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Definition: ALIASES |
ALIASESPlural1. Of Alias |
Date "ALIASES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1911. (references) |
Crosswords: ALIASES |
| Specialty definitions using "ALIASES": .cshrc, .mailrc ♦ canonical name ♦ Mail Users' Shell ♦ POLICE OFFICER III ♦ Robin of Bagshot ♦ stale pointer bug. (references) |
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Books |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The returned prodigal shows signs of relapse : Old Observer (who has several other aliases)--"what is the fatted calf to a party that has eaten husks for twenty years. Give him the whole herd".Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "ALIASES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ALIASES" is used about 16 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 (plural) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "ALIASES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 别名 (Alias). (various references) | ||||
German | Deckname (assumed name, code name, pen-name, pseudonym). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 이명. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | aliasesay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"ALIASES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adivasis, ailiss, Alaister, Aleksey, Alexsey, Alhazen, aliae, aliase, aliased, allisses, alysis, ariazos, laises, liases, ligases. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ALIASES" (pronounced ā"lēusuz) |
| 4 | -u s u z | accomplices, actresses, addresses, amaryllises, apparatuses, apprentices, biases, bonuses, businesses, buttresses, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, caucuses, censuses, choruses, circuses, congresses, crevices, crocuses, embarrasses, encompasses, eyewitnesses, fetuses, focuses, fortresses, furnaces, geniuses, goddesses, grimaces, harnesses, hippopotamuses, hospices, hostesses, illnesses, injustices, irises, justices, likenesses, mattresses, minuses, mistresses, necklaces, notices, novices, offices, omnibuses, orifices, palaces, penises, porpoises, poultices, prejudices, premises, promises, prospectuses, purchases, purposes, refocuses, repurchases, retroviruses, seamstresses, services, sinuses, stewardesses, surfaces, surpluses, terraces, tortoises, treatises, viruses, waitresses, walruses, weaknesses, witnesses. |
| 3 | -s u z | absences, abuses, acceptances, aces, acquaintances, advances, affixes, albatrosses, allegiances, alliances, allowances, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, appearances, appendixes, appliances, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, balances, bases, basses, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, Busses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, Casas, cases, cayuses, ceases, chances, chases, choices, circumstances, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embraces, eminences, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, forces, foxes, fragrances, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, headdresses, hindrances, hisses, hoaxes, horses, houses, hyraxes, ices, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, medusas, messes, minibuses, misses, missus, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, nieces, nixes, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, ordinances, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, paradoxes, passes, performances, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, possesses, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, pronounces, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, senses, sentences, sequences, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surpasses, surtaxes, taxes, tolerances, tosses, townhouses, traces, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, verses, versus, vices, voices, waltzes, waxes, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-s-s" | |
-1 letter: aisles, assail, lassie. | |
-2 letters: aisle, alias, assai, isles, lases, sails, sales, salsa, seals, sials, sisal. | |
-3 letters: aals, ails, alae, alas, ales, asea, ilea, isle, lase, lass, leas, leis, less, lies, sail, sale, sals, seal, seas, seis, sels, sial. | |
-4 letters: aal, aas, ail, ais, ala, ale, als, ass, els, ess, las, lea, lei, lie, lis. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-s-s" | |
+1 letter: assailed, assailer, malaises, nasalise, reassail, salaries. | |
+2 letters: aisleways, alkalises, assailers, canalises, gasaliers, headsails, kielbasas, nasalised, nasalises, nasalizes, palisades, palliasse, reassails, salivates, stapelias, wassailed, wassailer. | |
+3 letters: aerialists, analgesias, analgesics, arsenicals, asclepiads, assailable, assaultive, assignable, assimilate, calipashes, casualties, dialysates, eclampsias, filariases, galliasses, galvanises, impassable, lamaseries, nasalities, neoplasias, palliasses, rafflesias, reanalysis, reassailed, sailplanes, salacities, scandalise, selachians, shavetails, tantalises, unassailed, vandalises, wassailers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4C 49 41 53 45 53 |
| 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)01000001 01001100 01001001 01000001 01010011 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A L I A S E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004C 0049 0041 0053 0045 0053 |
| 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)35464335533953 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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