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FORMULARY

Definitions: FORMULARY

FORMULARY

Adjective

1. Stated; prescribed; ritual.

Noun

1. Prescribed form or model; formula.

2. A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaae, etc.; a book of precedents.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "FORMULARY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)


Specialty Definitions: FORMULARY

DomainDefinitions

Public Administration

A book containing a list of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and means of preparation,. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Synonyms within Context: FORMULARY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Precept

Rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris, lex scripta, act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulation; form, formula, formulary; technicality; canon law; norm.

Remedy

Pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutics; pharmacopoeia, formulary; acology, Materia Medica, therapeutics, posology; homeopathy, allopathy, heteropathy, osteopathy, hydropathy; cold water cure; dietetics; surgery, chirurgery, chirurgy; healing art, leechcraft;

Rite

Noun: rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance, observance, function, duty; form, formulary; solemnity, sacrament; incantation; (spell); service, psalmody; (worship).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: FORMULARY

English words defined with "FORMULARY": DispensatoryEuchology, ExecratoryFormularies. (references)

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Commercial Usage: FORMULARY

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Basic Formulary for General Practice (Practical Guides for General Practice, No 18) (reference)

  • Drug Consultant 1985-1986: The Pocket Clinical Guide to Drugs and Their Usefulness: Based on the British National Formulary (reference)

  • Formulary for Laboratory Animals (reference)

  • Formulary of Tibetan Medicine (reference)

  • Neonatal Formulary 3 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Clinisphere 2.0 Cd-rom - Incls Formulary Monograph Service (reference)

  • United States Pharmacopeia And National Formulary - Usp 26 Nf 21 (reference)

  • Formulary Monograph Service (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: FORMULARY

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The national Association of Sick Funds has published a formulary for primary care, but it is currently only a recommendation and cannot be enforced. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: FORMULARY

"FORMULARY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "FORMULARY" 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)50%11106,044
Adjective (general or positive)50%11106,044
                    Total100.00%22N/A

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FORMULARY

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

formulary

45

express formulary script

4

drug formulary

44

american formulary hospital

3

british national formulary

21

formulary non

3

formulary photographer

18

cigna formulary

3

nature formulary

17

benefit drug formulary ontario

3

national formulary

14

cosmetic formulary

3

formulary hospital

9

blue cross formulary

3

formulary medication

7

formulary pharmacy

3

formulary medicaid

6

anthem formulary

3

the veterinary formulary

6

formulary journal

2

american formulary hospital service

5

formulary medicaid ohio

2

aetna formulary

5

formulary pbm

2

care formulary health united

5

bcbsil.com formulary

2

cal formulary medi

4

caremark formulary

2

the chemical formulary

4

drug formulary list

2

formulary pacificare

4

administration drug formulary veteran

2

american drug formulary hospital information service

4

formulary medicaid michigan

2

aviation formulary

4

formulary medicare

2

drug formulary non

4

formulary medical

2

drug formulary prescription

4

drug formulary medicaid

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: FORMULARY

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

Chinese 

  

公式集 (Formularies). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

formularium. (various references)

   

French

  

formulaire (form). (various references)

   

German

  

Formelsammlung. (various references)

   

Italian

  

formulario (form). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ormularyfay

   

Romanian

  

formulã (formula, solution), formal (express, formal, formally, modal, official, prim, scholastic, solemn, stiff), ritual (ceremonial, ceremony, form, observance, ordinance, ordinary, rite, ritual), manual farmaceutic, expresie (articulation, brow, cast, expression, locution, loose, mien, phrase, sneer, term), colecţie de formule. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

formelsystem, formelsamling, formel-, rituell (ritual, ritualistic), ritualsamling, dogmatisk (doctrinal, dogmatic, opinionated). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

formüler, formül kitapçığı, kodeks (codex, pharmacopoeia). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: FORMULARY

Misspellings

"FORMULARY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: formular. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "FORMULARY"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "FORMULARY" (pronounced fô"rmyule'rē)
6-y u l e' r ēConstabulary, vocabulary.
5-u l e' r ēancillary, capillary, corollary, epistolary.
3-e' r ēactuary, adversary, apothecary, arbitrary, aviary, beneficiary, bicentenary, Blackberry, blueberry, budgetary, cardiopulmonary, Cassowary, cautionary, cemetery, centenary, cometary, commentary, commissary, concessionary, confectionary, confectionery, contemporary, coronary, counterrevolutionary, cranberry, culinary, customary, deflationary, depositary, Dewberry, dictionary, dietary, dignitary, disciplinary, discretionary, disinflationary, diversionary, Dogberry, dromedary, dysentery, emissary, estuary, evolutionary, exclusionary, expansionary, expeditionary, extraordinary, fiduciary, fragmentary, functionary, funerary, gooseberry, hackberry, hereditary, honorary, Huckleberry, illusionary, imaginary, inflationary, interdisciplinary, interplanetary, involuntary, itinerary, judiciary, lapidary, legendary, library, literary, luminary, mercenary, military, missionary, momentary, monastery, monetary, mortuary, mulberry, necessary, noninflationary, nonmilitary, obituary, ordinary, paramilitary, pecuniary, pituitary, planetary, preliminary, primary, probationary, proprietary, pulmonary, quaternary, raspberry, reactionary, recessionary, revolutionary, Rosemary, salutary, sanctuary, sanitary, savagery, secondary, secretary, sedentary, semilegendary, seminary, solitary, stationary, stationery, statuary, strawberry, subsidiary, temporary, Tilbury, topiary, tributary, undersecretary, unitary, unnecessary, unsanitary, urinary, veterinary, visionary.

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

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Anagrams: FORMULARY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-l-m-o-r-r-u-y"

-2 letters: armoury, formula, morular.

-3 letters: armful, armory, armour, floury, flurry, formal, formyl, fulmar, morula, orfray.

-4 letters: afoul, amour, armor, flamy, flora, flour, fluor, foamy, foram, foray, forum, furor, furry, larum, loamy, lorry, loury, marly, marry, mayor, molar, moral, moray, mural, murra, murry, royal, rumor, rural.

-5 letters: alum, amyl, army, arum, aryl, farl, farm, faro, flam.

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

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Alternative Orthography: FORMULARY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4F 52 4D 55 4C 41 52 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-.    ---    .-.    --    ..-    .-..    .-    .-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001111 01010010 01001101 01010101 01001100 01000001 01010010 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#79 &#82 &#77 &#85 &#76 &#65 &#82 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004F 0052 004D 0055 004C 0041 0052 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

404952475546355259

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INDEX

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


  

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Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;