GADFLIES

Definition: GADFLIES

GADFLIES

Plural

1. Of Gadfly

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Crosswords: GADFLIES

English words defined with "GADFLIES": Bullfly ♦ Oestrian. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Gadflies (1976)
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Domain	Title
Books	The Extremists: Gadflies of American Society. (reference) (more book examples)
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"GADFLIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "GADFLIES" is used about 4 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
Noun (plural)	100%	4	175,879

Language		Translations for "GADFLIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		Viehbremsen. (various references)

Pig Latin		adfliesgay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Chrysos spp., Haematopola spp., Tabanus spp.. (various references)
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Misspellings
	"GADFLIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gadfli. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "GADFLIES" (pronounced ga"dflī'z)
4	-f l ī' z	butterflies, fireflies.
3	-l ī' z	actualize, alkalies, analyze, annualize, brutalize, cannibalize, capitalize, caramelize, catalyze, centralize, civilize, collateralize, commercialize, compartmentalize, creolize, criminalize, crystallize, decentralize, deinstitutionalize, demobilize, demoralize, denationalize, departmentalize, depersonalize, destabilize, editorialize, equalize, evangelize, federalize, fertilize, fictionalize, finalize, formalize, fossilize, generalize, globalize, hospitalize, hydrolyze, idealize, idolize, industrialize, internalize, internationalize, legalize, liberalize, localize, marginalize, materialize, memorialize, metabolize, mineralize, mobilize, monopolize, moralize, multiplies, nationalize, naturalize, neutralize, normalize, paralyze, penalize, personalize, professionalize, radicalize, rationalize, realize, recapitalize, regionalize, renationalize, revitalize, scandalize, serialize, socialize, specialize, stabilize, sterilize, stylize, symbolize, tantalize, tranquilize, trivialize, underutilize, utilize, vandalize, verbalize, visualize.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-g-i-l-s"
	-2 letters: afield, aisled, deasil, fadges, failed, falsie, felids, fidges, fields, glades, glides, ideals, ladies, ligase, sailed, silage.
	-3 letters: aegis, agile, aides, ailed, aisle, alefs, algid, alifs, aside, dales, deals, defis, degas, deils, delfs, delis, dials, egads, fades, fadge, fails, false, felid, fidge, field, filed, files, flags, fleas, flied, flies, gadis, gales, gelds, gelid, gilds, glade, glads, gleds, glias, glide, ideal, ideas, idles, isled, lades, lased, leads, leafs, sidle, slide.
	-4 letters: aged, ages, aide, aids, ails, alef, ales, alif, dags, dais, dale, dals, deaf, deal, defi, deil, delf, deli, dels, dial, diel, dies, digs, egad, egal, egis, elds, fade, fads, fags, fail, feal, feds, fids, figs, fila, file, fils, flag, flea, fled, gadi, gads, gaed, gaes, gale, gals, geds, geld, gels, gids, gied, gies, gild, glad, gled, glia, idea, ides, idle, ilea, isle, lade, lads, lags, laid, lase, lead, leaf, leas, legs, leis, lids, lied, lief, lies, life, sade, sadi, safe, sage, said, sail, sale, seal, seif, self, sial, side, sild, slag, sled, slid.
	-5 letters: ads, age, aid, ail, ais, ale, als, dag, dal, del, die, dig, dis, eds, efs, eld, elf, els, fad, fag, fas, fed, fid, fie, fig, fil, gad, gae, gal, gas, ged, gel, gid, gie, ids, ifs, lad, lag, las, lea, led, leg, lei, lid, lie, lis, sad, sae, sag, sal, sea, seg, sei, sel.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-g-i-l-s"
	+2 letters: lifeguards.
	+3 letters: disgraceful, dragonflies, grainfields, ladyfingers.
	+4 letters: disregardful, farsightedly, fiberglassed.
	+5 letters: declassifying, deflagrations, disgracefully.
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