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FRIZ

Definition: FRIZ

FRIZ

Noun

1. That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle.

Transitive verb

1. To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.

2. To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.

3. To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: FRIZ

English words defined with "FRIZ": CalamistrateFriezed, Frizzed, Frizzes, Frizzing. (references)
Non-English Usage: "FRIZ" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Serbo-Croatian (frieze), Turkish (frieze).

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Commercial Usage: FRIZ

DomainTitle

Books

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FRIZ

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

friz freleng

11

font free friz quadrata

7

friz quadrata

6

friz

4

friz quadrata font

3

free friz quadrata

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

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Modern Translation: FRIZ

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

Albanian

  

flokë kaçurrela (frizz), dredh (cast, convulse, curl, frizz, roll, shake, spin, twist, vibrate, wriggle), bëj kaçurrela (curl, frizz). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

къдрица (curl, frizz, frizzle, kiss-me-quick, lock, ringlet). (various references)

   

Czech

  

nakadeřit (curl, frizz, frizzle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σγουραίνω (crisp, curl, frizzle). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

göndörség (crispness, frizz). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

izfray

   

Portuguese

  

frisado (crimpy, frizz, frizzle, frizzly, fuzzy, Terry), ondulação (corrugation, curl, curling, dimple, fold, frizz, gurgitation, Popple, ripple, undulation, wave, wrinkle), leviano (bohemian, gift, harum scarum, impulsive, light, light-headedness, skittish), encaracolado (annulate, curly, frizz, frizzed, frizzly). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

кудри (curles, frizz). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

kovrdža (curl, frizz, kink). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

krulligt hår (frizz, frizzle). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tóc uốn (frizzle), tóc quăn (frizzle). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: FRIZ

Derivations

Words beginning with "FRIZ": frized, frizer, frizers, frizes, frizette, frizettes, frizing, frizz, frizzed, frizzer, frizzers, frizzes, frizzier, frizziest, frizzily, frizziness, frizzinesses, frizzing, frizzle, frizzled, frizzler, frizzlers, frizzles, frizzlier, frizzliest, frizzling, frizzly, frizzy. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: FRIZ

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-i-r-z"

-1 letter: fir, fiz, rif.

-2 letters: if.

 Words containing the letters "f-i-r-z"
 

+1 letter: fritz, frizz.

 

+2 letters: fizzer, fozier, frazil, frieze, frized, frizer, frizes, frizzy, zaffir.

 

+3 letters: fizzers, fizzier, frazils, friezes, fritzes, frizers, frizing, frizzed, frizzer, frizzes, frizzle, frizzly, furzier, fuzzier, zaffirs.

 

+4 letters: faradize, fiberize, freezing, frenzied, frenzies, frenzily, frizette, frizzers, frizzier, frizzily, frizzing, frizzled, frizzler, frizzles, frouzier, frowzier, frowzily, furziest.

 

+5 letters: factorize, faradized, faradizes, fertilize, fiberized, fiberizes, fluidizer, formalize, formulize, frazzling, frenzying, frizettes, frizziest, frizzlers, frizzlier, frizzling, frouziest, frowziest, sforzandi, sulfurize.

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

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Alternative Orthography: FRIZ


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

46 52 49 5A

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 01010010 01001001 01011010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#82 &#73 &#90

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0052 0049 005A

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

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

40524360

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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