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Definition: Valium |
ValiumNoun1. A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: ValiumSynonym: diazepam (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Valium |
| English words defined with "Valium": diazepam. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | One television and one bottle of Valium. Which I've already procured from my mother. (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge) How about some Valium. (Child's Play 2; writing credit: Don Mancini) Then take a Valium like a normal person. (Desperately Seeking Susan; writing credit: Leora Barish) Anyway, you can't scare her, she's sleeping with Prince Valium tonight. (Beetlejuice ; writing credit: Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren) I need a valium the size of a hockey puck. (Broadway Danny Rose; writing credit: Woody Allen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Nukie Takes a Valium (1991) | |
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| "Valium" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Valium" is used about 63 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) | 88.89% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.11% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 63 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Valium": valium-addicted. | |
| 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 |
valium | 2,017 |
valium online | 147 |
buy valium | 126 |
valium manufacturer | 42 |
valium picture | 36 |
cheap valium | 33 |
valium side effects | 30 |
valium xanax | 24 |
order valium | 23 |
valium addiction | 23 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Valium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | valiumafhængighed (valium addiction). (various references) | |
French | assuétude au Valium (valium addiction). (various references) | |
German | Valium-Sucht (valium addiction). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ヘ長調 (a hike in the basic wagebase up, bacon, bailout, bake off, baked potato, Bakelite, bakery, baking powder, bare look, bare top, base, base camp, base coach, base down, basement, BASIC, Basic English, bass, bassist, Bayes, Bayesian, Bayrische Motorenwerke, bearing, Beethoven, Behcet, beige, Beirut, Belgrade, beta, betatron, BMW, F major, kiss, salary increase, to base something on, to make something the basis, vector, Vega, veil, version of English with a maximum of 850 basic words). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ベイリウム. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aliumvay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Valium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alium, altium, aluim, Palfium, Qalaun, valeum, valeur, valim, vallium, valuim, valum, Viliami, Vilyui. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-m-u-v" | |
-1 letter: miaul. | |
-2 letters: alum, lima, mail, maul, ulva, vail, vial. | |
-3 letters: ail, aim, ami, amu, lam, lav, lum, luv, mil, vau, via, vim. | |
-4 letters: ai, al, am, la, li, ma, mi, mu, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-m-u-v" | |
+2 letters: alluvium, misvalue, velarium. | |
+3 letters: alluviums, calvarium, emulative, misvalued, misvalues, ovalbumin, vulcanism, vulgarism. | |
+4 letters: calvariums, cumulative, misvaluing, ovalbumins, simulative, vermicular, vulcanisms, vulgarisms. | |
+5 letters: emulatively, misevaluate, multivalent, stimulative, survivalism, vermiculate, voluntarism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 6C 69 75 6D |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- .-.. .. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a l i u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 006C 0069 0075 006D |
| 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)566778758779 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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