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"SEALS" is a plural of: seal. |
Date "SEALS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including all the seals and the walruses. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Family of the sub-order Pinnipedia. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SEALS | English | Severe environmental air launch study | Military & Defense, Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Scepter | Key, signet, seals, talisman; helm; reins; (means of restraint). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SEALS |
| English words defined with "SEALS": aquatic mammal, Arctocephalus ♦ bask, bottlecap ♦ Callorhinus, Chancellor of the order of the Garter, Cystophora ♦ Eared seal, earless seal, Eburin, elephant seal, Erignathus ♦ family Otariidae, family Phocidae, fish oil, fur seal ♦ genus Arctocephalus, genus Callorhinus, genus Cystophora, genus Erignathus, genus Mirounga, genus Pagophilus, genus Phoca, glossy, Gules ♦ hair seal, herd ♦ Medicine seal, Mirounga ♦ Otariidae ♦ Pagophilus, Phoca, Phocal, Phocidae, phocine, Pinnipedia, piston ring ♦ Ragman ♦ satin, satiny, sea elephant, Sea leopard, sea lion, seal, self-sealing, silken, silklike, silky, sleek, slick, Sphragistics, suborder Pinnipedia ♦ true seal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SEALS": ENGRAVER, SEALS. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I would like to say, for the record, that I am in favor of using more American Indians and other minorities in motion pictures, I am against polluting the oceans of the world, I am for every nationality having its own homeland, I am against whacking baby seals on the head, and I am for saving the whales. (The 51st Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Buz Kohan) I should have never saved you from those seals. (The Kids in the Hall; writing credit: Dave Foley; Bruce McCulloch) I went to a Seals and Crofts concert last summer. (Freaks and Geeks; writing credit: Paul Feig; Judd Apatow) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Silly Seals (1938) The Letter with the Black Seals (1912) U.S. Seals II (2001) The Elephant Seals of Ano Nuevo (1994) Combat Seals (1991) | |
Song Titles | Diamond Girl (performing artist: Seals & Crofts) GET CLOSER (performing artist: Seals & Crofts ) HUMMINGBIRD (performing artist: Seals & Crofts ) Summer Breeze (performing artist: Seals and Croft) We May Never Pass This Way (performing artist: Seals and Crofts) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Harbor seals on small ice bergs in Southeast Alaskan waters. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | Hawaiian monk seal - Monachus schauinslandi. Tagging operations conducted under the auspices of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Techniques were being developed at this time as this was only the second time that any Hawaiian Monk seals were tagged. Other than for needs of scientific studies, human interaction with protected species should be minimized. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | Fur seals hauled out on the ice in the Bering Sea. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Harbor seals on Muscle Ridge Island. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | "Seals basking on newly formed pancake ice off Cape Evans." In: "Scott's Last Expedition ....", 1913. Dodd, Mead, and Company. New York. Volume I. Page 106. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Weddell seals at old British Base T at Cape Geddes. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Elephant seals on the Farallon Islands. Credit: Sanctuaries. |  | Sanctuary volunteers for the seals program during field training. Credit: Sanctuaries. |
 | Seals in Yaquina Bay. Credit: T. Hogervost. |  | Pacific Harbor Seals and Cormorants on Seal Island at Yaquina Head ONA. Credit: BLM. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe | Douglas Adams | said the official, examining the ultra-titanium outer seals of the aorist rod hold. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Letters came, with armorial seals upon them, though of bearings unknown to English heraldry. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This seals the vessels and stops them from leaking. (references) | |
There it seals itself against your body to keep urine from leaking. (references) | ||
Influenza A viruses are found in many different animals, including birds, pigs, ducks, whales, horses, and seals. (references) | ||
Business | Domestic production of pumps and compressors in Ecuador is non-existent, and domestic valve production is limited to iron gate valves and bronze seals. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Turkmenistan | In March the authorities reportedly broke the seals and removed all of the church's contents. (references) |
Moldova | The Government also issued new customs seals and stamps and, unlike its predecessors, did not give them to the Transnistrian authorities. (references) | |
Economic History | Costa Rica | Local production is limited to small electrical and metal parts, batteries, electrical copper cable, hydraulic seals, filters (air/gasoline), steel leaf springs, aluminum and steel wheels, windshields, carpets, hoses, mufflers, bus bodies, and tires. (references) |
Trade | Ecuador | The Ecuadorian National Standards Institute also gives quality seals required to export. (references) |
France | More established quality seals and labels exist in France than in any other European country. (references) | |
Philippines | Shipments from the U.S. may transit through Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc., however, container seals should remain intact. (references) | |
Travel | Nigeria | Sophisticated forged documents may also be provided using government letterhead from the Federal Ministry of Justice, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and others, along with a variety of official-looking stamps and seals. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authenticity and authority. Sometimes it is stamped upon wax, and attached to the paper, sometimes into the paper itself. Sealing, in this sense, is a survival of an ancient custom of inscribing important papers with cabalistic words or signs to give them a magical efficacy independent of the authority that they represent. In the British museum are preserved many ancient papers, mostly of a sacerdotal character, validated by necromantic pentagrams and other devices, frequently initial letters of words to conjure with; and in many instances these are attached in the same way that seals are appended now. As nearly every reasonless and apparently meaningless custom, rite or observance of modern times had origin in some remote utility, it is pleasing to note an example of ancient nonsense evolving in the process of ages into something really useful. Our word "sincere" is derived from sine cero, without wax, but the learned are not in agreement as to whether this refers to the absence of the cabalistic signs, or to that of the wax with which letters were formerly closed from public scrutiny. Either view of the matter will serve one in immediate need of an hypothesis. The initials L.S., commonly appended to signatures of legal documents, mean locum sigillis, the place of the seal, although the seal is no longer used -- an admirable example of conservatism distinguishing Man from the beasts that perish. The words locum sigillis are humbly suggested as a suitable motto for the Pribyloff Islands whenever they shall take their place as a sovereign State of the American Union. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Alexander Benedetto | This is Plant testifying in a preliminary hearing. This seals the deal for them in order to hold us longer to even get to go to a trial. If this had happened in the United States it never would have even ever gone to trial. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "SEALS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 89.90% of the time. "SEALS" is used about 484 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) | 89.9% | 436 | 13,209 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 10.1% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Total | 100.00% | 484 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SEALS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Seals | Last name | 9,000 | 1,425 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "SEALS": break the seals of an envelope ♦ Collation of seals ♦ Navy Seals ♦ performing seals ♦ receive the seals ♦ seals of office ♦ true seals. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SEALS": door-seals. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SEALS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | канцеларски печати (seals of office), министерски печати (seals of office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | saeler (pinnipedia, walruses), saeldyr (pinnipedia, walruses), laasemekanisme, egentlige saeler (true seals), ægte sæler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zeeroofdieren (pinnipedia, walruses), zeehonden, zeehondachtigen (true seals), vinpotigen (pinnipedia, walruses), afsluitplaatje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hylkeet-heimo, hylkeet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scellés (sealed), plaque de verrouillage, pinnipèdes, phoques (true seals), \SXX (eared seals, fur seals, sea lions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Robben (crawl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πτερυγιόποδα (pinnipedia, walruses), φώκιες (eared seals, fur seals, sea lions, true seals). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inuktitut | nattiqsiuqtuq (to hunt seals). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | foche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 篆書 (characters used on seals), "印 (changing seals), 印譜 (book of seals). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かいい" (carrying off by deception, changing seals, drinking and carousing together, hospital opening, kidnap, member, opening congress, sailor, seaman, the membership), い"ぷ (book of seals, harlot, prosperity, wealth), て"しょ (accompanying note or letter, characters used on seals, postscript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ealssay pinípedes (pinnipedia, walruses), focas (true seals). (various references) rupe sigiliile unui plic (break the seals of an envelope), fi numit în funcţia de secretar stat (receive the seals), fi numit în funcţia de lord-cancelar (receive the seals). (various references) сдать должность канцлера или министра (return the seals), принять должность канцлера или министра (receive the seals). (various references) focas; sellos, focas (eared seals, fur seals, sea lions). (various references) egentliga sälar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Phocidae, Pinnipedia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Nehemiah Chapter 9, Verse 38 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Super omnibus ergo his nos ipsi percutimus foedus et scribimus et signant principes nostri Levitae nostri et sacerdotes nostri |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, set their seals to it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Nehemiah Chapter 9, Verse 38 |
| Cebuano | Ug ngani tungod niining tanan kami naghimo ug usa ka matinumanong tugon, ug gisulat kini: ug ang among mga principe, ang among mga Levihanon, ug ang among mga sacerdote, nanagtimaan niini. |
| Chinese | 這 一 切 的 事 、 我 們 立 確 實 的 約 、 寫 在 冊 上 ． 我 們 的 首 、 利 未 人 、 ' 祭 司 、 都 簽 了 名 。 |
| Danish | I Henhold til alt dette indgår vi med Navns Underskrift en urokkelig Pagt, og den beseglede Skrivelse er underskrevet af vore Øverster, Leviter og Præster. |
| Dutch | En in dit alles maken wij een vast verbond en schrijven het; en onze vorsten, onze Levieten en onze priesteren zullen het verzegelen. |
| French | Pour tout cela, nous contractâmes une alliance, que nous mîmes par écrit; et nos chefs, nos Lévites et nos sacrificateurs y apposèrent leur sceau. |
| German | Und in diesem allem machen wir einen festen Bund und schreiben und lassen's unsere Fürsten, Leviten und Priester versiegeln. |
| Hungarian | És mindemellett mi erõs kötést szerzénk és azt aláírtuk, melyet megpecsételének a mi fejedelmeink, Lévitáink és papjaink. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Berdasarkan segala kejadian itu, kami rakyat Israel membuat perjanjian yang kokoh dan tertulis, dengan diberi cap para pemimpin kami, orang-orang Lewi dan seorang imam kami. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hata, maka kemudian dari pada sekalian ini kami membuat suatu perjanjian dengan teguhnya serta menyuratkan dia, dan kami suruh segala penghulu kami dan segala orang Lewi kami dan segala imam kamipun membubuh cap padanya. |
| Maori | Ahakoa tenei katoa, ka whakarite matou i te kawenata pono, tuhituhi rawa; ka hiritia iho e o matou rangatira, e o matou Riwaiti, e o matou tohunga. |
| Norwegian | På grunn av alt dette gjorde vi en fast pakt og skrev den op; skrivelsen blev forsynt med segl og underskrevet av våre høvdinger, våre levitter og våre prester. |
| Portuguese | Contudo, por causa de tudo isso firmamos um pacto e o escrevemos; e selam-no os nossos príncipes, os nossos levitas e os nossos sacerdotes. |
| Rumanian | Pentru toate acestea, noi am kncheiat un legqmknt, pe care l-am fqcut kn scris. Wi cqpeteniile noastre, Leviyii nowtri wi preoyii nowtri wi-au pus pecetea pe el. |
| Russian | рП ЧУЕНХ ЬФПНХ НЩ "БЕН ФЧЕТ"ПЕ П'СЪБФЕМШУФЧП Й П" ЙУЩЧБЕН, Й ОБ П" ЙУЙ ЕЮБФШ ЛОСЪЕК ОБЫЙИ, МЕЧЙФПЧ ОБЫЙИ Й УЧСЭЕООЙЛПЧ ОБЫЙИ. |
| Spanish | A causa de todo esto, nosotros hemos hecho un firme compromiso, y lo escribimos. Y fue firmado por nuestros magistrados, por nuestros levitas y por nuestros sacerdotes. |
| Swedish | Förbundets förnyelse och innehåll. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SEALS": sealskin, sealskins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "SEALS": goldenseals, reseals, unseals. (additional references) | |
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"SEALS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eals, esafs, esal, sael, sals, salz, sauls, Scalz, sceal, seail, sealch, Seales, sealt, Seaql, Searl, Searlesja, Secals, secalt, seels, segal, seil, sela, Selase, Selasse, Sels, seul, sevaks, Sialis, sials, smals, Smeal, sveal, yeals, zals, zeals, zeels. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SEALS" (pronounced sē"lz) |
| 4 | s ē" l z | conceals, reseals. |
| 3 | -ē" l z | Abeles, appeals, deals, eels, feels, heals, heels, ideals, keels, meals, ordeals, peels, reels, repeals, reveals, Shiels, squeals, steals, steels, veals, wheels. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lases, sales. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-s-s" | |
-1 letter: ales, lase, lass, leas, less, sale, sals, seal, seas, sels. | |
-2 letters: ale, als, ass, els, ess, las, lea, sae, sal, sea, sel. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, as, el, es, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-s-s" | |
+1 letter: aisles, awless, easels, hassel, hassle, lapses, lasers, lashes, lasses, lassie, leases, leasts, lyases, passel, rassle, sables, saleps, salves, scales, selahs, selvas, sepals, shales, sheals, slakes, slates, slaves, spales, stales, steals, swales, tassel, teslas, valses. | |
+2 letters: abseils, ageless, aidless, aimless, airless, aldoses, aliases, alsikes, anlases, armless, artless, ashlers, ashless, asshole, asslike, atlases, avulses, aweless, awnless, balases, barless, bolases, braless, calesas, capless, carless, castles, clashes, classed, classer, classes, clauses, damsels, declass, desalts, earless, elapses, espials, falsest, falsies, fatless, flashes, gasless, glassed, glasses, glassie, glossae, hansels, hapless, haslets, hassels, hassled, hassles, hatless, jagless, lapises, lapsers, largess, lashers, lassies, lassoed, lassoer, lassoes, lasters, latests, lawless, laxness, leasers, leashes, liaises, ligases, lipases, loessal, lysates, manless, matless, measles, mescals, napless, oarless, palsies, passels, pastels, plashes, pleases, rassled, rassles, rayless, resails, resales, reseals, saddles, sailers, salines, sallets, sallies, salters, saltest, salties, salutes, salvers, salvoes, samiels, samlets, samples, sapless, saurels, scalers, scleras, sealers, seismal, sendals, sensual, serails, serials, serosal, servals, sheilas, sheltas, silages, silanes, silesia, slakers, slashed, slasher, slashes, slaters, slavers, slaveys, slayers, sleaves, sleazes, solaces, solates, splakes, squeals, stables, stalest, staples, stellas, subsale, taluses, tassels, taxless, teasels, unseals, valises, vestals, warless, warsles, wayless, weasels, wrassle. | |
| 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. | |
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