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Definition: Benzyl |
BenzylNoun1. The univalent radical derived from toluene. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "benzyl" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Note: Benzyl \Ben"zyl\, noun. [Benzoic -yl.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: BenzylSynonyms: benzyl group (n), benzyl radical (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: benzyl alcohol (european union, medicinechemistry), benzyl benzoate (food & agriculture, chemical industry), benzyl cellulose (chemistry), Benzyl chlorformate (chemistry, chemical industry), benzyl isoquinolines (medicine), benzyl-para-aminophenol (chemistry), benzyl-penicillin (medicine), Benzyl-penicilloyl-polylysine, Benzyl-Thiourea (chemistry), N.Benzyl Bêta Chlorpropionamide, penicillin G (medicine), removal of the benzyl group (chemistry, medicine). |
Crosswords: Benzyl |
| English words defined with "benzyl": Benzal, Benzoic aldehyde, benzyl group, benzyl radical, benzylic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "benzyl": Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohols, benzyl cellulose, Benzyl Viologen ♦ Viologens. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Benzyl" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Benzyl" is used about 5 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) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "benzyl": benzyl alcohol ♦ Benzyl Alcohols ♦ benzyl cellulose ♦ benzyl group ♦ benzyl penicillin ♦ benzyl radical ♦ Benzyl Viologen. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Containing "benzyl": hydroxy-benzyl alcohol. | |
| 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 |
6 aminopurine benzyl | 111 |
benzyl alcohol | 40 |
benzyl benzoate | 27 |
benzyl butyl phthalate | 6 |
benzyl nicotinate | 5 |
benzyl chloride | 4 |
aminopurine benzyl | 4 |
6 aminopurine benzyl hair | 4 |
ammonium benzyl chloride dimethyl | 3 |
benzyl peroxide | 3 |
6 benzyl | 3 |
alkyl ammonium benzyl chloride dimethyl | 2 |
benzyl | 2 |
alcohol benzyl use | 2 |
alcohol benzyl msds | 2 |
acetate benzyl | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "benzyl"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бензил. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 苯基. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | benzylparaaminofenol (benzyl-para-aminophenol), benzylisokinoliner (benzyl isoquinolines), Benzylchlorformiat (Benzyl chlorformate), benzylcellulose (benzyl cellulose), benzylalkohol (benzyl alcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | benzyl-para-aminofenol (benzyl-para-aminophenol), benzyl-isoquinolines (benzyl isoquinolines), Benzylchloorformiaat (Benzyl chlorformate), benzylcellulose (benzyl cellulose), benzylalcohol (benzyl alcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | bentsyyliselluloosa (benzyl cellulose), bentsyylipenisilliini (benzyl-penicillin, penicillin G), bentsyylipara-aminofenoli (benzyl-para-aminophenol), penisilliini G (benzyl-penicillin, penicillin G). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | benzyl-para-aminophénol (benzyl-para-aminophenol), benzylpénicilline (benzyl-penicillin), benzyl-isoquinoléines (benzyl isoquinolines), benzyle para-aminophénol (benzyl-para-aminophenol), BAP (benzylaminopurine, benzyl-para-aminophenol), pénicilline G (benzyl-penicillin), Chloroformiate de benzyle (Benzyl chlorformate), cellulose benzyle (benzyl cellulose), alcool benzylique (benzyl alcohol), ablation du groupe benzylique (removal of the benzyl group). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Benzylzellulose (benzyl cellulose), Benzyl-Para-Aminophenol (benzyl-para-aminophenol), Benzylisochinolin-Abkoemmlinge (benzyl isoquinolines), Benzyl-chlorformiat (Benzyl chlorformate), Benzylalkohol (benzyl alcohol), Ersatz der Benzyl-Gruppe (removal of the benzyl group). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βενζυλική αλκοόλη (benzyl alcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | benzolgyök. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | benzil-para-amminofenolo (benzyl-para-aminophenol), benzil-isochinoline (benzyl isoquinolines), Benzile cloroformiato (Benzyl chlorformate), rimozione del gruppe benzilico (removal of the benzyl group), Cloroformiato di benzile (Benzyl chlorformate), cellulosa benzilica (benzyl cellulose), alcool benzilico (benzyl alcohol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enzylbay benzil-para-aminofenol (benzyl-para-aminophenol), benzil-isoquinoleínas (benzyl isoquinolines), benzilcelulose (benzyl cellulose), álcool benzílico (benzyl alcohol). (various references) бензил. (various references) benzil. (various references) bencil-para-aminofenol (benzyl-para-aminophenol), bencilisoquinoleinas (benzyl isoquinolines), bencilcelulosa (benzyl cellulose), alcohol bencílico (benzyl alcohol). (various references) bensil. (various references) бензил. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "benzyl": benzylic, benzyls. (additional references) | |
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"Benzyl" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Benazzi, Benizi, Bensel, Benyi, benzel, Benzie, benzil, benzol, enzil. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-l-n-y-z" | |
-3 letters: bel, ben, bey, bye, ley, lez, lye, neb, yen. | |
-4 letters: be, by, el, en, ne, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-l-n-y-z" | |
+1 letter: benzoyl, benzyls. | |
+2 letters: benzoyls, benzylic, brazenly. | |
+3 letters: lazybones. | |
+4 letters: analyzable, emblazonry. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6E 7A 79 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -. --.. -.--. .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101110 01111010 01111001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e n z y l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006E 007A 0079 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)367180929178 |
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