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Date "LYDDITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references) |
"LYDDITE" is a common misspelling or typo for: hydride, ladies, lidded, oldie. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | High explosive based on picric acid, (NO2 )3 C6 H2 OH , with 10% nitrobenzene and 3% vaseline. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | High explosive; trinitrotoluene, TNT; dynamite, melinite, cordite, lyddite, plastic explosive, plastique; pyroxyline. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "LYDDITE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LYDDITE" is used about 2 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lyddite | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "LYDDITE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pikrinezuur (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, Picric acid, trinitrophenic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | melinite, acide picrique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pikrinsäure (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, picric acid, trinitrophenic acid), Acidum picrinicum (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, picric acid, trinitrophenic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πικρικό οξύ (picric acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trinitrofenolo (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, picric acid, trinitrophenic acid, trinitrophenol), pertite (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, picric acid, trinitrophenic acid), giallo amaro di Welter (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, picric acid, trinitrophenic acid), acido picronitrico (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, picric acid, trinitrophenic acid), acido picrinico (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, picric acid, trinitrophenic acid), acido picrico (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, Picric acid, trinitrophenic acid), acido carbozotico (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, picric acid, trinitrophenic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ydditelay lidite (touchstone), substância explosiva (melinite), ácido pícrico (picric). (various references) лиддит. (various references) ácido pícrico (carbazotic acid, chrysolepic acid, picric acid, trinitrophenic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LYDDITE": lyddites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "LYDDITE" (pronounced 'Lydd"ite'): Arkite, Arsenopyrite, Braunite, Bronzite, Brookite, Brushite, Cabrerite, Chalcopyrite, Composite, Congenite, Cordite, Cushite, Danite, gahnite, Gibbsite, Glassite, Gnathite, graphite, Hicksite, Hussite, jadeite, Linarite, Linnaeite, marlite, Melanochroite, Miascite, Moroxite, Nerite, Perthite, Petzite, Prehnite, Priceite, Protomerite, Pyrite, Quartzite, ratite, Scaphite, scheelite, Semite, Servite, sporozoite, Struvite, Turfite, Voltzite, Zincite, Zoisite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-l-t-y" | |
-1 letter: tiddly. | |
-2 letters: deity, idled, teddy, tided, tilde, tiled, yield. | |
-3 letters: deil, deli, delt, didy, died, diel, diet, dite, dyed, eddy, edit, idle, idly, idyl, lied, lite, tide, tidy, tied, tile, yeld, yeti. | |
-4 letters: del, dey, did, die, dit, dye, eld, led, lei, let, ley, lid, lie, lit, lye, ted, tel, tie, til, tye, yet. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-i-l-t-y" | |
+1 letter: lyddites. | |
+2 letters: studiedly. | |
+3 letters: additively, admittedly, daylighted, detailedly, intendedly, outyielded. | |
+4 letters: dedicatedly, deductively, delightedly, dicotyledon, diffidently, disgustedly. | |
+5 letters: daredeviltry, decidability, determinedly, dicotyledons, disjointedly, dispiritedly, dissipatedly, distractedly. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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