Seconal

Definition: Seconal

Seconal

Noun

1. Barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions.

"Seconal" is a common misspelling or typo for: Decanal, Scandal, Scone, Secondly, Social, Special.

Synonyms: Seconal

Synonyms: red devil (n), secobarbital (n), secobarbital sodium (n). (additional references)

Seconal is a trademark name for the barbiturate sodium quinalbarbitone. It was widely used recreationaly in the 1960s and 1970s. Nicknamed "reds", Seconal came in red capsules. Its main medical uses are for seizures, tension relief (as before surgery), and as a temporary sleep aid. It is fairly addictive, and withdrawal symptoms can occur when a continual use is abruptly ended.

Crosswords: Seconal

English words defined with "Seconal": red devil ♦ secobarbital, secobarbital sodium. (references)

"Seconal" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Seconal" 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 Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	66.67%	2	245,945
Adjective (general or positive)	33.33%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	3	N/A

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Language		Translations for "Seconal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		altatótabletta. (various references)

Pig Latin		econalsay

Russian		секонал. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-n-o-s"
	-1 letter: anoles, canoes, cleans, clones, lances, lanose, oceans, solace.
	-2 letters: acnes, aeons, alecs, aloes, alone, anole, calos, canes, canoe, canso, clans, clean, clone, clons, close, coals, colas, coles, cones, elans, enols, laces, lance, lanes, leans, lenos, loans, noels, ocean, onces, salon, scale, scena, scone, socle, solan.
	-3 letters: aces, acne, aeon, alec, ales, aloe, also.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-n-o-s"
	+1 letter: alencons, alnicoes, calzones, celadons, chalones, conceals, congeals, lactones, lacunose.
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