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Definition: Gas |
GasNoun1. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container. 2. A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely. 3. A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines. 4. A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal. 5. A pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas". 6. A fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes. Verb1. Attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes". 2. Show off. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gas" was first used: 1658. (references) |
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Computing | Gas [as in `gas chamber'] 1. interj. A term of disgust and hatred, implying that gas should be dispensed in generous quantities, thereby exterminating the source of irritation. "Some loser just reloaded the system for no reason! Gas!" 2. interj. A suggestion that someone or something ought to be flushed out of mercy. "The system's getting wedged every few minutes. Gas!" 3. vt. To flush (sense 1). "You should gas that old crufty software." 4. [IBM] n. Dead space in nonsequentially organized files that was occupied by data that has since been deleted; the compression operation that removes it is called `degassing' (by analogy, perhaps, with the use of the same term in vacuum technology). 5. [IBM] n. Empty space on a disk that has been clandestinely allocated against future need. Source: Jargon File. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of gas, denotes you will entertain harmful opinions of others, which will cause you to deal with them unjustly, and you will suffer consequent remorse. To think you are asphyxiated, denotes you will have trouble which you will needlessly incur through your own wastefulness and negligence. To try to blow gas out, signifies you will entertain enemies unconsciously, who will destroy you if you are not wary. To extinguish gas, denotes you will ruthlessly destroy your own happiness. To light it, you will easily find a way out of oppressive ill fortune. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Energy | Gaseous fuel (usually natural gas) that is burned to produce heat energy. Theword also is used, colloquially, to refer to gasoline. (references) |
Health | Air that comes from normal breakdown of food. The gases are passed out of the body through the rectum (flatus) or the mouth (burp). (references) |
Mining | A. Combustible gases (methane), a mixture of air and combustible gases, or other explosive gaseous mixture encountered in mining. b. A fluid of low density and of high compressibility. The specific recognition of a gas as distinct from a liquid of the same composition requires the simultaneous presence of both phases at equilibrium. See also:fluid; vapor c. In mining, a mixture of atmospheric air with combustible gases d. The term normally used by miners to designate any impure air, esp. explosive combinations e. The term generally applied to denote combustible gases f. Any aeriform liquid other than atmosphere air, such as gaseous carbon dioxide (blackdamp), carbon monoxide (whitedamp), methane (combustible gases), and the common combustible petroleum-product gases. CF:acetylene g. Abbrev. for gasoline. See also:manufactured gas; natural gas h. A fluid (as air) that has neither independent shape nor volume but tends to expand indefinitely. A substance at a temperature above its critical temperature and therefore not liquefiable by pressure alone i. As a verb, to affect or to treat with gas. To subject to the action ofgas. (references) |
Physics | The state of matter in which the molecules are practically unrestricted by intermolecular forces so that the molecules are free to occupy any space within an enclosure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Science | A substance that is not a solid or a liquid. A gas has no shape or volume and can expand without limit. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A gas is one of the phases of matter. Gases are, like liquids, fluids: they have the ability to flow and do not resist deformation. Unlike liquids, however, unconstrained gases do not occupy a fixed volume, but instead expand to fill whatever space they occupy. The kinetic energy in a gas is the greatest of the states of matter. Because of this increased kinetic energy, gas atoms and molecules tend to bounce off of one another, more so as the kinetic energy is increased.
Also see Ideal gas and Kinetic theory of gases
The term gas is also used to mean:
- Natural gas, which is about 80% methane, with varying proportions of ethane, propane and butane, and is used as a fuel.
- Gasoline, a colloquial shortening of the word.
- Laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, used to induce and maintain general anesthesia.
- Acetylene, used for welding.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gas."
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Gas is a city located in Allen County, Kansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 556.Geography
Gas is located at 37°55'26" North, 95°20'46" West (37.923851, -95.346168)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²). 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 556 people, 217 households, and 167 families residing in the city. The population density is 282.5/km² (735.0/mi²). There are 234 housing units at an average density of 118.9/km² (309.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 94.60% White, 0.18% African American, 1.26% Native American, 0.72% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races, and 3.06% from two or more races. 2.16% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 217 households out of which 34.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.9% are married couples living together, 7.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% are non-families. 20.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.56 and the average family size is 2.94. In the city the population is spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $35,804, and the median income for a family is $38,942. Males have a median income of $25,104 versus $18,500 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,012. 12.4% of the population and 9.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.9% are under the age of 18 and 10.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gas, Kansas."
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Gasoline (or Petrol) is a petroleum liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons used as fuel in internal combustion engines. The term gasoline is primarily used in English-speaking North America to refer to such a mixture. People in other parts of the English-speaking world use the term petrol for such mixtures.
Chemical Analysis
The vast majority of hydrocarbons present in gasoline are aliphatic ones with number of carbon atoms in the range of 6,7-11,12. Typical gasoline also contains some other organic compounds - aromatic and other unsaturated hydrocarbons, organic ethers, amines and sulfoxides.
Gasoline is a more volatile fuel than diesel or kerosene. The reason for this is not only the base constituents, but the additives that are put into it.
Many of the non-aliphatic hydrocarbons naturally present in gasoline (especially aromatic ones like benzene), as well as many anti-knocking additives, are carcinogenic. Because of this, any large-scale or ongoing leaks of gasoline pose a threat to the public's health should the gasoline reach a public supply of drinking water. The chief risks of such leaks come not from vehicles, but from gasoline delivery truck accidents and leaks from underground storage tanks. Because of this risk, most underground storage tanks now have extensive measures in place to detect and prevent any such leaks.
Octane rating
is a measure of how resistant gasoline is to premature detonation (knocking). It is measured relative to a mixture of isooctane (2,5-dimethylhexane) and n-heptane. So an 87-octane petrol has the same knock resistance as a 87% isooctane/ 13% heptane mixture. Petrol is typically separated from crude oil via distillation, so the mixture of the molecules in the resulting fuel is dependent on the oil used. Romania was a supplier of "light-sweet" crude oil, which, when distilled, resulted in a petrol with an 87 rating. 87 octane was the general benchmark for much of the world, and is the current standard rating for "normal" petrol in the US and Canada.It might seem odd that fuels with higher octane ratings burn less easily, yet are generally considered more powerful. Using a fuel with a higher octane allows the engine to be run at higher compressions, and not have problems with knock. Compression is directly related to power, so engines using higher octane deliver more power, explaining the common misconception. Some high-performance engines are designed to operate at the higher compression levels associated with high octane numbers, and thus demand high-octane gasoline.
History
Lead additives
Because the mixture known as gasoline has a tendency to explode or "knock, lead additives were first blended with fuel in the 1920s, and continued through the 1980s. The most popular one was tetra-ethyl lead. However, with the recognition of the environmental damage caused by the lead, and the incompatibility of lead with catalytic converters, most countries are in the process of phasing out the sale of leaded fuel, and different additives to reduce knocking are now used. Among the most popular ones are aromatic ethers and methanol. There are also additives to reduce internal engine carbon buildups, to increase oxidation, and to allow easier starting in cold climates.
WWII and Octane Story
One interesting historical issue involving octane rating took place during WWII. Germany received the vast majority of their oil from Romania, and set up huge distilling plants in Germany to produce petrol from it. In the US the oil was not "as good" and the oil industry instead had to invest heavily in various expensive boosting systems. This turned out to be a huge blessing in disguise. US industry was soon delivering fuels of ever-increasing octane ratings by adding more of the boosting agents, with cost no longer a factor during wartime. By war's end their aviation fuel was commonly 130 to 150 octane, which could easily be put to use in existing engines to deliver much more power by increasing the compression delivered by the superchargers. The Germans, relying entirely on "good" petrol, had no such industry, and instead had to rely on ever-larger engines to deliver more power. The result is that British and US engines consistently outperformed German ones during the war, playing no small part in the defeat of the Luftwaffe.
See also
- list of automotive fuel brands,
- diesel
- gasoline tax
External Links
- Gasoline FAQ
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gasoline."
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Natural or marsh gas is a product of the decay of organic material. It is usually found in petroleum fields, but also occurs anywhere that organic material is left to decay, such as landfill sites and swamps, even during digestion in animals (see flatulence).The primary component of natural gas is methane, the shortest and lightest hydrocarbon molecule. Due to the heat and attack by the active species, the methane reacts to a methyl radical (CH3), which reacts to formaldehyde (HCHO or H2CO). The formaldehyde reacts to a formal radical (HCO), which then forms carbon monoxide (CO). The process is called oxidative pyrolysis:
Following oxidative pyrolysis, the H2 oxidizes, forming H2O, replenishing the active species, and releasing heat. This occurs very quickly, usually in less than a millisecond.
- CH4 + O2
CO + H2 + H2O
Finally, the CO oxidizes, forming CO2 and releasing more heat. This process is generally slower than the other chemical steps, and typically requires a few to several milliseconds to occur.
- H2 + ½ O2
Natural gas is important as a major source for electricity generation through the use of gas turbines and steam turbines. Environmentally, natural gas is a relatively clean-burning fuel, although it does produce greenhouse gases. It is important to make the distinction that while natural gas is cleaner than other fossil fuels, it is ultimately unsustainable. THe extraction and transporting phase adds pollution to our environment, and has been blamed for birth defects and other health effects by Wiebo Ludwig of Pincer Creek, Alberta.
- CO + ½ O2
The major difficulty in the use of natural gas is transport. Natural gas pipelines are the preferred means of transport, but this is impractical across oceans. Liquefied natural gas tankers have also been used, but there are some concerns about safety and economics. In many cases, as with oil fields in Saudi Arabia, the natural gas which is recovered in the course of recovering petroleum cannot be profitably sold, and is simply burned at the oil field (known as flaring). This wasteful practice is now illegal in many countries, especially since it adds greenhouse gas pollution to the atmosphere, and since a profitable method may be found in the future. The gas is instead re-injected back into the ground for possible later recovery, and to assist oil pumping by keeping underground pressures higher.
Natural gas is often stored as compressed natural gas or CNG, for use in rural homes without connections to piped-in public utility services, or with portable grills.
In any form, a strong bad scent is deliberately added to the otherwise colorless and odorless gas, so that leaks can be detected by the smell before an explosion occurs. In mines, sensors are used instead, replacing the previous use of the canary.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Natural gas."
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Petroleum (from Latin petrus–rock and oleum–oil) or mineral oil. It can be shortened to the prefix petro-, as in "petrodiesel".
Petroleum is a thick, dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. Biological material in rocks starts off largely as a waxy material known as kerogen. Under the influence of heat and pressure, kerogen breaks down first into liquids and to gases. Both the liquid (petroleum) and gas phases (natural gas) tend to migrate through porous rocks until they encounter impermeable beds where packets/pools will tend to collect. After a drilling and pumping process to extract it from the strata, petroleum is refined by distillation. The products include kerosene, benzene, gasoline, paraffin wax, asphalt, etc.
The biological nature of petroleum is not certain. Russian scientists have proposed that petroleum is "abiotic" in nature. The scientific papers can be found here http://www.gasresources.net/ The following paragraph is from the above site.
"The modern Russian-Ukrainian theory of deep, abiotic petroleum origins recognizes that petroleum is a primordial material of deep origin which has been erupted into the crust of the Earth. In short, and bluntly, petroleum is not a "fossil fuel" and has no intrinsic connection with dead dinosaurs (or any other biological detritus) "in the sediments" (or anywhere else)."
Western science has ignored the "proof" supplied by the Russians. Russia is now completely oil self sufficient, lending credence to their claims. If oil is indeed the result of an abiotic geological process, the supply is virtually limitless.
Strictly speaking, petroleum consists entirely of aliphatic hydrocarbons, those composed of nothing but hydrogen and carbon.
The four lightest hydrocarbons -- CH4 (methane), C2H6 (ethane), C3H8 (propane) and C4H10 (butane) -- are all gases, boiling at -107°C, -67°C, -43°C, and -18°C, respectively (-161°, -88°, -46°, and -1° degrees F).
The chains in the C5-7 range are all light, easily vaporized, clear naphthas. They are used as solvents, dry cleaning fluids, and other quick-drying products. The chains from C6H14 through C12H26 are blended together and used for gasoline. Kerosene is made up of chains in the C10 to C15 range, followed by diesel fuel/heating oil (C10 to C20) and heavier fuel oils as the ones used in ship engines. These petroleum compounds are all liquid at room temperature.
Lubricating oils and semi-solid greases (including Vaseline®) range from C16 up to C20.
Chains above C20 form solids, starting with paraffin wax, then tar and asphaltic bitumen.
Oil field in California, 1938 Boiling ranges of petroleum atmospheric pressure distillation fractions in degrees centigrade:
Petroleum's worth as a portable, dense energy source (powering the vast majority of automobiles, trucks, trains and ships), and as the base of many industrial chemicals makes it one of the world's most important commodities. Access to it was a major factor in several military conflicts, including World War Two and the Gulf War. Much of the world's readily accessible reserves are located in the Middle East, a politically unstable region.
- petrol ether: 40 - 70 (used as solvent)
- light petrol: 60 - 100 (automobile fuel)
- heavy petrol: 100 - 150 (automobile fuel)
- light kerosene: 120 - 150 (household solvent and fuel)
- kerosene: 150 - 300 (jet engine fuel)
- gas oil: 250 - 350 (Diesel fuel/ heating)
- lubrication oil: > 300 (engine oil)
- remaining fractions: tar, asphalt, residual fuel
Petroleum history
Petroleum industry was initialized by Edwin Drake in the 1850's, near Titusville, Pennsylvania. The industry grew slowly in the 1800s and did not become a real national concern until the early part of the 20th century; the introduction of the internal combusion engine provided a demand that has largely sustained the industry to this day. Early "local" finds like those in Pennsylvania and Ontario were quickly exhausted, leading to "oil booms" in Texas and California. Other countries had sizable oil reserves as a part of their colonial holdings, and started to develop at an industrial level.
Following the 1973 oil crisis there was significant media coverage of oil supply levels. This brought to light the concern that oil is a limited resource that we will eventually run out of, at least as an economically viable energy source. At the time, the most common and popular predictions were always quite dire, and when they did not come true many dismissed all such discussion. The future of petroleum as a fuel remains somewhat controversial. Some would argue that because the total amount of petroleum is finite, the dire predictions of the 1970s have merely been postponed. Others argue that technology will continue to allow for the production of cheap hydrocarbons and that the earth has vast sources of unconventional petroleum reserves in the form of tar sands, bitumen fields, oil shale, and methyl hydrate that will allow for petroleum use to continue for an extremely long period in the future.
The presence of the oil industry has significant social and environmental impacts, both from accidents and from routine activities such as seismic exploration, drilling and the generation of polluting wastes. Oil extraction is expensive and frequently environmentally damaging. Offshort exploration and extraction of oil disturbs the surrounding marine environment. Extraction may involve dredging which stirs up the sea bed killing the sea plants that marine creatures require to survive. Crude oil and refined fuel spills from tanker ship accidents have damaged fragile ecosystems in Alaska, the Galapagos Islands, and many other places. Fortunately, renewable energy source alternatives do exist.
List of Petroleum Companies
- Arbusto Energy
- British Petroleum
- ChevronTexaco
- Exxon Mobil
- Gulf Oil
- Koch Oil
- Shell Oil
- Statoil
- ConocoPhillips
- Total
- Citgo
See also
- Brent
- Crude oil
- Greenhouse gases
- History of the Petroleum Industry
- Hubbert curve
- List of oil-producing states
- Oil field - List of oil fields
- Oil imperialism
- Oil supplies
- Oil well
- OPEC
- Petroleum disasters
- Petroleum crisis
- Renewable energy, specially bioalcohol and biodiesel
- Thermal depolymerization
- Renewable Energy Source
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Petroleum."
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Gas Casualties
Nation Casualties (Estimated) Fatal Non-Fatal Russia 50,000 400,000 Germany 10,000 190,000 France 8,000 182,000 Britain 8,000 181,000 Austria-Hungary 3,000 97,000 USA 1,500 71,500 Italy 4,500 55,000
British gas casualties (Western Front)
Date Agent Casualties (Official) Fatal Non-fatal Apr - May 1915 Chlorine 350 7,000 May 1915 - Jun 1916 Lachrymants 0 0 Dec 1916 - Aug 1916 Chlorine 1,013 4,207 Jul 1916 - Jul 1917 Various 532 8,806 Jul 1917 - Nov 1918 Mustard gas 4,086 160,526
Gases used in WW I
A=Allies, G=Germany/Austria-Hungary
Name First use Type Used by Chlorine 1915 Irritant/Lung Both Phosgene 1915 Both Chloromethyl chloroformate 1915 Both Trichloromethyl chloroformate 1916 Both Chloropicrin 1916 Both Stannic chloride 1916 A Phenyl chloride 1917 G Dichloromethyl ether 1918 G Diphenyl chlorasine 1917 Irritant/Sternutatory G Ethyl dichlorarsine 1918 G Ethyl carbazol 1918 G Benzyl bromide 1915 Lachrymatory G Xylyl bromide 1915 G Methyl chlorosulphonate 1915 G Ethyl iodoacetate 1916 A Bromacetone 1916 Both Methyl-ethyl ketone 1916 G Acrolein 1916 A Hydrocyanic acid 1916 Paralysing A Sulphuretted hydrogen 1916 A Mustard gas 1917 Vesicant Both
Estimated production of gases (by type)
Nation Production (metric tons) Irritant Lachrymatory Vesicant Total Austria-H 5,080 255 - 5,335 Britain 23,870 1,010 520 25,400 France 34,540 810 2,040 37,390 Germany 55,880 3,050 10,160 69,090 Italy 4,070 205 - 4,275 Russia 3,550 155 - 3705 USA 5,590 5 175 5,770 Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Use of poison gas in World War I."
| 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 |
GAS | English | Giant Attribute Survey | N/A |
GAS | Spanish | Grupo Asesor Superior | Engineering & Technology |
| GAC | English | Gas Absorption Chromatography | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: GasSynonyms: accelerator (n), accelerator pedal (n), flatulence (n), flatulency (n), gas pedal (n), gasolene (n), gasoline (n), gun (n), natural gas (n), petrol (n), throttle (n), blow (v), bluster (v), boast (v), brag (v), gasconade (v), shoot a line (v), swash (v), tout (v), vaunt (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Boasting | Noun: boasting; Verb: boast, vaunt, crake; pretense, pretensions; puff, puffery; flourish, fanfaronade; gasconade; blague, bluff, gas; highfalutin, highfaluting; hot air, spread-eagleism; brag, braggardism; bravado, bunkum, buncombe; jactancy; bounce; venditation, vaporing, rodomontade, bombast, fine talking, tall talk, magniloquence, teratology, heroics; Chauvinism; exaggeration. |
Fuel | Oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number oil, number oil, naphtha; rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox. |
Gaseity | Elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus; cloud; ammonia, ammoniacal gas; volatile alkali; vacuum, partial vacuum. |
Killing | Behead, bowstring, electrocute, gas. (execute). |
Punishment | Execute; bring to the block, bring to the gallows; behead, decapitate, guillotine; decollate; hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter; shoot; decimate; burn; break on the wheel, crucify; empale, impale; flay; lynch; electrocute; gas, send to the gas chamber. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gas |
| English words defined with "gas": air gas ♦ blow gas, blowing gas ♦ carbon monoxide gas, carbonic acid gas, Carbureted hydrogen gas, compressed gas ♦ gas bomb, gas burner, gas chamber, Gas coal, gas company, gas constant, gas cooker, gas engine, gas fitter, gas fitting, gas fixture, gas furnace, Gas generator, gas gun, gas heat, gas heater, gas holder, gas jet, gas lamp, gas line, Gas machine, gas main, gas maser, gas meter, gas oven, gas pressure, gas range, Gas retort, gas ring, gas service, gas shell, gas stove, gas thermometer, Gas washer, Gas water, gas well, Gas works ♦ Hepatic gas ♦ ideal gas, Illuminating gas, interplanetary gas ♦ marsh gas, mustard gas ♦ nerve gas ♦ Oil gas ♦ perfect gas, poison gas, producer gas ♦ sewer gas ♦ tear gas, town gas ♦ universal gas constant. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "gas": Gaselier. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gas" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (gas, guest), Catalan (gas), Danish (gas), Dutch (gas), Frisian (gas), German (accelerator, gas, gas pedal, vapor, vapour), Indonesian (gas, vapor from gasoline), Italian (gas), Manx (gas), Papiamen (gas), Scottish (bough, gas, stalk, stem of a herb, twig), Serbo-Croatian (gas), Spanish (gas), Swedish (gas, gauze), Tagalog (gas). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If you guys know so much about women, how come you're here at like the Gas 'n' Sip on a Saturday night completely alone drinking beers with no women anywhere (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) It ain't got no gas in it. (Sling Blade; writing credit: Charles Chaplin) It's gas. (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost) What I want out of each and every one of you is a hard target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse in that area (The Fugitive; writing credit: Jeb Stuart, David Twohy) Do you, like, anally rape my mother while pouring sugar in my gas tank (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) | |
Lyrics | And I'm runnin' out of gas, (Extra Ordinary; performing artist: Better Than Ezra) Fast when it comes to the gas (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet) Once I had a love and it was a gas ("Heart of Glass"; performing artist: Blondie) Hit the gas, take the wheel (Everyday; performing artist: Bon Jovi) Out by the gas fires of the refinery ("Born in the U.S.A."; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) | |
Clever | Synthetic natural gas (references; author: unknown) Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft (references; author: unknown) When you smell an odorless gas, it is probably carbon monoxide. (references; author: unknown) Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there? (references; author: unknown) Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Camping Gas (1969) Amor a todo gas (1969) All Gas and Gaiters (1966) Canada: Low Temperature Gas (1963) Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947) | |
Song Titles | Classical Gas (Instrumental) (performing artist: Mason Williams) | |
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 | Pictured is a sophisticated gas chromatography system. This records concentrations of acrylonitrile in the air at various points throughout the chemical laboratory. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Dr. Robert H. Huffaker is testing what will be an air-tight cabinet, by introducing Freon gas, and using a GE Halogen gas detector in order to detect any leakage of the contained gas. Credit: CDC. |
 | Vent Flowing Cold Gas and T/C Rake. Credit: NASA. |  | When 19th century astronomer Sir John Herschel spied a swirling cloud of gas with a hole ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a breathtaking backdrop for the self-destruction of a ... Credit: NASA. |  | Columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust in M16, the Eagle Nebula. Credit: NASA. |
 | Closer view of the leftmost "pillar" of interstellar hydrogen gas and dust in M16, the Eagle Nebula. Credit: NASA. |  | Gas stations are few and far between Bush plane operations in Alaska. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Early steel gas pipe tower built by the Lake Survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Burning off marsh south of New Orleans to improve next year's growth. Numerous canals are in this area for oil and gas exploration. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| "Full of Gas" by Vinicius Caldo Commentary: "Tanque cheio." | "Gas station curb" by Val Head Commentary: "Curb with metal trim taken at a gas station." |
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 | Gas station attendant bell rings twice; ding ding, ding ding. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Baudelaire | True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin. |
Earl Nightingale | The success is the man who runs the corner gas station because that was his dream -- that's what he wanted to do. |
Earl Wilson | Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas. |
Henry Ward Beecher | God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. |
Hugh Grant | I had one guy at a gas station in New York say to me, "Hey, you look like Hugh Grant. No offense." |
Steven Wright | I drove past a gas station the other day. There were two signs in the window; "Help Wanted", "Self Service". So, I went in and hired myself. Made myself the boss. I took all the money and I left. |
| I once got pulled over and the cop said, "Why were you going so fast?" I said, "Why? Because I had my foot to the floor. Sends more gas through the carbourator. Makes the engine go faster. The whole car just takes off like that." | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It is understood that the French Government preserves its right to prohibit in the future in the territories referred to in Article 51 all new German participation: (1) In the management or exploitation of the public domain and of public services, such as railways, navigable waterways, water works, gas works, electric power, etc.; (2) In the ownership of mines and quarries of every kind and in enterprises connected therewith; (3) In metallurgical establishments, even though their working may not be connected with that of any mine. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | But soon the gas would be lit and in burning it made a light noise like a little song |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They found the hole, dipped a rag in the gas tank and washed the tube around the hole |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Gas exchange is the primary function of the lungs. (references) | |
Beano has no effect on gas caused by lactose or fiber. (references) | ||
Their lungs are therefore unable to perform gas exchange. (references) | ||
Business | Camisea is the largest gas deposit in Latin America. (references) | |
Brazil is strong mainly in pipes and gas containers. (references) | ||
The Czech Republic is fully dependent on gas and oil imports. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Panama | When protests turned violent, police responded with tear gas. (references) |
Burkina Faso | In August 2000, police used tear gas to disperse demonstrating refugees. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | Police reportedly beat and used tear gas on the supporters and arrested one MDC supporter. (references) | |
Economic History | India | India has huge gas deficits. (references) |
Qatar | All these industries use gas for fuel. (references) | |
Yemen | Marib oil contains associated natural gas. (references) | |
Human Rights | Somalia | On June 13, an armed group abducted a TNA member, Mohammed Abdi Gas, in Mogadishu. (references) |
Pakistan | Later that month, police used batons and deployed tear gas during a rally of businessmen. (references) | |
Russia | Gas and water supply facilities and other types of infrastructure also were damaged severely. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Ecuador | Indigenous groups demanded a freeze in the price of fuel, increased social spending, and subsidies for cooking gas and transportation. (references) |
Political Economy | Ukraine | Areas of particular strain involve energy supplies and gas transit. (references) |
Qatar | These include education, trade, defense as well as oil and natural gas. (references) | |
Trade | India | Special programs are also available for contractors, exporters, and oil and gas projects. (references) |
Qatar | Qatar's Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry is a product of Japanese financing programs. (references) | |
Russia | Exim's Oil and Gas Framework Agreement relies on pledges of exported oil to guarantee loans. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | At the airport, next to the Shell Gas Station. (references) |
Lithuania | Unleaded gas is available in every gasoline station in the country. (references) | |
Denmark | The port of Esbjerg is the center for off-shore oil and gas activities in Denmark. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Djibouti | Police used tear gas and clubs to break up the strike. (references) |
Ecuador | On July 26, police blocked a protest strike by health workers using tear gas. (references) | |
United Arab Emirates | In Sharjah three workers died from toxic gas inhalation while they were cleaning a sewer. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SYLPH, n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer gas and similar products of civilization. Sylphs were allied to gnomes, nymphs and salamanders, which dwelt, respectively, in earth, water and fire, all now insalubrious. Sylphs, like fowls of the air, were male and female, to no purpose, apparently, for if they had progeny they must have nested in accessible places, none of the chicks having ever been seen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Zip in, slide the card, pump the gas and go. |
Rush Limbaugh | Although it is not yet known whether this is a worldwide phenomenon or commercially important, the new discovery suggests there may be far more oil and gas within the Earth's core than previously thought. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Taking a longer look ail and gas is still declining. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Price decontrol for oil and gas is proceeding. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Last year, the Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention to protect our soldiers and citizens from poison gas. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Iraq has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes and other equipment needed for gas centrifuges, which are used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Gas" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.50% of the time. "Gas" is used about 7,320 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) | 99.5% | 7,283 | 1,326 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.41% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.07% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7,320 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Argentina | DISTRIB. DE GAS CUYANA S.A. | Australia | Australian Gas Light Co. |
| Brazil | Companhia de Gas de Sao Paulo - COMGAS | Canada | BC Gas Incorporated |
| Chile | Cia de Consumidores de Gas de Santiago | Hong Kong | The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Limited |
| Hungary | Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC | India | Gas Authority of India Limited |
| Italy | Azienda Mediterranea Gas Acqua (AMGA) | Japan | Chubu Gas Company Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Gas, KS (city, FIPS 25975) |
Expressions using "gas": active gas ♦ actual gas ♦ Air gas ♦ associated gas ♦ average energy expended in a gas per ion pair formed ♦ Blood Gas Analysis ♦ blow gas ♦ blowing gas ♦ bottle of liquefied petroleum gas ♦ bottled gas ♦ bottled inert gas ♦ butane gas ♦ calor gas ♦ camping gas ♦ carbon monoxide gas ♦ carbonic acid gas ♦ Carbureted hydrogen gas ♦ carburetted water gas ♦ casing head gas ♦ casinghead gas ♦ chemical gas ♦ choking gas ♦ city gas ♦ cleaned gas ♦ closed respiratory gas system ♦ coal gas ♦ combat gas ♦ combination gas ♦ commit suicide by gas ♦ compressed gas ♦ condense gas ♦ cook by gas ♦ cook with gas ♦ cracked gas ♦ crude gas ♦ current gas ♦ Detonating gas ♦ dirty gas ♦ dissolved natural gas ♦ drenaje por expansión del gas disuelto ♦ East Midlands Gas Board ♦ exhaust gas ♦ extinction using gas ♦ extract gas from ♦ extraneous gas ♦ fat gas ♦ flue gas ♦ foreign gas ♦ foul gas ♦ fuel gas ♦ furnace gas ♦ gas adsorption chromatography ♦ gas assisted laser ♦ Gas battery ♦ gas bill ♦ gas bomb ♦ gas bottle ♦ gas bracket ♦ gas bubble ♦ gas burner ♦ gas can ♦ Gas carbon ♦ gas cavity ♦ gas chamber ♦ gas chromatography ♦ Gas City ♦ Gas coal ♦ Gas coke ♦ gas company ♦ gas compressor ♦ gas conduction ♦ gas constant ♦ gas cooker ♦ gas cylinder ♦ gas detector ♦ gas discharge ♦ gas discharge laser ♦ gas distillate ♦ gas doping ♦ gas dryer ♦ gas dynamics ♦ gas embolism ♦ gas engine ♦ gas engines ♦ gas equation ♦ Gas exchange ♦ gas extracting valve ♦ gas filter ♦ gas fire ♦ gas fired ♦ gas fitter ♦ gas fitting ♦ gas fittings ♦ gas fixture ♦ gas flaring ♦ gas formation ♦ gas furnace ♦ Gas Gangrene ♦ gas gauge ♦ gas generation ♦ Gas generator. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "gas": gas-alarm, gas-alert, gas-attack, gas-bag, gas-blast, gas-bracket, gas-bubbles, Gas-burner, gas-burners, gas-burning, gas-cap, gas-carrying, gas-charged, gas-cleaning, gas-cloud, gas-clouds, gas-condensing, gas-cooker, gas-cooled, gas-cooled reactor, gas-detection, gas-discharge lamp, gas-discharge tube, gas-engine-driven, gas-exchange, gas-filled, gas-fire, gas-fired, gas-fitter, gas-flame, gas-flares, gas-flaring, gas-flushed, gas-free, gas-fuelled, gas-furnace, gas-furnaces, gas-generated, gas-generating, gas-generative, gas-guns, gas-guzzlers, gas-guzzling, gas-handling, gas-head, gas-holder, gas-insulated, gas-jet, gas-jets, gas-laden, gas-lamp, gas-lamps, gas-leakage, gas-led, gas-lid, gas-light, gas-lighter, gas-lighting, gas-lights, gas-liquid, gas-lit, gas-main, gas-making, gas-man, gas-mantle, gas-mask, gas-masks, gas-merchant, gas-meter, gas-meter disc, gas-monitoring, gas-oil, gas-operated, gas-output, gas-peril, gas-phase, gas-pipe, gas-plant, gas-poisoned, gas-poor, gas-powered, gas-pressure, gas-producer, gas-producing, gas-prone, gas-proof, gas-proof shelter, gas-raising, gas-reduction, gas-related, gas-rich, gas-ring, gas-rings, gas-sensitive, gas-separation, gas-shell, gas-shelter, gas-solid, gas-sponsored, gas-spray, gas-stove, gas-tight, gas-turbine, gas-turbine ship, gas-valve, gas-versus-coal, gas-wise, gas-works. | |
Ending with "gas": flue-gas, soil-gas, syn-gas, tear-gas. | |
Containing "gas": anti-gas defense, anti-gas mask, liquid-gas stove, producer-gas unit, water-gas-tar. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gas grill | 4,965 | gas furnace | 388 |
gas scooter | 4,266 | gas barbecue | 369 |
gas | 2,017 | southern california gas company | 350 |
natural gas | 1,788 | gas mileage | 320 |
gas powered scooter | 1,220 | washington gas | 304 |
gas mask | 1,117 | gas monitor | 303 |
gas fireplace | 1,067 | columbia gas | 302 |
oil and gas | 1,012 | carbon dioxide gas hydroponics plant sensor | 293 |
natural gas grill | 970 | gas rc car | 293 |
gas station | 823 | gas credit card | 283 |
gas price | 808 | southwest gas | 280 |
gas company | 714 | for sale gas station | 278 |
weber gas grill | 673 | gas barbecue grill | 270 |
gas range | 614 | gas log | 268 |
pacific gas and electric | 541 | portable gas grill | 256 |
gas pump | 532 | co2 gas sensor | 250 |
gas stove | 488 | gas georgia natural | 231 |
gas tank | 477 | brinkman gas grill | 227 |
natural gas price | 457 | cheap gas scooter | 225 |
gas card | 401 | gas powered rc car | 220 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "gas"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | gas (guest). (various references) | |
Albanian | gazra, gazoj (aerate, carbonate), gaz i djegshëm, gaz (cheer, cheerfulness, exhilaration, fluid, fume, gaiety, glee, jamboree, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, liveliness, merriment, merriness, mirth, rattle, rollick, sunshine, tittup, waggery), nxjerr gazra, i gaztë (fluid, gaseous, gasiform, gassy), helmoj me gaz, benzinë (fuel, gasoline, juice, petrol). (various references) | |
Arabic | غاز مخدر, غاز (invader), سمم بالغاز, زود بالغاز, إنتحر بالغاز, أطلق غازا, ثرثرة (babble, blab, blabber, boastfulness, breeze, cackle, chat, chatter, clatter, gab, gabble, garrulity, gibberish, jabber, jactitation, logorrhea, loquacity, patter, prate, prattle, rattle, talkativeness, tattler, tittle tattle, twaddle, yap), ثرثر (babble, blab, blabber, bluster, chatter, clack, clatter, crack, gabble, gibber, give oneself airs, gossip, jabber, jangle, jaw, natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, quack, rap, rumble, shoot one's mouth off, smatter, talk, tattle, twaddle, twitter, yap), بنزين (gasoline, petrol). (various references) | |
Asturian | gasolinera (gas station). (various references) | |
Bemba | apakushita amafuta yamumotoka (gas station). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | обгазявам, плямпам (babble, chat, prate, prattle), петрол (black gold, kerosene, oil, petrol), празни приказки (babble, eyewash, flim-flam, froth, fudge, jazz, natter, palaver, patter, piffle, talk, tittle tattle, twaddle, wind, yack), пълня с бензин, бензин (benzine, gasoline, juice, petrol), изпускам газ, насищам с газ, светилен газ (coal gas), отделям газ, газ (fluid, gauze, kerosene, naphtha, oil, petrol, petroleum, wind), газов (gaseous), гризу (firedamp), райски газ (laughing gas), смехотворен газ, боен отровен газ. (various references) | |
Catalan | gas. (various references) | |
Cebuano | gasolinahan (gas station). (various references) | |
Chinese | 煤氣 (coal gas), 瓦斯 , 氣體 , 氣 (air, smell, to be enraged, to get angry, to make sb. angry, vital breath, weather), 气体 (gaseous, Gases), 气 (air, anger), 汽油 (gasoline). (various references) | |
Czech | tlachat (blab, cackle, chatter, jaw, palaver, talk, tittle tattle, waffle, yap), tlachání (cackle, gab, palaver, talk, twaddle, waffle), plyn, kecat (drivel, piffle), benzín (fuel, gasoline, juice, petrol), žvanit (babble, blab, burble, cackle, gabble, natter, palaver, pettifog, piffle, prate, prattle, rattle, spout, talk, tattle, tittle tattle, twaddle, waffle, yap), žvanìní (cackle, chatter, chitchat, claptrap, double talk, flapdoodle, flubdub, gab, piffle, prate, prattle, rigmarole, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wind). (various references) | |
Danish | gas. (various references) | |
Dutch | gas. (various references) | |
Esperanto | gaso. (various references) | |
Faeroese | gass. (various references) | |
Farsi | گازمعده , گازدارکردن , گاز (Bite), اتومبیل رابنزین زدن , بنزین (Gasolene), بخار (Haze, Reek, Steam), باگازخفه کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | kaasu. (various references) | |
French | gaz, essence (gasolene, gasoline). (various references) | |
Frisian | gas. (various references) | |
German | Gas (accelerator, gas pedal, vapor, vapour), Benzin (benzine, fuel, gasoline, gasoline [AE], lighter fuel, petrol). (various references) | |
Greek | αέριο (fume). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להרעיל בגאז, אד (fume, mist, steam, vapor, vapour), גאז, בנזין (benzene, gasoline, petrol). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gáz (pits). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gas (vapor from gasoline). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | uqsuqtaaqvik (gas station). (various references) | |
Irish | peitril. (various references) | |
Italian | gas, benzina (benzine, fuel, gasolene, gasoline, petrol). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 瓦斯 , 噴気 , 気体 (vapour), ガザ地区 (aluminum-foil burner liner, foreign worker, gadget, gadget bag, gas bomb, gas chromatography, gas mask, gas station, gas turbine, gasket, gastrocamera, gastronomic, gastronomist, gastronomy, Gaza Strip). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がす (to bend down, to bow down, to lie prostrate), きたい (anticipation, curious, danger, distress, expectation, fuselage, hope, jeopardy, queer, rare, strange, strange or odd posture or figure, uncommon, vapour), ふんき (rousing oneself, stirring), ガス . (various references) | |
Korean | 가스 (Gases). (various references) | |
Macedonian | benzinska pumpa (gas station). (various references) | |
Manx | skeaylley gas caggee, mooghey lesh gas, gassaghey (aerate, aeration), gas, cur gas da. (various references) | |
Mohawk | tsi kenhyenahninons (gas station). (various references) | |
Norwegian | gass. (various references) | |
Papiamen | gas. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | asgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gás (fume). (various references) | |
Provencal | estacion d'esséncia (gas station). (various references) | |
Romanian | gaza (aerate), gaz (gauze, gossamer, paraffin, petroleum), gazometru, motor cu combustie internã, mascã de gaze (aspirator, respirator), introduce gaz, robinet de gaz, substanţã gazoasã, sitã pentru lampã cu gaz aerian, asfixia cu gaze, duce cu vorba (out-jockey), conductã de gaz (gas pipe), camerã de gazare, benzinã (benzine, gasoline, petrol), bec de gaz, duce pe cineva de nas. (various references) | |
Romansch | benzin. (various references) | |
Russian | горючее (combustibles, fuel, fuelling), газовый (dampy, gaseous, vapoury), газировать (aerate, aerify), газ газовый (gaz), газ (voile), выделять газ, отравлять газом, метан (marsh gas, methane), болтовня (badinage, banter, blether, cackle, chat, chatter, chitchat, clatter, confabulation, footle, gab, gammon, gassing, gossip, gup, hubble bubble, jive, mag, patter, piffle, rattle, spiels, tattle, tittle tattle, twaddle, waffle, wish-wash), бензин (benzine, gasolene, gasoline, juice, petrol). (various references) | |
Samoan | fale pamu kesi (gas station). (various references) | |
Scottish | gas (bough, stalk, stem of a herb, twig). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gasni (gassy), gas, zatrovati bojnim otrovima, plinski, benzinski, benzin (benzine, gasoline, petrol). (various references) | |
Spanish | gas (Senior Advisory Group). (various references) | |
Swedish | gas (gauze), bensin (benzine, gasolene, gasoline, juice, petrol, petroleum), prat (buzz, cackle, chatter, gab, palaver, talk, talking, wind), gasa. (various references) | |
Tagalog | gas. (various references) | |
Thai | เติมแก๊ซ, ก๊าซ, ฆ่าด้วยแก๊ส. (various references) | |
Turkish | gaz (aero-, exhalation, fuel gas, gaseous, oil), grizu (damp, firedamp, foul air), gaz vermek (give the engine the gun, gun up, root for), gaz pedalı (accelerator), övünmek (be proud, be proud of, boast, brag, crow, exult, glory, pique oneself on smth., plume oneself on, plume oneself upon, praise oneself, pride oneself, pride oneself on, sing one's own praises, sport, talk big, vapor, vapour, vaunt), atıp tutma (rant), atıp tutmak (drow the long bow, rant, romance), benzin (benzine, benzoline, fuel, gasolene, gasoline, juice, petrol), benzin almak (gas up, refuel, tank up), övünme (big talk, blow, boast, boasting, bounce, brag, bragging, egotism, rodomontade, self praise, vaunt), eğlenceli şey, saçmalamak (blah blah, blather, blether, drivel, drool, flap, gab, piffle, rave, rot, talk nonsense, talk through one's hat, talk wild, twaddle, waffle, yap), hava civa, havagazı (coal gas, lighting gas, town gas), matrak şey, boş lâf (applesauce, babble, balderdash, bosh, bunkum, comment, empty words, falderal, fiddle, fiddle-de-dee, flimflam, flubdub, flummery, froth, fudge, gab, galimatias, garbage, guff, haver, hokum, hooey, hot air, inanity, jazz, lark, moonshine, palaver, poppycock, punk, routine, small talk, talky-talk, tripe, vaporings, vapourings, waffle, wind, wishy-wash). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gaz (goose). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | газ (fluid, gauze), отруювати газом, наповнювати газом, бензин (benzine, gasolene, gasoline, petrol). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | khí khí thắp, chuyện tầm phào (fiddle-faddle, fudge, gossipry, prate, tattle, tittle-tattle). (various references) | |
Welsh | nwy. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | khaos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gas": gasalier, gasaliers, gasbag, gasbags, gascon, gasconade, gasconaded, gasconader, gasconaders, gasconades, gasconading, gascons, gaselier, gaseliers, gaseous, gaseousness, gaseousnesses, gases, gash, gashed, gasher, gashes, gashest, gashing, gasholder, gasholders, gashouse, gashouses, gasification, gasifications, gasified, gasifier, gasifiers, gasifies, gasiform, gasify, gasifying, gasket, gaskets, gaskin, gasking, gaskings, gaskins, gasless, gaslight, gaslights, gaslit, gasman, gasmen, gasogene, gasogenes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "gas": agas, ajugas, algas, amigas, angas, anhingas, avgas, belgas, belugas, biogas, bisnagas, biznagas, bodegas, bubingas, chimichangas, congas, daggas, degas, dongas, fanegas, fangas, gigas, lingas, malangas, mamaligas, massasaugas, mridangas, omegas, outgas, pangas, quaggas, ragas, rutabagas, sagas, saigas, sangas, senegas, seringas, sevrugas, syngas, syringas, taigas, teargas, telegas, togas, tongas, vigas, virgas, yogas, yugas. (additional references) | |
Words containing "gas": avgases, avgasses, bagass, bagasse, bagasses, biogases, biogasses, degases, degassed, degasser, degassers, degasses, degassing, digastric, enterogastrone, enterogastrones, epigastric, ergastic, ergastoplasm, ergastoplasmic, ergastoplasms, flabbergast, flabbergasted, flabbergasting, flabbergastingly, flabbergasts, galligaskins, hypogastric, ligase, ligases, megascopic, megascopically, megasporangia, megasporangium, megaspore, megaspores, megasporic, megasporogeneses, megasporogenesis, megasporophyll, megasporophylls, megass, megasse, megasses, megastar, megastars, monogastric, multiorgasmic, nasogastric, nongaseous, nonorgasmic. (additional references) | |
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"Gas" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agass, agj, ags, agvs, agw, Bgas, Cgis, gaas, gac, gaes, gaess, Gafsa, gah, gai, gais, Gaisf, Gaiso, gaj, gak, gams, gaos, gaq, gasa, gase, gask, gasm, gaso, gass, gasy, Gaus, gav, Gavs, gaw, gax, gaz, Gazso, geas, geass, geaus, geq, ges, gesk, gesy, gez, gfa, gfsa, Ghaus, Giac, gias, gic, giq, gis, Gisa, gisy, giw, gix, giz, gizz, glas, gma, gmac, Gmax, gms, gnac, gnaes, gnaz, gns, goac, goas, goc, gosu, gpass, gs, gsa, gsd, gse, gsm, gss, gta, gus, gusa, gusk, guss, gwa, gwas, Gxa, gys, ngas, ogas, uas, ygas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gas" (pronounced ga"s) |
| 2 | -a" s | alas, amass, ass, bass, bras, brass, chasse, class, crass, glass, grass, harass, impasse, lass, last, mass, Masse, morass, pass, Ras, repass, sass, surpass, Tass. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sag. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-s" | |
-1 letter: ag, as. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-s" | |
+1 letter: agas, ages, bags, dags, fags, gabs, gads, gaes, gags, gals, gams, gaps, gars, gash, gasp, gast, gats, gays, goas, hags, jags, lags, mags, nags, rags, saga, sage, sago, sags, sagy, sang, scag, shag, skag, slag, snag, stag, swag, tags, wags, zags. | |
+2 letters: aegis, agars, agers, aghas, agios, agism, agist, agmas, agons, agues, algas, angas, angst, argus, avgas, bangs, brags, cages, clags, crags, dagos, dangs, degas, drags, egads, fangs, flags, frags, gadis, gaffs, gages, gains, gaits, galas, gales, galls, gamas, gambs, games, gamps, gangs, gaols, gapes, garbs, gases, gasps, gassy, gasts, gates, gauds, gaums, gaurs, gauss, gawks, gawps, gawsy, gazes, gears, getas, ghast, ghats, gigas, glads, glans, glass, glias, gnars, gnash, gnats, gnaws, goads, goals, goats, grabs, grads, grams, grans, grasp, grass, grays, guans, guars, hangs, jaggs, kagus, mages, magus, ogams, pages, pangs, peags, quags, ragas, rages, ragis, sagas, sager, sages, saggy, sagos, sagum, saiga, sanga, sangh, sarge, saugh, scags, scrag, shags, sigma, skags, slags, slang, snags, spang, sprag, stage, stags, stagy, staig, stang, sugar, swage, swags, swang, tangs, togas, usage, vagus, vangs, vigas, wages, yagis, yangs, yogas, yugas. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Company Usage 18. Cities 19. Expressions 20. Expressions: Internet | 21. Translations: Modern 22. Translations: Ancient 23. Abbreviations 24. Acronyms | 25. Derivations 26. Rhymes 27. Anagrams 28. Bibliography |
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