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Definitions: Lister |
ListerNoun1. English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912). 2. Assessor who makes out the tax lists. 3. Moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Lister" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Census | A census employee who obtains addresses and related information and records the information on address listing pages and Census Bureau maps. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| LIPM | English | Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ListerSynonyms: lister plough (n), lister plow (n), middle buster (n), middlebreaker (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Lister |
| English words defined with "Lister": Baron Lister ♦ falsely ♦ incorrectly ♦ Joseph Lister ♦ lister plough, lister plow, Listerism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Lister": address listing, assignment area ♦ basin listing ♦ engineering clerk ♦ map inset, map spot, MATERIAL LISTER ♦ PARTS CATALOGER, parts data writer, PARTS LISTER ♦ stock order lister ♦ technical release analyst. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Lister" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (Lister), Serbo-Croatian (lister, luster, lustre). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. The photograph was taken of NLM's east side with Lister Hill behind the library with the cherry blossoms in the foreground.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | "Volunteer Scott Center with Corps employee Charlott Lister assemble bird boxes".Credit: Saundra Miles. |
 | "Corps employee Charlott Lister assembles a bird box".Credit: Saundra Miles. |  | [Senator Lister Hill retirement luncheon].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | U. S. Army Camp Hospital No. 43, Gievre, France. : Lister water, the kind used throughout camp.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [American Red Cross worker, Elizabeth Shwab, fills her canteen out of lister bag].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [The Lister Hill Center at dusk].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Patricia Roberts Harris arriving at Lister Hill Center].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Vernon, Tex. Feb. 1938--Land listed with "basin" lister to catch the moisture and for penetration into the soil.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Francis Lister Hawks, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Lister" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lister" is used about 134 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) | 100% | 134 | 27,488 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Lister" 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 |
| Lister | Last name | 3,000 | 4,007 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "Lister": Baron Lister ♦ Joseph Lister ♦ lister plough ♦ lister plow. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Lister": lister-hooded, Lister-kaye, Lister-petter. | |
Ending with "Lister": Cunliffe-lister. | |
| 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 |
lister | 116 | lister site tgp | 10 |
lister turbo | 83 | lister clippers | 10 |
joseph lister | 59 | ebay lister | 10 |
lister petter | 38 | hill library lister | 9 |
directory lister | 37 | lister diesel engine | 8 |
mister lister | 37 | tom tiny lister jr | 8 |
lister storm | 24 | lister mister uk | 8 |
auction lister | 19 | hospital lister | 7 |
lister mr | 19 | lister generator | 7 |
font lister | 16 | aynsley lister | 7 |
lister diesel | 14 | hovie lister | 7 |
lister engine | 14 | jaguar lister | 6 |
mp3 lister | 14 | lister tiny zeus | 5 |
ebay lister turbo | 13 | bag lister | 5 |
mosie lister | 13 | corvette lister | 5 |
dean lister | 12 | beck lister | 5 |
file lister | 12 | lister mr realty | 5 |
tiny lister | 11 | auction free lister | 4 |
lister super | 11 | car lister | 4 |
d lister | 10 | charles lister | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Lister"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محراث (plough, plow), المنفهرس, المجدول. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Плуг Който Оре И Сее, Листер. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 制表人. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Kdo Píše Seznam. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lugemaskine (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller, weeder, weeding machine), radrenser (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, horse hoe, scuffler for animal draft, single shovel plow, subsurface tiller, weeder, weeding machine), kultivator (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller), hesteharve (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schoffelmachine (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, inter-plant hoe, steerage hoe, subsurface tiller, weeder, weeding machine), cultivator (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Lister, sarcleuse, bineuse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hackmaschine (chipper, cultivator, cutting bar, edging grinder, hammer hog, hammer mill, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, hog, hogger, hogging machine, mechanical hoe, refuse grinder, subsurface tiller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καλλιεργητής (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller), καθαριστής ζιζανίων (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller), Είδοσ άροτρου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Barázdáló Eke. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zappatrice (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, mechanical hoe, subsurface tiller), sarchiatrice (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller, weeder, weeding machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 리스트 작성자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isterlay sachador (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller, weeder, weeding machine), Escuta (listening, scout). (various references) Листер. (various references) lister (luster, lustre). (various references) escardadora (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller, weeder, weeding machine), cultivador subsuperficial (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller), carpidora (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller), carpidor (cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, subsurface tiller), binadora (chipper, cultivator, hoe-cultivator, hoeing machine, mechanical hoe, subsurface tiller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Lister": listerioses, listeriosis, listers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Lister": blacklister, blister, enlister, filister, glister, klister. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Lister": blacklisters, blistered, blistering, blisteringly, blisters, blistery, enlisters, filisters, glistered, glistering, glisters, klisters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Lister" (pronounced li"ster) |
| 5 | l i" s t er | blister. |
| 4 | -i" s t er | Mister, sister, transistor, twister. |
| 3 | -s t er | adjuster, administer, alabaster, ancestor, aster, banister, bannister, barrister, blaster, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, broadcaster, burgomaster, Buster, canister, cannister, caster, Castor, cloister, cluster, coaster, concertmaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, disaster, dumpster, duster, Easter, ester, faster, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, forecaster, Forester, Foster, gangbuster, gangster, Gaster, grandmaster, hamster, harvester, headmaster, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, laster, Leister, lobster, Luster, lustre, master, minister, Minster, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, newscaster, oldster, oleaster, ouster, oyster, paster, pastor, pester, pilaster, plaster, pollster, polyester, poster, postmaster, prankster, protester, quartermaster, raster, register, requester, rester, ringmaster, roadster, roaster, roister, rooster, roster, royster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, spinster, sportscaster, stepsister, taskmaster, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toaster, toastmaster, trickster, trimester, Ulster, upholster, waster, Webster, Wester, youngster, zoster. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: liters, litres, relist, tilers. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: islet, istle, liers, liter, litre, relit, riels, riles, rites, slier, stile, tiers, tiler, tiles, tires, tirls, tries. | |
-2 letters: erst, ires, isle, leis, lest, lets, lier, lies, lire, list, lite, lits, reis, rest, rets, riel, rile, rise, rite, silt, sire, site, slit, stir, tels, tier, ties, tile, tils, tire, tirl. | |
-3 letters: els, ers, ire. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: blister, bristle, estriol, filters, glister, gristle, jilters, kilters, kirtles, klister, leister, lifters, linters, listers, litters, loiters, lustier, milters, realist, relicts, relists, resplit, retails, retiles, riblets, rillets, ruliest, rutiles, saltier, saltire, siltier, slatier, slither, slitter, sterile, stifler, stiller, tailers, tillers, tilters, toilers, trellis, trifles, triples. | |
+2 letters: articles, ateliers, blastier, blisters, blistery, blithers, bristled, bristles, brittles, burliest, circlets, cloister, coistrel, costlier, curliest, dilaters, diluters, driblets, earliest, enlister, entrails, epistler, estriols, fewtrils, filberts, filister, flirters, flitters, flytiers, frailest, gilberts, glariest, glisters, glitters, gristles, insulter, klisters, lamister, lardiest, larkiest, latrines, leariest, leeriest, leisters, librates, lighters, limiters, listener, literals, luthiers, marliest, marlites, minstrel, misalter, nitriles, oestriol, outliers, peltries, perlites, philters, philtres, pilaster, plaister, plaiters, poitrels, presplit, priestly, quilters, ratlines, realists, realties, recitals, redtails, reenlist, relights, relisted, reptiles, resplits, reticles, retinals, retinols, retitles, retrials, riftless, ringlets, ripplets, rivulets, roiliest, saltiers, saltires, sclerite, silenter, sisterly, sleetier, slighter, slithers, slithery, slitters, sluttier, splinter, splitter, stalkier, starlike, steelier, sterical, sterling, stickler, stiflers, stillier, stippler, stolider, strickle, strobile, studlier, styliser, stylizer, subtiler, sultrier, surliest, talliers, tendrils, tertials, ticklers, tiddlers, tiercels, timbrels, tinglers, tinklers, tipplers, tireless, trailers, trefoils, trenails, trickles, triflers, trilbies, trillers, trindles, triolets, triplets, triscele, triskele, trollies, twirlers, uralites, utiliser, utricles, whistler, wristlet. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 73 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. ... - . .-. |
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