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Definitions: NEAL |
NEALIntransitive verb1. To be tempered by heat. Transitive verb1. To anneal. |
"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) |
Crosswords: NEAL |
| Specialty definitions using "NEAL": 85617 ♦ Don't do that then! ♦ Solution Based Modelling. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
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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![]() | 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. | |||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 94.47% | 205 | 21,272 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.53% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 217 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Neal | First name Male | 37,000 | 337 |
| Neal | Last name | 39,000 | 271 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "NEAL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a champion", "a cloud". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "NEAL." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Neal | Male | English | Neil |
| Neely | Male | English | Neil |
| Neil | Male | English | N/A |
| Nelson | Male | English | Neil |
| Nigel | Male | English | Neil |
| Niles | Male | English | Neil |
| Neil | Male | Irish | N/A |
| Niall | Male | Irish | Neil |
| Neil | Male | Scottish | N/A |
| Neilina | Female | Scottish | Neil |
| Niall | Male | Scottish | Neil |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "NEAL": Mc Neal. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "NEAL": neal-schuman. | |
| 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 |
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. | |
| 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. | ||
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) | |
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"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). | |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 41 4C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01000001 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E A L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0041 004C |
| 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)48393546 |
| 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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