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Li

Definitions: Li

Li

Adjective

1. Being one more than fifty.

Noun

1. A soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals.

2. Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers.

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

"Li" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a strength", "a plum", "black".

Date "li" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Li

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Li The country code for Liechtenstein. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

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

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Specialty Definition: Li

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Li

  1. A common transliteration of a few Chinese family names: See below.
  2. The symbol for the chemical element lithium.
  3. A Chinese unit of distance, 里(Li3), about 500 meters, 1/3 mile: in ancient times a li was 360 paces, or about 576 meters (古代以三百六十步為一里).
  4. An ethnic group 黎(Li2): see Li Chinese.
  5. The ritual 禮, the major principle of Confucianism.

Chinese family name

Li is a common transliteration of a few Chinese family names. The family names are unrelated to the Li Chinese minority group. Li can be the transliteration of 李 (pinyin Li3), the most common Chinese family name and often spelt as Lee, and other less common family names such as 黎 (Li2); 理 and 里 (Li3); 酈, 栗, 厲, 力, and 利 (Li4).

Prominent people with family name 李

Prominent people with family name 黎

Prominent people with family name 理

Prominent people with family name 里

Prominent people with family name 酈

Prominent people with family name 栗

Prominent people with family name 厲

Prominent people with family name 力

Prominent people with family name 利

Korean family name

Li is also a transliteration for several Korean family names.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Li."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Li

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

LI

DanishFyrstendømmet LiechtensteinGeography

LI

DutchVorstendom LiechtensteinGeography

LI

EnglishLouping illN/A

LI

FinnishLiechtensteinin ruhtinaskuntaGeography

LI

FrenchPrincipauté de LiechtensteinGeography, Law

LI

GermanFürstentum LiechtensteinGeography, Law

LI

GreekΛιχτενστάινGeography

LI

ItalianPrincipato di LiechtensteinGeography, Law

LI

PortugueseListenstaineGeography

LI

SpanishPrincipado de LiechtensteinGeography

LI

SwedishFurstendömet LiechtensteinGeography

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

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Synonyms: Li

Synonyms: fifty-one (adj), atomic number 3 (n), lithium (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Li

English words defined with "li": Li bellaTo hide the face from. (references)
Specialty definitions using "li": DislangHaricot MuttonIce Saints-lili dat, LisptalkPenitential Psalmstrioctahedral. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Li" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (flax, pox, small pox, smallpox, variola), Catalan (to you, you), Croatian (whether), Esperanto (he, him), Haitian Creole (it, that), Italian (at, at that place, over there, them, there, yon, yonder), Norwegian (hikside, hillside), Romanian (them), Wolof (what).

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Modern Usage: Li

DomainUsage

Screenplays

E, jebem li mu oca lopovskog (Maratonci trce pocasni krug; writing credit: Dusan Kovacevic)

Why don't I go to Ms. Li and expose this grade-changing arrangement? (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll)

I think I would rather ride a hundred miles in a car with Li Showron than attempt the three sixty. (CardCaptors; writing credit: Jennifer Pertsch)

Nafal li ha'internet al harosh (The internet fell on my head) (Burganim, Ha-; writing credit: Silvia Cardenas)

Lyrics

Li da di da di da li (Sexual (Li Da Di); performing artist: Amber)

GIve it all up for a little li li life (We Live; performing artist: Bosson)

Movie/TV Titles

Ding tian li di (1973)

Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro (1973)

Koreyim Li Shmil (1973)

Pi li quan (1972)

A kuca zvoni li zvoni (1971)

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

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Commercial Usage: Li

DomainTitle

References

  • Li & Fung Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Li Peng Enterprise: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Diaspora and Zionism in Jewish American Literature: Lazarus, Syrkin, Reznikoff, and Roth (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and li (reference)

  • Li Po and Tu Fu: Poems (Penguin Classics) (reference)

  • Qigong Teachings of a Taoist Immortal: The Eight Essential Exercises of Master Li Ching-Yun (reference)

  • The Selected Poems of Li Po (reference)

  • The Story of the Stone: A Master Li Novel (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Ashkenazy Observed:Episodes in the Li (reference)

  • Jet Li Collection (Fist of Legend/The Enforcer/Twin Warriors/The Defender) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  • Calegari - La resurrezione di Lazzaro / Academia de li Musici Bressan (reference)

  • The Lounge: A Superb Collection for Comfortable Li (reference)

  • Corsica: Mighela Cesari canta Michele Raffaelli - Di Li Venti, a Rosula (reference)

    (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

  

High Tech

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

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Image Slideshow: Li

Photos:
Li

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Li

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Photo Album: Li

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Shown are two separate head-shots of Roy Hertz (l), and Min Chiu Li (r).Credit: unknown photographer.

Min Chiu Li worked with Roy Hertz and treated choriocarcinoma with large doses of methotrexate. Li left NCI for NYC.Credit: Unknown photographer.

Dr. Li and Dr. Shaffer are conducting polio research in Montgomery, Alabama during a 1953 study.Credit: CDC.

Chaetodon fremblii Bennett. In: "The Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, with a General Account of the Fish Fauna", by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, for 1903. Part I. P. 574, Plate LI.Credit: Fisheries.

Pterois volitans (Linnaeus). In: "The Fishes of Samoa", by David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 25, 1905. P. 455, Plate LI.Credit: Fisheries.

Pl. LI. 187. Gigliolia Moseleyi, Goode and Bean. From Gunther, Challenger Report XXII. 188. Polyacanthonotus Rissoanus, (De Filippi and Verany), Gunther. From Vaillant, "Exped. Scient. du Travailleur et du Talisman." 189. MacDonaldia rostrata, (Collett), Goode and Bean. At N. Lat. 39.8, W. Lon. 70.5, in 963 fatho ms. 190. Lipogenys Gillii. At N. Lat. 37.8, W. Lon. 73.9, in 865 fathoms.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

"Oceanic Ichthyology...." descriptions to Plates XLVII to LI, Figures 173-190.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

The tangles. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate LI, p. 111.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Lazzaretto di S. Pancratio primo Lazzaretto che serui per li Brutti. / Inventati e date in Luce da Gio: Giacomo De Rossi in Roma.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

SIDA oumenm tou, ou kapab pran li se veye zo w'!.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Li

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Zhu Rongji was selected to replace Li as Premier. (references)

Premier Li Peng was constitutionally required to step down from that post. (references)

Li and Guo had already spent more than 3 years in jail without sentencing. (references)

Civil Liberties

China

Li also has been detained on other occasions and reported that in some instances he was beaten. (references)

China

In June police detained Li Hongmin in Hunan province for distributing copies of the Tiananmen Papers over the Internet. (references)

China

That edition carried a short article about the influence of National People's Congress Chairman Li Peng's wife and son in the power generation sector of the PRC economy. (references)

Economic History

North Korea

Li Hyong Chul--Ambassador to the UN. (references)

China

High-level exchanges continued to be a significant means for developing U.S.-China relations in the 1980s. President Reagan and Premier Zhao Ziyang made reciprocal visits in 1984. In July 1985, President Li Xiannian traveled to the United States, the first such visit by a Chinese head of state. (references)

China

Hu Yaobang, a protégé of Deng and a leading advocate of reform, was blamed for the protests and forced to resign as CCP General Secretary in January 1987. Premier Zhao Ziyang was made General Secretary and Li Peng, former Vice Premier and Minister of Electric Power and Water Conservancy, was made Premier. (references)

Human Rights

China

Li had served 11 years in prison for his role in presiding over the Shaoyang Workers Autonomous Federation, a Tiananmen-era free trade union. (references)

China

Six other persons were detained in the incident, including Li's sister, who was sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp for helping Li publicize his demands. (references)

China

After being released from prison in June, 2000, Li Wangyang was rearrested on subversion charges in May, and sentenced to 10 years in prison in September for "incitement to subvert state power" after demanding the authorities pay for back, heart, and lung ailments he contracted while in prison. (references)

Political Economy

China

Also in July, authorities arrested Hong Kong businessman Li Guangqiang and charged him with smuggling for bringing Bibles into the country. (references)

China

The March 1998 session of the NPC also approved Zhu Rongji's appointment as Premier and former Premier Li Peng's as Chairman of the NPC's Standing Committee. (references)

China

At year's end several thousand political prisoners--including Bishop An Shuxin, Cai Guihua, Han Chunsheng, Li Bifeng, Liu Jingsheng, Qin Yongmin, Shen Liangqing, Zha Jianguo, Wang Youcai, Xu Guoxing, Fang Jue, Xu Wenli, Zhang Lin, Zhang Shanguang, Zhao Changqing, Abbot Chadrel Rinpoche, Jigme Sangpo, and Ngawang Sangdrol (see Tibet addendum)--remained imprisoned or under other forms of detention for the peaceful expression of their political, social, or religious views. (references)

Trade

India

The LI indicates Ex-Im's willingness to consider a financing offer if a sale is completed. (references)

India

A LI can be issued within seven days of a request for financing and remains in effect for six months. (references)

South Africa

The LI will be issued within seven business days and indicates Eximbank's willingness to finance a potential sale. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Li was charged with "incitement to subversion of state power," an apparent reference to his attempt to publicize prison conditions through a hunger strike. (references)

China

Li Wangyang, who had been released from prison in June 2000 after serving 11 years for organizing an independent union during the 1989 prodemocracy movement, was rearrested during the year and sentenced to 10 years. (references)

China

The list of labor activists reported as still being held also included Zhang Shanguang, Li Jiaqing, labor lawyer Xu Jian, Miao Jinhong, Ni Xiafei, Li Keyou, Liao Shihua, Yue Tianxiang, Guo Xinmin, He Zhaohui, and Liu Jingsheng. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: Li

"Li" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 57.75% of the time. "Li" is used about 1,128 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
Cardinal Number57.75%65110,046
Noun (proper)23.47%26518,112
Unclassified Items18.42%20821,075
Noun (singular)0.35%4175,879
                    Total100.00%1,128N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Li

The following table summarizes the usage of "li" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
LiFirst name Female3,0001,746
LiLast name6,0002,084
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Li

CountryNameCountryName
Hong Kong

Li & Fung Limited

Taiwan

Li Peng Enterprise

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Li

Expressions using "li": Lesser Kan Li Li bella. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "li": li-an, Li-cheng-i, Li-fa, Li-fraumeni, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, li-lo.

Ending with "li": Gre-no-li, Wen-li.

Containing "li": Tsung-li Yamen.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Li

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

  jet li

1,317

  chun li nude

62

  chun li

556

  li po

61

  li

533

  chun li pic

60

  address address bar if in li page typed

441

  chun li picture

57

  fox jasmine li

402

  jasmine li

47

  li ion

281

  allergy bladder bowels cancer de detoxification energy far fir,therapy infrared kidney li liver lung pouch shu skin skin tox toxins vinegar wood

47

  li lian

275

  jet li picture

47

  lena li

226

  chun fighter li street

42

  chun li hentai

215

  lian li case

40

  lama li

209

  li open

39

  gong li

206

  chun gallery li

39

  lo li ta

205

  li l abner

38

  lo li ta.com

102

  12 li lo old ta year

36

  li sakura

100

  li wedding

35

  hero jet li

97

  sung hi li

35

  duck li

90

  jet li one

34

  kim l li

87

  jet li wallpaper

33

  kim li

67

  li yundi

33

  li ion battery

64

  fox jasmine li nude

32

  jet li movie

63

  li fung

32
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Li

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

Chinese 

  

" (lithium). (various references)

   

French

  

syndrome Li-Fraumeni (Li-Fraumeni syndrome). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sindrome di Li-Fraumeni (Li-Fraumeni syndrome). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

리튬 (lithium). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ilay

   

Spanish

  

síndrome de Li-Fraumeni (Li-Fraumeni syndrome). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Li

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 23, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAnagkhn de eicen apoluein autoiV kata eorthn ena
Latin405VulgateNecesse autem habebat dimittere eis per diem festum unum
Old English990West SaxonNiede he sceolde him li forgyfan-l anne to hyra freolsdæge.
Middle English1395WyclifBut he moste nede delyuer to hem oon bi the feest dai.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleFor of necessite he must have let one lowse vnto them at that feast.
Jacobean English1611King James(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
Victorian English1833Webster(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.)
Basic English1964Ogden[]

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Li

LanguageLuke Chapter 23, Verse 17
CebuanoUg sa matag-fiesta, kinahanglan nga iyang pagabuhian ngadto kanila ang usa ka binilanggo.
Chinese" 每 逢 這 節 期 巡 ' 必 釋 " 一 個 囚 犯 給 他 們 〕
Croatian#
DutchEn hij moest hun op het feest een loslaten.
FrenchA chaque fête, il était obligé de leur relâcher un prisonnier.
Haitian CreolePou chak fèt Delivrans, Pilat te blije lage yon prizonye ba yo.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena pada hari raya itu wajiblah Pilatus melepaskan seorang terpenjara bagi mereka itu.
Italian.
MaoriKua takoto hoki te tikanga kia tukua atu tetahi ki a ratou i te hakari.
NorwegianMen på høitiden måtte han gi dem én fri.
Portuguese[E era-lhe necessário soltar-lhes um pela festa.]   
RumanianLa fiecare praznic al Pawtelor, Pilat trebuia sq le slobozeascq un kntemniyat.
ShuarTúraitiat tuke Túrutai asamtai, Jísat jeakui sepunmaya Chikichík aishmankan Piratu ankant akupkatin ámiayi. Tuma asamtai, nii chichaak "juna Asutián awematjai" Tímiayi.
SpanishPues tenía necesidad de soltarles uno en cada fiesta.
Swahilimissing
Swedish+

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

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Derivations: Li

Derivations

Words beginning with "li": liabilities, liability, liable, liaise, liaised, liaises, liaising, liaison, liaisons, liana, lianas, liane, lianes, liang, liangs, lianoid, liar, liard, liards, liars, lib, libation, libationary, libations, libber, libbers, libecchio, libecchios, libeccio, libeccios, libel, libelant, libelants, libeled, libelee, libelees, libeler, libelers, libeling, libelist, libelists, libellant, libellants, libelled, libellee, libellees, libeller, libellers, libelling, libellous, libelous. (additional references)

Words ending with "li": acervuli, aioli, alkali, altocumuli, alveoli, annuli, apiculi, argali, aspergilli, bacilli, biali, broccoli, brocoli, calculi, calyculi, campanili, canaliculi, cannoli, caroli, celli, cembali, chili, chilli, cirrocumuli, convolvuli, cumuli, dactyli, deli, douroucouli, duelli, emboli, famuli, fasciculi, flocculi, fumuli, funiculi, fusilli, ghibli, gingeli, gingelli, gingili, gingilli, gladioli, glomeruli, hamuli, hili, homunculi, intagli, interstimuli, lactobacilli, lapilli. (additional references)

Words containing "li": aalii, aaliis, abelia, abelian, abelias, abilities, ability, ablings, ablins, abnormalities, abnormality, abolish, abolishable, abolished, abolisher, abolishers, abolishes, abolishing, abolishment, abolishments, abolition, abolitionary, abolitionism, abolitionisms, abolitionist, abolitionists, abolitions, aboulia, aboulias, aboulic, abseiling, absorbabilities, absorbability, abulia, abulias, abulic, acauline, acceptabilities, acceptability, accessibilities, accessibility, acclimate, acclimated, acclimates, acclimating, acclimation, acclimations, acclimatise, acclimatised, acclimatises, acclimatising. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Li"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "li" (pronounced lē")
2l ē"Allee, Chablis, enrollee, flea, flee, glee, jubilee, Lea, Lee, Nestle, parolee, plea.

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

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Anagrams: Li

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "i-l"
 

+1 letter: ail, fil, ilk, ill, lei, lib, lid, lie, lin, lip, lis, lit, mil, nil, oil, til.

 

+2 letters: ails, alif, alit, anil, aril, axil, bail, bile, bilk, bill, birl, blin, blip, boil, ceil, clip, clit, coil, deil, deli, dial, diel, dill, diol, dirl, elhi, evil, fail, fila, file, fill, film, filo, fils, flic, flip, flit, foil, gild, gill, gilt, girl, glia, glib, glim, hail, heil, hila, hili, hill, hilt, idle, idly, idol, idyl, iglu, ilea, ilex, ilia, ilka, ilks, ills, illy, inly, isle, jail, jill, jilt, kail, kill, kiln, kilo, kilt, laic, laid, lain, lair, lari, lati, leis, liar, libs, lice, lich, lick, lido, lids, lied, lief, lien, lier, lies, lieu, life, lift, like, lilt, lily, lima, limb, lime, limn, limo, limp, limy, line, ling, link, linn, lino, lins, lint, liny, lion, lipa, lipe, lips, lira, lire, liri, lisp, list, lite, lits, litu, live, loci, loin, loti, lwei, mail, mild, mile, milk, mill, milo, mils, milt, moil, nail, nill, nils, noil, oils, oily, olio, pail, pial, pile, pili, pill, pily, plie, puli, rail, rial, riel, rile, rill, roil, sail, sial, sild, silk, sill, silo, silt, slid, slim, slip, slit, soil, soli, syli, tail, tali, tile, till, tils, tilt, tirl, toil, vail, veil, vial, vile, vill, viol, virl, wail, wild, wile, will, wilt, wily, yill, zill.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Li


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

4C 69

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

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

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-..    ..

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

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

01001100 01101001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#105

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0069

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

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

4675

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Names: Company Usage
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Bible Trace
16. Abbreviations
17. Acronyms
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Orthography
22. Bibliography


  

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