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Definition: Spavin |
SpavinNoun1. A swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spavin" was first used: sometime in the early 15th century. (references) |
Crosswords: Spavin |
| English words defined with "spavin": blood spavin, Bog spavin, bone spavin. (references) |
| "Spavin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Spavin" is used about 2 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% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "spavin": blood spavin ♦ Bog spavin ♦ Bone spavin. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
spavin | 9 |
bog spavin | 9 |
bone spavin | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spavin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الورم العرقوبي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шпат (spar, spring-halt, string halt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spat (spatter, splash, splatter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | patti (stalemate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | éparvin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spat (spar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περιοστίτισ ίππου, εξόστωση (curb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ínpók (springhalt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spavenio, spato. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gorley craueagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avinspay esparavão (string halt). (various references) spavan. (various references) костный шпат. (various references) oduzetost zadnjih nogu. (various references) esparavan, esparaván (sparrow hawk). (various references) spatt. (various references) atın dizinin şişmesi. (various references) кістковий шпат. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spavin": spavined, spavins. (additional references) | |
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"Spavin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sapein, savini, savino, savon, Savvin, scavi, Spadina, spaven, spavine, Spazio. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "spavin" (pronounced 'Spav"in'): Bavin, BRUIN, Cavin, Cholophaein, Cicutoxin, Colin, Covin, Cumin, Fortin, fraxin, gamin, Glairin, haematoidin, hematoidin, Levin, Linoxin, Mydatoxin, Myeloidin, Neo-Latin, Oleoresin, Papain, Phthalin, Picrotoxin, Platin, Plevin, Pyin, resin, robin, Rugin, satin, Scheelin, serin, Sewin, Smutchin, Typhotoxin, Urechitoxin, Venin, Vincetoxin, Whiskin, Xyloidin, Zein. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pavins. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-p-s-v" | |
-1 letter: nipas, pains, pavin, pavis, pians, pinas, savin, vinas. | |
-2 letters: ains, anis, naps, nipa, nips, pain, pans, pian, pias, pina, pins, sain, snap, snip, span, spin, spiv, vain, vans, vina, visa. | |
-3 letters: ain, ais, ani, asp, ins, nap, nip, pan, pas, pia, pin, pis, psi, sap, sin, sip, spa, van, vas, via, vis. | |
-4 letters: ai. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-p-s-v" | |
+1 letter: pavings, spavins. | |
+2 letters: spavined. | |
+3 letters: anviltops, expansive, parvolins, pavilions, pavillons, pervasion, vanaspati, vapidness, vaporings. | |
+4 letters: grapevines, nonpassive, pervasions, privations, pursuivant, vanaspatis, vaporising. | |
+5 letters: expansively, expansivity, overpassing, papaverines, passivating, passivation, passiveness, personative, preinvasion, previsional, privateness, privatising, provincials, provisional, provitamins, pursuivants, syncopative, vanpoolings, vapidnesses, vasopressin, vibraphones. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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