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Definition: Salk |
SalkNoun1. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: SalkSynonyms: Jonas Edward Salk (n), Jonas Salk (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: Salk cynomolgus heart (medicine), Salk Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Salk Institute's Laboratory for Cognitive Sciences, Salk vaccine. |
Crosswords: Salk |
| English words defined with "Salk": Jonas Edward Salk, Jonas Salk ♦ Salk vaccine. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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Health | In one study with aged rhesus monkeys (the best animal model of human aging) researchers at the Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, found that cholinergic neurons in a particular region of the brain exhibited age-related shrinking and loss of the ability to make acetylcholine (Smith et al., 1999). The investigators were able to reverse most of the shrinkage and loss of cholinergic properties in the monkeys by using specialized cells called fibroblasts that were genetically modified to secrete NGF. The fibroblasts were grafted directly into the affected regions in the brain. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Salk" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Salk" is used about 5 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) | 60% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Salk" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Salk | Last name | 300 | 26,097 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "Salk": Jonas Edward Salk ♦ Jonas Salk ♦ Salk vaccine. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
jonas salk | 127 |
salk | 44 |
dr jonas salk | 9 |
bakanl salk | 7 |
biography jonas salk | 6 |
jonas picture salk | 6 |
salk vaccine | 5 |
edward jonas salk | 5 |
salk school science | 4 |
salk usc | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Salk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Salk's poliovaccine (Salk vaccine). (various references) | |
Dutch | Salk-vaccin (Salk vaccine). (various references) | |
French | vaccin de Salk (Salk vaccine). (various references) | |
German | Salk Impfstoff (Salk vaccine). (various references) | |
Italian | vaccino antipoliomielitico di Solk (Salk vaccine). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alksay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-k-l-s" | |
-1 letter: als, ask, kas, las, sal, ska. | |
-2 letters: al, as, ka, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-k-l-s" | |
+1 letter: balks, calks, flask, kails, kales, kolas, lacks, lakes, lakhs, larks, leaks, skald, skoal, slack, slake, slank, stalk, talks, walks. | |
+2 letters: akelas, alaska, alkies, alkyds, alkyls, alsike, ankles, baulks, blacks, blanks, bleaks, caulks, chalks, clacks, clanks, cloaks, flacks, flakes, flanks, flasks, kalams, kalifs, kalpas, kayles, kiblas, koalas, kraals, kulaks, lakers, latkes, miskal, placks, planks, polkas, saluki, skalds, skatol, skoals, slacks, slaked, slaker, slakes, splake, stalks, stalky, taluks, tilaks, vakils. | |
+3 letters: alaskas, alfakis, alkalis, alkanes, alkenes, alkines, alkynes, alsikes, anklets, asslike, auklets, balkers, bashlyk, bytalks, cackles, calkers, calkins, darkles, flakers, flasket, galyaks, hackles, jackals, kabalas, kalends, kalians, kaliphs, kaliums, kalmias, kalongs, kalpaks, kamalas, kaolins, keblahs, khalifs, kiblahs, klatsch, klaxons, knawels, kolbasi, lackers, lackeys, lakiest, lakings, lankest, larkers, larkish, lashkar, leakers, lekvars, mackles, malkins, mamluks, miskals, odalisk, rankles, sackful, saclike, salukis, sawlike, shackle, shakily, shaslik, skaldic, skatole, skatols, skiable, skoaled, skylark, skysail, skywalk, slacked, slacken, slacker, slackly, slakers, slaking, snakily, spackle, sparkle, sparkly, splakes, stalked, stalker, starkly, tackles, talkers, talkies, talukas, vakeels, valkyrs, walkers, walkups. | |
+4 letters: abelmosk, alkahest, alkalies, alkalise, alkanets, ankylose, armlocks, asparkle, backlash, backless, backlist, backlogs, backslap, backslid, baklavas, baklawas, balkiest, barkless, bashlyks, basilisk, beakless, bechalks, becloaks, blackens, blackest, blackish, blankest, blankets, blauboks, bleakest, bleakish, bulkages, bulwarks, cacklers, calfskin, calpacks, catwalks, caulkers, clackers, clarkias, coalsack, crackles, crankles, daglocks, earlocks, eyestalk, flakiest, flankens, flankers, flaskets, flokatis, folkways, grackles, gravlaks, hacklers, halakahs, halakhas, halakist, jacklegs, jaywalks, kabbalas, kalimbas, kanteles, kaolines, karakuls, keelages, keitloas, khalifas, kielbasa, kielbasi, kielbasy, kilobars, kilobase, kilorads, kissable, kissably, klatches, klaverns, kleagles, kolbasis, kolbassi, ladykins, lakeside, lambkins, lambskin, landskip, lankiest, lankness, larkiest, larksome, larkspur, lashkars, latakias, lavrocks, lawbooks, leakages, leakiest, leakless, leukomas, linkages, linksman, lockages, lockjaws, lockrams, maskable, masklike, mastlike, mudlarks, oarlocks, odalisks, outtalks, outwalks, padlocks, palikars, palookas, pashalik, peakless, plackets, pollacks, rackfuls, rakishly, rashlike, sackfuls, sacklike, sacksful, saltlike, saltwork, sandlike, scablike, seallike, sealskin, seamlike, selamlik, shackled, shackler, shackles, shakable, shashlik, shasliks, shellack, shoptalk, sidewalk, sinkable, skatoles, skeletal, skewbald, skiplane, skoaling, skullcap, skylarks, skysails, skywalks, slablike, slackens, slackers, slackest, slacking, slakable, slapjack, slotback, smokable, snaglike, sneakily, soaplike, souvlaki, spackled, spackles, sparkily, sparkled, sparkler, sparkles, sparlike, stalkers, stalkier, stalkily, stalking, starlike, swankily, swanlike, tacklers, tackless, tailskid, talkfest, talkiest, talkings, talookas, tankfuls, titlarks, uncloaks, unslaked, vaselike, wakeless, walkings, walkouts, walkways, warlocks, wasplike, woolsack, yamalkas, yamulkas, zelkovas. | |
+5 letters: abelmosks, alikeness, alkahests, alkalised, alkalises, alkalizes, alkaloids, alkaloses, alkalosis, alkoxides, alkylates, ankylosed, ankyloses, ankylosis, backfills, backflows, backhauls, backlands, backlists, backslaps, backslash, backslide, backtalks, baldricks, balkiness, balklines, ballhawks, ballparks, bankrolls, basilisks, basketful, baulkiest, beanstalk, blackboys, blackcaps, blackfins, blackfish, blackgums, blackings, blacklegs, blacklist, blackness, blackouts, blacktops, blankness, bleakness, blinkards, blockades, blockages, blowbacks, bluejacks, bookstall, brakeless, bucktails, bulkheads, cakewalks, calfskins, callbacks, caulkings, chalkiest, charlocks, clambakes, claybanks, coalsacks, cocktails, cornstalk, cracknels, crosstalk, crosswalk, darkliest, deadlocks, docklands, ducktails, duckwalks, eyestalks, fallbacks, falsework, flagstick, flakiness, flapjacks, flashback, flatworks, folktales, forkballs, franklins, fullbacks, gavelocks, gawkishly, glasswork, grasslike, hackliest, hairlocks, halakists, halfbacks, halfbeaks, hallmarks, havelocks, hawkbills, hawkishly, hawksbill, headlocks, holdbacks, jackrolls, jacksmelt, kabbalahs, kabeljous, kailyards, kalewives, kaleyards, kalifates, kallidins, kalyptras, kaoliangs, keelboats, keelhales, keelhauls, kephalins, kickballs, kielbasas, kilobases, kilobauds, kilogauss, kilograms, kilowatts, klatsches, knavishly, kolbassis, laceworks, lakeports, lakeshore, lakesides, lambkills, lambskins, landmarks, landskips, lankiness, lapstrake, larkiness, larkspurs, larrikins, latchkeys, lathworks, laverocks, lawmakers, leadworks, leafstalk, leakiness, leaseback, leukemias, lunkheads, mackerels, mahlstick, malarkeys, malarkies, mamelukes, maulstick, mawkishly, milkmaids, milkshake, millcakes, molluskan, moonwalks, multitask, necklaces, nonblacks, outflanks, overtalks, parklands, pashaliks, pickadils, plankings, plankters, planktons, plasticky, playbacks, playbooks, plowbacks, psalmbook, pullbacks, rakehells, retackles, roadkills, rockfalls, rollbacks, ropewalks, sackcloth, saintlike, saltworks, scalelike, sealskins, selamliks, shacklers, shackling, shakeable, sharklike, shashlick, shashliks, sheaflike, sheldrake, shellacks, shellback, shockable, shoeblack, shoptalks, sicklemia, sidewalks, silkaline, skedaddle, skeptical, skewbalds, skiplanes, skippable, skullcaps, skylarked, skylarker, slackened, slackness, slapjacks, slapstick, slatelike, sleepwalk, slotbacks, smokeable, snaillike, snakelike, snowflake, solonchak, souvlakia, souvlakis, spacewalk, spackling, sparklers, sparklier, sparkling, sparkplug, speakable, stackable, stagelike, stalkiest, stalkless, stickball, tacklings, tailbacks, tailskids, talkfests, talkiness, telemarks, thankless, trackless, triskelia, unshackle, valkyries, walkaways, walkovers, walkyries, weakliest, weaklings, woodlarks, woolpacks, woolsacks, workloads, yarmelkes, yarmulkes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6C 6B |
| 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)01010011 01100001 01101100 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a l k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006C 006B |
| 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)53677877 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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