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Definition: Malathion |
MalathionNoun1. (trade mark) a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A wide spectrum aliphatic organophosphate insecticide widely used for both domestic and commercial agricultural purposes. (references) |
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Crosswords: Malathion |
| English words defined with "Malathion": malathion poisoning. (references) |
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Health | Before applying malathion lotion, remove all clothing. (references) | |
Open sores from scratching may cause malathion to sting the scalp. (references) | ||
Pregnant and nursing mothers should only use malathion after consulting their physician. (references) | ||
Economic History | Pakistan | The U.S. is a leading supplier of Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and also has a major share of the market for Malathion. (references) |
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| "Malathion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.24% of the time. "Malathion" is used about 21 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 (singular) | 95.24% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.76% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Malathion": malathion poisoning. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Malathion": malathion-resistant. | |
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| 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 |
malathion | 186 |
malathion msds | 5 |
malathion ortho | 4 |
malathion use | 3 |
50 malathion | 3 |
label malathion | 2 |
malathion structure | 2 |
dairy malathion | 2 |
insecticide malathion | 2 |
lotion malathion | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Malathion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 马拉松杀虫剂. (various references) | |
Danish | malathion. (various references) | |
Dutch | malathion. (various references) | |
Finnish | malationi. (various references) | |
French | malathion. (various references) | |
German | Malathion. (various references) | |
Greek | μαλαθείο. (various references) | |
Italian | malathion. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alathionmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | malatião. (various references) | |
Spanish | malathión. (various references) | |
Swedish | malation. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Malathion": malathions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Malathion" (pronounced mula"thēôn or mula"thēun) |
| 3 | -ē u n | accordion, agrarian, alien, amphibian, arcadian, authoritarian, barbarian, bohemian, Campion, carrion, centenarian, centurion, chameleon, champion, circadian, Clarion, collodion, comedian, contrarian, criterion, custodian, Cyprian, disciplinarian, draconian, egalitarian, equestrian, galleon, gorgonian, Guardian, halcyon, herculean, historian, humanitarian, hyperborean, lesbian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, mammalian, median, mediterranean, meridian, Napoleon, nickelodeon, nonsectarian, oblivion, obsidian, octogenarian, Odeon, ovarian, pagurian, parliamentarian, pedestrian, planarian, plutonian, praetorian, presbyterian, proletarian, salutatorian, scorpion, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, thespian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, utopian, valedictorian, valerian, vegetarian, veterinarian. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-l-m-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: halation. | |
-2 letters: alation, animato, mahonia, manihot, matinal, thalami. | |
-3 letters: amatol, animal, atonal, hiatal, lamina, latino, maloti, maltha, manila, manito, oilman, talion. | |
-4 letters: alamo, alant, almah, aloha, aloin, altho, amain, amino, amnia, amnio, anima, atman, halma, hamal, laith, lamia, lanai, lathi, liana, liman, litho, loath, lotah, manat, mania, manta, matin, month, natal, notal, talon, tamal, thiol, tolan, toman, tonal. | |
-5 letters: alan, alit, alma, alto, amah, amia, amin, anal, anil, anoa, anta, anti, atma, atom, hail, halm, halo, halt, hant, hila, hilt, hint, holm, holt, into, iota, lain, lama, lath, lati, lima, limn, limo, lino, lint, lion, loam, loan, loin, lota, loth, loti, mail, main, malt, mana, mano, math, milo, milt, mina, mint, moan, moat, moil, mola, molt, moth, nail, naoi, noil, noma, nota, oath, ohia, omit, tail, tain, tala, tali, than, thin, thio, toil, tola. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-l-m-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: malathions. | |
+3 letters: epithalamion, ethanolamine, prothalamion. | |
+4 letters: antilogarithm, catecholamine, ethanolamines, machicolation. | |
+5 letters: antialcoholism, antihomosexual, antilogarithms, catecholamines, endotheliomata, machicolations, thermalization, trihalomethane. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6C 61 74 68 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-.. .- - .... .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101000 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a l a t h i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006C 0061 0074 0068 0069 006F 006E |
| 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)476778678674758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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