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Definition: Glenn |
GlennNoun1. Made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921- ). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Glenn" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a valley". |
Date "Glenn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
Synonyms: GlennSynonyms: John Glenn (n), John Herschel Glenn Jr. (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Glenn |
| Specialty definitions using "Glenn": Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field. (references) |
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Screenplays | Glenn, its better to let someone think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and prove it. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) If it's a woman, then they cast Glenn Close (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes) I look more like Glenn Close (The Osbournes; writing credit: Liliana Abud; Jaime García Estrada) You tell them that- that Astronaut John Glenn told you to say that (The Right Stuff; writing credit: Philip Kaufman; Tom Wolfe) I've never heard Glenn Miller play out of a flower before (Rose Red; writing credit: Stephen King) | |
Lyrics | Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The John Glenn Story (1962) Glenn Gould (1961) The Glenn Miller Story (1953) Glenn Wakes Up (1950) | |
Song Titles | The Heat Is On (performing artist: Glenn Frey) The One You Love (performing artist: Glenn Frey) You Belong To The City (performing artist: Glenn Frey) Don't You Forget It (performing artist: Glenn Lewis) She Ain't Worth It (performing artist: Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Astronaut John Glenn being Honored. Credit: NASA. |  | German Titov, John Glenn and JFK at the White House. Credit: NASA. |
 | Level unit traveling along Glenn Highway Level party of Gilbert C. Mast. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Hydro signal being built for calibration of Raydist system Building party off of NOAA Launch 1257 Glenn Hendrix kneeling, Steve Lloyd standing. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Commander Glenn Moore on the left, radioman Simonson, and Billy Neokok. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Glenn Page and a group of volunteers plant Spartina alterniflora in the intertidal zone at Ft. McHenry, MD. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander Gen. Gregory Martin; his wife, Wendy; Secretary of Defense William Cohen; his wife, Janet Langart Cohen; and former astronaut John Glenn, lead the troops and family members in celebrating the Secretary of Defense Holida. |  | Staff Sergeant Glenn Kerr. |
 | Lady Dietrich (left) and Sophia Glenn (right), FAMU, Farm Management Specialist inspect the strawberries Dietrich grows as a U-Pick operation in Campbellton, FL. Credit: USDA. |  | Under drought conditions, kaolin-coated trees often photosynthesize faster thatn uncoated uncoated trees. In preparation to measure photosynthesis rate of a whole tree, support scientist Patty Gundrum and Glenn anchor a whole-canopy photosynthesis chamber. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Peggy Greb.. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Glenn Frank | The advertising man is a liaison between the products of business and the mind of the nation. He must know both before he can serve either. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | For the first time, a previously experienced, but now elderly astronaut, Senator John Glenn, participated. (references) | |
Economic History | India | Following India's nuclear tests in May 1998, President Clinton invoked economic sanctions 102 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1994, known as the Glenn Amendment. (references) |
Pakistan | A presidential visit scheduled for the first quarter of 1998 was postponed and, under the Glenn Amendment, sanctions restricted the provision of credits, military sales, economic assistance, and loans to the government. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Glenn" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glenn" is used about 374 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 (proper) | 100% | 374 | 14,574 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Glenn" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Glenn | First name Female | 1,000 | 3,723 |
| Glenn | First name Male | 167,000 | 117 |
| Glenn | Last name | 20,000 | 573 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Glenn" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a valley". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Glenn." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Glen | Male | English | N/A |
| Glenn | Male | English | Glen |
| Glenna | Female | English | Glen |
| Glen | Male | Scottish | N/A |
| Glenn | Male | Scottish | Glen |
| Glenna | Female | Scottish | Glen |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Glenn, CA 2. Glenn, GA |
Expressions using "Glenn": Alton Glenn Miller ♦ Glenn County ♦ Glenn Curtiss ♦ Glenn Dale ♦ Glenn Hammond Curtiss ♦ Glenn Heights ♦ Glenn Miller ♦ Glenn Springs ♦ Glenn T. Seaborg ♦ John Glenn ♦ John Herschel Glenn Jr.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
beck glenn | 313 | glenn ivy | 36 |
glenn miller | 290 | glenn doman | 35 |
john glenn | 253 | glenn mcmillan | 35 |
glenn lewis | 177 | again fall glenn lewis | 34 |
glenn close | 172 | glenn yarbrough | 32 |
glenn ford | 165 | glenn haege | 31 |
glenn danzig | 160 | glenn turner | 30 |
glenn quinn | 143 | glenn campbell | 29 |
glenn frey | 127 | again fall glenn lewis lyrics | 27 |
glenn jacobs | 119 | glenn tilbrook | 27 |
glenn gould | 106 | glenn miller orchestra | 26 |
scott glenn | 92 | glenn ivy spa | 26 |
glenn | 92 | glenn mcqueen | 26 |
glenn hughes | 79 | glenn dale md | 26 |
glenn lewis lyrics | 66 | glenn davis | 25 |
glenn watkins | 62 | glenn county | 25 |
david glenn | 54 | glenn ong | 25 |
glenn jones | 51 | david freddie glenn mac | 23 |
glenn medeiros | 44 | glenn murcutt | 23 |
john glenn high school | 40 | glenn kimball | 21 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Glenn"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | глен. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Glenn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Geleen, Gilsenan, Glehn, Glenann, Glesni, Glinns, Plenn. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-l-n-n" | |
-1 letter: glen. | |
-2 letters: eng, gel, gen, leg. | |
-3 letters: el, en, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-l-n-n" | |
+1 letter: gunnel. | |
+2 letters: aneling, anlagen, eanling, endlong, gunnels, leaning, lending, lensing. | |
+3 letters: aliening, angeling, benignly, blending, cleaning, eanlings, eloining, enabling, enisling, enlacing, ensiling, entangle, flensing, gantline, gentling, gleaning, kneeling, knelling, ladening, langsyne, latening, leanings, learning, lengthen, likening, linguine, livening, longeing, longeron, longline, longness, mangonel, needling, nestling, nettling, nonglare, nonlegal, paneling, plangent, relining, snelling, ungenial, ungentle, ungently, unmingle, untangle, weanling, yeanling. | |
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