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NEAL

Definitions: NEAL

NEAL

Intransitive verb

1. To be tempered by heat.

Transitive verb

1. To anneal.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"NEAL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a champion", "a cloud".

Date "NEAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references)

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Crosswords: NEAL

Specialty definitions using "NEAL": 85617Don't do that then!Solution Based Modelling. (references)

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Modern Usage: NEAL

DomainUsage

Screenplays

What? That's Neal Pert, he's the greatest drummer alive! (Freaks and Geeks; writing credit: Paul Feig; Judd Apatow)

Movie/TV Titles

Pat Neal Is Back (1968)

The Return of Richard Neal (1915)

Neal of the Navy (1915)

The Patricia Neal Story (1981)

Song Titles

Neal Cassady (performing artist: The Washington Squares)

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

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Commercial Usage: NEAL

DomainTitle

Books

  • Adoniram Judson (Stocker, Fern Neal, Guessing Book.) (reference)

  • X-Men Visionaries: The Neal Adams Collections (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Photo Album: NEAL

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Carl I. Aslakson on left - Ensign Neal on right "The long and the short of it".Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Former district conservationist Lee Neal of Guthrie County looks at sediment in a field after heavy rains in the county.Credit: Lynn Betts.

NRCS DC Bobbi McDerMott and technician Neal Hoy reviewing conservation plan wih cooperator in Yuma, Az.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Bobbi McDermott and Neal Hoy, NRCS employees in Yuma, Az. check a field of Lupine as alternative commercial crop in the area.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Neal Hoy of the NRCS reviews laser leveling project with local cooperators as part of their EQUIP contract. Yuma, Arizona.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

District Conservationist Bobbi McDermott and technician Neal Hoy reviewing conservation plan in a field of leaf lettuce. Yuma, Az.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

[Dr. Neal S. Bricker].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Dr. Neal Mitchell, President of the Board of Health.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

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Usage Frequency: NEAL

"NEAL" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.47% of the time. "NEAL" is used about 217 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)94.47%20521,272
Adjective (general or positive)5.53%12101,599
                    Total100.00%217N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: NEAL

The following table summarizes the usage of "NEAL" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
NealFirst name Male37,000337
NealLast name39,000271
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: NEAL

"NEAL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a champion", "a cloud".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "NEAL."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
NealMaleEnglishNeil
NeelyMaleEnglishNeil
NeilMaleEnglishN/A
NelsonMaleEnglishNeil
NigelMaleEnglishNeil
NilesMaleEnglishNeil
NeilMaleIrishN/A
NiallMaleIrishNeil
NeilMaleScottishN/A
NeilinaFemaleScottishNeil
NiallMaleScottishNeil
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: NEAL

Expression using "NEAL": Mc Neal. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "NEAL": neal-schuman.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: NEAL

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

neal boortz

598

elise neal

214

neal mccoy

210

tatum o neal

148

jermaine o neal

134

andrea neal

116

jamie o neal

104

bortz neal

87

o neal

84

neal

74
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: NEAL

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

Danish

  

Neal's sygdom (Neal disease). (various references)

   

French

  

maladie de Neal (Neal disease). (various references)

   

German

  

Neal-Krankheit (Neal disease). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ealnay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

обжигать нил. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: NEAL

Derivations

Words ending with "NEAL": anconeal, anneal, apneal, balneal, calcaneal, cochineal, corneal, cuneal, dyspneal, hymeneal, intraperitoneal, lineal, matrilineal, nonlineal, patrilineal, perineal, peritoneal, peroneal, pineal, retroperitoneal, tineal, unilineal, vineal. (additional references)

Words containing "NEAL": annealed, annealer, annealers, annealing, anneals, cochineals, genealogical, genealogically, genealogies, genealogist, genealogists, genealogy, hymeneally, hymeneals, intraperitoneally, linealities, lineality, lineally, matrilineally, peritoneally, pinealectomies, pinealectomize, pinealectomized, pinealectomizes, pinealectomizing, pinealectomy, pineals, retroperitoneally. (additional references)


Misspellings

"NEAL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Endlf, Jeal, Naali, Naea, Naei, Nael, Nagal, Nala, Nayla, Nayral, Neall, Neally, nealt, Neau, neaz, Neca, Negale, neill, Neslo, nezal, Ngalo, Ngele, Nhel, Niaz, Njala, Njema, Nuul. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: NEAL

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: elan, lane, lean.

Words within the letters "a-e-l-n"

-1 letter: ale, ane, lea, nae.

-2 letters: ae, al, an, el, en, la, na, ne.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n"
 

+1 letter: alane, alien, aline, alone, anele, angel, angle, anile, ankle, anole, clean, elain, eland, elans, glean, laden, lance, lanes, laten, leans, leant, learn, leman, liane, naled, navel, panel, penal, plane, plena, renal, ulnae, venal.

 

+2 letters: adenyl, alevin, alexin, aliens, alined, aliner, alines, alkane, alkene, alkine, alkyne, almner, alpine, alvine, aneled, aneles, angels, angled, angler, angles, ankled, ankles, anklet, anlace, anlage, anneal, anoles, antler, apneal, baleen, bangle, benzal, cancel, candle, cannel, cantle, cental, cleans, cuneal, dandle, dangle, darnel, denial, dental, elains, elands, eluant, enable, enamel, enhalo, enlace, entail, eolian, etalon, fallen, finale, flamen, flanes, flange, flaxen, galena, gelant, genial, glance, gleans, handle, hansel, hantle, inhale, inlace, jangle, knawel, lacune, ladens, lagend, lagune, lament, lanate, lanced, lancer, lances, lancet, landed, lander, lanely, langue, lanker, lanner, lanose, larine, lateen, latens, latent, latten, launce, lawine, lawmen, laymen, leaden, leaned, leaner, leanly, learns, learnt, leaven, legman, lemans, levant, lianes, lienal, linage, lineal, linear, loaned, loaner, lunate, maline, mangel, mangle, mantel, mantle, meanly, menial, mensal, mental, nailed, nailer, naleds, namely, navels, nearly, neatly, nebula, neural, panels, penial, pineal, planed, planer, planes, planet, platen, rankle, regnal, reloan, renail, rental, replan, saline, sanely, sendal, silane, talent, tangle, tenail, thenal, tineal, tolane, unable, unlace, unlade, unlead, unreal, unseal, valine, veinal, venial, vernal, vineal, wandle, wangle, xenial.

 

+3 letters: abalone, abelian, abluent, adenyls, adnexal, adrenal, aeolian, agelong, aileron, ailment, ainsell, airline, alanine, albumen, alencon, aleuron, alevins, alexine, alexins, aliened, alienee, aliener, alienly, alienor, aligned, aligner, aliment, aliners, aliunde, alkanes, alkanet, alkenes, alkines, alkynes, allonge, almners, almoner, almsmen, alpines, alumine, alumnae, alunite, amylene, analyse, analyze, aneling, anethol, angeled, angelic, angelus, angerly, anglers, anglice, aniline, anisole, anklets, anlaces, anlagen, anlages, anlases, anneals, annelid, annulet, anolyte, antlers, antlike, anviled, aplenty, apnoeal, apolune, arsenal, atingle, avellan, awnless, balance, baleens, balneal, baloney, baneful, bangles, bellman, benthal, biplane, blacken, blander, blanked, blanker, blanket, blarney, calcine, calends, calzone, canaled, cancels, candela, candled, candler, candles, canella, cannels, cantles, canulae, capelan, capelin, carline, cauline, celadon, cenacle, censual, centals, central, chalone, chancel, channel, charnel, clanged, clanger, clanked, cleaned, cleaner, cleanly, cleanse, cleanup, conceal, congeal, corneal, crankle, dandled, dandler, dandles, dangled, dangler, dangles, darnels, dealing, decanal, delaine, denials, dentals, deplane, eanling, elapine, elastin, elating, elation, elegant, eluants, elysian, empanel, emplane, enabled, enabler, enables, enamels, encinal, enclasp, enclave, endleaf, enflame, engrail, enhalos, enlaced, enlaces, enlarge, enolase, enplane, enslave, ensnarl, entails, enteral, enthral, espanol, etalons, eternal, ethanol, euglena, evangel, exilian, explain, explant, fanlike, fenagle, fenland, finable, finagle, finales, flagmen, flamens, flaneur, flanged, flanger, flanges, flanked, flanken, flanker, flannel, flatten, flavine, flavone, frenula, funeral, galenas, galenic, gallein, galleon, gamelan, gangrel, gantlet, gelants, gelatin, gellant, geminal, general, genital, gladden, glanced, glancer, glances, glandes, gleaned, gleaner, gleeman, gnarled, granule, grapnel, gunwale, halogen, handled, handler, handles, handsel, hansels, hantles, healing, hernial, hyaline, hymenal, impanel, inanely, inflame, inflate, inhaled, inhaler, inhales, inlaced, inlaces, inlayer, inulase, jangled, jangler, jangles, javelin, jawline, jejunal, juvenal, kalends, kantele, kaoline, klavern, knawels, lactean, lactone, lacunae, lacunes, ladened, ladrone, lagends, lagunes, lambent, laments, laminae, lanated, lancers, lancets, landers, landler, landmen, laneway, langley, langrel, langues, languet, lankest, lankier, lanners, lantern, larceny, lasagne, lateens, latency, latened, latents, latrine, lattens, launces, launder, lauwine, lawines, laxness, leading, leadman, leadmen, leafing, leaking, leaners, leanest, leaning, leaping, learned, learner, leasing, leavens, leaving, lensman, lesbian, lethean, levants, linable, linages, lindane, lineage, lineate, lineman, linguae, linkage, loaners, lomenta, lucarne, lumenal, lunated, lunulae, lurdane, lyncean, mailmen, malines, manacle, mandrel, mangels, mangled, mangler, mangles, manhole, manille, maniple, manless, manlier, manlike, mantels, mantled, mantles, mantlet, marline, melange, melanic, melanin, menials, minable, mineral, nacelle, nailers, nailset, naively, nakedly, namable, napless, nargile, nebulae, nebular, nebulas, neurula, neutral, notable, novella, nucleal, nuclear, numeral, omental, opaline, ownable, paneled, panicle, pantile, pealing, pelican, penally, penalty, pineals, pinwale, plained, plainer, planate, planche, planers, planets, planked, planned, planner, planted, planter, platane, platens, playpen, plenary, polenta, praline, preanal, preplan, quinela, ralline, rankled, rankles, ranulae, ratline, ravelin, realign, reclean, reginal, relaxin, relearn, reliant, reloans, renails, renewal, rentals, repanel, replans, replant, retinal, salient, salines, saltern, saltine, sanicle, scalene, scaleni, sealant, sealing, seminal, sendals, sensual, silanes, slacken, slainte, slander, slanged, slanted, snaffle, snailed, snarled, snarler, spancel, spangle, spaniel, spelean, splenia, sternal, talents, taloned, tangelo, tangled, tangler, tangles, telamon, teleman, teleran, tenable, tenably, tenails, tetanal, toenail, tolanes, trenail, tunable, twangle, unagile, unalike, unclean, unclear, unequal, ungulae, unideal, unlaced, unlaces, unladed, unladen, unlades, unleads, unlearn, unleash, unravel, unseals, valance, valence, valency, valines, vealing, velamen, venally, ventail, ventral, venular, volante, wangled, wangler, wangles, wetland, wrangle, yealing, zonulae.

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

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Alternative Orthography: NEAL


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

4E 45 41 4C

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)

-.    .    .-    .-..

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

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01000101 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#69 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0045 0041 004C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48393546

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Frequency
8. Names: Derived from
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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