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Definition: Pubic |
PubicAdjective1. Relating or near the pubis; "pubic bones"; "pubic hair". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pubic" was first used: 1831. (references) |
Crosswords: Pubic |
| English words defined with "pubic": bush ♦ crab, crab louse, crabs, crotch hair ♦ G-string ♦ Interpubic ♦ minge, mons, mons pubis, mons veneris ♦ os pubis ♦ Pecten, pediculosis pubis, Phthirius pubis, Poupart's ligament, Prepubis, pubic bone, pubic hair, pubic louse, pubis ♦ Subpubic, Suprapubic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pubic": alta vista ♦ cystotomia alta ♦ pendulous abdomen, pubic directory ♦ sectio alta, suprapubic cystotomy, suprapubic cystotomy for stone. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It looks like an adult pubic louse, but is smaller. (references) | |
Pubic lice are usually spread through sexual contact. (references) | ||
By looking closely through pubic hair for nits, nymphs, or adults. (references) | ||
Business | Former Minister of Pubic Security Hua Guofeng was quickly confirmed as Party Chairman and Premier. (references) | |
There are 36,000 city governments in France, most of which participate in municipal cooperatives to manage pubic utilities and other public services. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pubic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.18% of the time. "Pubic" is used about 122 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.18% | 121 | 29,211 |
| Noun (common) | 0.82% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 122 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pubic": pubic arch ♦ pubic bone ♦ pubic directory ♦ pubic hair ♦ pubic louse ♦ pubic region ♦ pubic symphysis. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "pubic": sub-pubic. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pubic hair | 1,419 | shaving pubic area | 44 |
pubic | 408 | pubic tattoo | 42 |
shaving pubic hair | 323 | hair pubic shave woman | 40 |
pubic louse | 260 | trimming pubic hair | 37 |
pubic hair removal | 258 | shaved pubic | 37 |
pubic shaving | 215 | trim pubic hair | 36 |
shave your pubic hair | 144 | ingrown pubic hair | 36 |
red pubic hair | 113 | shave pubic area | 35 |
pubic hair style | 106 | hair pic pubic | 33 |
shaved pubic hair | 90 | hair man pubic | 33 |
male pubic hair | 89 | no pubic hair | 32 |
blonde pubic hair | 86 | male pubic hair shaving | 30 |
pubic shave | 69 | girl pubic hair | 30 |
female pubic hair | 67 | man shaving pubic hair | 26 |
hair picture pubic | 65 | pubic crabs | 26 |
pubic hair design | 64 | bone pubic | 25 |
picture of pubic louse | 57 | boy hair pubic | 25 |
hairy pubic very woman | 52 | woman shaving pubic hair | 25 |
hair photo pubic | 50 | female hair picture pubic | 24 |
hair pubic stencil | 44 | removing pubic hair | 23 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "pubic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محارم, عاني نسبة للعظم العاني, عاني (off color, off colour), عري (bareness, nakedness, nude, nudity), خاص بالعانة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 丹" (pubic region). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pubický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pubeshaar (pubic hairs), pecten ossis pubis (pecten ossis pubis, pubic crest), pars pubica lineae terminalis (pubic part of the arcuate line of the pelvis), symfysehoejde (height of pubic arch), skam-hoftebensindex (hip bone index, pubic bone index), skambenslaengde (length of the pubic bone), skamben (os pubis, pubic bone), segmentum pubicum (pubic segment), overkanten af symfysen (upper edge of the pubic symphysis), maksimal kraft mod skambenssammenføjningen (pubic symphysis peak force). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pubes (pubes, pubic hairs), platluis (crab louse, pubic louse), platje (crab louse, pubic louse), piekkracht op de symphysis pubica (pubic symphysis peak force), pecten ossis pubis (pecten ossis pubis, pubic crest), schaamluis (crab louse, pubic louse), schaamhaar (pubic hairs), schaambeen (os pubis, pubic bone), os pubis (pubic bone), crinis pubis (pubic hairs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لابلوغی(pubescent), زهاری , شرمگاهی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | satiainen (crab louse, pubic louse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pubien. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | scham-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ηβικόσ, ήβησ (puberal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ערותי, חיקי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szemérem-, ágyéki (lumbar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | jembut (pubic hair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pubico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 恥骨 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ち"つ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | roamagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubicpay púbico. (various references) лонный, лобковый. (various references) pubičan. (various references) púbico. (various references) köns- (genital, sexual). (various references) kasık kemiğine ait, kasık (groin, inguinal). (various references) лобковий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Phthirus pubis, Pthirus pubis, pubes. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "pubic": subpubic. (additional references) | |
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"Pubic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bebic, bujic, Duboc, kubic, Kubik, Oubc, Pauric, pavic, pbi, Puba, pubbed, pubber, pube, Pubi, pubics, pubie, pubish, pubo, puboc, pubol, Pucik, pudic, pudica, Puica, puick, puki, pulik, puric, Pvba, pvuii, Pybba, rubic, Ubik. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pubic" (pronounced pyuw"bik) |
| 5 | -y uw" b i k | cubic. |
| 4 | -uw" b i k | cherubic. |
| 3 | -b i k | acerbic, aerobic, amoebic, anaerobic, arabic, ascorbic, claustrophobic, homophobic, phobic, syllabic, xenophobic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-i-p-u" | |
-2 letters: cub, cup, pic, piu, pub. | |
-3 letters: bi, pi, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-i-p-u" | |
+1 letter: public. | |
+2 letters: plumbic, publics, upclimb. | |
+3 letters: bicuspid, pinchbug, publican, publicly, republic, suboptic, subpubic, subtopic, upclimbs. | |
+4 letters: bicuspids, copublish, nonpublic, pinchbugs, publicans, publicise, publicist, publicity, publicize, republics, spicebush, subapical, subscript, subtopics, subtropic, upclimbed. | |
+5 letters: inculpable, procambium, producible, publically, publicised, publicises, publicists, publicized, publicizes, publicness, republican, semipublic, subscripts, subspecies, subtropics, superbitch, upclimbing. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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