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Definition: Lindane |
LindaneNoun1. An agricultural insecticide. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Environment | A pesticide that causes adverse health effects in domestic water supplies and is toxic to freshwater fish and aquatic life. (references) |
Health | An organochlorine insecticide that has been used as a pediculicide and a scabicide. It has been shown to cause cancer. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Lindane |
| English words defined with "lindane": Kwell. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lindane": Chlorinated hydrocarbons ♦ extraction of lindane. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A prescription medication, called Lindane (1%) is available through your health care provider. (references) | |
Lindane is one of the most common products used to treat head lice. When used as directed, the drug is probably safe. Overuse, misuse, or accidentally swallowing Lindane can be toxic to the brain and other parts of the nervous system. (references) | ||
Trade | Colombia | The importation of the following products has been specifically prohibited: dieldrin, aldrin, chlordane, endosulfan, heptachlor, lindane and any preparations containing these products; gasoline containing lead tetraethylene; and weapon-type toys (to reduce the influence of violence in the society). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Lindane" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Lindane" is used about 5 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) | 60% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "lindane": extraction of lindane. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
lindane | 101 |
lindane lotion | 6 |
lindane shampoo | 5 |
lindane pesticide | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lindane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lindan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 六氯化笨. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | udskillelse af lindan (extraction of lindane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | extractie van lindaan (extraction of lindane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | extraction du lindane (extraction of lindane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Extraktion von Lindan (extraction of lindane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαχωρισμός του λιντέιν (extraction of lindane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | estrazione del lindano (extraction of lindane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | indanelay extracção do lindano (extraction of lindane). (various references) extracción de lindano (extraction of lindane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "lindane": lindanes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lindane" (pronounced li"ndā'n) |
| 3 | -d ā' n | chlordane. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: annelid. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-l-n-n" | |
-1 letter: alined, denial, inland, linden, nailed. | |
-2 letters: ailed, alien, aline, anile, elain, eland, ideal, inane, inned, laden, liane, lined, linen, naled, nidal. | |
-3 letters: aide, anil, dale, deal, dean, deil, deli, deni, dial, diel, dine, elan, idea, idle, ilea, lade, laid, lain, land, lane, lead, lean, lend, lied, lien, line, linn, nail, nide, nine. | |
-4 letters: aid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-l-n-n" | |
+1 letter: annelids, dentinal, inlander, ladening, landline, landmine, lindanes, nonideal, pineland, unnailed. | |
+2 letters: almandine, annelidan, candlepin, celandine, dandelion, decennial, denominal, deplaning, inlanders, landlines, landmines, mainlined, mandoline, pinelands, pinnacled, unaligned, underlain, unleading, zinfandel. | |
+3 letters: adrenaline, almandines, annelidans, annualized, candlepins, celandines, dandelions, datelining, decennials, enfilading, gladdening, handseling, headlining, hinterland, incidental, internodal, lanthanide, laundering, mainlander, mandolines, misplanned, nonaligned, nonmedical, rehandling, sanderling, slandering, strandline, uncalcined, undeniable, undeniably, unfindable, uninflated, zinfandels. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 6E 64 61 6E 65 |
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