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Definition: Pantyhose |
PantyhoseNoun1. A woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Screenplays | So remember, if my financial situation doesn't perk up, and fast, I'm gonna tell Mommy what you do with her pantyhose, okay? (Girls on Top; writing credit: Dawn French; Jennifer Saunders) Keep your pantyhose on! (The Abyss; writing credit: James Cameron) Money for new pantyhose. (Silver Bullet; writing credit: Stephen King;) | |
Lyrics | Flyin' through the air in pantyhose ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pantyhose Pairs (2002) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term 'pantyhose' is exclusively American, referring to the combination of 'panties' (an American term for women's undergarment) with hosiery. The one-piece pantyhose was a substantial improvement that appeared in the 1960's because it provided a convenient alternative to separate underwear and hosiery. In North America, the term tights is used to describe a garment similar to pantyhose, but which is thicker and more commonly worn by girls, dancers, and other athletes.
Pantyhose are worn for a number of reasons. Sheer pantyhose that match the skin color of the legs can enhance the appearance of legs, making them look smoother. Darker pantyhose can enhance the legs by outlining the shape. Pantyhose also has practical use, as it can provide warmth in colder weather and let women go "bare-legged" even in the winter. Pantyhose can even enhance blood circulation by applying even pressure on the legs throughout the day.
Pantyhose are available in a wide range of styles. The sheerness of the garment, expressed as a numerical 'denier', ranges from 7 (extremely thin, barely visible) to 20 (standard sheer) up to 30 (semi opaque). Pantyhose also come in a variety of colors, from gray/black or skin tone common in business wear to brightly colored styles fashionable among young women.
Most pantyhose are composed of nylon and spandex, which provides the elasticity and form fitting that this characteristic of modern pantyhose. Unfortunately, the nylon fabric is somewhat prone to tearing and it is common for very sheer hose to 'run' soon after snagging on something sharp.
Pantyhose worn for fashion have a standard construction. The top of the waist is a strong elastic. The part covering the hips (boxer/brief area) is composed of a thicker material than the legs. The gusset or crotch is also a stronger material, sometimes made of cotton. The legs of the pantyhose are made of the thinnest material which has a consistent construction down to the toes, which may be reinforced to guard against wear.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pantyhose."
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Phyllis Diller | Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and a three-dollar pantyhose that won't run. |
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Health | Wear cotton underwear and pantyhose with a ventilated cotton lining. (references) | |
The wearing of nylon panties, pantyhose without a cotton panel, and tight jeans can lead to yeast infections. (references) | ||
Economic History | Colombia | Also included are women and girls' lingerie including pantyhose, tights, stockings, hosiery, brassieres and panties. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pantyhose" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pantyhose" is used about 3 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% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "pantyhose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | جوارب طويلة. (various references) | |
Czech | punèocháèe (tights). (various references) | |
French | collant (pantihose). (various references) | |
Hungarian | harisnyanadrág (nylons, panty hose, tights). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | パンジー色 (briefs, brochure, deep violet, most people, paint, pampas, pamphlet, panda, pan-focus, pantalon, pantheon, panties, pantograph, pantomime, pantothenic, pantry, pantskirt, panty, panty girdle, panty hose, panty skirt, panty stocking, PCS, pumping, pumpkin, pumps, punch, punch card, punch permanent, punch-card system, punt kick, showing underwear, underpants, whore). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | パンティーストッキング (panty stocking). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | antyhosepay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | meia-calça (French foot), calça (trousers). (various references) | |
Russian | колготки (leotard, panty hose, tights). (various references) | |
Spanish | pantys (tights). (various references) | |
Turkish | külotlu çorap (pantihose). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Pantyhose" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pahtyhose, panthos, Panticosa, pantihose, panythose, penthylos. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-n-o-p-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: hyponeas, phaetons, phonates, phytanes, stanhope. | |
-2 letters: astheny, haptens, honesty, hyponea, phaeton, phonate, phoneys, phytane, phytons, pythons, shantey, teapoys, teashop, teopans, typhons, typhose. | |
-3 letters: astony, atones, ethnos, hapten, hasten, honest, honeys, hyenas, netops, paeons, pantos, patens, pathos, phones, phoney, phyton, pontes, potash, python, sapote, shanty, shapen, snathe, spathe, stoney, syphon, teapoy, teopan, tepoys, thanes, tophes, typhon, yapons, yentas. | |
-4 letters: aeons, antes, antsy, ashen, aspen, atone, atony, atopy, ephas, estop, ethos, etnas, haets, hanse, hants, haste, hasty, hates, heaps, heats, hents, hones, honey, hopes, hosen, hosta, hoyas, hyena, hypes, hypos, hyson, napes, nasty, nates, neaps, neath, neats, netop, nosey, notes, oaten, oaths, onset, opahs, opens, paeon, panes, pansy, panto, pants, panty, paseo, paste, pasty, paten, pates, paths, patsy, peans, peats, peaty, peons, peony, pesto, pesty, phase, phone, phons, phony, phots, poesy, poets, pones, potsy, psoae, santo, sepoy, septa, seton, shape, shent, shoat, shone, shote, snath, sneap, soapy, sophy, spate, spean, spent, stane, staph, steno, stoae, stone, stony, stope, synth, tansy, tapes, tepas, tepoy, thane, thens, those, toeas, tones, toney, topes, tophe, tophs, tynes, types, typos, yapon, yeans, yeast, yenta. | |
-5 letters: aeon, ahoy, anes, ante, ants, apes, apse, ashy, ates, atop, ayes, east, easy, eath, eats, eons, epha, epos, espy, etas, eths, etna, eyas, haen, haes, haet, hant, haps, hasp, hast, hate, hats, hays, heap, heat, hens, hent, hest, hets, hoes, hone, hons, hope, hops, hose, host, hots, hoya, hoys, hype, hypo, hyps, hyte, naos, nape, naps, nays, neap, neat, nest, nets, noes, nope, nose, nosh, nosy, nota, note, oast, oath, oats, ones, opah, open, opes, opts, oyes, pane, pans, pant, pase, pash, past, pate, path, pats, paty, pays, pean, peas, peat, pehs, pens, pent, peon, peso, pest, pets, phat, phon, phot, poet, pone, pons, pony, pose, posh, post, posy, pots, pyas, pyes, sane, sate, seat, sent, sept, seta, shat, shay, shea, shoe, shop, shot, snap, snot, snye, soap, sone, soph, soth, soya, spae, span, spat, spay, spot, stay, step, stey, stoa, stop, stye, syne, syph, tans, taos, tape, taps, teas, tens, tepa, thae, than, then, they, toea, toes, tone, tons, tony, tope, toph, tops, tosh, toys, tyes, tyne, type, typo, yaps, yeah, yean, yeas, yens. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-n-o-p-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: hypertonias, stenography. | |
+3 letters: attorneyship, autohypnoses, hyphenations, lycanthropes, phytoalexins, polyanthuses, tryptophanes. | |
+4 letters: amphictyonies, attorneyships, hymenopterans, hypoxanthines, lycanthropies, phanerophytes, photosynthate, polyurethanes. | |
+5 letters: anthophyllites, hypnotherapies, hypnotherapist, hypothecations, parenchymatous, photosynthates, phytopathogens, phytoplankters. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 6E 74 79 68 6F 73 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01101110 01110100 01111001 01101000 01101111 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a n t y h o s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 006E 0074 0079 0068 006F 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)506780869174818571 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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