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"INSECT REPELLENTS" is a plural of: insect repellent. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Substances causing insects to turn away from them or reject them as food. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: INSECT REPELLENTS |
| Specialty definitions using "INSECT REPELLENTS": Naphthalenes. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If you anticipate being exposed to rodent fleas, apply insect repellents to clothing and skin, according to label instructions, to prevent flea bites. (references) | |
If they anticipate being exposed to mosquitoes, they should apply insect repellents to clothing and skin, according to label instructions, to prevent mosquito bites. (references) | ||
Application of insect repellents containing DEET (n,n-diethyl-m toluamide) to clothes and exposed skin, and permethrin (which kills ticks on contact) to clothes, should also help reduce the risk of tick attachment. (references) | ||
Travel | Eq. Guinea | Americans are urged to take appropriate malaria prophylactic medication and to use insect repellents. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | No matter which option is selected it should be combined with use of insect repellents during evening hours. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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 |
insect repellents | 27 |
natural insect repellents | 12 |
homemade insect repellents | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "INSECT REPELLENTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | det bedst kendte insektrepellant er naftalin, som bruges til at holde orm eller moel vaek fra uld og psoque fra hoelader (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | het best bekende afweermiddel is naftaleen, gebruikt om motten uit wol te houden en tegen mijten in herbariums (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | le plus connu des insectifuges est la naphtaline utilisée pour éloigner des laines les vers ou les teignes mites, et les psoques des herbiers (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | das bekannteste Insektenrepellent ist Naphthalen,um Kleidermotten fernzuhalten (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | το πιο γνωστό από τα εντομοαπωθητικά είναι η ναφθαλίνη,που χρησιμοποιείται για να κρατά μακρυά από το μαλλί τα σκουλήκια ή το σκώρο,και τα ψ (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | fra gli insettifughi il più noto è la naftalina usata per tener lontani i tarli o tignole dalle lane, gli psochi dagli erbari (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | insectay epellentsray o mais conhecido dos insectífugos é a naftalina,utilizada para afastar da lã os vermes ou traças e os psocídeos de relvados (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references) el más conocido de los insectífugos es la naftalina,utilizada para alejar los comejenes o polillas de la lana y los psocidas de los heniles (the best known of the insectifuges ( insect repellents ) is naphthalene, used to keep worm or tineid moth away from wool and psocids from grass sheds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-i-l-l-n-n-p-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-4 letters: presentences, repellencies, spinnerettes. | |
-5 letters: centerlines, percentiles, persistence, pertinences, pestilences, presentence, presentient, repleteness, resentences, serpentines, spinnerette, stencillers, terpeneless. | |
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