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Definitions: Leaded |
LeadedAdjective1. (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead; "leaded windowpanes". 2. Treated or mixed with lead; "leaded gasoline"; "leaded zinc". 3. (printing) having thin strips of lead between the lines of type. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "leaded" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Antonym: unleaded (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Leaded |
| English words defined with "leaded": Jag bolt ♦ leaded bronze, leaded gasoline. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "leaded": diver assistant, DIVER HELPER, diver tender ♦ Fuel Switching ♦ leaded fuel, leaded motor gasoline, leaded zinc oxide, life-line attendant ♦ Motor gasoline ♦ open matter. (references) |
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Business | Tighter regulations included a January 1, 2000 deadline of the production, sale, and use of leaded and poor-quality gasoline in vehicles. (references) | |
Italy has made a move to address this situation by banning the sale of leaded fuel from January 1, 2002, in conformation with EU regulations. (references) | ||
In addition to the leaded fuel ban, products which "clean up" tailpipe emissions could also cause a potential increase in the market for fuel additives. (references) | ||
Economic History | Indonesia | Indonesia's continued use of leaded gasoline compounds Jakarta's transport-related air pollution problem. (references) |
Vietnam | Perhaps the most notable environmental achievement of 2001 was the passage of new laws so that since July 1, 2001, the use of leaded gasoline was prohibited throughout Vietnam. (references) | |
Italy | On January 1, 2002 sales of leaded fuel will be banned in Italy, which will boost the renewal of the automotive fleet (with positive effects on OE sales) because of the need to eliminate some of the 15 million vehicles not equipped with catalytic converters. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | Fuel prices: Diesel and local premium, which is the same as leaded regular in the U.S., can be purchased at fuel stations in the city. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Leaded" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Leaded" is used about 124 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 124 | 28,785 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "leaded": leaded bronze ♦ leaded fuel ♦ leaded gasoline ♦ leaded gasoline(1,2) ♦ leaded motor gasoline ♦ leaded zinc oxide. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "leaded": leaded-light. | |
Ending with "leaded": black-leaded. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "leaded"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 行间空 特别大. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | olovnatý, okovaný (hobnailed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skudt sats (leaded matter), blyzinkhvidt (leaded zinc oxide), blymessing (leaded brass), blyindfattet rude (leaded light), blyholdigt bronze (leaded bronze), blyholdig motorbenzin (leaded motor gasoline), blyholdig benzin (leaded fuel, leaded petrol), blyfri benzin (clear gasoline, lead-free gasoline, leadless gasoline, net gasoline, non-leaded gasoline, non-leaded petrol, unleaded gasoline, unleaded petrol, white gasoline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | loodmessing (leaded brass), loodhoudende benzine (leaded fuel, leaded petrol), loodbrons voor lagerschalen (leaded bronze), tekst met interlinies (leaded matter), glas-in-loodraam (leaded light), glas-in-lood (leaded light), gelode benzine (lead gasoline, leaded gasoline(1, leaded motor gasoline), condensator met uitlopers (leaded capacitor), condensator met aansluitingen (leaded capacitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lyijytön bensiini (clear gasoline, lead-free gasoline, leadless gasoline, net gasoline, non-leaded gasoline, non-leaded petrol, unleaded gasoline, unleaded petrol, white gasoline), lyijypitoinen polttoaine (leaded fuel), lyijyllinen moottoribensiini (leaded motor gasoline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | laiton au plomb (leaded brass), vitre sous plomb (leaded light), vitre dans resille (leaded light), vitrail (leaded light), texte interligné (leaded matter), oxyde de zinc plombifère (leaded zinc oxide), essence plombée (leaded motor gasoline, leaded petrol), essence plomb (leaded petrol), cordeaux sous plomb ou sous étain (leaded fuse), condensateur sorties (leaded capacitor), carburant plombé (lead gasoline, leaded gasoline(1), carburant au plomb (leaded fuel, leaded motor gasoline), bronze au plomb (leaded bronze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verbleit (plumbs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κν.βιτρό (leaded light), κορδόνια καλυμμένα με μόλυβδο ή με κασσίτερο (leaded fuse, tinned fuse), μολυβδωμένο καύσιμο (lead gasoline, leaded gasoline(1), μολυβδούχα βενζίνη (lead gasoline, leaded gasoline(1), μολυβδούχο καύσιμο (leaded fuel), αραιωμένο κείμενο (leaded matter), διακοσμητικό υαλοστάσιο (leaded light), διαστιχωμένο κείμενο (leaded matter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vetrata (glass door, glass-window, glazing, leaded light), testo interlineato (leaded matter), ottone al piombo (leaded brass), cordone sotto piombo o sotto stagno (leaded fuse, tinned fuse), condensatore a terminali (leaded capacitor), combustibile con piombo (leaded fuel), bronzo al piombo (leaded bronze), bianco di zinco (non leaded zinc oxide, zinc oxide), benzina contenente piombo (leaded petrol), benzina al piombo (leaded motor gasoline, leaded petrol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鉛ガソリン (leaded gasoline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かえ"ガソリン (leaded gasoline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | med bly. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eadedlay intoxicado com chumbo, estudo (art, benefication, etylene glycol, prep, review, study), entrelinhado, com chumbo, chumbado. (various references) этилированный, освинцованный. (various references) llevado la delantera, llevado (kept), sobresalido, capitaneado, con plomo, dado (cubes, dice, die, dot, dowel, fleer, freewill, geranium, given, gratuity, jaw vice, laid, landed, taken, treat), dirigido (addressed, driven, guided, kept, led, looped, operated, turned), emplomado (lead coating, leading), encabezado (caption, fortification, head, heading, headlong, overhead), guiado (attitude control, guidance, guided, steering, trained), inducido (armature, inclined, induced, invited), acaudillado, sido primer violín de, sobresaliente (banner, conspicuous, distinction, exuberant, leading, outstanding, palmary, protruding, protrusive, salient, substitute, topflight), mandado (comission, defendant, drafted, errand, order), ocupado el primer lugar, ocupado el primer puesto, salido (departed, issued, left, taken), sido el jefe de, sido el primero en, ido a la cabeza de. (various references) blyinfattad. (various references) ที่มีสารตะกั่ว (น้ำมัน). (various references) kurşunlu (leady, plumbiferous). (various references) освинцьований. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "leaded": deleaded, impleaded, interpleaded, mispleaded, nonleaded, pleaded, repleaded, unleaded. (additional references) | |
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"Leaded" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Leada, Leadam, leade, leared, leedex, leied, Lemayev, lended, leode, levade, Levadia, Liadett, Liadov, Liardet, liganded, Loedemel, Lybardde. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "leaded" (pronounced le"dud) |
| 5 | l e" d u d | unleaded. |
| 4 | -e" d u d | bedded, beheaded, breaded, dreaded, embedded, headed, imbedded, shredded, threaded, wedded. |
| 3 | -d u d | abided, abounded, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, amended, appended, applauded, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, befriended, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, broadsided, brooded, candid, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, conceded, concluded, confided, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defended, defrauded, degraded, deluded, demanded, denuded, depended, derided, descended, disbanded, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dumbfounded, eluded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, exceeded, excluded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, extruded, exuded, faded, fended, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, guided, handed, hardheaded, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, hounded, impeded, imploded, impounded, included, intended, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, lauded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, pounded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, pretended, prided, proceeded, prodded, propounded, provided, raided, railroaded, rebounded, receded, recommended, recorded, redheaded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, resided, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seconded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, sounded, spearheaded, speeded, splendid, stampeded, stranded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, surrounded, suspended, tended, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, undecided, underfunded, underhanded, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unintended, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, weeded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: delead. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-l" | |
-1 letter: addle, dedal, deled, laded. | |
-2 letters: alee, dale, dead, deal, deed, dele, lade, lead. | |
-3 letters: add, ale, dad, dal, dee, del, eel, eld, lad, lea, led, lee. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, al, de, ed, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-l" | |
+1 letter: delated, delayed, deleads, ladened, medaled, pedaled, pleaded. | |
+2 letters: aldehyde, beddable, beladied, belauded, danegeld, deadlier, deadline, dealated, declared, declawed, defilade, deflated, defleaed, deglazed, deleaded, deleaved, deplaned, derailed, desalted, detailed, devalued, heralded, laddered, medalled, pedalled, redialed, reloaded, resaddle, treadled, unleaded. | |
+3 letters: aldehydes, bedabbled, bedazzled, begladded, bemedaled, danegelds, daredevil, datelined, deadliest, deadlines, decidable, declaimed, declassed, defaulted, defiladed, defilades, deleading, delegated, depilated, desolated, dewlapped, enfiladed, escaladed, gladdened, glandered, handseled, headlined, idealised, idealized, impleaded, laundered, leotarded, nonleaded, overladed, redialled, rehandled, repleaded, resaddled, resaddles, skedaddle, slandered. | |
+4 letters: addlepated, baldheaded, bandleader, bedraggled, bemedalled, bullheaded, calendared, calendered, chandelled, coolheaded, daredevils, deadlifted, deadliness, deadlocked, decadently, decollated, defalcated, defendable, defoliated, degradable, degradedly, delineated, demandable, demodulate, dependable, dependably, depravedly, detachedly, detailedly, detasseled, devaluated, displeased, disrelated, dovetailed, elucidated, endodermal, feudalized, fiddlehead, freeloaded, handselled, ladderlike, lavendered, longheaded, lunkheaded, maledicted, medullated, mispleaded, overloaded, pedestaled, saddlebred, saddleless, saddleries, saddlesore, saddletree, sidesaddle, skedaddled, skedaddler, skedaddles, stepladder, undeclared, unheralded. | |
+5 letters: addressable, adrenalized, adulterated, backpedaled, bandleaders, bladderlike, cleanhanded, clearheaded, coldhearted, daredevilry, deadeningly, debilitated, decalcified, decelerated, decimalized, dedicatedly, deescalated, deflagrated, deglaciated, delaminated, deliberated, delocalized, demodulated, demodulates, demoralized, depolarized, depopulated, deregulated, desalinated, desalinized, descrambled, detasselled, devitalized, devocalized, disentailed, edulcorated, engarlanded, fatheadedly, federalized, fiddleheads, griddlecake, hotheadedly, interlarded, leaderboard, levelheaded, lifeguarded, lightheaded, multiheaded, overhandled, overpedaled, overplaided, paraldehyde, pedestalled, philandered, pigheadedly, redisplayed, revalidated, saddlebreds, saddletrees, sidesaddles, skedaddlers, speedballed, stepladders, swellheaded, undecidable, undelegated, underlapped, underplayed, undervalued, unlaundered. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 61 64 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . .- -.. . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01100001 01100100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e a d e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 0061 0064 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)467167707170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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