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Definition: Wb |
WbNoun1. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Census | Designation for the (World Bank). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
WB | Dutch | Wijze van betaling | N/A |
WB | English | Wet Bulb | N/A |
WB | French | Méthode de western blot | Medicine |
WB | German | Wörterbuch | Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: WbSynonym: weber (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Wb |
| Specialty definitions using "Wb": dancing frog. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | I dreamt that you and me got married on the WB (Daydreamin'; performing artist: Tatyana Ali) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The WB New Year's Eve Bash (1995) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | When serologic testing is indicated, CDC recommends testing initially with a sensitive first test, either an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or an indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test, followed by testing with the more specific Western immunoblot (WB) test to corroborate equivocal or positive results obtained with the first test. Although antibiotic treatment in early localized disease may blunt or abrogate the antibody response, patients with early disseminated or late-stage disease usually have strong serological reactivity and demonstrate expanded WB immunoglobulin G (IgG) banding patterns to diagnostic B. burgdorferi antigens. (references) | |
Business | Uzbekistans membership with the WB and International Development Association in 1992. During the 1994-2000 period, within the framework of financial, institutional and technical assistance to Uzbekistan, the WBs loans comprised USD 458 million. (references) | |
Trade | Lebanon | The World Bank opened a permanent office in Lebanon early 2000 to track WB loans and assist the Lebanese government in obtaining additional loans geared towards administrative, tax, and social reform, as well as assistance to municipalities. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Wb" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 82.35% of the time. "Wb" is used about 17 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) | 82.35% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| South Africa | WB Holdings Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Wb": WB-type. | |
Ending with "Wb": i-wb. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
wb | 3,862 | wb store | 48 |
kid wb | 2,510 | news wb | 42 |
kid wb com | 446 | wb game | 40 |
charmed wb | 355 | wb show | 40 |
wb network | 238 | popular wb | 37 |
angel wb | 230 | wb channel | 34 |
game kid wb | 165 | harry potter wb | 32 |
wb kids.com | 151 | 11 news wb | 31 |
wb tv | 123 | md wb | 30 |
com wb | 118 | cartoon wb | 30 |
wb television network | 114 | black sash wb | 29 |
mason wb | 99 | fearless wb | 26 |
boarding house wb | 92 | site wb | 25 |
11 wb | 87 | radio wb | 23 |
smallville wb | 77 | 39 wb | 22 |
saunders wb | 61 | wb yeats | 22 |
7th heaven wb | 52 | jane tarzan wb | 21 |
everwood wb | 50 | north shore wb | 21 |
wb television | 49 | 33 wb | 21 |
code ctoon kid wb | 48 | wb roswell | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Wb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vandbaseret træbeskytttelsesmiddel (waterborne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | in water oplosbaar beschermingsmiddel (waterborne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vesiliukoinen kyllästysaine (waterborne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative), vesiliukoinen kylläste (waterborne preservative, water-borne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | produit de préservation soluble (WB-type preservative), produit de préservation hydrosoluble (WB-type preservative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wasserlösliches Schutzmittel (waterborne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υδατοδιαλυτά συντηρητικά (waterborne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | antisettici in soluzione acquosa (waterborne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative), antisettici idrosolubili (waterborne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | wbay produto preservador aquoso (waterborne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative). (various references) antiséptico tipo solución acuosa (waterborne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative). (various references) vattenlösligt medel (waterborne preservative, water-borne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative), saltmedel (waterborne preservative, water-borne preservative, waterborne-type preservative, WB-type preservative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words containing "Wb": bawbee, bawbees, blowback, blowbacks, blowball, blowballs, blowby, blowbys, browband, browbands, browbeat, browbeaten, browbeating, browbeats, catawba, catawbas, chawbacon, chawbacons, cowbane, cowbanes, cowbell, cowbells, cowberries, cowberry, cowbind, cowbinds, cowbird, cowbirds, cowboy, cowboys, crowbar, crowbarred, crowbarring, crowbars, crowberries, crowberry, dewberries, dewberry, drawback, drawbacks, drawbar, drawbars, drawbore, drawbores, drawbridge, drawbridges, howbeit, jawbone, jawboned, jawboner, jawboners. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-w" | |
+1 letter: bow, wab, web. | |
+2 letters: bawd, bawl, blaw, blew, blow, bowl, bows, braw, brew, brow, swab, swob, wabs, webs, womb. | |
+3 letters: bawds, bawdy, bawls, bawty, bedew, below, bewig, blawn, blaws, blown, blows, blowy, bowed, bowel, bower, bowls, bowse, brawl, brawn, braws, brews, brown, brows, bwana, bylaw, byway, dweeb, elbow, embow, nawab, oxbow, swabs, swobs, upbow, webby, weber, wombs, womby. | |
| 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)57 62 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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