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Definition: Labor Pains |
Labor PainsNoun1. A regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Labor PainsSynonyms: birth pangs (n), labour pains (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Labor Pains |
| English words defined with "labor pains": Laborsome. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "labor pains": Operose. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Labor Pains (2000) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Don't make your growing pains labor pains.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| 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 |
labor pains | 56 |
labor pains pregnancy | 8 |
false labor pains | 6 |
contraction labor pains | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "labor pains"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dhimbjet e lindjes (labor, labour, labour pains). (various references) | |
Arabic | الآم المخاض, الآم الولادة (labour pains). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | родилни мъки (labor, labour, labour pains, pains, parturition, throes, travail). (various references) | |
Czech | porodní bolesti (labor, labour, labour pains, parturition, throes). (various references) | |
French | peine de l'accouchement, douleurs de l'accouchement (labor, labour pains). (various references) | |
German | wehen (birth pangs, blow, contraction, drift, fly, labor, labour, labour pains, pains, to breeze, waft, wave), geburtswehen (birth pangs, labour pains, throes). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חבלי ל"" (labour pains, throes), צירי ל"" (birth pangs, labour pains, travail). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vajúdás (child birth, childbirth, labor, labour, labour pains, lying in, pain, pains, parturition, throes, travail), szülési fájdalmak (labour pains, pains, travail). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "痛 , "気 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さ"つう, さ"け. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aborlay ainspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trabalho feito sem remuneração. (various references) | |
Russian | роды (accouchement, child-bearing, childbed, childbirth, confinement, delivery, labour pains, lying in, parturition), родовые схватки (labour pains, pains), родовые муки (labour pains, throe, travail), потуги (labour pains). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | porođajni bolovi (labour pains, travail). (various references) | |
Spanish | dolores del parto (labor, labour, labour pains, pains, pangs of childbirth, travail). (various references) | |
Swedish | födslovärkar (labour pains), födslosmärtor. (various references) | |
Turkish | doğum sancıları (labour pain, labour pains, travail). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-i-l-n-o-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: panbroils. | |
-2 letters: abrasion, baronial, orinasal, panbroil, parboils. | |
-3 letters: abrosia, albinos, anopias, anopsia, bailors, basilar, basinal, bipolar, paisano, parasol, parboil, parians, piranas, prolans, salpian, solaria, soprani. | |
-4 letters: ablins, aboral, albino, aloins, anopia, aprons, arsino, bailor, bairns, barons, basion, blains, bonsai, borals, brails, brains, brasil, broils, isobar, labors, lanais, lapins, lianas, libras, lorans, nairas, narial, nasial, nopals, norias, orpins, paisan, palais, parian, parols, parson, pianos, pibals, pirana, plains, planar, polars, prions, prison, prolan, robins, sailor, salina, spinal, spinor, spiral, sporal, sprain. | |
-5 letters: aboil, abris, airns, alans, albas, alias, aloin, anils, anlas, anoas, apian, apron, arias, arils, arson, baals, bails, bairn, balas, balsa, banal, barns, baron, basal, basil, basin, binal, birls, bison, blain, blips, boars, boils, bolar, bolas, boral, boras, brail, brain, brans, brins, brios, broil, irons, laari, labia, labor, labra, lairs, lanai, lapin, lapis, laris, liana, liars, libra, linos, lions, liras, loans, lobar, loins, loran, loris, nabis, nails, naira, naris, nasal, nipas, noils, noirs, nopal, noria, noris, obias, opals, opsin, orals, ornis, orpin, pails, pains, pairs, paisa, paras, paris, parol, piano, pians, pibal, pilar, pinas, pions, pirns, plain, plans, polar, polis, porns, praos, prion, proas, psoai, raias, rails, rains, ranis, rials, roans, robin, roils, rosin, sabin, sabir, sabra, salon, salpa, sapor, saran, sarin, slain, snail, snarl, solan, solar, sonar, spail, spoil. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-i-l-n-o-p-r-s" | |
+3 letters: malabsorption. | |
+4 letters: malabsorptions, pentobarbitals, perambulations, phenobarbitals. | |
+5 letters: bipolarizations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 62 6F 72      50 61 69 6E 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110010 00100000 01010000 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a b o r   P a i n s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0062 006F 0072      0050 0061 0069 006E 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)466768818425067758085 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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