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LIGROIN

Definition: LIGROIN

LIGROIN

Noun

1. A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170 Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: LIGROIN

English words defined with "LIGROIN": Turmerol. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LIGROIN

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.
 
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  ligroin

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: LIGROIN

Language Translations for "LIGROIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ligroin. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ligroine. (various references)

   

French

  

ligroine. (various references)

   

German

  

Ligroin. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

λιγροίνη. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ligroina, etere di petrolio. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

igroinlay

   

Portuguese

  

ligroína. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ligroína. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: LIGROIN

Derivations

Words beginning with "LIGROIN": ligroine, ligroines, ligroins. (additional references)


Misspellings

"LIGROIN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gligoric, latroun, lehrain, ligon, Ligorio, ligroins, lirio, Luirgean, Lurgainn, Pigorini, tigron. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "LIGROIN"

Words rhyming with "LIGROIN" (pronounced 'Lig"ro*in'): Absinthin, Acetin, Achromatin, Achroodextrin, Acrolein, Agrin, Akin, Albumin, Albuminin, Alevin, Algin, Alizarin, Alkarsin, Allantoin, Alloxantin, Aloin, Ambrein, Ambrosin, Amidin, Amygdalin, Amylopsin, Anchusin, Anemonin, Antiarin, Antivenin, Apocynin, Appertain, Arabin, Archchamberlain, Arnicin, Arschin, Asbolin, Ascertain, Aspirin, Atwain, Aubin, Aurin, Austin, Autopsorin, Avenalin, Bacterin, Bain, Baldachin, Baldwin, Ballotin, BASIN, Baudekin, Bavin, Bearskin, Beaufin. (additional references)

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Anagrams: LIGROIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: roiling.

Words within the letters "g-i-i-l-n-o-r"

-1 letter: oiling, origin, riling.

-2 letters: giron, groin, iring, lingo.

-3 letters: girl, girn, giro, grin, inro, iron, ling, lino, lion, liri, loin, long, lorn, noil, noir, nori, ring, roil.

-4 letters: gin, gor, ion, lin, log, nil, nog, nor, oil, rig, rin.

-5 letters: go, in, li, lo, no, on, or.

 Words containing the letters "g-i-i-l-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: broiling, ligroine, ligroins, original, religion, reoiling.

 

+2 letters: frivoling, imploring, ligroines, liquoring, loitering, originals, profiling, reboiling, recoiling, religions, tailoring.

 

+3 letters: aboriginal, calorizing, caprioling, clarioning, colorizing, creolising, creolizing, embroiling, florigenic, frivolling, frolicking, glorifying, inglorious, irreligion, moralising, moralizing, originally, overliving, parboiling, pillorying, polarising, polarizing, preboiling, purloining, pyrolizing, rollicking, seignorial, solarising, solarizing, soldiering, tailorings, turmoiling, unoriginal, valorising, valorizing, vitrioling.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: LIGROIN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 49 47 52 4F 49 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "LIGROIN"


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Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "LIGROIN"

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