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PHOTOGEN

Definition: PHOTOGEN

PHOTOGEN

Noun

1. A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene. It is obtained by distilling coal, paraffin, etc., and is used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Photogen \Pho"to*gen\, noun. [Photo- -gen.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: PHOTOGEN

Etymologies containing "PHOTOGEN": Photogeny. (references)
Non-English Usage: "PHOTOGEN" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (photogenic).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PHOTOGEN

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

  photogen

5

  photogen technology

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: PHOTOGEN

Derivations

Words beginning with "PHOTOGEN": photogenic, photogenically. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "PHOTOGEN"

Words rhyming with "PHOTOGEN" (pronounced 'Pho"to*gen'): AEthogen, Agen, Alunogen, Amphigen, Amylogen, Biggen, Biogen, Botryogen, Chondrigen, Chondrogen, Chromogen, Chrysogen, Collagen, Copenhagen, Cyanogen, Erythrogen, fibrinogen, Gasogen, -gen, Germogen, Glucogen, Glycogen, halogen, hydrogen, Mucigen, Mucinogen, Neogen, nitrogen, Noggen, Organogen, Osteogen, oxygen, Paracyanogen, Pauhaugen, Pepsinogen, Peptogen, Persulphocyanogen, Phellogen, Plasmogen, Pohagen, Pyrogen, Quinogen, Rhizogen, Rontgen, Salogen, Sclerogen, trypsinogen, Twiggen, Xanthogen, Xylogen. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PHOTOGEN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-h-n-o-o-p-t"

-2 letters: gentoo, gonoph, photog, photon.

-3 letters: netop, pengo, phone, phono, photo, thegn, thong, tophe.

-4 letters: gent, gone, goon, goop, hent, hone, hong, hoop, hoot, hope, nope, note, onto, open, pent, peon, phon, phot, poet, pone, pong, pooh, poon, then, tone, tong, toon, tope, toph.

-5 letters: ego, eng, eon, eth, gen, get, goo, got, hen, hep.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-h-n-o-o-p-t"
 

+2 letters: photogenic.

 

+3 letters: homeporting.

 

+4 letters: nephrologist, photoengrave, photomontage, photosetting, phrenologist.

 

+5 letters: anthropogenic, apotheosizing, entomophagous, morphogenetic, nephrologists, nonpathogenic, photoengraved, photoengraver, photoengraves, photomontages, photonegative, photoreducing, phrenologists, phytopathogen.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PHOTOGEN


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

50 48 4F 54 4F 47 45 4E

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)

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

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Bibliographic Items: "PHOTOGEN"


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Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "PHOTOGEN"

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Public Service or Web Sites Triggered by: PHOTOGEN