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Definition: LINOLEIC |
LINOLEICAdjective1. Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts. |
Crosswords: LINOLEIC |
| English words defined with "LINOLEIC": Linoleate, linoleic acid, Linoxin ♦ Palmitolic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "LINOLEIC": Arachidonic Acid ♦ Fatty Acids, Essential ♦ Linoleic Acids ♦ Red Oil. (references) |
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| "LINOLEIC" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LINOLEIC" is used about 31 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% | 31 | 62,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "LINOLEIC": Conjugated Linoleic Acid ♦ Linoleic Acid ♦ Linoleic Acids. 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. |
| Language | Translations for "LINOLEIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 亚麻酸. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | linolsyre (linoleic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | linolzuur (linoleic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | ALC (conjugated linoleic acid), acide linoléique conjugué (conjugated linoleic acid), acide linoléique (linoleic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Linolsaeure (linoleic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | λινελαϊκό οξύ (linoleic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | acido linoleico (linoleic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | リノール酸 (linoleic acid, linoleum, renovation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リノールさん (linoleic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inoleiclay ácido linoleico (linoleic acid). (various references) linoleico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "LINOLEIC" (pronounced 'Li*no"le*ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Absinthic, Absolutistic, Acatalectic, Acataleptic, Acentric, Acephalocystic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetic, Acetonic, Acherontic, Achromatic, Achromic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acroteleutic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinometric, Actinophonic, Acyclic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adiaphoristic, Adiathermic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-l-l-n-o" | |
-2 letters: cineol, collie, enolic, nielli, niello, ocelli. | |
-3 letters: celli, cello, cline, clone, colin, eloin, ionic, nicol, oleic, olein. | |
-4 letters: ceil, cell, cine, cion, clon, coil, coin, cole, cone, coni, enol, icon, leno, lice, lien, line, lino, lion, loci, loin, lone, nice, nill, noel, noil, once. | |
-5 letters: cel, col, con, ell, eon, ice, ill, ion, lei. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-l-l-n-o" | |
+1 letter: celloidin, decillion. | |
+2 letters: celloidins, centillion, decillions. | |
+3 letters: centillions, colonialize, millisecond, oneirically, undecillion, violoncelli. | |
+4 letters: collinearity, colonialized, colonializes, delocalizing, duodecillion, inflectional, intellection, licentiously, lysolecithin, milliseconds, nucleophilic, overchilling, semicolonial, sexdecillion, tredecillion, undecillions. | |
+5 letters: abiogenically, acrylonitrile, bisectionally, clotheslining, collieshangie, cycloolefinic, declinational, duodecillions, illogicalness, intellections, intercolonial, lichenologies, lichenologist, lysolecithins, mineralogical, octodecillion, porcelainlike, quindecillion, semitonically, sexdecillions, tredecillions, unideological, violoncellist. | |
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