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Definitions: IMPLOSIVE |
IMPLOSIVEAdjective1. Formed by implosion. Noun1. An implosive sound, an implodent. |
Crosswords: IMPLOSIVE |
| English words defined with "IMPLOSIVE": Implodent. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "IMPLOSIVE": Implosive Therapy. (references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "IMPLOSIVE" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "IMPLOSIVE" is used about 2 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "IMPLOSIVE": Implosive Therapy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "IMPLOSIVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | implosiv. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | implosiveay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "IMPLOSIVE": implosives. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "IMPLOSIVE" (pronounced 'Im*plo"sive'): Aborsive, Abrasive, Abusive, Accessive, Adhesive, Admissive, Aggressive, Allusive, Amusive, Animadversive, Anticonvulsive, Appeasive, Applausive, Apprehensive, Appulsive, Ascensive, Assuasive, Coextensive, Cohesive, Collisive, Collusive, Commissive, Comprehensive, Compulsive, Concessive, Conclusive, Concussive, Confusive, Congressive, Conversive, Convulsive, Corrasive, Corresponsive, Decursive, Delusive, Derisive, Descensive, Detersive, Diffusive, Dimensive, Discursive, Displosive, Dissuasive, Distensive, Divisive, Divulsive, Effusive, Elusive, Emissive, Emulsive, Erosive, Evasive, Eversive, Excursive, Expansive, Expensive, Expulsive, Extensive, Extorsive, Extrusive, Idiorepulsive, Illesive, illusive, Immensive, impassive, Inapprehensive, Incensive, incisive, inclusive, incomprehensive, inconclusive, incursive, indecisive, Indefensive, inexpensive, Inexplosive, Infusive, Inobtrusive, inoffensive, Intermissive, intrusive, invasive, Irremissive, Irresponsive, Nonsubmissive, Obtrusive, Occasive, Omissive, Ostensive, Passive, Pensive, Perfusive, Permissive, Pervasive, Perversive, Plausive, Precisive, Preclusive, Precursive, Predecessive, Prelusive, Pressive, Processive, Profusive, Promissive, Propulsive, Protensive, Protrusive, Pulsive, Pursive, recessive, reclusive, Remissive, Reprehensive, repulsive, responsive, retrogressive, Retropulsive, Seclusive, Self-defensive, Self-diffusive, Self-repulsive, Suasive, submissive, subversive, successive, Succussive, Supervisive, Tensive, Transfusive, Transmissive, Tussive, Uncomprehensive, Unconclusive, Undecisive, Unexpensive, unobtrusive, Unoffensive, Unplausive, Visive. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-l-m-o-p-s-v" | |
-2 letters: implies, mislive, plosive. | |
-3 letters: impels, impose, mislie, molies, movies, olives, pelvis, pilose, poleis, polies, simile, simple, voiles. | |
-4 letters: evils, impel, impis, ivies, limes, limos, limps, lives, lopes, loves, miles, milos, moils, moles, mopes, moves, movie, olive, pilei, piles, pilis, plies, poems, poise, poles, polis, pomes, slime, slipe, slope, smile, solei, solve, speil, spiel, spile, spoil, veils, viols, voile, voles. | |
-5 letters: elms, epos, evil, impi, imps, isle, leis, levo, lies, lime, limo, limp, lipe, lips, lisp, live, lope, lops, lose, love, mels, mile, milo, mils, mise, miso, moil, mole, mols, mope, mops, move, oils, oles, opes, peso, pies, pile, pili, piso, plie, poem, pois, pole, pols, pome, poms, pose, semi, silo, simp, sipe, slim, slip, sloe, slop, soil, sole, soli, some, spiv, veil, vies, vile, vims, viol, vise, voes, vole. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-l-m-o-p-s-v" | |
+1 letter: implosives. | |
+3 letters: imperviously, oversimplify. | |
+4 letters: misdeveloping. | |
+5 letters: compulsivities, oversimplified, oversimplifies, oversimplistic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4D 50 4C 4F 53 49 56 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. .-.. --- ... .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001101 01010000 01001100 01001111 01010011 01001001 01010110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I M P L O S I V E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004D 0050 004C 004F 0053 0049 0056 0045 |
| 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)434750464953435639 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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