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Definition: Boric |
BoricAdjective1. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron; "boric acid". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: BoricSynonym: boracic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Boric |
| English words defined with "boric": Aethogen ♦ borate, Boroglyceride, borosilicate ♦ perboric acid, Pyroboric ♦ Sal sedativus, Sassoline, Sedative salt ♦ Tincal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "boric": Borates, boric acid addition, boric acid injection, boric acid injection system, boric acid make up tank, boric acid precipitation, boric acid pump, boric acid solution, boric acid transfer pump, Boric Acids ♦ dry storage area for boric acid in bags ♦ poison injection, poison injection system ♦ Safety injection ♦ Trona process. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "boric": Pyroboric. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Boric" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (boric). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | U.S. Army, Kennedy General Hospital, Memphis, TN. : Interior view of distilled water and boric acid supply. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Use poison baits, powders, gels, or paste (for example, boric acid). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Boric" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Boric" 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "boric": boric acid ♦ boric acid addition ♦ boric acid injection ♦ boric acid injection system ♦ boric acid make up tank ♦ boric acid precipitation ♦ boric acid pump ♦ boric acid solution ♦ boric acid system ♦ boric acid transfer pump ♦ Boric Acids ♦ dry storage area for boric acid in bags. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "boric": tris-boric. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "boric"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | borik (boracic). (various references) | |
Arabic | محتوى على بورون, بوريك. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | боров (pine, piny). (various references) | |
Chinese | 含硼. (various references) | |
Danish | borsyrepumpe (boric acid pump), borsyreinddamper (boric acid evaporator), borsyreanhydrid (boric anhydride), borsyre (boracic acid, boric acid, boric oxide, natural boric acid, orthoboric acid), boroxyd (boric acid, boric oxide), tilsaetning af borsyre (boric acid batching), granuleret borsyre (granular boric acid), foedepumpe for borsyre (boric acid injection pump), foedeledning for borsyre (boric acid transfer line), doseringspumpe for borsyre (boric acid metering pump). (various references) | |
Dutch | boriumoxide (boric acid, boric oxide), boorzuurpomp (boric acid pump), boorzuuranhydride (boric anhydride), boorzuur (boracic acid, boric acid, boric oxide, orthoboric acid), orthoboorzuur (boracic acid, boric acid, orthoboric acid), natuurlijk boorzuur (natural boric acid), monoboorzuur (boracic acid, boric acid, orthoboric acid). (various references) | |
Finnish | boorihappo (boric acid). (various references) | |
French | borique (boracic). (various references) | |
German | borhaltig (boracic), bor- (boracic), Bor (boron). (various references) | |
Greek | βορικόσ (boracic). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bóros (boracic). (various references) | |
Italian | Evaporatore dell'acido borico (boric acid evaporator), acido borico (boracic acid, boric acid, orthoboric acid), Acido borico granulare (granular boric acid), acido borico naturale (natural boric acid), acido ortoborico (boracic acid, boric acid, orthoboric acid), Aggiunta di acido borico (boric acid addition), anidride borica (boric acid, boric anhydride, boric oxide), Area di stoccaggio secco dell'acido borico in sacche (dry storage area for boric acid in bags), acido boracico (boracic acid, boric acid, orthoboric acid), Dosaggio dell'acido borico (boric acid batching), Soluzione di acido borico (boric acid solution), Linea di trasferimento dell'acido borico (boric acid transfer line), Pompa di iniezione dell'acido borico (boric acid injection pump), Pompa dosatrice dell'acido borico (boric acid metering pump), pompa per acido borico (boric acid pump), Pompa per il trasferimento dell'acido borico (boric acid transfer pump), Precipitazione dell'acido borico (boric acid precipitation), Serbatoio di riserva dell'acido borico (boric acid make up tank), Sistema di iniezione dell'acido borico (boric acid injection, boric acid injection system, poison injection, poison injection system), dispositivo di iniezione dell'acido borico (boric acid system). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 硼酸 (boric acid). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほうさ" (boric acid, diffusion, radiation, the Emperor's age). (various references) | |
Manx | boaragh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oricbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bórico. (various references) | |
Romanian | boric. (various references) | |
Russian | борный (boracic). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | borni. (various references) | |
Spanish | bórico (boracic). (various references) | |
Swedish | bor-. (various references) | |
Turkish | borik (boracic), borakslı (boracic). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | борний (boracic). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words containing "boric": arboricultural, arboriculture, arboricultures. (additional references) | |
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"Boric" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Barac, barik, barrac, bartic, bearic, bebic, Becir, Benrkik, Berec, berich, betic, Biciac, Biorich, Birik, Bjorck, Bocij, bodic, bodick, Boericke, bogic, Bohi, boir, Bolic, Bonicco, Borac, boracic, Borak, borgi, bori, borid, borie, borik, borim, boris, borish, borix, Borlick, Bormio, borrio, borris, botik, bouraq, Bourri, bowic, brc, bric, broci, bujic, bunic, Buric, coric, Horik, jorvick, loric, obic, obris, obrok, oric, ozric, robic, toric, Vorlich. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "boric" (pronounced bô"rik) |
| 4 | -ô" r i k | caloric, choric, historic, meteoric, prehistoric. |
| 3 | -r i k | alphanumeric, anthropocentric, atmospheric, Baldric, barbaric, barometric, citric, cleric, concentric, Derrick, dissymmetric, eccentric, econometric, egocentric, electric, esoteric, ethnocentric, euphoric, fabric, gastric, generic, geocentric, geometric, geriatric, gravimetric, hemispheric, hydroelectric, hyperbaric, hysteric, ionospheric, lyric, mercuric, mesenteric, metric, nitric, numeric, obstetric, optometric, parametric, pediatric, photoelectric, pinprick, psychiatric, pyrrhic, rubric, satiric, sophomoric, stearic, stratospheric, sulfuric, tantric, vampiric, vitric. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-i-o-r" | |
-1 letter: brio, coir, crib. | |
-2 letters: bio, bro, cob, cor, obi, orb, orc, rib, rob, roc. | |
-3 letters: bi, bo, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-i-o-r" | |
+1 letter: bicorn, bicron, bromic, corbie, sorbic. | |
+2 letters: aerobic, bicolor, bicorne, bicrons, boracic, boronic, bricole, brioche, brocoli, bronchi, caribou, ciboria, cobbier, corbeil, corbies, corbina, cowbird, microbe, pibroch, rhombic, robotic, strobic. | |
+3 letters: aerobics, albicore, ascorbic, baryonic, bichrome, bicolors, bicolour, bicornes, birrotch, bisector, bistroic, blockier, boracite, botchier, bouncier, braciola, braciole, braconid, bricoles, brioches, broccoli, brocolis, bromidic, bronchia, cabriole, carbinol, carbolic, carbonic, caribous, choirboy, choriamb, ciborium, colubrid, combiner, corbeils, corbinas, corncrib, cowbirds, cribrous, cribwork, cubiform, fibrotic, forcible, forcibly, gabbroic, isobaric, microbar, microbes, microbic, microbus, morbific, pibrochs, robotics, saprobic, vibronic. | |
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