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Definition: Method |
MethodNoun1. A way of doing something, esp. a systematic one; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps). 2. A way of doing or being: "in no wise"; "in this wise". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "method" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Dhyana is one of the eight methods of Yoga according to Yoga-sutra. Dhyana means meditation in Sanskrit.The other seven methods are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Samadhi
- See also: Zen, Ashtanga Yoga
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Heuristic is the art and science of discovery. The word comes from the same Greek root as "eureka", meaning "to find". A heuristic is a way of directing your attention fruitfully.
The mathematician George Polya brought heuristics into popularity in the twentieth century in his book How to Solve It. He learned mathematical proofs as a student, but didn't know how mathematicians think of proofs, nor was this taught. How to Solve It is a collection of ideas about heuristics that he taught to math students: ways of looking at problems and casting about for solutions that often lead somewhere fruitful very quickly.
In computer science, a heuristic is an algorithm or procedure designed to solve a problem that ignores whether the solution is provably correct, but which usually produces a good solution or solves a simpler problem that contains or intersects with the solution of the more complex problem.
A heuristic is not guaranteed always to solve the problem, but often solves it well enough for most uses, and often does so more quickly than a more complete solution would.
Methodic is another way of solving a problem.
More formally, a heuristic is a function, defined on the nodes of a search tree , which serves as an estimate of the cost of the cheapest path from that node to the goal node. Heuristics are used by informed search algorithms such as Greedy Best-first search and A* to choose the best node to explore. Greedy Best-first search will choose the node that has the lowest value for the heuristic function. A* will expand nodes that have the lowest value for , where is the (exact) cost of the path from the initial state to the current node. When h(n) is admissible - that is if never overestimates the costs of reaching the goal - A* is provably optimal.
The classical problem involving heuristics is the n-puzzle. Commonly used heuristics for this problem include counting the number of misplaced tiles and finding the sum of the manhattan distances between each block and its position in the goal configuration. Note that both are admissible.
Effect of heuristics on computational performance
In any searching problem where there are choices at each node and a depth of d at the goal node, a naive searching algorithm would have to potentially search around nodes before finding a solution. Heuristics improve the effeciency of search algorithms by reducing the branching factor from to (ideally) a low constant b*.
Although any admissible heuristic will give an optimal answer, a heuristic that gives a lower branching factor is more computationally effecient for a particular problem. It can be shown that a heuristic is better than another heuristic , if dominates , ie. for all .
Finding heuristics
The problem of finding an admissible heuristic with a low branching factor for common search tasks has been extensively researched in the AI community. A number of common techniques are used:
Using these techniques a program called ABSOLVER was written by A.E. Prieditis for automatically generating heuristics for a given problem. ABSOLVER generated a new heuristic for the 8-puzzle better than any pre-existing heuristic and found the first useful heuristic for solving the Rubik's Cube.
- Solution costs of sub-problems often serve as useful estimates of the overall solution cost. These are always admissible. For example, a heuristic for a 10-puzzle might be the cost of moving tiles 1-5 into their correct places. A common idea is to use a pattern database that stores the exact solution cost of every subproblem instance.
- The solution of a relaxed problem often serves as a useful admissible estimate of the original. For example manhattan distance is a relaxed version of the n-puzzle problem, because we assume we can move each tile to its position in a single step.
- Given a set of admissible heuristic functions , the function is an admissible heuristic that dominates all of them.
External links
- http://greenlightwiki.com/heuristic A wiki devoted to heuristic.
Further reading
Judgement under Uncertainty: Heuristics & Biases, edited by: Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky and Paul Slovic, Cambridge University Press, 1982, trade paperback 544 pages, ISBN 0521284147
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- In layman's terms, a method is a series of steps taken to accomplish an objective. See method (general), and for example scientific method.
- In computer science, a method is another name for an action, algorithm, function, or procedure; more specifically, in object-oriented programming, it is an implementation of code responding to certain messages.
- Method acting is a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates.
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In computer science, a method is a function or subroutine that is associated with a class in object-oriented programming. Like a function in procedural languages, it may contain a set of program statements that perform an action, and (in most computer languages) can take a set of input arguments and can return some kind of result.Whereas a C programmer might push a value onto a Stack data-structure by calling:
stackPush(&myStack, value);a C++ programmer would write:myStack.push(value);The difference is the required level of isolation. In C, the stackPush procedure could be in the same source file as the rest of the program and if it was, any other pieces of the program in that source file could see and modify all of the low level details of how the stack was implemented, completely bypassing the intended interface. In C++, regardless of where the class is placed, only the functions which are part of myStack will be able to get acess to those low-level details without going through the formal interface functions. Languages such as C can provide comparable levels of protection by using different source files and not providing external linkage to the private parts of the stack implementation but this is less neat and systematic than the more cohesive and enforced isolation of the C++ approach.
The difference between a function and a method is that a method, being associated with a particular object, will access or modify some aspect of that object. Consequently, rather than thinking "a function is a grouped set of commands", an OO programmer will consider a method to be "this object's way of providing a service" (its "method of doing the job", hence the name); a method call should be considered to be a request to the object to perform a task. Method calls are often modelled as a means of passing a message to an object. Rather than pushing a value onto the stack, we send a value to stack, along with the message "push!", and the stack complies or raises an exception to explain why it cannot.
An instance method is a method invoked with respect to an instance of a class. Instance methods are often used to examine or modify the state of a particular object. In Java and C++, constructors are special instance methods that are called automatically upon the creation of an instance of a class; they are distinguished by having the same name as their class. In typical implementations, instance methods are passed a hidden reference to the object they belong to, so that they can access the data associated with the instance that they are called upon.
In contrast to instance methods, a class method (shared method) can be invoked without reference to a particular object. These affect an entire class, not merely a particular instance of the class. A typical example of a class method would be one that keeps count of the number of created objects within a given class. Some programming languages such as C++ and Java call them static method since methods are modified with
static.An abstract method is a method which has no implementation. It is used to make a place-holder to be overridden later.
An accessor method is a kind of method that is usually small, simple and provides the means for the state of an object to be accessed from other parts of a program. Although it introduces a new dependency, use of the methods are preferred to directly accessing state data because they provide an abstraction layer. For example, if a bank-account class provides a "getBalance()" accessor method to retrieve the current balance (rather than directly accessing the balance data fields), then later revisions of the same code can implement a more complex mechanism balance retrieval (say, a database fetch) without the dependent code needing to be changed.
An accessor method that changes the state of an object is sometimes especially called mutator or update method. Objects with such a method are considered mutable objects.
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In pharmacology and toxicology, a route of administration is the path by which a drug, fluid, posison or other substance is brought into contact with the body.(Note: in toxicology, "exposition" may often be a more appropriate term, however "administration" can be used for deliberate substance use.)
Obviously, a substance must be transported from the site of entry to the part of the body where its action is desired to take place (unless this is on the body surface). However, using the body's transport mechanisms for this purpose can be far from trivial. The pharmacokinetic properties of a drug (that is, those related to processes of uptake, distribution, and elimination) are critically influenced by the route of administration.
Classification
Routes of administration can broadly be divided into:
The following is a list of some common routres of administration.
- topical: local effect, substance is applied directly where its action is desired
- enteral: desired effect is systemic (non-local), substance is given via the digestive tract
- parenteral: desired effect is systemic, substance is given by other routes than the digestive tract
Topical:
Enteral:
- intracutaneous (injection into the skin), e.g. allergy testing
- epicutaneous (application onto the skin), e.g. allergy testing, topical local anesthesia
- inhalative, e.g. asthma medications
- enema, e.g. contrast media for imaging of the bowel
Parenteral by injection or infusion:
- by mouth, many drugs as tablets, capsules, or drops
- by gastric feeding tube, duodenal feeding tube, or gastrostomy, many drugs and enteral nutrition
- rectally, various drugs
Parenteral (other than injection or infusion):
- intravenous (into a vein), e.g. many drugs, total parenteral nutrition
- intraarterial (into an artery), e.g. vasodilator drugs in atherosclerosis
- intramuscular (into a muscle), e.g. vaccines
- subcutaneous (under the skin), e.g. insulin
Other:
- transdermal (diffusion through the intact skin), e.g. transdermal opioid patches in pain therapy
- transmucosal (diffusion through a mucous membrane), e.g. cocaine snorting, sublingual nitroglycerine
- inhalative, e.g. inhalation anesthetics
Some routes can be used for topical as well as systemic purposes, depending on the circumstances. For example, inhalation of asthma drugs is targeted at the airways (topical effect), whereas inhalation of volatile anesthetics is targeted at the brain (systemic effect).
- intraperitoneal (infusion or injection into the peritoneal cavity), e.g. peritoneal dialysis
- epidural or peridural (injection or infusion into the epidural space), e.g. epidural anesthesia
- intrathecal (injection or infusion into the cerebrospinal fluid), e.g. antibiotics, spinal anesthesia
On the other hand, identical drugs can produce different results depending on the route of administration. For example, some drugs are not significantly absorbed into the bloodstream from the gastrointestinal tract and their action after enteral administration is therefore different from that after parenteral administration. This can be illustrated by the action of naloxone, an antagonist of opiates such as morphine. Naloxone counteracts opiate action in the central nervous system when given intravenously and is therefore used in the treatment of opiate overdose. The same drug, when swallowed, acts exclusively on the bowels; it is here used to treat constipation under opiate pain therapy and does not affect the pain-reducing effect of the opiate.
Uses
Enteral routes are generally the most convenient for the patient, as no punctures or sterile procedures are necessary. Enteral medications are therefore often preferred in the treatment of chronic disease. However, some drugs can not be used enterally because their absorption in the digestive tract is low or unpredictable. Transdermal administration is a comfortable alternative; there are, however, only few drug preparations suitable for transdermal administration.
In acute situations, in emergency medicine and intensive care medicine, drugs are most often given intravenously. This is the most reliable route, as in acutely ill patients the absorption of substances from the tissues and from the digestive tract can often be unpredictable due to altered blood flow or bowel motility.
See also
- Injection
- Catheter
- Intravenous drip
- Hypodermic needle
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"The scientific method" usually refers to either a series or a collection of processes that are considered characteristic of scientific investigation and of the acquisition of new scientific knowledge.
Philosophers, historians and sociologists have found many ways to describe the scientific process. Often when someone describes how they think science is done, they are describing how they think science may be best or most reliably done. As a result, discussions of scientific method are frequently partisan. Indeed, there are perhaps as many methods of doing science as there are methodologists.
Introduction
The enunciation of a scientific method by Roger Bacon in the thirteenth century described a repeating cycle of observation, hypothesis, experimentation and the need for independent verification. This view, itself inspired by an arab alchemical tradition not endorsed by christian ecclesiastical authority, led to Francis Bacon (in 1620 with the New Organon) laying down some methods for identifying causation between phenomena. With these articulations, unfounded speculation and analogical arguments began to be replaced by consistent and logical methods of investigation.It is common to speak as if a single approach of this type were how scientists operate literally and all the time. Most historians, philosophers and sociologists regard this perspective as naïve, and view the actual progress of science as more complicated and haphazard. The actual course of scientific progress is inseparable from the politics and culture of science; a single, formal process cannot suffice either to explain or prescribe scientific progress.
The question of how science operates is important well beyond the academic community. In the judicial system and in policy debates, for example, a study's deviation from accepted scientific practice is grounds to reject it as "junk science." Whether strictly formularizable or not, science represents a standard of proficiency and reliability, and this is due at least in part to the way scientists work.
The idealized scientific method
The essential elements of the scientific method are traditionally described as follows:
These activities do not describe all that scientists do. This simplified method is useful for teaching, since it describes the way in which scientists often think of themselves as acting.
- Observe: Observe or read about a phenomenon.
- Hypothesize: Wonder about your observations, and invent a hypothesis, a 'guess', which could explain the phenomenon or set of facts that you have observed.
- Test
- Predict: Use the logical consequences of your hypothesis to predict observations of new phenomena or results of new measurements.
- Experiment: Perform experiments to test the accuracy of these predictions.
- Conclude: Accept or refute hypothesis
- Evaluate: Search for other possible explanations of the result until you can show that your guess was indeed the explanation, with confidence.
- Formulate new hypothesis
This idealised process is often misinterpreted as applying to scientists individually rather than to the scientific enterprize as a whole. Science is a social activity, and one scientist's theory or proposal cannot become accepted unless it has been published, peer reviewed, criticised, and finally accepted by the scientific community.
Observation
The scientific method begins with observation. Observation often demands careful measurement. It also requires the establishment of operational definitions of measurements and other relevant concepts. Definitions are not scientific hypotheses; they are not "falsifiable"; they are always true or tautological. Definitions condense a number of ideas into a single word or phrase. That being said, an observer's definition could differ significantly from commonly understood concepts of a term, and still be correct. Such a definition, however, would carry greater risk of being misunderstood. These definitions are operational in that they may differ with the context of a hypothesis, and they may be refined when the hypothesis is refined.
For example, the term "day" is useful in ordinary life and its meaning may vary with the context. (Do we mean a 24 hour period or do we mean the time between sunrise and sunset?) We don't have to define it precisely to make use of it. In many sciences it is precisely 86,400 atomic seconds. In studying the motion of the Earth, we may use two distinct operational definitions: a solar day is the time between two successive observations of the sun at the same position in the sky; a sidereal day is the time between two successive observations a specific star sky at the same position. The length of these two kinds of day differs by about four minutes.
Slight differences between operational definitions are often important, as they are needed to make experiments precise enough to distinguish subtle underlying phenomena. An example of this lies in choosing the appropriate segmentation in the statistical analysis of data. Distinctions in operational definitions can also reflect important conceptual differences: for example, mass and weight are regarded as quite different concepts in science, but the distinction is often ignored in everyday life.
Hypothesis
To explain the observation, scientists use whatever they can (their own creativity (currently not well understood), ideas from other fields, or even systematic guessing, or any other methods available) to come up with possible explanations for the phenomenon under study.
In the twentieth century Karl Popper introduced the idea that a hypothesis must be falsifiable; that is, it must be capable of being demonstrated wrong. Paul Feyerabend argued against this position, providing examples of falsified scientific theories that nevertheless had a vital role in the progress of scientific understanding.
Of course, it is impossible for the scientist to be impartial, considering all known evidence, and not merely evidence which supports the hypothesis under development. But by submitting their theories for peer review, scientists can at least make it more likely that the hypotheses formed will be relevant and useful, or at least get others to agree with it.
In the extremely rare cases where no better grounds for discriminating between rival hypotheses can be found, the bias scientists almost always follow is the principle of Occam's Razor; one chooses the simplest explanation for all the available evidence.
Prediction
A hypothesis must make specific predictions; these predictions can be tested with concrete measurements to support or refute the hypothesis. For instance, Albert Einstein's General Relativity makes a few specific predictions about the structure of space-time, such as the prediction that light bends in a strong gravitational field, and the amount of bending depends in a precise way on the strength of the gravitational field. Observations made of a 1919 solar eclipse supported the hypothesis (ie, General Relativity) as against those of the other possible hypotheses which did not make such a prediction. (Later experiments confirmed this even further.)
Deductive reasoning is the way in which predictions are used to test a hypothesis.
Verification
Probably the most important aspect of scientific reasoning is verification: The results of one's experiments must be verified. Verification is the process of determining whether the hypothesis is in accord with empirical evidence, and whether it will continue to be in accord with a more generally expanded body of evidence.Ideally, the experiments performed should be fully described so that anyone can reproduce them, and many scientists should independently verify every hypothesis. Results which can be obtained from experiments performed by many are termed reproducible and are given much greater weight in evaluating hypotheses than non reproducible results.
Scientists must design their experiments carefully. For example, if the measurements are difficult to make, or subject to observer bias, one must be careful to avoid distorting the results by the experimenter's wishes. When experimenting on complex systems, one must be careful to isolate the effect being tested from other possible causes of the intended effect (this results in a controlled experiment). In testing a drug, for example, it is important to carefully test that the supposed effect of the drug is produced only by the drug itself, and not by the placebo effect or by random chance. Doctors do this with what is called a double-blind study: two groups of patients are compared, one of which receives the drug and one of which receives a placebo. No patient in either group knows whether or not they are getting the real drug; even the doctors or other personnel who interact with the patients don't know which patient is getting the drug under test and which is getting a fake drug (often sugar pills), so their knowledge can't influence the patients either.
Evaluation
Falsificationism argues that any hypothesis, no matter how respected or time-honoured, must be discarded once it is contradicted by new reliable evidence. This is of course an oversimplification, since individual scientists inevitable hold on to their pet theory long after contrary evidence has been found. This is not always a bad thing. Any theory can be made to correspond to the facts, simply by making a few adjustments – called ‘’auxiliary hypothesis’’ – so as to bring it into correspondence with the accepted observations. The choice of when to reject one theory and accept another is inevitably up to the individual scientist, rather than some methodical law.
Hence all scientific knowledge is always in a state of flux, for at any time new evidence could be present that contradicts long-held hypotheses. A classic example is the explanation of light. Isaac Newton's particle paradigm was overturned by the wave theory of light, which explained diffraction, and which was held to be incontrovertible for many decades.The wave paradigm, in turn was refuted by the discovery of the photoelectric effect. The currently held theory of light holds that photons (the 'particles' of light) are both waves and particles; experiments have been performed which demonstrate that light has both particle and wave properties.
The experiments that reject a hypothesis should be performed by many different scientists to guard against bias, mistake, misunderstanding, and fraud. Scientific journals use a process of peer review, in which scientists submit their results to a panel of fellow scientists (who may or may not know the identity of the writer) for evaluation. Scientists are rightly suspicious of results that do not go through this process; for example, the cold fusion experiments of Fleischmann and Pons were never peer reviewed -- they were announced directly to the press, before any other scientists had tried to reproduce the results or evaluate their efforts. They have not been reproduced elsewhere as yet; and the press announcement was regarded, by most nuclear physicists, as very likely wrong. Peer review may well have turned up problems and led to a closer examination of the experimental evidence Fleischmann, Pons, et al believed they had. Much embarrassment, and wasted effort worldwide, would have been avoided.
Departures from method
There are no definitive guidelines for the production of new hypotheses. The history of science is filled with stories of scientists describing a "flash of inspiration", or a hunch, which then motivated them to look for evidence to support or refute their idea. Michael Polanyi made such creativity the centrepiece of his methodology.
The anecdote that an apple falling on Isaac Newton's head inspired his theory of gravity is a popular example of this (there is no evidence that the apple fell on his head; all Newton said was that his ideas were inspired "by the fall of an apple.") Kekule's account of the inspiration for his hypothesis of the structure of the benzene-ring (dreaming of snakes biting their own tails) is better attested.
Scientists tend to look for theories that are "elegant" or "beautiful"; in contrast to the usual English use of these terms, scientists have a more specific meaning in mind. "Elegance" (or "beauty") refers to the ability of a theory to neatly explain all known facts as simply as possible, or in a manner consistent with Occam's Razor.
The Ptolemaic model of the universe suggested that the earth is the centre of a pristine, perfect universe, and all motions in such a universe must be circular. The model explained the apparent retrograde motion of the planets, by introducing epicycles. Nicolaus Copernicus' model placed the sun at the centre of planetary motion, but also assumed that the planets moved in perfect circles. It also found it necessary to make use of epicycles, and was as complex as, yet less accurate than the heliocentric model. Improvement in the accuracy of the model depended not only on developing the mathematics of elliptical orbits, but a conceptual change in the way in which motion was understood. Tycho Brahe made unprecedentedly accurate observations, but did not reject the geocentric model. It took Kepler 20 years to formulate equations which explained Tycho Brahe's observations in heliocentric terms.
Isaac Newton's System of the World unified Kepler's laws and Galileo's mechanical studies of acceleration, which re-integrated modern science into a comprehensible world model
Dogged adherence to method can be counterproductive.
History is replete with examples of accurate theories ignored by peers, and inaccurate ones propagated unduly.
Often it is the less accurate theory that eventually becomes accepted.
Annotated list of related issues
Empirical methodsParadigm change
- Empiricism
- Roger Bacon
- Francis Bacon
- Baconian method
- Empirical validation
The problem of induction questions the logical basis of scientific statements.
- Paradigm, perhaps the most abused word in English.
- Thomas Kuhn wrote influentially on the sociology of scientific revolutions in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is Kuhn's book.
- Paradigm shift.
Scientific creativity
- Inductive reasoning appears to lie at the core of scientific method, yet also appears to be invalid.
- David Hume was the person who first pointed out the problem of induction.
- Karl Popper offered one solution, Falsifiability
When Method goes wrong
- Michael Polanyi
- Tacit knowledge
Critique of Scientific Method
- Bad science
- Pseudoscience
- pathological science
- Paul Feyerabend argued that the search for a definitive scientific method was misplaced, and even counterproductive.
- Imre Lakatos attempted to bridge the gap between Popper and Kuhn.
- Scientism
See Also
Epistemology
- Bayesian logic -- Quasi-empirical methods -- Foundation ontology -- Ontology -- Philosophy of mathematics
Science policy -- Sociology of knowledge -- Science studies -- Conflicting theories
- Post-processualism is a methodological curiosity from Archaeology.
- Structuralism -- post-structuralism -- deconstruction-- post-modernism -- Latour, Bruno -- Scientism --
Collateral topics
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External links
- An Introduction to Science: Scientific Thinking and the Scientific Method by Steven D. Schafersman.
- [1] Introduction to the Scientific Method
- The Myth of the Scientific Method by Dr. Terry Halwes
- Rational Reconstruction and Historical Reconstruction, Horus Publications
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| MEM | English | Maximum Entropy Method | N/A |
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Synonym: MethodSynonym: wise (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Conduct | Course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding; role; process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating; method; path. |
Disorder | Noun: disorder; derangement; irregularity; anomaly; (unconformity); anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness; Adjective: disunion; discord. confusion; confusedness; Adjective: mishmash, mix; disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber; cahotage; farrago; mess, mash, muddle, muss, hash, hodgepodge; hotch-potch, hotch-pot; imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum, medley; mere mixture; fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles. |
Experiment | Noun: experiment; essay; (attempt); analysis; (investigation); screen; trial, tentative method, t_tonnement. |
Protocol, experimental method, blind experiment, double-blind experiment, controlled experiment. | |
Inquiry | Sifting; calculation, analysis, dissection, resolution, induction; Baconian method. |
Interrogatory; interpellation; challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism; feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy; leading question; discussion; (reasoning). | |
Method | Noun: method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise; modus operandi, MO; procedure; (line of conduct). |
Order | Subordination; course, even tenor, routine; method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline orderliness; Adjective: |
Teaching | Phonics; rote, rote memorization, brute memory; cooperative learning; Montessori method, ungraded classes. |
The Drama | Actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter; masker. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello; pulcinello, pulcinella; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante, general utility; super, supernumerary. |
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Crosswords: Method |
| English words defined with "method": Baconian method, Bradley method, Bradley method of childbirth ♦ Graphic method ♦ Lamaze method, Lamaze method of childbirth, Leboyer method, Leboyer method of childbirth, Lunar method ♦ maieutic method, method of choice, Method of increments, method of least squares ♦ Read method, Read method of childbirth ♦ scientific method, Sexual method, Socratic method, statistical method ♦ teaching method ♦ withdrawal method ♦ Zero method, Zetetic method. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "method": methodology. (references) |
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Screenplays | And Jimmy's got a proven sales method - he jumps (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) I'm method. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) The work for the happy finger method must go on. (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.; writing credit: Dr. Seuss;) The foundation of such a method is love (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones) I've heard of method actors, but you take the coconut (UFO; writing credit: Gérard Sire) | |
Lyrics | It's a method of (Method Of Modern Love; performing artist: Hall & oates) | |
Clever | A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Method and Maw (1962) A New Method of Fighting Submarines (1915) Koshering Cattle (Hebrew Method of Killing) (1901) Hope Is Not a Method (1979) | |
Song Titles | Method of modern love (performing artist: Hall & oates) | |
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 | Pictured is a darkened room with a lighted screen and remote keyboard. A technician is seated and with the left hand is pointing to the screen showing blue, red and purple images. This is an ultrasonic device. This imaging device sends short bursts of sound into the body. Echoes are reflected from tissues and transformed on the screen into colored outlines of tissues and organs. This may also be used as a therapy method. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | The malignant breast cancer cells metastasized to the liver. A cluster of the cancer-cells with their brown-staining cytoplasm is pictured within a portal tract of the liver (monoclonal antibody b1.1, abc immunoperoxidase method, hematoxylin counterstain, x500). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | The endospores of C. botulinum when stained using the Malachite Green staining method will appear as green spheres, while the bacilli themselves will turn purple in color. Credit: CDC. |  | Double immunodiffusion in agar gel illustrating the exoantigen method. H Ab - antibodies to H. capsulatum; H ag - histoplasmin or fungal extract; B ag - Blastomyces dermatitidis extract. Credit: CDC. |
 | Wing Flow Method. Credit: NASA. |  | Operator using Dorsey Fathometer with flashing light method Merchant Marine Bulletin No. 9, May 1931. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Clam dredging - although maintaining the tradition of the Chesapeake waterman, this harvesting method further stresses submerged aquatic vegetation. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Tuna caught by pole and line method on the Bay of Biscay. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Scientists tagging bluefin tuna in the Bay of Biscay with traditional tagging method. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Brick Flat Pit. This pit was excavated to extract ore and was then used to dispose of sludge, an early and inefficient disposal method. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
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| "Herring's fence" by Uschi Hering Commentary: "A very old method to catch herrings, is to let them swim into herring fences, when they swim from the open sea into the fjord." | "Vasco da Gama Bridge" by Luis Alves Commentary: "Named after the famous 15th-century explorer, Vasco da Gama, this immense cable-stayed bridge across the Tagus River in Lisbon is eleven miles long. The actual construction time of this structure represented a world record for a bridge of this scale. The" |
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| Author | Quotation |
Christian Nevell Bovee | The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor. |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. |
Oliver Goldsmith | Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure. |
Thomas Gray | Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune. |
Thomas H. Huxley | No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life. |
Ulysses S. Grant | I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent enforcement. |
William Shakespeare | Though this be madness, yet there is method in it. [Hamlet] |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The method of discharging the obligation, both in respect of capital and of interest, so assumed shall be fixed by the Reparation Commission. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Now, while still pursuing the method of realizing our overall strategic concept, I come to the crux of what I have traveled here to say. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | That, I believe, is the true Scientic Method. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A formidable method, which, joined to genius, made this sombre athlete of the pugilism of war invincible for fifteen years |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And now the great owners and the companies invented a new method. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | When this method fails, they have two others more effectual, which the learned among them call acrostics and anagrams |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | We have adopted Christianity merely as an improved method of agriculture |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Use the "broken record" method. (references) | |
A method for removing kidney stones through keyhole surgery. (references) | ||
This is the best method for permanent removal of hemorrhoids. (references) | ||
Business | PMB and the RSC will recommend a purchase method. (references) | |
Labor intensive farming is still the major farming method. (references) | ||
The sealed-bid procedure is the normal procurement method. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Hong Kong | Another group allegedly listed as an "evil cult" by the PRC, the Taiwan-based Quan Yin Method, is registered legally and practices freely. (references) |
Hong Kong | A representative of the PRC-banned Quan Yin Method promoted by the Taiwan-based Supreme Master (or Suma) Ching Hai International Association occupied a booth at the Fair. (references) | |
Economic History | Russia | Per capita GDP (exchange rate method): $1,241. (references) |
Human Rights | Uruguay | Most judges choose the written method, a major factor slowing the judicial process. (references) |
Ukraine | Detainees also were subjected to a method called the "monument," in which a prisoner is suspended by his hands on a rope and beaten. (references) | |
Morocco | In practice defendants before appeals courts who are implicated in such crimes consequently have no method of appeal if a judgment goes against them. (references) | |
Minorities | Uzbekistan | The law originally required that Uzbek would be the sole method of official communication by 1998, but subsequently was modified to remove a specific date. (references) |
Political Economy | RUSSIA | Under the government's economic reform plan, such protective actions are to replace tariffs as the preferred method for protecting domestic industry. (references) |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | The Dominican government has yet to determine an equitable and transparent method of quota distribution to implement its rectification agreement for eight protected agricultural products. (references) | |
Political Rights | Moldova | In formal terms, the amended Constitution changes only the method of election of the President. (references) |
Moldova | The legislation also changed the method of selecting mayors from a popular vote to appointment by local councils. (references) | |
Egypt | Votes generally are reported in aggregate terms of yeas and nays, and thus constituents have no independent method of checking a member's voting record. (references) | |
Trade | Tanzania | The transaction value method is used whenever possible. (references) |
Australia | The first and most common, is the transaction value method. (references) | |
Bahrain | Letters of Credit are the preferred method of payment for exports. (references) | |
Travel | Lebanon | Cash is the most common method of payment in Lebanon. (references) |
Ukraine | The Metro (subway/local train) is probably the quickest public transport method. (references) | |
Ukraine | Train travel is the least expensive and most convenient method to reach just about any location in Ukraine. (references) | |
Women | Indonesia | Since FGM is not regulated, and religious leaders have taken no formal position, the method used often is left to the discretion of the local traditional practitioner. (references) |
Worker Rights | Barbados | While there is no specific law that prohibits discrimination against union activity, the courts provide a method of redress for employees who allege wrongful dismissal. (references) |
Hong Kong | Through October, authorities caught 2,556 persons with forged travel documents, as compared to 3,250 persons caught in all of 2000. The most common method used to attempt to traffic persons through Hong Kong employs forged or illegally obtained travel documents to move through the airport. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Weil | Well, I'm not in favor of an outright ban, but I'm certainly in favor of trying to ban products that claim that this is a safe method for weight loss. It isn't. Or that's a good thing to take for energy. It isn't. |
Ben Kingsley | There is a method. I mean, I can't always apply it, because sometimes I have to work. Because I've got four children, et cetera, et cetera. |
Ronald Reagan | We have strong circumstantial evidence that the attack on the Marines was directed by terrorists who used the same method to destroy our embassy in Beirut. Those who directed this atrocity must be dealt justice, and they will be. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the Constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what can not be directly overthrown. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | With the Romans, the regular method of taking the evidence of their slaves was under torture. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | As soon as he had discovered the imperfection of the method he caused an investigation to be made of its results and applied the proper remedy to correct the evil. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | A united determination to do is worth more than divided counsels upon the method of doing. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | In recent years we have established a differentiation in the whole method of business regulation between the industries which produce and distribute commodities on the one hand and public utilities on the other. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The Congress has shown its satisfaction with that method by extending the budget system and tightening its controls. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | We face a hostile ideology global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Method" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Method" is used about 9,081 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% | 9,081 | 1,049 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "method". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Methodius | Male | Ancient Greek (Latinized) | A method |
| Metody | Male | Polish | A method |
| Mefodi | Male | Russian | A method |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "method": a priori method ♦ ABC method ♦ access method ♦ Acupuncture cupping method ♦ advanced communication function/virtual terminal access method ♦ Advanced Ingham Method ♦ aerated pile method ♦ air flow method ♦ air flow method brake test ♦ Air pumping cupping method ♦ Alliance method ♦ alternative justifiable cost method ♦ alternative justifiable expenditure method ♦ amplified trial load method ♦ An advanced support environment for method driven development and evolution of packaged software ♦ antisense method ♦ Appert's method ♦ ASTM comparative method of designating grain size ♦ baconian method ♦ basal body temperature method ♦ basal body temperature method of family planning ♦ boiling point method ♦ booch method ♦ bored tunnel construction method ♦ boundary element method ♦ Bradley method ♦ Bradley method of childbirth ♦ british Library Method ♦ BSP method ♦ calendar method ♦ calendar method of birth control ♦ California method of boring ♦ Cascade method ♦ Centrobaric method ♦ champagne method ♦ chronometric method ♦ class method ♦ coded excesses method ♦ collapsed stratum method ♦ commutation method ♦ contraceptive method ♦ critical path method ♦ Declining balance method ♦ declining balance method of depreciation ♦ Diamond method ♦ Diminishing provision method ♦ direct method of allocation of costs ♦ distribution octane number method ♦ DON method ♦ Double-Blind Method ♦ eclectic method ♦ Endermic method ♦ experimental method ♦ Feldenkrais Method ♦ formal method ♦ formal method of specification ♦ freehand method ♦ gene targeting method ♦ general test method ♦ generating method ♦ geographic filing method ♦ Gestalt method ♦ Gestalt Somatic method ♦ Gibson's method ♦ GNP per capita,atlas method ♦ gram method ♦ Gram's method ♦ Graphic method ♦ gravimetric method ♦ gravitational method ♦ green book method ♦ hardness test double impression method ♦ Harner Method Shamanic Counseling ♦ heuristic method ♦ Holt method ♦ humane method of killing ♦ imputation method ♦ indexed Sequential Access Method ♦ Inductive method ♦ isotype method ♦ iterative method ♦ Jackson method ♦ Java Remote Method Protocol ♦ Khosla's method of determination of uplift pressures and exit gradients ♦ lamaze method ♦ lamaze method of childbirth ♦ Laura Norman method ♦ least squares method ♦ Leboyer method ♦ Leboyer method of childbirth ♦ Lloyd's method ♦ Lunar method ♦ maieutic method ♦ majority carrier correction method ♦ Marshall method ♦ MCC method ♦ Melchizedek Method ♦ method acting ♦ method actor ♦ method of accounting ♦ method of choice. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "method": method-acting, method-ists, method-oriented. | |
Ending with "method": mixed-method. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "method"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | metodë (dodge, manner, principle, process, system, technique), mënyrë (cut, device, fashion, form, manner, mean, means, modality, mode, path, rate, sort, touch, way, wise), sistem (framework, model, pattern, scheme, system), rregull (cleanliness, cosmos, discipline, institution, law, neatness, nomocracy, order, orderliness, precept, procedure, regularity, regulation, right, rights, rule, shape, tidiness). (various references) | |
Arabic | منهج (process), نظام (arrangement, array, bylaw, cosmos, discipline, framework, limitation, measure, order, orderliness, organism, organization, prescript, rank, regulation, setup, shape, system), طريقة (art, attitude, channel, fashion, game, mode, procedure, process, sort, style, styling, system, tactic, wise), أسلوب (archaism, character, diction, flair, genre, language, manner, mode, pattern, phraseology, regimen, sort, strain, style, stylization, technique, tone). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | схема на класификация, система (frame, mechanism, modus, plan, scheme, series), ред (arrangement, cast, course, discipline, inning, kilter, order, orderliness, placement, rank, row, run, sequence, series, set, shape, taxis, tier, train, turn, variety), технология (process, technics, technology), начин (expedient, fashion, how, instrumentality, manner, means, mode, modus, resource, scheme, sort, style, way, wise), методология (methodology), методика, метод (algorithm, mode, modus, process, scheme, system, way). (various references) | |
Chinese | 方法 (means, way). (various references) | |
Czech | metodiènost, metoda (approach, line, modality, system, technique), technika (engineering, mechanics, style, technique, technology), systematiènost. (various references) | |
Danish | metode (iter, procedure). (various references) | |
Dutch | methode. (various references) | |
Esperanto | metodo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | lag (atmosphere, ethos, layer, mood, rhythm), háttur (fashion, manner, mode, way), háttalag. (various references) | |
Farsi | متد (How), طریقه (Form, Manner, Mode, System, Way), طرز (Garb, Manner, Mode, Order, Rate, System, Way), اسلوب (Mode, System), روش (Course, Demarche, Form, Growth, How, Manner, March, Procedure, Rate, Rut, Style, System, Vein), راه (Access, Entry, Highway, How, Manner, Pass, Path, Road, Track, Way), شیوه (Device, Pace, Style, Technique). (various references) | |
Finnish | menetelmä (procedure). (various references) | |
French | méthode. (various references) | |
Frisian | metoade. (various references) | |
German | Methode (fashion, manner, plan, system, technique), Verfahren (act, actions, dealing, mode, muddled, procedure, proceed, proceedings, process, spend in traveling, suit, take action, technique, treatment, use up). (various references) | |
Greek | μέθοδος (approach). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שיטה (doctrine, line, opinion, principle, system, theory). (various references) | |
Hungarian | módszer (manner, mode, modi, modus, pattern, system, technique, way), rendszeresség (regularity), rendszer (apothecaries's weight, frame, fugacity, order, pattern, purdah, regime, scale, scheme, set-up, system, type), módozat (modality, modi, modus), mód (device, fashion, imperative, in the extreme, manner, methods, mode, modi, modus, pattern, sort, style, way), eljárás (a, acting, behavior, behaviour, mode, move, proceeding, proceedings, process, step, treatment, way). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kaidah (axiom, principle, rule), cara (fashion, manner, mien, mode, ploy, procedure, process, style, tactical, way). (various references) | |
Italian | metodo (manner, policy, process, system). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 道 (road, street, way), 秩序 (order, regularity, system), 筋道 (logic, reason, system, thread), 方式 (form, system). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すじみち (logic, reason, system, thread), メソッド , しくち (way), しかた (course, means, resource, way), しよう (application, breeding, cotyledon, employment, extremely important, foliage, leaves and branches, personal use, private business, raising, remedy, resource, seed leaf, side issues, specification, sublation, trial, use, utilization, way), ふう (manner, seal, way), ほうしき (form, rite, rule, system), ほうほう (confusedly, manner, means, perplexity, technique, way), ほうじゅつ (art, artillery, gunnery, magic, means), いたしかた (way), やりくち (way), やりかた (manner of doing, means, way), みち (not yet known, road, street, way), てだて (means), ちつじょ (order, regularity, system). (various references) | |
Korean | 방법 (manner, manners, Methods, Way, ways). (various references) | |
Manx | saase ynsee (pedagogic, pedagogical, pedagogical method), saase driaghtagh (alligation method). (various references) | |
Papiamen | metodo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ethodmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | método (dodge, dodgery, manner, mode, orderliness, process, scheme, system, way). (various references) | |
Romanian | modalitate (possibility, proceeding), mijloc (center, centre, depth, handle, instrumentality, mean, means, medium, middle, midst, resource, thick, vehicle, waist, way), metodã (means, policy, practice, process, school, system, way), sistem de clasificare, sistem (apparatus, device, frame, model, net, order, scheme, system), procedeu (dealing, device, mode, procedure, proceeding, process, way), organizare (economy, establishment, fix up, form, frame, framing, organization, scheme, structure), ordine (array, command, discipline, disposal, disposition, order, orderliness, peace, range, regime, regulation, right, sequence, succession, system, tidiness, trim). (various references) | |
Russian | метод (algorithm, mode, process, technique, way). (various references) | |
Scottish | modh (good, manner, mode), seòl (a sail, a sail Irish seól, direct, instruct, manner, mode, navigate, opportunity, point out, sail, show; sail, way), dòigh (condition, manner, method; trust, way). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | metod (model, modus, way), način (fashion, means, mode, modus, mood, style, way). (various references) | |
Spanish | método (line, means, orderliness, process, school, system, way), procedimiento (practice, procedure, proceeding, process, processing). (various references) | |
Swedish | metod (plan). (various references) | |
Thai | การคุมกำเนิดแบบงดเว้นมีเพศสัมพันธ์ในช่วงมีไข่ตกในสตรี (rhythm method). (various references) | |
Turkish | metod, yöntem (cast, deal, form, gateway, how, line, modality, mode, modus, order, practice, procedure, proceeding, process, rite, system, tack, technic, technics, technique, the way, way, wise), usul (brand, cut, formality, gently, modus, observance, order, practice, procedure, process, quietly, rite, system, technique, usage, way, wise), tarz (angle, brand, fashion, form, genre, manner, modality, mode, modus, school, stroke, style, way), düzen (arrangement, array, contexture, convention, coordination, cosmos, disposal, disposition, formation, get up, harmony, layout, make up, order, orderliness, regime, regularity, regulation, right, scheme, system, trim). (various references) | |
Turkmen | metod (r), usul (manner, way), tдr (manner, means). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | спосіб (fashion, manner, means, medium, mood, remedy, sort, way), система (chain, economy, scheme, set up, system), метод (manner, mode, way). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phương pháp (contrivance, line, road, way), cách thức thứ tự. (various references) | |
Welsh | trefn (arrangement, array, order, system). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | artificio, astutia, astutiam, astutias, disciplina, disciplinae, disciplinam, formula, methodus, modiae, modis, modo, modos, modum, modus, ratio, rationabilem, via. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "method": methodic, methodical, methodically, methodicalness, methodicalnesses, methodise, methodised, methodises, methodising, methodism, methodisms, methodist, methodistic, methodists, methodize, methodized, methodizes, methodizing, methodological, methodologically, methodologies, methodologist, methodologists, methodology, methods. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "method": micromethod. (additional references) | |
Words containing "method": ethnomethodologies, ethnomethodologist, ethnomethodologists, ethnomethodology, immethodical, immethodically, micromethods. (additional references) | |
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"Method" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ethmoid, ethod, Mathiot, matho, Mathon, Meho, Mehtab, methad, metham, metho, methode, methodi, Methodo, methof, methor, methos, Methot, Methow, Methwold, Metodo, metrod, Metrode, Mitkov, moshood, muthos. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "method" (pronounced 'Meth"od'): Leod, Out-Herod, synod. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-m-o-t" | |
-1 letter: doeth, homed. | |
-2 letters: demo, dome, dote, doth, hoed, home, meth, mode, mote, moth, ohed, them, toed, tome. | |
-3 letters: doe, dom, dot, edh, eth, hem, het, hod, hoe, hot, med, met, mho, mod, mot, ode, ohm, ted, the, tho, tod, toe, tom. | |
-4 letters: de, do, ed, eh, em, et, he, hm, ho, me, mo, od. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-h-m-o-t" | |
+1 letter: ethmoid, methods, mouthed. | |
+2 letters: ethmoids, fathomed, headmost, hematoid, hoteldom, methadon, methodic, mothered, smoothed. | |
+3 letters: endotherm, ethmoidal, godmother, homestead, hoteldoms, methadone, methadons, methodise, methodism, methodist, methodize, outshamed, rhytidome, smothered, stomached. | |
+4 letters: badmouthed, besmoothed, bigmouthed, dichromate, dimethoate, endotherms, endothermy, godmothers, handsomest, heathendom, homeported, homesteads, hydrometer, methadones, methodical, methodised, methodises, methodisms, methodists, methodized, methodizes, methyldopa, mistouched, mothballed, motherhood, motherland, outcharmed, outhomered, outhumored, outmarched, outmatched, outschemed, resmoothed, rheumatoid, rhytidomes, smoothened, threadworm, tomahawked, unsmoothed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Derived from | 17. Expressions 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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