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"PHOSPHATES" is a plural of: phosphate. |
Date "PHOSPHATES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Environment | Certain chemical compounds containing phosphorus. (references) |
Health | Inorganic salts of phosphoric acid. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: PHOSPHATES |
| English words defined with "PHOSPHATES": atomic number 15 ♦ P, phosphatase, Phosphatic, Phosphatic diathesis, Phosphaturia, Phosphoric acid, phosphorus, Pyrophosphoric ♦ Triphylite ♦ Uranite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PHOSPHATES": blue-rock phosphate ♦ Dinucleoside Phosphates ♦ Eutrophication ♦ Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase ♦ Nitrilotriacetic Acid, Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides ♦ pH modifier, Phosphoric Acids ♦ SUPERVISOR, PHOSPHORUS PROCESSING, Synthetic fertilizer ♦ Thomas slag, Tritolyl Phosphates. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PHOSPHATES": Triphylite. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Importer Adama SRL indicated that it would like to get in touch with U.S. suppliers of potassium sorbate, citric acid, benzoic acid, methylparabene, and phosphates. (references) | |
Economic History | Tanzania | Tanzania is endowed with an assortment of mineral deposits including gold, diamonds, salt, gypsum, gemstones (tanzanite, rubies, saphires, garnets and other gemstones), iron ore, natural gas, phosphates, coal, nickel, and cobalt. (references) |
Togo | Togo exported 1.7 million metric tons of phosphates in 1999, mainly to South Africa, Canada, and the Philippines. (references) | |
Tunisia | Tunisia's economic growth historically has depended on oil, phosphates, agriculture, and tourism. (references) | |
Political Economy | Senegal | Recorded GDP per capita has grown at an average rate of approximately 5 percent per year since 1995. Exports account for about one-third of recorded GDP and are led by fish and fish products, phosphates and fertilizers, tourism, and peanuts. (references) |
Togo | The main exports are phosphates, cotton, and cocoa, which are the leading sources of foreign exchange. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "PHOSPHATES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 98.31% of the time. "PHOSPHATES" is used about 118 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 (plural) | 98.31% | 116 | 29,969 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.69% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 118 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "PHOSPHATES": Calcium Phosphates ♦ Dinucleoside Phosphates ♦ Dolichol Phosphates ♦ Inositol Phosphates ♦ Mannitol Phosphates ♦ metallurgical phosphates ♦ Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates ♦ Polyisoprenyl Phosphates ♦ Thomas phosphates ♦ Tritolyl Phosphates. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "PHOSPHATES": organo-phosphates, poly-phosphates, tri-phosphates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PHOSPHATES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фосфорни торове, фосфати. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | tricresylphosphater (tricresyl phosphate, tricresylphosphates, tritolyl phosphate, tritolyl phosphates), thomasslagge (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), thomasphosphat (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), thomasmel (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), naturlige calciumaluminiumphosphater (natural aluminium calcium phosphates). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tricresylfosfaten (tricresylphosphates, tritolyl phosphates), Thomasslak (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), natuurlijke aluminiumcalciumfosfaten (natural aluminium calcium phosphates), fosfaatslak (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | phosphates de tritolyle (tritolyl phosphates), phosphates de tricrésyle (tritolyl phosphates), phosphates alumino-calciques naturels (natural aluminium calcium phosphates), phosphate métallurgique (metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates), scorie Thomas (metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates), scorie phosphatée (metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates), scorie de déphosphoration (metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Phosphate (phosphate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκουριά Thomas (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), σκουριά αποφωσφόρωσης (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), μεταλλουργικό φωσφορικό (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), φωσφορική σκουριά (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), φυσικό φωσφορικό αργιλασβέστιο (natural aluminium calcium phosphates). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | tricresilfosfati (tricresylphosphates, tritolyl phosphates), scoria Thomas (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), scoria fosfatica (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), scoria di defosforazione (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), fosfato metallurgico (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), fosfati allumino-calciti naturali (natural aluminium calcium phosphates). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osphatesphay fosfatos aluminocálcicos naturais (natural aluminium calcium phosphates), fosfato metalúrgico (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), escória Thomas (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), escória fosfatada (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), escória de desfosforação (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag). (various references) fosfatos alumino-cálcicos naturales (natural aluminium calcium phosphates), fosfato metalúrgico (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), escoria Thomas (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), escoria fosfatada (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag), escoria de desfosforación (basic slag, metallurgical phosphates, phosphatic slag, Thomas phosphates, Thomas slag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "PHOSPHATES": diphosphates, metaphosphates, nonphosphates, organophosphates, orthophosphates, pyrophosphates, superphosphates, triphosphates. (additional references) | |
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"PHOSPHATES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: phosphage, phosphated, phosphatized, phosphide, phosphines, phosphite, phsophate, phsphate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PHOSPHATES" (pronounced fÄ"sfāts) |
| 3 | -ā t s | accentuates, alleviates, candidates, carbohydrates, emanates, hallucinates, insinuates, vibrates, violates. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-h-o-p-p-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: phosphate. | |
-2 letters: pathoses, potashes, spathose, teashops. | |
-3 letters: apposes, petasos, poshest, sapotes, sheaths, shoppes, spathes, teashop. | |
-4 letters: appose, ephahs, estops, hashes, hastes, heaths, hostas, paseos, pashes, pastes, pathos, pestos, phases, posset, potash, ptoses, sapote, shapes, sheath, shoats, shoppe, shotes, spates, spathe, stapes, staphs, stopes, tophes, toshes. | |
-5 letters: apses, ashes, asset, easts, ephah, ephas, estop, ethos, haets. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-h-o-p-p-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: phosphatase, photophases. | |
+2 letters: diphosphates, phosphatases, phosphatides, phosphatizes. | |
+3 letters: nonphosphates, psychopathies, triphosphates. | |
+4 letters: metaphosphates, phosphorylates, pyrophosphates, superphosphate. | |
+5 letters: anthroposophies, hypnotherapists, ophthalmoscopes, orthophosphates, physiotherapies, physiotherapist, plethysmographs, psychotherapies, psychotherapist, superphosphates. | |
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