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Definition: NUR |
NURNoun1. A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey. |
"NUR" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to light", "illuminate". |
Date "NUR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1852. (references) |
Note: Nur \Nur\, noun. [Compare to Knur.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: NUR |
| Specialty definitions using "NUR": Improvisatrix. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "NUR" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (grace, smell), Esperanto (exclusively, just, only), German (alone, exclusively, just, mere, merely, on earth, only, simply, singly, solely), Romanian (sex appeal), Turkish (glory, light, nimbus, radiance), Turkmen (beam, ray). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind (1974) Meine Waffen sind nicht gebrochen - nur mein Herze brach (1972) Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit (1970) Gebissen wird nur nachts (1970) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Junge Pflanzen sind empfindlich : Arzneimittel in der Schwangerschaft nur auf ärztlichen Rat.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Wer nur an sich denkt, schadet oft dem anderen : Unkontrollierter Arzneimittel-verbrauch kann auch das ungeborene Kind gefährden.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Nicht nur sitzen -- sich durchsetzen : Liberal, Liste 3.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Warte, warte nur ein Weilchen.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh ... warte nur, balde ruhest du auch.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Zwangs lieferantin von Menschenmaterial : nur Mut!, der Staat brancht Arbeitslose und Soldaten!.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Nur Quick bringt alles uber Ulrike Meinhof und ihre grausamen Madchen ...Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dafur sind wir aber sehr tierlieb : die elterliche Gewalt fordert jahrlich ihre Opfer : 600,000 Bundesburger sind in Tierschutzvereinen, aber nur 20,000 kampfen gegen Kindesmisshandlung.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Nur die Armut gebiert Grosses (Verlegerweisheit) : Autoren fordern Tarifvertrage.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | CSU, Volksbegehren ab 16. Oktober bis 13. November 1967 : nur noch eine Schule fur alle Kinder, die christliche Volksschule.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Afghanistan | Nur Muhammad Taraki, Secretary General of the PDPA, became President of the Revolutionary Council and Prime Minister of the newly established Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. (references) |
Afghanistan | In 1967, the PDPA split into two major rival factions: the Khalq (Masses) faction headed by Nur Muhammad Taraki and Hafizullah Amin and supported by elements within the military, and the Parcham (Banner) faction led by Babrak Karmal. (references) | |
Human Rights | Somalia | On August 5, militiamen loyal to former Puntland president Abdullahi Yusuf fought militiamen loyal to interim president Yusuf Nur. (references) |
Minorities | Philippines | However, prior to the November 26 election for ARMM officials, more than 80 persons were killed and many more wounded when MNLF members loyal to outgoing ARMM Governor Nur Misuari attacked an AFP outpost in Sulu. (references) |
Political Economy | Somalia | This led to a confrontation with Chief Justice Yusuf Haji Nur, who claimed interim presidential powers pending elections. (references) |
Political Rights | Somalia | Regional elections in Puntland were held during the year; however, President Yusuf refused to step down, and Chief Justice Nur assumed powers as interim president. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "NUR" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 51.35% of the time. "NUR" is used about 37 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) | 51.35% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (singular) | 27.03% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (common) | 10.81% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Unclassified Items | 8.11% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.7% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 37 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "NUR" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to light", "illuminate". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "NUR." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Noor | Female, Male | Arabic | Nur |
| Nur | Female, Male | Arabic | N/A |
| Nura | Female | Arabic | Nur |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Israel | NUR Macroprinters Ltd |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "NUR": Nur-Isterate. | |
| 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 |
azlin nur wan | 109 | nur universidad | 4 |
nur | 63 | die fachleuten nur professional recherchetechnik von | 4 |
nur state.oh.us | 33 | islam nur raymundo | 4 |
haliza nur siti | 16 | azlin nur vcd wan | 4 |
i nur risale | 13 | nur risalei | 4 |
an nur london | 10 | cihan nur | 4 |
en nur sabah | 9 | nur macroprinters | 4 |
azlin gambar nur wan | 9 | nur radio | 4 |
askin nur yengi | 9 | für jungs nur | 4 |
azlin bogel gambar nur wan | 8 | azlina nur wan | 3 |
azlin nur | 7 | die liebe nur zhlt | 3 |
azlin bogel nur wan | 7 | nur die | 3 |
askin nur yengi | 6 | kasih nur | 3 |
blitz nur spec | 6 | dir mit nur | 3 |
nur organizer termin | 5 | majalah nur | 3 |
an nur hotel | 5 | nur siti | 3 |
jahan nur | 5 | azlin gambar lucah nur wan | 3 |
cihan gio nur | 5 | ein ist johannes liebe mario nur simmel wort | 2 |
die liebe nur zählt | 5 | nur flug | 2 |
külliyyati nur risalei | 4 | allein du nur wien wien | 2 |
nur masalha | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "NUR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
French | oenantate de noréthistérone(NET-EN) (Nur-Isterate), corrosion sous tension (season corrosion ( nur bei Messing )), corrosion fissurante (season corrosion ( nur bei Messing )), énantate de noréthistérone (Nur-Isterate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Spannungsrisskorrosion (season corrosion ( nur bei Messing ), stress corrosion cracking), Spannungsrissbindung (season corrosion ( nur bei Messing ), stress corrosion cracking), Spannungskorrosion (environmental stress cracking, season corrosion ( nur bei Messing ), stress corrosion cracking), receive-only (nur zum Empfang). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | rottura per corrosione sotto tensione (season corrosion ( nur bei Messing ), stress corrosion cracking), formazione di cricche sotto tensione (season corrosion ( nur bei Messing ), stress corrosion cracking), corrosione sotto tensione (season corrosion ( nur bei Messing ), stress corrosion cracking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urnay corrosão sobre tensão (season corrosion ( nur bei Messing ), stress corrosion cracking). (various references) onantato de noretisterona (norethisterone enanthate, norethisterone oenanthate, Norigest, Noristerat, Nur-Isterate), fisuración (alligator cracking, crack formation, cracking, crazing, crocodile cracking, fissuring, season corrosion ( nur bei Messing ), stress corrosion cracking), corrosión por tensión (season corrosion ( nur bei Messing ), stress corrosion cracking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "NUR": nurd, nurds, nurl, nurled, nurling, nurls, nurse, nursed, nursemaid, nursemaids, nurser, nurseries, nursers, nursery, nurseryman, nurserymen, nurses, nursing, nursings, nursling, nurslings, nurtural, nurturance, nurturances, nurturant, nurture, nurtured, nurturer, nurturers, nurtures, nurturing. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "NUR": knur, kronur. (additional references) | |
Words containing "NUR": albuminuria, albuminurias, albuminuric, anural, anuran, anurans, anureses, anuresis, anuretic, anuria, anurias, anuric, anurous, coenure, coenures, coenuri, coenurus, conurbation, conurbations, cystinuria, cystinurias, enure, enured, enures, enureses, enuresis, enuresises, enuretic, enuretics, enuring, fenuron, fenurons, hemoglobinuria, hemoglobinurias, hemoglobinuric, inurbane, inure, inured, inurement, inurements, inures, inuring, inurn, inurned, inurning, inurns, knurl, knurled, knurlier, knurliest, knurling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "ur": Cur, Dur, Knur, Scur. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: run, urn. | |
| Words within the letters "n-r-u" | |
-1 letter: nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: burn, curn, durn, knur, nurd, nurl, ruin, rune, rung, runs, runt, turn, urns. | |
+2 letters: bourn, bruin, brunt, buran, burin, burns, burnt, churn, cornu, curns, drunk, durns, enure, furan, grunt, incur, inure, inurn, knaur, knurl, knurs, korun, lunar, mourn, nuder, nurds, nurls, nurse, prune, purin, quern, rerun, rouen, round, ruana, ruing, ruins, rumen, runes, rungs, runic, runny, runts, runty, rutin, spurn, trunk, tuner, turns, ulnar, unarm, unary, unbar, under, unrig, unrip, urban, urine, wrung, yourn. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 55 52 |
| 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 01010101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N U R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0055 0052 |
| 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)485552 |
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