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Definitions: Balsam |
BalsamNoun1. Any seed plant yielding balsam. 2. Any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes. 3. A fragrant ointment containing a balsam resin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "balsam" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1607. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Fine Arts | Canada --. . . It is used for cementing together pieces of optical glass - e. g. , the component parts of a lens. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A comprehensive term covering resinous substances exuding or extracted from a variety of plants, including trees, and consisting of a natural mixture of oleoresin and essential oils, e. g. the oleoresins copaiba and Canada balsam, as well as "true" balsams containing benzoic or cinnamic acid in addition to resin and generally essential oils also, e. g. balm of Gilead. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | BALSAM. Money. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Nostrum, receipt, recipe, prescription; catholicon, panacea, elixir, elixir vitae, philosopher's stone; balm, balsam, cordial, theriac, ptisan. |
Agueweed, arnica, benzoin, bitartrate of potash, boneset, calomel, catnip, cinchona, cream of tartar, Epsom salts; feverroot, feverwort; friar's balsam, Indian sage; ipecac, ipecacuanha; jonquil, mercurous chloride, Peruvian bark; quinine, quinquina; sassafras, yarrow. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Arrowleaf Balsam Root (Balsamorhiza sagittata) habitat.Credit: John Craig. |  | Closeup shot of Arrowleaf Balsam Root (Balsamorhiza sagittata).Credit: John Craig. |
 | Medium shot of Arrowleaf Balsam Root (Balsamorhiza sagittata).Credit: John Craig. |  | Farshot of Balsam Root wildflowers.Credit: John Craig. |
 | Wind Mill with Balsam wildflowers in foreground.Credit: John Craig. |  | Balsam Root (Balsamorhiza deltoidea) found in Shady Cove.Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
 | Rich and Poor Use. : Porter's Cough Balsam. / C. Hart Lith. 36 Vesey St. N.Y.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry : For Coughs and All Lung Diseases / Litho. Geo. Schlegel 138 & 140 Centre St. New York.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Russian consumers prefer imported oral care products known for their ability to fight cavities, plaque, tartar and gum problems such as Colgate Total, Aquafresh, Oral-B, Blend-a-Med, Pepsodent, Macleans, etc. The most popular Russian-made toothpastes are Novy Zhemchug, Ftorodent, "32 norma", Myatnaya, Lesnoi Balsam and Extra. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Balsam" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 61.54% of the time. "Balsam" is used about 13 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) | 61.54% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 38.46% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "balsam" 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 |
| Balsam | Last name | 200 | 32,438 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "balsam": balsam apple ♦ balsam capivi ♦ balsam family ♦ balsam fir ♦ balsam Grove ♦ balsam herb ♦ balsam Lake ♦ Balsam of copaiba ♦ Balsam of fir ♦ Balsam of Mecca ♦ Balsam of Peru ♦ Balsam of Tolu ♦ balsam pear ♦ balsam poplar ♦ balsam tree ♦ balsam willow ♦ balsam woolly aphid ♦ Canada balsam ♦ copaiba balsam ♦ Friar's balsam ♦ Garden balsam ♦ orange balsam ♦ peruvian balsam ♦ tolu balsam ♦ tolu balsam tree ♦ Western balsam poplar ♦ wild balsam apple. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "balsam": balsam-like. | |
| 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 |
balsam | 89 |
balsam lake | 75 |
balsam lake wisconsin | 57 |
talia balsam | 43 |
balsam lake park provincial | 38 |
balsam lake ontario | 25 |
balsam fir | 25 |
balsam peru | 24 |
balsam inn mountain | 20 |
balsam christmas tree | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "balsam"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | balsem (balm, embalm). (various references) | |
Albanian | balsam (balm, salve), qetësoj (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references) | |
Arabic | مادة معطرة, البلسم (balm), شجرة تعطي بلسما. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | церя (cure, heal, physic, treat for), балсамирам (embalm, mummify), балсам (balm, lubricant). (various references) | |
Chinese | 凤仙花. (various references) | |
Czech | balzám (balm, salve). (various references) | |
Danish | balsam (balm). (various references) | |
Dutch | balsem (balm, crude turpentine, gum, oleoresin, resin). (various references) | |
Esperanto | balzamo (balm), balzamino, balzama (balm). (various references) | |
Faeroese | smyrsl (balm), linni (balm). (various references) | |
Farsi | درخت گل حنا, بلسان (Balm). (various references) | |
Finnish | balsami (balm). (various references) | |
French | baume (balm), balsamine. (various references) | |
German | balsam (balm, balms, salve). (various references) | |
Greek | βάλσαμον, βάλσαμο (balm, feverfew, oleoresin, perforated St.John's wort). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בלסם, בשם (fragrance, odor, odour, perfume, scent, spice), צרי (balm), טף (drop). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bebalzsamoz (embalm, mummify, to embalm, to mummify), balzsam (balm, ointment, salve, unguent), gyógyír (balm, fix, salve). (various references) | |
Indonesian | balsem (balm). (various references) | |
Italian | balsamo (balm, conditioner, salve). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鳳仙花 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほうせ"か. (various references) | |
Korean | 봉 ". (various references) | |
Manx | stoo lheihys, ooil lheihys, balsym beg, balsym (balm). (various references) | |
Papiamen | balsem (balm). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alsambay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bálsamo (balm, essential oils, salve, sonsolation, unction). (various references) | |
Romanian | balsam (balm, consolation, salve). (various references) | |
Russian | бальзам (balm). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | balsamovati (embalm), balsam. (various references) | |
Shona | musaru (balsam tree). (various references) | |
Spanish | bálsamo (balm, salve). (various references) | |
Swedish | balsam (balm, salve). (various references) | |
Turkish | belesan yağı (balm), yumuşatıcı krem, pelesenk yağı (balm of gilead), kınaçiçeği (touch me not). (various references) | |
Ukranian | гроші (bean, blunt, brass, cash, charm, chink, clink, dibs, dime, dough, l.s.d., money, moo, necessary, needful, ocher, ochre, oil, oof, pelf, posh, scads, shekels, sugar, the stuff, treasure, wherewithal), мазати бальзамом, застосовувати бальзам, бальзамін (balm), бальзам (balm, salve). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thơm (aromatic, balmily, balmy, perfumed, sweet-scented), nhựa. (various references) | |
Welsh | triagl (balm, treacle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | balsamon. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | balsamum, nardi, nardus, odoramentis, odoramentorum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | ECCLESIASTICUS Chapter 24, Verse 8 |
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| Language | Ecclesiastes Chapter 24, Verse 8 |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "balsam": balsamed, balsamic, balsaming, balsams. (additional references) | |
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"Balsam" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aylesham, Baasam, Bahlsen, Baksay, balam, balan, Balasz, balcan, Balfa, ballan, Balraj, Balram, balsac, Balsai, balsalm, balsamea, balsamy, Balsan, Balsemao, balsom, Balson, Baltsa, Balzamo, Balzany, bamsa, Baoshan, basam, Basan, bdafsa, Belsham, Billam, Bislama, blasae, blasam, blasay, Bleasham, blesmag, Blisham, Bolham, Bolsay, bulcan, Bulsar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "balsam" (pronounced bô"lsum) |
| 4 | -l s u m | fulsome, meddlesome, nettlesome, quarrelsome, troublesome, wholesome. |
| 3 | -s u m | adventuresome, awesome, blossom, bothersome, burdensome, buxom, cataclysm, cumbersome, fearsome, flotsam, foursome, gruesome, gypsum, handsome, hansom, irksome, loathsome, lonesome, Maxim, opossum, possum, ransom, threesome, tiresome, transom, twosome, venturesome, wearisome, winsome, worrisome. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-l-m-s" | |
-1 letter: albas, almas, baals, balas, balms, balsa, basal, blams, lamas, lambs, samba. | |
-2 letters: aals, abas, alas, alba, albs, alma, alms, amas, baal, baas, balm, bals, bams, blam, labs, lama, lamb, lams, slab, slam. | |
-3 letters: aal, aas, aba, abs, ala, alb, als, ama, baa, bal, bam, bas, lab, lam, las, mas, sab, sal. | |
-4 letters: aa, ab, al, am, as, ba, la, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-l-m-s" | |
+1 letter: abysmal, baalism, balsams, lambast, lambdas. | |
+2 letters: abomasal, amusable, baalisms, bailsman, balsamed, balsamic, blastema, blastoma, cabalism, kalimbas, labarums, lambaste, lambasts, mailbags, maskable, shamable, tambalas. | |
+3 letters: abnormals, abysmally, ambrosial, ambulates, anabolism, assumable, assumably, ballgames, balmorals, balsaming, baptismal, blastemal, blastemas, blastomas, cabalisms, carbamyls, clambakes, flambeaus, galbanums, labdanums, lambasted, lambastes, meatballs, stableman. | |
+4 letters: ambisexual, amblyopias, ambulances, ameloblast, anabolisms, assemblage, balmacaans, blackmails, blastemata, blastomata, cablegrams, camelbacks, carambolas, catabolism, cobalamins, flammables, imbalances, impassable, impassably, jambalayas, lambasting, lamebrains, lampblacks, measurable, measurably, metastable, metastably, misbalance, mistakable, myrobalans, stablemate, submaximal, tablemates. | |
+5 letters: acetabulums, ambisexuals, ambrosially, ambulations, ameloblasts, amiableness, assemblages, assemblyman, assimilable, baptismally, biracialism, blackamoors, blancmanges, blastematic, cannibalism, catabolisms, compassable, flamboyants, lumbosacral, megaloblast, melanoblast, misbalanced, misbalances, saltimbocca, stablemates, submarginal. | |
| 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)42 61 6C 73 61 6D |
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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)01000010 01100001 01101100 01110011 01100001 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a l s a m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 006C 0073 0061 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)366778856779 |
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