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Definition: Skin Care |
Skin CareNoun1. Care for the skin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Maintenance of the hygienic state of the skin under optimal conditions of cleanliness and comfort. Effective in skin care are proper washing, bathing, cleansing, and the use of soaps, detergents, oils, etc. In various disease states, therapeutic and protective solutions and ointments are useful. The care of the skin is particularly important in various occupations, in exposure to sunlight, in neonates, and in decubitus ulcer. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Skin Care |
| English words defined with "skin care": propanediol, propylene glycol ♦ SLS, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulphate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "skin care": Dermatologic Agents ♦ fur scraper ♦ hide cleaner ♦ pelt scraper ♦ sheep clipper, SHEEP SHEARER, stock clipper ♦ wool shearer. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Skin Care by Heroin. : Heroin Screws You Up. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Ask your doctor or nurse to recommend skin care products that will not cause skin irritation. (references) | |
Most treatments focus on topical skin care to relieve the inflammation, itching, and scaling. (references) | ||
Since the 1950s, a multimillion-dollar international commercial market for skin care, heavily influenced by medical knowledge, has developed. (references) | ||
Business | U.S. skin care products and cosmetics are well received by consumer in these segments. (references) | |
Previously Russian manufacturers represented mostly inexpensive brands of hygienic and skin care products. (references) | ||
The quality of domestic skin care products has improved, although it is not yet comparable to foreign brands. (references) | ||
Economic History | Senegal | High on the list of products sought by Senegalese consumers are hair, facial and skin care products. (references) |
India | A market exists for direct selling of health and nutrition products, beauty and skin care products, costume jewelry, cookware, and consumer durables. (references) | |
Trinidad | U.S. suppliers of personal care items have consistently been successful at trade events in TT. Ethnic hair and skin care products are particularly popular. (references) | |
Trade | Dominican Rep | Import licenses are not required for most products, except pharmaceutical products (drugs, cosmetics and skin care products) and agro-chemicals. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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 |
skin care | 5,388 | african american skin care | 81 |
skin care product | 1,318 | skin care company | 77 |
natural skin care | 544 | obagi skin care | 71 |
natural skin care product | 366 | oily skin care | 70 |
skin care make up | 311 | sensitive skin care | 68 |
serious skin care | 252 | serious skin care product | 66 |
man skin care | 237 | skin care review | 64 |
acne skin care | 236 | mederma skin care | 61 |
anti aging skin care | 228 | professional skin care product | 58 |
facial skin care | 209 | skin care product review | 58 |
skin care tip | 207 | skin care cosmetic | 57 |
aromatherapy skin care | 172 | organic skin care | 53 |
dry skin care | 131 | dry skin care product | 52 |
skin care cream | 131 | antiaging skin care | 51 |
skin care treatment | 127 | total skin care | 50 |
black skin care | 120 | herbal skin care | 49 |
proactive skin care | 119 | advanced skin care | 48 |
philosophy skin care | 106 | dermalogica skin care | 48 |
acadia skin care | 105 | nature choice skin care | 48 |
anti aging skin care product | 103 | man skin care product | 48 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "skin care"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | apparat til hudpleje (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | huidverzorgingstoestel (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | appareil de traitement de la peau (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Hautbehandlungsgerät (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | apparecchio per il trattamento della pelle (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スキャンロン方式 (child-rearing with frequent physical contact, door-to-door condom sales-lady, reskilling, Scanlon plan, school, school bus, school color, school zone, schooling, schoolmate, schooner, scoop, scooter, scramble, scramble race, scrambled eggs, scrap, scrap and build, scrapbook, scratch, scratch hit, scratch match, scratch noise, scratch player, scratch race, scrub, scrum, scrum half, scrummage, scuba, scuba diving, self-contained under-water breathing apparatus, skill, skillful, skills inventory system, skin, skin cream, skin diver, skin diving, skin food, skinheads, square, square dance, square neckline, square stance, squeeze, squeeze bunt, squeeze play, squid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スキンケア . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inskay arecay aparelho de tratamento de pele (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references) aparato para el tratamiento de la piel (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-k-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: arcsine, arsenic, cankers, carnies, nickers, snakier, snicker. | |
-2 letters: arisen, arsine, cairns, cakier, caners, canker, caries, carnie, casein, casern, cerias, crakes, cranes, cranks, creaks, ericas, ickers, incase, inkers, kaiser, kinase, nacres, nicker, rances, reinks, sacker, screak, sicken, sicker, sinker. | |
-3 letters: acnes, acres, airns, anise, areic, arise, asker, cains, cairn, cakes, caner, canes, cares, carks. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-k-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: crankiest, screaking. | |
+2 letters: crankiness, creakiness, knackeries, nicknamers, rainchecks, restacking. | |
+3 letters: airsickness, awestricken, caretakings, carsickness, linebackers. | |
+4 letters: bankruptcies, brackishness, cabinetworks, crankinesses, creakinesses, frankincense, greenbackism, kitchenwares, racewalkings, safecracking, sidetracking, stickhandler, wisecracking. | |
+5 letters: airsicknesses, backcountries, benchmarkings, cabinetmakers, carsicknesses, craftsmanlike, frankincenses, greenbackisms, handkerchiefs, heartsickness, safecrackings, stickhandlers. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6B 69 6E      43 61 72 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101011 01101001 01101110 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S k i n   C a r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006B 0069 006E      0043 0061 0072 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53777580237678471 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, danese, dinamarquês, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, olandese, holandês, holandés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, allemand, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, italiano |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, inglese, inglês, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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