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Definition: Barbital |
BarbitalNoun1. A barbiturate used as a hypnotic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A long-acting barbiturate that depresses most metabolic processes at high doses. It is used as a hypnotic and sedative and may induce dependence. Barbital is also used in veterinary practice for central nervous system depression. (references) |
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Synonyms: BarbitalSynonyms: barbitone (n), diethylbarbituric acid (n), diethylmalonylurea (n), veronal (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Barbital |
| Non-English Usage: "Barbital" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Turkish (barbital, barbitone). |
| 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 |
barbital | 6 |
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| Language | Translations for "barbital"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 巴"妥 (barbitone). (various references) | |
Danish | barbital. (various references) | |
Dutch | barbital. (various references) | |
Finnish | barbitaali. (various references) | |
French | barbital. (various references) | |
German | Barbital. (various references) | |
Greek | βαρβιτάλη, υπνωτικό φάρμακο. (various references) | |
Italian | barbital. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arbitalbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | barbital, derivado do ácido barbitúrico. (various references) | |
Spanish | barbital. (various references) | |
Swedish | barbital. (various references) | |
Turkish | barbital (barbitone). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "barbital": barbitals. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "barbital": amobarbital, hexobarbital, pentobarbital, phenobarbital, secobarbital. (additional references) | |
Words containing "barbital": amobarbitals, hexobarbitals, pentobarbitals, phenobarbitals, secobarbitals. (additional references) | |
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"Barbital" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Babulal, Babuta, barbatum, Barbeito, Bariba, Barisal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-i-l-r-t" | |
-2 letters: atrial, barbal, lariat, latria, rabbit, tribal. | |
-3 letters: altar, artal, atria, brail, laari, labia, labra, libra, rabat, rabbi, ratal, riata, tabla, talar, tiara, trail, trial. | |
-4 letters: abba, abri, airt, alar, alba, alit, aria, aril, baal, baba, bail, bait, barb, birl, blab, blat, brat, brit, lair, lari, lati, liar, lira, raia, rail, rial, tail, tala, tali, tirl. | |
-5 letters: aal, aba, ail, air, ait, ala, alb, alt, arb, art, baa, bal, bar, bat, bib, bit, bra, lab, lar, lat, lib, lit, rat, ria, rib, tab, tar, til. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-i-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: barbitals. | |
+2 letters: arbitrable. | |
+3 letters: amobarbital, bearability. | |
+4 letters: amobarbitals, attributable, hexobarbital, secobarbital. | |
+5 letters: absorbability, antibillboard, bearabilities, breathability, hexobarbitals, pentobarbital, phenobarbital, rebarbatively, secobarbitals. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 72 62 69 74 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-. -... .. - .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110010 01100010 01101001 01110100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a r b i t a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0072 0062 0069 0074 0061 006C |
| 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)3667846875866778 |
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