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Pock

Definitions: Pock

Pock

Noun

1. A pustule in an eruptive disease.

Verb

1. Mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "pock" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references)

Etymology: Pock \Pock\, noun. [from Old English expression pokke, Anglo-Saxon pocc, poc; akin to Dutch pok, German pocke, and perhaps to English poke pocket. Compare to Pox.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Pock

DomainDefinitions

Medicine

A pustrite on the surface of the body in smallpox and other eruptive diseases. . . . . Mr. X was described as being very dard with a -- marked forehand. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Pock

Synonyms: mark (v), pit (v), scar (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: pocked (medicine).

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Synonyms within Context: Pock

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Convexity

Pimple, zit; wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain; boil; (disease); airbubble, blob, papule, verruca.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Pock

English words defined with "pock": pox. (references)
Specialty definitions using "pock": arsenic pockerythredema polyneuropathy. (references)
Etymologies containing "pock": Pockwood. (references)

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Modern Usage: Pock

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Where Are You? Dr. Seuss' Pontoffel Pock (1980)

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

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Commercial Usage: Pock

DomainTitle

Theater & Movies

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

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Usage Frequency: Pock

"Pock" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pock" is used about 3 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Pock

The following table summarizes the usage of "pock" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
PockLast name20037,136
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Pock

Expression using "pock": arsenic pock. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "pock": Pock-broken, Pock-fretten, pock-mark, pock-marked, pock-marks, Pock-pitted, Pock-pudding, pock-ridden.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pock

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

pock

8

monkey pock

7

ass finger pock up

6

pock mark

6

2 pock

4

pock polly

4

chicken pock

4

dr pock pontoffel seuss

3

pock tank

3

its pock

3

com pock polly

3

pock two

2

pock pontoffel

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Pock

Language Translations for "pock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

puçërr (pimple, pustule, spot, whelk), e vrarë lije (pockmark), biron. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏بثرة (acne, bleb, botch, pap, pimple, pustule, vesicle, wart, whelk). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

белег от шарка (chuck-hole, pit, pockmark), пъпчица от шарка. (various references)

   

Czech

  

neštovice (pox, smallpox). (various references)

   

Danish

  

arseneksem (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

arseendermatitis (arsenic dermatosis, arsenic pock, arsenical dermatitis). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

جوش چرک دار (Blotch), جای ابله (Smallpox), ابله دارشدن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rokko (smallpox). (various references)

   

French

  

pustule de petite vérole. (various references)

   

German

  

pocke (smallpox, variola). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κοιλότητα (alcove, cavity, chamber, concaveness, concavity, hollow), σημάδι (marker, tick), φλύκταινα (pustule), θύλακασ (sac). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

himlõhólyag, himlõ (pox, smallpox, variola). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

membecaki, bercak (pimply, pockmarked, spotted, tarnish). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pustola (blain, pimple, pimples, pustule, whelk). (various references)

   

Manx

  

spohttagh (pock-marked, spotted, spotty), lane ynnydyn y vreck (pock-marked). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ockpay

   

Portuguese

  

tarrantana (dunce). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ciupit de vãrsat (pock-marked). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

щербина. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

boginja (goddess). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

picadura (bite, Peck, pit, prick, shag, sting). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

märke (Dent, device, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, label, make, mark, score, sense, sign, sticker, stigma, tag, tally, trace, weal), koppa (cup, pustule). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kabarcık (blister, bubble, papilla, papula, papule, pimple, pustule, tubercle, vesicle), çiçek bozuğu (pitted, pitted with smallpox, pockmark, pock-mark, pock-marked). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

віспяна пустула, віспина (pockmark), вибоїна (chuck-hole, corrugation). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nốt đậu mùa. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Pock

Derivations

Words beginning with "pock": pocked, pocket, pocketable, pocketbook, pocketbooks, pocketed, pocketer, pocketers, pocketful, pocketfuls, pocketing, pocketknife, pocketknives, pockets, pocketsful, pockier, pockiest, pockily, pocking, pockmark, pockmarked, pockmarking, pockmarks, pocks, pocky. (additional references)

Words ending with "pock": yapock. (additional references)

Words containing "pock": pickpocket, pickpockets, yapocks. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Pock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epock, Gock, opc, Opco, Phoca, Plocek, plock, poc, Poch, pocke, Pockly, poco, pocs, Poeck, poik, pok, Pomc, ponk, pooc, pooca, pook, porco, posk, Poski, poxc, Pucik, pucky, puick, Puok, Pyck, spoock. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Pock"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "pock" (pronounced pÄ"k)
2-Ä" kantiknock, antilock, Bach, Bangkok, bloc, block, Bock, Brock, caulk, chalk, chock, clock, cock, Croc, crock, Doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, interlock, Jock, knock, Loch, lock, Mach, mock, Nock, overstock, restock, Roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, stock, undock, unlock, walk, wok.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Pock

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-k-o-p"

-1 letter: cop, kop.

-2 letters: op.

 Words containing the letters "c-k-o-p"
 

+1 letter: pocks, pocky.

 

+2 letters: cockup, copeck, kopeck, lockup, mockup, pocked, pocket, yapock.

 

+3 letters: caprock, cockpit, cockups, cooktop, copecks, cowpoke, hopsack, jackpot, kopecks, lockups, mockups, paddock, padlock, peacock, petcock, pickoff, piddock, pockets, pockier, pockily, pocking, pollack, pollock, potluck, precook, prerock, topkick, yapocks.

 

+4 letters: backdrop, backstop, blacktop, capework, caprocks, chapbook, cockapoo, cockpits, cockspur, cookshop, cooktops, copybook, copydesk, cowpokes, crackpot, dropkick, hockshop, hopsacks, jackpots, kyphotic, lockstep, lopstick, oxpecker, pachinko, paddocks, padlocks, peacocks, peacocky, penstock, petcocks, picklock, pickoffs, piddocks, plowback, pocketed, pocketer, pockiest, pockmark, politick, pollacks, pollocks, potlucks, precooks, princock, pyknotic, shoepack, snowpack, sprocket, stockpot, stopcock, tipstock, topkicks, traprock, tuckshop, woolpack.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Pock


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

50 6F 63 6B

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)

.--.    ---    -.-.    -.-

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

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01100011 01101011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#99 &#107

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0063 006B

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50816977

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Pock"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieholandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã"

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosfinlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzunggjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Indonesian

indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningsuedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchvietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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