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Definition: PHENYL |
PHENYLNoun1. A hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) regarded as the essential residue of benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives. |
Date "PHENYL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Ingredient used in cold and flu remedies. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: PHENYL |
| English words defined with "PHENYL": Anilide ♦ Carbanil ♦ Diphenyl ♦ Mandelic ♦ Oxanillamide ♦ Phenic, Phenyl hydrate, Phenyl hydrazine, phenyl salicylate, Phenylic, Picryl, Pyridyl ♦ Quinoyl ♦ Stycerin, Styrolene, Sulphonic ♦ Tartrazine, Thiophenol. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PHENYL": Carfecillin ♦ phenyl ethanol, Phenylmercuric Acetate, Phenylmercury Compounds. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PHENYL": Acetophenone ♦ Diphenyl ♦ Thiophene. (references) |
| "PHENYL" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PHENYL" is used about 8 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) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "PHENYL": phenyl alcohol ♦ phenyl ethanol ♦ phenyl ether ♦ phenyl ethylene ♦ phenyl glycerin ♦ phenyl hydrate ♦ phenyl hydrazine ♦ phenyl methane ♦ phenyl oxamide ♦ phenyl salicylate ♦ phenyl sulphydrate. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "PHENYL": phenyl-propanolamine. | |
Containing "PHENYL": formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenyl-alanine. | |
| 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 |
phenyl | 16 |
ester oxalate phenyl | 6 |
1 2 phenyl thiourea | 4 |
2 phenyl propanone | 3 |
phenyl salicylate | 3 |
acetone phenyl | 3 |
chlor phenyl tan | 2 |
2 2 phenyl propanol | 2 |
chloroformiate phenyl | 2 |
acetic acid phenyl | 2 |
acid carbonochloridic ester phenyl | 2 |
phenyl free | 2 |
phenyl acetate | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PHENYL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | PANA (Phenyl-Alpha-Naphtylamine), PAN (pannus, pannus cloud, peroxyacetyl nitrate, peroxyacetylnitrate, Phenyl-Alpha-Naphtylamine), N-phenyl-beta-naphthylamin (phenyl-beta-naphthylamine), N-phenyl-alpha-naphthylamin (Phenyl-Alpha-Naphtylamine), diphenyloxid (diphenyl ether, diphenyl oxide, phenyl ether), difenyloxid (diphenyl ether, diphenyl oxide, phenyl ether), brombenzen (phenyl bromide), anisol (anisole, methyl phenyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | monobroombenzeen (phenyl bromide), fenylmethylether (anisole, methyl phenyl ether), difenyl-oxide (diphenyl ether, diphenyl oxide, phenyl ether), broombenzeen (phenyl bromide), anisool (anisole, methyl phenyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | difenyylieetteri (diphenyl ether, diphenyl oxide, phenyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phényl-oxyphényle (phenyl ether), phénylhydroxylamine (phenyl hydroxylamine), phényl-cyclohexyl pipéridine (phenyl-cyclohexyl piperidine), phényl-béta-naphthylamine (phenyl-beta-naphthylamine), Phényl-Alpha-Naphthylamine (Phenyl-Alpha-Naphtylamine), PAN (Phenyl-Alpha-Naphtylamine), oxyde de phényl (phenyl ether), o-phénylphénol (o-phenyl phenol), NPE (nonyl phenyl ethoxylate), nonyl phényl ethoxylate (nonyl phenyl ethoxylate), methoxybenzene (methyl phenyl ether), bromobenzène (phenyl bromide), anisole (methyl phenyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Phenyl-Beta-Naphthylamine (phenyl-beta-naphthylamine), Phenyl-Alpha-Naphthylamin (Phenyl-Alpha-Naphtylamine), PAN (Panama, peroxyacetyl nitrate, peroxyacetylnitrate, Phenyl-Alpha-Naphtylamine, Republic of Panama), Methylphenylaether (anisole, methyl phenyl ether), Diphenyloxyd (diphenyl ether, diphenyl oxide, phenyl ether), Brombenzol (phenyl bromide), Anisol (anisole, methyl phenyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διφαινυλοξείδιο (diphenyl ether, diphenyl oxide, phenyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | difenil ossido (diphenyl ether, diphenyl oxide, phenyl ether), difenil etere (diphenyl ether, diphenyl oxide, phenyl ether), bromobenzene (phenyl bromide), anisolo (anisole, methyl phenyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | フェニル基 (phenyl group), サリチル酸フェニル (phenyl salicylate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | フェニルき (phenyl group), サリチルさんフェニル (phenyl salicylate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enylphay fenoxibenzeno (diphenyl ether, diphenyl oxide, phenyl ether), fenilciclohexil piperidina (phenyl-cyclohexyl piperidine), éter difenílico (diphenyl ether, diphenyl oxide, phenyl ether). (various references) fenil. (various references) фенил. (various references) fenilo. (various references) fenyl. (various references) tek değerli kök, fenil (phenylic). (various references) феніл. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PHENYL": phenylalanine, phenylalanines, phenylbutazone, phenylbutazones, phenylephrine, phenylephrines, phenylethylamine, phenylethylamines, phenylic, phenylketonuria, phenylketonurias, phenylketonuric, phenylketonurics, phenylpropanolamine, phenylpropanolamines, phenyls, phenylthiocarbamide, phenylthiocarbamides, phenylthiourea, phenylthioureas. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "PHENYL": biphenyl, diphenyl. (additional references) | |
Words containing "PHENYL": biphenyls, diphenylamine, diphenylamines, diphenylhydantoin, diphenylhydantoins, diphenyls, triphenylmethane, triphenylmethanes. (additional references) | |
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"PHENYL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fenil, Pemyll, Penly, Penylan, phancy, phany, Pheby, phen, pheny, phewy, phrenic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-l-n-p-y" | |
-1 letter: phyle. | |
-2 letters: help, hype, yelp. | |
-3 letters: hen, hep, hey, hyp, ley, lye, peh, pen, ply, pye, yeh, yen, yep. | |
-4 letters: eh, el, en, he, ne, pe, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-l-n-p-y" | |
+1 letter: phenyls. | |
+2 letters: biphenyl, diphenyl, enthalpy, phenylic. | |
+3 letters: biphenyls, diphenyls, endolymph, halfpenny, hyperlink, phenology, phylogeny, polyphone, polythene, synalepha, telephony, unshapely, xylophone. | |
+4 letters: endolymphs, hydroplane, hyperlinks, hyperplane, hyphenless, lymphokine, nephrology, nympholept, pharyngeal, phrenology, polyhedron, polyphenol, polyphones, polythenes, synalephas, synaloepha, xylophones. | |
+5 letters: anaphylaxes, anencephaly, entomophily, hydroplaned, hydroplanes, hyperlinked, hyperplanes, hypersaline, hypocentral, lycanthrope, lymphokines, misshapenly, monophylies, nympholepsy, nympholepts, parenchymal, phalanstery, phylogenies, phytoalexin, platyrrhine, polyhedrons, polyphenols, polyphonies, polytechnic, preachingly, synaloephas, unhelpfully. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 48 45 4E 59 4C |
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