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Definition: Morphia |
MorphiaNoun1. An alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "morphia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references) |
Synonym: MorphiaSynonym: morphine (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Morphia the Death Drug (1914) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Morphia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.47% of the time. "Morphia" is used about 19 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) | 89.47% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.53% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "morphia": morphia addict ♦ morphia fiend. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "morphia": post-morphia. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
morphia | 34 |
morphia music | 2 |
disorder morphia skin | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "morphia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | morfinë (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المورفين مادة مخدرة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | морфий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | morfin (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | morfine (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | morfino (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | morfiini (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | morphine (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Morphium (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μορφίνη (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | morfin (morphine), morfium (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | morfina (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | morfeen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orphiamay morfina (morphine). (various references) morfinã (dope, morphine). (various references) морфий (morphine). (various references) morfijum. (various references) morfina (morphine). (various references) morfin (morphine). (various references) morfin (morphine). (various references) морфій (morphine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "morphia": morphias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-m-o-p-r" | |
-1 letter: mohair. | |
-2 letters: ihram, moira, morph, prima, primo. | |
-3 letters: amir, hair, harm, harp, hoar, hora, mair, mora, ohia, opah, pair, pima, pram, prao, prim, proa, prom, rami, ramp, roam, romp. | |
-4 letters: aim, air, ami, amp, arm, ham, hao, hap, him, hip, hop, imp, map, mar, mho, mir, moa, mop, mor, oar, ohm, ora, pah, pam. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-m-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: aphorism, morphias. | |
+2 letters: aphorisms, zigamorph. | |
+3 letters: amphoteric, anamorphic, metaphoric, micrograph, microphage, mimeograph, morphactin, zigamorphs. | |
+4 letters: allomorphic, apomorphine, atmospheric, comradeship, demographic, filmography, foremanship, halomorphic, homographic, hypothermia, kymographic, macrophagic, macrophytic, metamorphic, metanephroi, micrographs, microphages, mimeographs, misanthrope, misanthropy, monographic, morphactins, nomographic, oarsmanship, phonogramic, prognathism, prothalamia, prothallium, seismograph, semaphoring, symposiarch, tomographic, workmanship. | |
+5 letters: accomplisher, actinomorphy, allomorphism, apochromatic, apomorphines, archesporium, atmospherics, automorphism, camphorating, comradeships, cosmographic, demographics, demographies, diastrophism, enantiomorph, foremanships, horsemanship, hypothermias, kymographies, mammographic, metamorphism, metaphorical, microcephaly, micrographed, micrographic, mimeographed, misanthropes, misanthropic, monographing, morphallaxis, nomographies, oarsmanships, overemphasis, overemphatic, paedomorphic, panchromatic, parochialism, pharmacopeia, philharmonic, phonogrammic, prognathisms, prothalamion, prothalamium, seismographs, seismography, symposiarchs, tomographies, workmanships. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 72 70 68 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- .-. .--. .... .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01110010 01110000 01101000 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o r p h i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0072 0070 0068 0069 0061 |
| 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)47818482747567 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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