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HUMIDIFIER

Specialty Definition: HUMIDIFIER

DomainDefinition

Personal Care & Hotels

A device to add moisture to air. Source: European Union. (references)

Energy

A device used to maintain a specified humidity in a conditioned space. (references)

Food & Agriculture

A special chamber where timber is exposed to saturated steam at 100 degrees Celsius so as to reduce collapse and distortion. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

A machine that puts moisture in the air. (references)

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

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Crosswords: HUMIDIFIER

Specialty definitions using "HUMIDIFIER": CHECKER-INHUMIDIFIER OPERATORPRESS BREAKERSCREEN HANDLERTREATING-PLANT OPERATOR. (references)
Non-English Usage: "HUMIDIFIER" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (dampen, humidify, moisten, moisturize).

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Commercial Usage: HUMIDIFIER

DomainTitle

Books

  • The U.S. Humidifier Market [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: HUMIDIFIER

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Use a humidifier at night. (references)

You may get some relief from your symptoms with a humidifier, particularly if room air in your home is heated by a dry forced-air system. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: HUMIDIFIER

"HUMIDIFIER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "HUMIDIFIER" is used about 9 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)88.89%8124,375
Noun (proper)11.11%1339,140
                    Total100.00%9N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HUMIDIFIER

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
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

humidifier

648

trion humidifier

17

holmes humidifier

80

autoflo humidifier

17

honeywell humidifier

58

nortec humidifier

16

cigar humidifier

56

aprilaire humidifier filter

16

aprilaire humidifier

55

humidifier pad

15

ultrasonic humidifier

54

humidifier solution

15

humidifier filter

52

humidifier cleaner

14

furnace humidifier

34

carrier humidifier part

14

duracraft humidifier

29

wholehouse humidifier

14

holmes humidifier filter

27

general humidifier filter

14

cool mist humidifier

26

bemis humidifier

14

hunter humidifier

25

600 aprilaire humidifier

14

general humidifier

24

autoflo humidifier part

13

room humidifier

23

humidifier pad skuttle

13

honeywell humidifier filter

22

700 aprilaire humidifier

13

air humidifier

22

humidifier pad wholehouse

13

home humidifier

20

vicks humidifier

13

skuttle humidifier

20

humidifier chemical

13

humidifier part

19

skuttle humidifier part

13

armstrong humidifier

17

skuttle humidifier filter

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HUMIDIFIER

Language Translations for "HUMIDIFIER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

овлажнител. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

润湿器. (various references)

   

Danish

  

rekonditioneringsanlaeg (reconditioner), opfugtningsanlaeg (reconditioner), luftbefugtningsapparat, luftbefugter (damper, moistener), dampanlaeg, befugter (croupaire, damper, moistener, nebulizer). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

reconditioneringsruimte (reconditioner), luchtbevochtiger (damper, moistener), dampdoseerder, bevochtigingsinrichting (damper, moistener), bevochtigingsapparaat, bevochtiger (damper, moistener, surface active agent, wetting agent). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ilmankostutin. (various references)

   

French

  

humidificateur, saturateur, chambre de reconditionnement, chambre reconditionner, appareil humidificateur. (various references)

   

German

  

luftbefeuchter (damper, moistener). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συσκευή αύξησης της υγρασίας (damper, moistener), υγροποιητής (damper, moistener), θάλαμος επαναδιορθώσεως υγρασίας (reconditioner). (various references)

   

Italian

  

umidificatore (damper, moistener). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

湿器 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かしつき. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

가습기. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

luftfukter. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umidifierhay

   

Portuguese

  

humidificador (damper, moistener), câmara de recondicionamento (reconditioner). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

увлажнитель (moisturizer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

humectador (damper, moistener), dispositivo de humidificación, cámara de reacondicionamiento (reconditioner). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

luftfuktare. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

máy giữ độ ẩm không khí, cái l m ẩm. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: HUMIDIFIER

Derivations

Words beginning with "HUMIDIFIER": humidifiers. (additional references)

Words ending with "HUMIDIFIER": dehumidifier. (additional references)

Words containing "HUMIDIFIER": dehumidifiers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"HUMIDIFIER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: humidifer, humidifyer. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "HUMIDIFIER"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "HUMIDIFIER" (pronounced hyuwmi"dufī'er)
4-u f ī' eramplifier, emulsifier, fortifier, identifier, magnifier, pacifier, purifier, qualifier, rectifier.
3-f ī' erbonfire, campfire, ceasefire, crossfire, foxfire, gunfire, wildfire.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: HUMIDIFIER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-f-h-i-i-i-m-r-u"

-2 letters: humified.

-3 letters: iridium.

-4 letters: firmed, fumier, humeri.

-5 letters: demur, dimer, femur, fermi, fired, fremd, fried, fumed, fumer, hider, hired, humid, imide, medii, mired, mured, murid, rheum, rimed.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-f-h-i-i-i-m-r-u"
 

+1 letter: humidifiers.

 

+2 letters: dehumidifier.

 

+3 letters: dehumidifiers.

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

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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