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Definition: Halcion |
HalcionNoun1. A form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill; usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: HalcionSynonym: triazolam (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Halcion |
| English words defined with "Halcion": triazolam. (references) |
| "Halcion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Halcion" is used about 3 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 (singular) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
halcion | 237 |
buy halcion | 56 |
halcion online | 46 |
halcion pharmacy | 11 |
buy cheap halcion | 6 |
halcion cheap | 5 |
halcion online price | 3 |
halcion side effects | 3 |
halcion drug | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "halcion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | alcionhay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-l-n-o" | |
-1 letter: alnico, lochan, lochia, oilcan. | |
-2 letters: aloin, chain, chiao, china, chino, colin, laich, linac, loach, nacho, nicol. | |
-3 letters: anil, cain, calo, chao, chia, chin, chon, ciao, cion, clan, clon, coal, coil, coin, cola, coni, hail, halo, hila, icon, inch, laic, lain, lich, lino, lion, loan, loca, loch, loci, loin, nail, naoi, noil, ohia. | |
-4 letters: ail, ain, ani, can, chi, col, con, hao, hic, hin, hon, ich, ion, lac, lin, nah, nil, noh, oca, oil. | |
-5 letters: ah, ai, al, an, ha, hi, ho, in, la, li, lo, na, no, oh, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-l-n-o" | |
+1 letter: falchion. | |
+2 letters: bronchial, chalazion, chelation, chelonian, cochineal, falchions, halocline, haplontic, holandric. | |
+3 letters: allophonic, baldachino, catholicon, chalazions, chelations, chelonians, chloramine, chlorinate, cochineals, conchoidal, haloclines, inchoately, isochronal, monarchial, neophiliac, nonethical, phonically. | |
+4 letters: anacoluthic, anthropical, antialcohol, archegonial, baldachinos, bronchially, bronchiolar, catholicons, cephalothin, chalcedonic, chameleonic, chancroidal, charcoaling, chloramines, chlorinated, chlorinates, chlorinator, chronically, granolithic, hedonically, melancholia, melancholic, monarchical, monochasial, necrophilia, neophiliacs, nonathletic, nonchemical, nonphysical, potlatching, thrasonical, trichomonal. | |
+5 letters: anthological, biotechnical, cartoonishly, cephalothins, chalcedonies, chalcogenide, charbroiling, chlorinating, chlorination, chlorinators, conchoidally, cytochalasin, dechlorinate, diencephalon, echolocation, ethnological, euphonically, flowcharting, geotechnical, hallucinator, hallucinogen, hallucinoses, hallucinosis, harmonically, hydronically, hypnotically, inchoatively, isochronally, lycanthropic, melancholiac, melancholias, melancholics, melancholies, necrophiliac, necrophilias, nonalcoholic, nonchemicals, nonspherical, nontechnical, perichondral, phenological, phenotypical, philharmonic, phonemically, phonetically, phonological, plainclothes, planographic, synchronical, unchivalrous, unhistorical, unrhetorical, zootechnical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6C 63 69 6F 6E |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- .-.. -.-. .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101100 01100011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a l c i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006C 0063 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42677869758180 |
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