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"POLYMERS" is a plural of: polymer. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Compounds formed by the joining of smaller, usually repeating, units linked by covalent bonds. These compounds often form large macromolecules (e.g., polypeptides, proteins, plastics). (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In another technique, doctors place disc-shaped specially designed polymers, wafers soaked with chemotherapeutic drugs, directly into tumor tissue. (references) | |
Business | Imports of polyethylene, polyester, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, acrylic polymers, polystyrene, and polyethers form three-forth of total imports. (references) | |
By the year 2000, polymers and surfactants used in triple-crude production and thickening oil production were to reach 50-60,000 tons and 100,000 tons, respectively. (references) | ||
Manufacturers are marking parts with material codes, using recyclable materials, and showing increasing interest in advanced materials, in particular in polymers and ceramics. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "POLYMERS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 93.65% of the time. "POLYMERS" is used about 457 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 (plural) | 93.65% | 428 | 13,385 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.35% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Total | 100.00% | 457 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Huntsman Polymers Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "POLYMERS": vinyl polymers. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "POLYMERS": bio-polymers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "POLYMERS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | Polymere. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | olymerspay vinil polimeri (vinyl polymers). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "POLYMERS": biopolymers, copolymers, homopolymers, photopolymers, terpolymers. (additional references) | |
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"POLYMERS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ploymer, pokymerase, polimer, polimes, Polmer, polyamer, Polymax, polymerase, polymere, polymes, polyner, polynerase, Polynes, polyoma. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "POLYMERS" (pronounced pÄ"lumerz) |
| 4 | -u m er z | astronomers, cucumbers, customers, elastomers, isomers, latecomers, monomers. |
| 3 | -m er z | bloomers, bombers, boomers, charmers, climbers, comers, consumers, costumers, dimmers, disclaimers, dreamers, drummers, farmers, framers, Gamers, glimmers, groomers, hammers, homers, informers, jackhammers, jammers, lemurs, murmurs, newcomers, performers, plumbers, primers, programmers, reamers, reformers, rumors, rumours, screamers, shimmers, simmers, skimmers, steamers, streamers, summers, swimmers, termers, timers, transformers, tremors, trimmers, tumors. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-m-o-p-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: employs, leprosy, polymer. | |
-2 letters: employ, lopers, mopers, mopery, morels, morsel, myopes, osprey, plyers, polers, proems, proles, sloper, sorely, splore. | |
-3 letters: loper, lopes, lores, loser, lyres, merls, moles, moper, mopes, mopey, morel, mores, morse, mosey, myope, omers, orles, oyers, perms, ploys, plyer, poems, poesy, poler, poles, polys, pomes, pores, poser, preys, proem, prole, proms. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-m-o-p-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: employers, reemploys. | |
+2 letters: copolymers, micropyles, oversimply, polymerase, polymerise, polymerism. | |
+3 letters: biopolymers, imperiously, plyometrics, polychromes, polymerases, polymerised, polymerises, polymerisms, polymerizes, proselytism, protoxylems, terpolymers. | |
+4 letters: compressedly, homopolymers, impersonally, imperviously, oversimplify, polycentrism, polychromies, polymerising, polyribosome, proselytisms, rampageously. | |
+5 letters: amphiprostyle, chlamydospore, compressively, copolymerizes, depolymerizes, impersonality, myrmecophiles, photopolymers, plethysmogram, polycentrisms, polyribosomes, postembryonal, redeployments, reemployments, supernormally. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Company Usage 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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