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Definition: Fluor |
FluorNoun1. A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | A. The original spelling of fluorite; still used chiefly in Great Britain. b. A prefix to mineral names indicating that some or all of the hydroxyl radical in its composition has been replaced by fluoride; e.g., micas andamphiboles. See also:fluorite; fluormica. e.g., micas andamphiboles. See also:fluorite; fluormica. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| FLR | English | Fluor Corporation Lt. | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: FluorSynonyms: fluorite (n), fluorspar (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fluor |
| English words defined with "fluor": Blue-john ♦ Cand, Chlorophane ♦ Derbyshire spar ♦ Fluorous ♦ Kand ♦ Pseudomorph ♦ Veinstone. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fluor": Fluate. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fluor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (fluorine), Czech (fluor), Dutch (fluorine), French (fluorine), German (fluoride, fluorine), Hungarian (fluorine), Indonesian (fluoride), Norwegian (fluoride), Portuguese (flower), Romanian (fluorine), Serbo-Croatian (fluor, fluorine), Swedish (fluoin, fluorine), Turkish (fluorine). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | A subsidiary of Shaw Engineering, Texaco, Enron Corp., Phillips Petroleum Co., ABB Lummus Global, Exxon-Mobile, Foster Wheeler, Fluor Daniel, Walk Haydle & Associates, Black & Veatch Pritchard, Rust, Lockwood Green, Williams Brothers and Halliburton Energy Services. (references) | |
Some of the major American firms operating in the UAE are ABB Lummus Global, Brown and Root, CRSS, DMJM International, De Leuw Cather, Fluor Daniel, Foster Wheeler, International Bechtel, Leo Daly, several divisions of Parsons, Stone and Webster, Turner Steiner International. (references) | ||
Economic History | Peru | U.S. presence in the local market includes Bechtel, Fluor Daniel, Parsons, Morrison-Knudsen, and CH2M Hill. (references) |
Chile | Actually, the most active and those with the largest market share in Chile are all either US owned or US based companies, such as Fluor Daniel, Bechtel, and Kvaerner. (references) | |
Philippines | These projects are good indicators that the market will definitely continue to recover and gain momentum in 2001. Based on the local preference for imported equipment, U.S. imports should grow 10-12 percent in 2000-2001. The following U.S. developers and engineering firms are major players in this sector: Fluor Daniel, Ogden Yorkshire, Envitech, Bechtel, Brown & Root, Parsons, Metcalf & Eddy, and URS Greiner (Dames & Moore and Woodward Clyde). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Fluor Corp. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "fluor": Fluor albus ♦ Fluor spar. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fluor": fluor-spar. | |
| 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 "fluor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fluorit mineral. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | флуорит (fluorite, fluorspar). (various references) | |
Chinese | 流体 (fluid). (various references) | |
Czech | fluor. (various references) | |
Danish | fluor albus (fluor albus), nervøs fluor (nervous fluor, nervous vaginal discharge), afværge-udflod (defence fluor). (various references) | |
Dutch | fluor albus (fluor albus), witte vloed (defence fluor), rhysliet (fluor-spar), lipariet (fluor-spar, liparite), leucorrhea (defence fluor), afweerfluor (defence fluor). (various references) | |
Farsi | موادفلورین دار, مایعات بدن حیوانات , قاعدگی زنان , سیال (Mobile), جویبار (Gill, Rill, Rivulet, Rush, Streamlet), جریان (Circuit, Course, Flow, Gush, Income, Inset, Ooze, Outflow, Progress, Rede, Stream, Tide). (various references) | |
French | flueurs de défense (defence fluor), leucorrhée nerveuse (nervous fluor), écoulement du corps de l'utérus (uterine fluor), écoulement dual muco-purulent (fluor albus posterior), écoulement vaginal des nouveau-nées (fluor of newborn), chaux fautée (fluor-spar), écoulement de la trompe utérine (tubal fluor), leucorrhée (nervous fluor), spath fluor (fluorspar), liparite (fluor-spar), pertes blanches (nervous fluor), pertes d'origine nerveuse (nervous fluor), pertes du col de l'utérus (cervical fluor), pertes vaginales (vaginal fluor), poumon fluoro-silicotique (fluor-spar silicosis). (various references) | |
German | Flusspat (fluor-spar), Fluor albus (fluor albus), Fluor albus posterior (fluor albus posterior), Fluor genitalis (vaginal fluor), Fluor muliebris (vaginal fluor), Fluor neonatorum (fluor of newborn), Fluor vaginalis neonatorum (fluor of newborn), Flussspatlunge (fluor-spar silicosis), Fluor vaginalis (vaginal fluor), zervikaler Fluor (cervical fluor), Abwehrfluor (defence fluor), korporaler Fluor (uterine fluor), liparit (fluor-spar, liparite), nervöser Fluor (nervous fluor, nervous vaginal discharge), Neugeborenenfluor (fluor of newborn), tubarer Fluor (tubal fluor), Elytrorrhoe (vaginal fluor). (various references) | |
Greek | φθορίτησ (fluorite). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פלואוריד (fluorid, fluoride). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fluorit (fluorite, fluor-spar), kalcium fluorit. (various references) | |
Italian | spato fluoro (fluor-spar), leucorrea (fluor albus, leukorrhoea). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uorflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | corrimento (fluor albus). (various references) | |
Romanian | fluorinã (fluor-spar). (various references) | |
Russian | фторсодержащие, фтор (fluorine), плавиковый шпат (fluorite, fluorspar). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | fluor (fluorine). (various references) | |
Spanish | flúor (fluorine). (various references) | |
Turkish | kalsiyum flüorürü. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | плавиковий шпат (fluorite). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fluor": fluorene, fluorenes, fluoresce, fluoresced, fluorescein, fluoresceins, fluorescence, fluorescences, fluorescent, fluorescents, fluorescer, fluorescers, fluoresces, fluorescing, fluoric, fluorid, fluoridate, fluoridated, fluoridates, fluoridating, fluoridation, fluoridations, fluoride, fluorides, fluorids, fluorimeter, fluorimeters, fluorimetric, fluorimetries, fluorimetry, fluorin, fluorinate, fluorinated, fluorinates, fluorinating, fluorination, fluorinations, fluorine, fluorines, fluorins, fluorite, fluorites, fluorocarbon, fluorocarbons, fluorochrome, fluorochromes, fluorographic, fluorographies, fluorography, fluorometer, fluorometers. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fluor": antifluoridationist, antifluoridationists, chlorofluorocarbon, chlorofluorocarbons, chlorofluoromethane, chlorofluoromethanes, dichlorodifluoromethane, dichlorodifluoromethanes, immunofluorescence, immunofluorescences, immunofluorescent, nonfluorescent, photofluorographies, photofluorography, spectrofluorimeter, spectrofluorimeters, spectrofluorometer, spectrofluorometers, spectrofluorometric, spectrofluorometries, spectrofluorometry, tetrafluoride, tetrafluorides. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fluor" (pronounced fluw"er) |
| 3 | -l uw" er | bluer. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: flour. | |
| Words within the letters "f-l-o-r-u" | |
-1 letter: foul, four, furl, lour, rolf. | |
-2 letters: flu, for, fou, fro, fur, our. | |
-3 letters: lo, of, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-l-o-r-u" | |
+1 letter: flours, floury, fluors, fouler. | |
+2 letters: flavour, floruit, floured, flouter, fluoric, fluorid, fluorin, forkful, formful, formula, foulard, furlong, odorful, ourself, roomful. | |
+3 letters: befouler, bullfrog, colorful, flavours, flavoury, floruits, flounder, flouring, flourish, flouters, fluorene, fluoride, fluorids, fluorine, fluorins, fluorite, forceful, forkfuls, forksful, formulae, formulas, foulards, fourfold, fourplex, fourthly, fumarole, furbelow, furlongs, furlough, humorful, mournful, odourful, overfoul, overfull, powerful, proudful, roomfuls, scornful, scrofula, sportful, subfloor, unfolder, worthful, wrongful, wrothful, yourself. | |
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