174 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 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 67.82% | 118 | 29,674 |
| Noun (proper) | 20.11% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.47% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.6% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 174 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Flushing Financial Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Flushing, MI (city, FIPS 29200) 2. Flushing, NY 3. Flushing, OH (village, FIPS 27552) |
Expressions using "FLUSHING": flushing cistern ♦ flushing device ♦ flushing liquor ♦ waste flushing. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "FLUSHING": back-flushing, loo-flushing, non-flushing. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "FLUSHING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Vlissingen. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разлистване (exfoliation, foliation), червенина (blush, redness), огън (blaze, fire, flame, flush, ingle, light), енхимоза, прочистване (evacuation, purge). (various references) | |
Chinese | 冲洗 (flush, flushed, rinse, Swashed, Swashing). (various references) | |
Danish | flushing, wc-cisterne bestaaende af cisterne og mekanisme (lavoratory flushing appliance, water outlet), tidsbegraenset overfodring, svær uldstof, skylning (irrigation, lavage, rinsing, scavenging), knopdannelse, hurtig udvaskning. (various references) | |
Dutch | Vlissingen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | Flisingo. (various references) | |
Finnish | huuhtelu (irrigation, rinse, wash). (various references) | |
French | flushing, flush (flush), Flessingue, technique de prélèvement des embryons chez les bovins, suralimentation temporaire, soufflage, procédé par effluence, pigmentation par voie humide, lessivage rapide, collecte non chirurgicale, chasse d'eau (lavoratory flushing appliance), broyage l'huile, arrosage, étoffe de Flessingue. (various references) | |
German | Flush-verfahren, Flushing (flush), Flushen, Flush (flush), Spülung (douche, flush, irrigation, rinse, rinsing, scavenging), spülen (douche, flush, gargle, irrigate, rinse, scavenge, swill, to flush (out), wash, wash up), schwerer Wollstoff, Klosett-Wasserspueleinrichtung (lavoratory flushing appliance, water outlet), errötend (blushing), Ernährungsstoß, Embryoentnahme, durchflutend, Ausspülung der Gebärmutter, Ausblasen (blow out, to blow out), aufscheuchend. (various references) | |
Greek | καζανάκι λουτρού (lavoratory flushing appliance, water outlet), σαμαροσκούτι (duffel, duffle), προσωρινός υπερσιτισμός, ταχεία έκπλυση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שטיפ" (flooding, irrigation, lavation, rinsing, wash, washing), "סמק" (blushing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | öblítőkar (flushing lever). (various references) | |
Indonesian | grojokan, bilasan (rinse). (various references) | |
Italian | forzatura (forcing), flushing, tessuto pesante di lana, sciacquone (flushing device), procedimento "flushing", prelievo di embrioni. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 水洗 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すいせ" (daffodil, faucet, narcissus, perpendicular line, recommendation, water tap, waterline). (various references) | |
Korean | 내뿜음 (exhaling, Puffing). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ushingflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fornecimento do líquido, flushing, tecido grosso de lã, sopragem (blowing, pitting, popping), Nivelar (even, fay, flatten, flush, grade, level), lavagem rápida, autoclismo (lavoratory flushing appliance, water outlet). (various references) | |
Romanian | aburit (boozy, covered with steam, glowing, misty, Reeky, smoky), aba (baize, frieze). (various references) | |
Spanish | tejido pesado de lana para abrigos, soplado (informed), lavado no quirúrgico, inyección de agua (water flush, water infusion, water injection), caída de los costeros por el interior de las pilas (waste flushing), "flushing". (various references) | |
Swedish | flushing. (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"FLUSHING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flushings, Iliushin, Luzhin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FLUSHING" (pronounced flu"shing) |
| 5 | -l u" sh i ng | blushing. |
| 4 | -u" sh i ng | brushing, crushing, gushing, rushing. |
| 3 | -sh i ng | anguishing, accomplishing, abolishing, admonishing, ambushing, astonishing, banishing, bashing, brainwashing, brandishing, cashing, clashing, crashing, dashing, demolishing, diminishing, dishing, distinguishing, embellishing, establishing, extinguishing, finishing, fishing, flashing, flourishing, furbishing, furnishing, gnashing, hashing, languishing, lashing, lavishing, meshing, nourishing, onrushing, overfishing, photofinishing, polishing, publishing, punishing, pushing, quashing, ravishing, reestablishing, refinishing, refreshing, refurbishing, rehashing, relinquishing, relishing, replenishing, skirmishing, slashing, sloshing, smashing, splashing, squashing, stashing, tarnishing, thrashing, trashing, unleashing, vanishing, washing, wishing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lungfish. | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-h-i-l-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: ingulfs, lushing. | |
-2 letters: flings, fusing, ingulf, lungis, sinful, sluing. | |
-3 letters: fling, flung, flush, fungi, fusil, gulfs, hilus, iglus, lings, lungi, lungs, nighs, shuln, sling, slung, suing, using. | |
-4 letters: figs, fils, fins, fish, flus, fugs, funs, ghis, gins, gnus, gulf, guls, guns, gush, hins, hisn, hugs, hung, huns, iglu, ling, lins, lugs, lung, lush, nigh. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-h-i-l-n-s-u" | |
+1 letter: shuffling. | |
+2 letters: insightful, lungfishes. | |
+3 letters: flourishing, reshuffling. | |
+4 letters: insightfully, rightfulness. | |
+5 letters: bullfightings, flourishingly, flugelhornist, frightfulness. | |
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