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Greasewood

Definitions: Greasewood

Greasewood

Noun

1. Low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "greasewood" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references)


Synonym: Greasewood

Synonym: black greasewood (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Greasewood, Arizona

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Greasewood is a town located in Navajo County, Arizona. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 581.

Geography


Greasewood is located at 35°31'32" North, 109°51'54" West (35.525467, -109.865005)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 13.8 km² (5.3 mi²). 13.8 km² (5.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census2 of 2000, there are 581 people, 126 households, and 106 families residing in the town. The population density is 42.0/km² (108.7/mi²). There are 182 housing units at an average density of 13.2/km² (34.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 2.41% White, 0.00% Black or African American, 97.07% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.17% from two or more races. 0.69% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 126 households out of which 49.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% are married couples living together, 22.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 15.1% are non-families. 13.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 2.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 4.12 and the average family size is 4.55. In the town the population is spread out with 47.2% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 16.2% from 45 to 64, and 2.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 19 years. For every 100 females there are 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 95.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $16,583, and the median income for a family is $20,234. Males have a median income of $28,333 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $5,490. 43.6% of the population and 42.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 47.5% are under the age of 18 and 35.3% 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 "Greasewood, Arizona."

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Crosswords: Greasewood

English words defined with "greasewood": black greasewood ♦ genus Sarcobatus ♦ Sarcobatus. (references)

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Modern Usage: Greasewood

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Greasewood Flat (2003)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Greasewood

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The little starved bushes, sage and greasewood, threw bold shadows on the sand and bits of rock.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Cities: Greasewood


1. Greasewood, AZ (CDP, FIPS 29430)
Location: 35.52802 N, 109.86009 W
Population (1990): 196 (77 housing units)
Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expression: Greasewood

Expression using "greasewood": black greasewood. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Greasewood

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

flats greasewood

16

greasewood

5

flat greasewood

4

arizona flats greasewood

3
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Derivations: Greasewood

Derivations

Words beginning with "greasewood": greasewoods. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Greasewood"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "greasewood" (pronounced grē"swuh'd)
4-s w uh' dboxwood.
3-w uh' dBlackwood, corkwood, Cottonwood, Dagwood, deadwood, devilwood, dogwood, driftwood, firewood, Greenwood, hardwood, heartwood, ironwood, Leatherwood, logwood, plywood, pulpwood, Redwood, rosewood, softwood, teakwood, Underwood, wildwood, Wormwood.

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Anagrams: Greasewood

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-o-o-r-s-w"

-2 letters: dowagers, ragweeds, wordages.

-3 letters: dogears, dowager, dragees, drawees, greased, ragweed, redowas, resawed, resowed, roadeos, wagered, wordage.

-4 letters: adores, agreed, agrees, dagoes, dewars, dogear, dosage, dowers, dowser, dragee, drawee, drowse, eagers, eagres, edgers, erased, erodes, geared, geodes, goosed, grades, grease, greeds, oreads, ragees, redoes, redowa, reseda, reweds, roadeo, rodeos, roosed, sarode, seadog, seared, sewage.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-g-o-o-r-s-w"
 

+1 letter: greasewoods.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Greasewood


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 72 65 61 73 65 77 6F 6F 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110011 01100101 01110111 01101111 01101111 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0072 0065 0061 0073 0065 0077 006F 006F 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

41847167857189818170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Cities
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet 		9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography 		13. Bibliography


  

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