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Labor Pains

Definition: Labor Pains

Labor Pains

Noun

1. 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 Pains

Synonyms: birth pangs (n), labour pains (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Labor Pains

English words defined with "labor pains": Laborsome. (references)
Etymologies containing "labor pains": Operose. (references)

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Modern Usage: Labor Pains

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Labor Pains (2000)

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

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Commercial Usage: Labor Pains

DomainTitle

Theater & Movies

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

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Photo Album: Labor Pains

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Don't make your growing pains labor pains.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Labor Pains

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

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.

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Modern Translations: Labor Pains

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.

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Anagrams: Labor Pains

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.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Labor Pains


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

4C 61 62 6F 72      50 61 69 6E 73

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

    

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

01001100 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110010 00100000 01010000 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#97 &#98 &#111 &#114 &#32 &#80 &#97 &#105 &#110 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 0062 006F 0072      0050 0061 0069 006E 0073

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

466768818425067758085

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INDEX

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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