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Definition: Johns |
JohnsNoun1. United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Johns" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: JohnsSynonym: Jasper Johns (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: Bass-Johns culture medium (medicine), Bass-Johns diagnosis of malaria, JOHNS-HOPKINS instruments. |
Crosswords: Johns |
| English words defined with "Johns": Jasper Johns, Johns Hopkins ♦ long johns ♦ Saint Johns River, St. John's, St. Johns River. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Johns": FREE AND EASY JOHNS ♦ JHU/APL. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Johns Hopkins Science Review (1950) Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns (2002) L.A. Johns (1997) Johns (1996) The Vernon Johns Story (1994) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
Robert Walsh by rain barrels, potential mosquito breeding site, St. Johns, Virgin Islands. Credit: CDC. | H.D. Pratt and Robert Walsh find Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae in watering can, S. Johns, Virgin Islands. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | C&GS Ship WESTDAHL In Glacier Bay heading up Johns Hopkins Inlet. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Hydro survey in the St. Johns River Combined operations party of Hubert A. Paton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | Fall colors grace St. Johns Pond, a tidal pond off of the St. Mary's River. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | Jagged ice along the front of Johns Hopkins Glacier. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
![]() | Clark Glacier - Johns Hopkins Inlet. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Glacier Bay - Johns Hopkins glacier calving. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
![]() | Departing Johns Hopkins Glacier on JOHN N. COBB. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Johns Hopkins Glacier at Glacier Bay. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere. (references) | |
In addition, in 1997 scientists at NIA's Gerontology Research Center and The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, both in Baltimore, Maryland, reported on 472 women they had followed for 16 years. (references) | ||
NHGRI-supported investigators at Johns Hopkins University are developing a survey to determine how the public, particularly those at increased risk, understand the current information regarding inheritance of AD risk and the role of other risk factors. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Johns" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 83.81% of the time. "Johns" is used about 247 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) | 83.81% | 207 | 21,147 |
| Noun (plural) | 15.79% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.4% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 247 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Johns" 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 |
| Johns | Last name | 19,000 | 614 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Johns Manville Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Johns": jasper Johns ♦ Johns Hopkins ♦ Johns Island ♦ long johns ♦ North Johns ♦ Saint Johns ♦ Saint Johns River ♦ st johns ♦ st johns bread ♦ st johns eve ♦ st johns river ♦ st johns wort ♦ St. Johns ♦ St. Johns County ♦ St. Johns River. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Johns": Johns-manville, johns-wort. | |
Ending with "Johns": demi-johns, Seymour-johns. | |
| 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 |
papa johns | 2,760 | jasper johns | 154 |
papa johns pizza | 1,777 | johns pappa | 149 |
johns hopkins | 1,270 | st johns county | 144 |
st johns wort | 1,130 | st johns college | 126 |
johns hopkins university | 781 | taco johns | 116 |
st johns | 688 | saint johns mi | 112 |
st johns university | 683 | st johns county florida | 105 |
st johns canada | 515 | st johns bay | 97 |
antigua barbuda johns saint | 492 | coupon johns papa pizza | 97 |
johns hopkins hospital | 418 | johns island sc | 92 |
st johns hospital | 321 | johns | 87 |
3167 bluff johns road st | 312 | saint johns university | 87 |
jimmy johns | 303 | college community johns river st | 87 |
johns manville | 294 | johns hopkins medical center | 85 |
st johns wart | 249 | center johns medical mercy st | 82 |
st johns newfoundland | 231 | st johns river | 82 |
ambulance johns st | 218 | st johns virgin island | 80 |
johns pappa pizza | 210 | city of st johns | 74 |
coupon johns papa | 175 | county johns school st | 65 |
hotel st johns | 158 | johns mercy st | 65 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Johns"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Johns-Hopkins'instrumenter til hjerte-karkirurgi (JOHNS-HOPKINS instruments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | instruments de chirurgie cardiovasculaire de l'hôpital Johns-Hopkins (JOHNS-HOPKINS instruments), caleçon (long johns). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Johns-Hopkins-Instrumente (JOHNS-HOPKINS instruments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 股引 (close fitting trousers, long johns). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ももひき (close fitting trousers, long johns, long underpants, working trousers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ohnsjay almejar (ache, crave, long johns, woo). (various references) теплые кальсоны (long johns). (various references) instrumentos de cirugía cardiovascular del hospital John-Hopkins (JOHNS-HOPKINS instruments). (various references) paçalı don (long johns, longs, pants). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Johns": johnsongrass, johnsongrasses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Johns": demijohns. (additional references) | |
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"Johns" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: jehs, jhn, joan, joans, Jochens, Joensu, Johans, Johhny, johin, johna, johnish, Johnn, Johnne, johny, johs, Jonh, jons. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Johns" (pronounced jÄ"nz) |
| 3 | -Ä" n z | batons, bronze, cons, dons, Fons, Hons, Ons, Pons, salons, spawns, swans. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-j-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: hons, john, josh, nosh. | |
-2 letters: hon, noh, nos, ohs, ons, son. | |
-3 letters: ho, jo, no, oh, on, os, sh, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-j-n-o-s" | |
+2 letters: joshing. | |
+3 letters: jingoish, johannes, johnnies, mahjongs. | |
+4 letters: demijohns, jargonish, johnboats, mahjonggs. | |
| 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)4A 6F 68 6E 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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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).--- --- .... -. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01101111 01101000 01101110 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J o h n s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 006F 0068 006E 0073 |
| 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)4481748085 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, dinamarquês, датский, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, французский, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, немецкий, alemán, alman |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japonés, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japonés, Japonca |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, португальский, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | russer, Russe, russisch, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruso, Rusça |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | espagnol, spanisch, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, испанский, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turque, türkisch, турецкий, turco, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, inglês, английский, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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