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"SUBSTANCES" is a plural of: substance. |
Date "SUBSTANCES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Medicine | Chemical elements and their compounds, as they occur naturally or by manufacture, including any impurity inevitable resulting from the manufacturing process. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: SUBSTANCES |
| Specialty definitions using "SUBSTANCES": accessory growth substances, administering to children substances capable of causing injury ♦ Growth Substances, Pigments, and Vitamins ♦ Hazardous Substances ♦ Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer ♦ National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan ♦ Radioactive Substances ♦ Toxic Substances Control Act. (references) |
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Screenplays | Vehicular manslaughter, reckless endangerment, possession of controlled substances, possession of a deadly weapon, violation of parole. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut) | |
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 | Crude materials from forest and ocean arrive at the NCI Frederick Cancer Research and Development Facility, where an extraction laboratory prepares samples of the natural substances for chemical analysis. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Seen is a "beam of light" traveling along fiber optics for photodynamic therapy for use in an operating room. Its source is a laser beam which is split at two different stages to create the proper "therapeutic wavelength". The patient has been given a photo sensitive drug containing cancer killing substances which are absorbed by cancer cells. During the surgery, the light beam is positioned at the tumor site, which then activates the drug that kills the cancer cells, thus photodynamic therapy. Credit: John Crawford (photographer). |
 | Dr. Satcher was formerly Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Credit: CDC. |  | A distinguishing characteristic of biofilms is the presence of extracellular polymeric substances, primarily polysaccharides, surrounding and encasing the cells. Here, these polysaccharides have been visualized by scanning electron microscopy. Credit: CDC. |
 | After analyzing hundreds of samples, ARS researchers wrote the definitive report on the composition and properties of honeys. These findings made it possible to detect the addition of other substances to honey. A side benefit was discovery of a new sugar in honey, which was named erlose, after ARS's Eastern Regional Research Laboratory. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Blood plasma, normally clear, turns milky white when levels of cholesterol and other fatty substances become to high. / WHO/NIH p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Jerry Hecht.. |
 | ... one of the numerous ingenious devices permitting the handling of radioactive substances ... / Brookhaven National Laboratory photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Damaged protective coverings have the potential for leading to exposure to hazardous substances. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Symbolic picture in alchemical text showing crowned man standing on sun and crowned woman standing on moon joining flowers with descending dove, which represents marriage and the union of two substances. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Scientific apparatus used by Lavoisier in studying chemical reactions in combustion of substances, including mercury, top right] / Paulze Lavoisier, sculpt. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Within a period of three months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, the German Government will disclose to the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers the nature and mode of manufacture of all explosives, toxic substances or other like chemical preparations used by them in the war or prepared by them for the purpose of being so used. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Gallstones form when substances in the bile harden. (references) | |
It is necessary for transport of substances along the axons. (references) | ||
Anergy - Absence of immune response to particular substances. (references) | ||
Business | Ozone depleting substances that cannot be recycled must be destroyed. (references) | |
In general, these substances are not contained in clothing, except for Formaldehyde. (references) | ||
The chief pollutants were petroleum substances, chlorinated hydrocarbons, PCBs and toxic metals. (references) | ||
Children | Korea | In 1999 the Government's Commission on Youth Protection, exercising its mandate to "regulate the circulation of harmful materials and substances and to protect youth from harmful entertainment establishments," revised the Youth Protection Law. (references) |
Economic History | Dominican Republic | The two governments cooperate in the fight against the traffic in illegal substances. (references) |
Indonesia | Industrial chemicals are generally regarded as intermediate substances and materials vital to the industrial preparation of finished products of all types. (references) | |
Human Rights | Armenia | According to his report, Haryutyunian also stated that he was given psychotropic substances and that his family was threatened. (references) |
Singapore | Under the Intoxicating Substances Act, the CNB director may order the treatment for rehabilitation of a person believed to be an inhalant drug abuser for up to 6 months. (references) | |
Political Economy | Kuwait | All workers in Kuwait are entitled to medical care and compensation for work-related injury or illness, including illness resulting from exposure to hazardous substances. (references) |
Trade | Norway | Publication: "Declaration of chemical substances and products" - Guidelines (in English). (references) |
Moldova | The Ministry of Health must license the import of pharmaceutical products and related chemical substances. (references) | |
Norway | A mandatory composition declaration is imposed on domestic and foreign suppliers of chemical substances and products. (references) | |
Travel | Norway | Some substances that are legal in other European countries are prohibited in Norway. (references) |
Kuwait | Use of narcotics is increasing in Kuwait, and visitors found with illegal narcotics or substances are subjected to tough criminal penalties. (references) | |
Women | Mexico | Employers are required to provide a pregnant woman with full pay, are prohibited from dismissing her, and must remove her from heavy or dangerous work or exposure to toxic substances. (references) |
Worker Rights | Lithuania | In July the Government approved regulations on workers' safety when handling chemical substances and substances causing cancer and mutations. (references) |
Bangladesh | The largest ILO project focuses on children working in hazardous occupations, ranging from exposure to chemicals and other harmful substances to long tedious working hours. (references) | |
Russia | Workers wear little protective equipment in factories, enterprises store hazardous materials in open areas, and smoking is permitted near containers of flammable substances. (references) | |
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The Administration has also grappled with the difficult questions posed by some veterans who served in Southeast Asia and were exposed to potentially harmful substances, including the herbicide known as Agent Orange. |
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| "SUBSTANCES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 98.42% of the time. "SUBSTANCES" is used about 1,332 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) | 98.42% | 1,311 | 6,049 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.58% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,332 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SUBSTANCES": accessory growth substances ♦ administering to children substances capable of causing injury ♦ Commission for the Prevention of Disasters due to Dangerous Substances ♦ Growth Substances ♦ harmful substances ♦ Hazardous Substances ♦ sympathomimetic substances ♦ Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "SUBSTANCES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 夾雜 (mingle together; mix together; have two dissimilar substances mixed together). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | škodliviny (harmful substances). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stoffer (narcotic, narcotic analgesics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stoffen (boast, brag, dust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tässä direktiivissä tarkoitetussa merkityksessä "vaarallisia" ovat seuraavat aineet ja valmisteet:syövyttävät:aineet ja valmisteet,jotka kosketuksissa elävien kudosten kanssa voivat tuhota ne, tässä direktiivissä tarkoitetussa merkityksessä "vaarallisia" ovat seuraavat aineet ja valmisteet:sellaiset helposti syttyvät aineet ja valmisteet:-jotka voivat kuumentua ja lopulta syttyä ilmassa ympäristön lämpötilassa ilman,että energiaa lis, tässä direktiivissä tarkoitetussa merkityksessä "vaarallisia" ovat seuraavat aineet ja valmisteet:räjähtävät:kiinteät,nestemäiset,tahnamaiset tai hyytelömäiset aineet ja valmisteet,jotka voivat myös ilman ilmakehän happea aiheuttaa lämpöä, tässä direktiivissä tarkoitetussa merkityksessä "vaarallisia" ovat seuraavat aineet ja valmisteet:herkistävät:aineet ja valmisteet,jotka hengitettynä tai ihon kautta imeytyneenä voivat aiheuttaa yliherkkyysreaktion tai niille luonteenomaisia haitt, kasvutekijä (accessory growth substances, growth factor), Euroopan ilmoitettujen kemiallisten aineiden tämänhetkinen luettelo (ELINCS, European List of Notified Chemical Substances), erilaatuiset aineet (different kinds of substances). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | substances. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stoffe (matter), Substanzen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ουσίες. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sostanze. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 化学物質 (chemical substances, chemicals). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かがくぶっしつ (chemical substances, chemicals). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubstancessay substâncias (flux). (various references) sustancias. (various references) ämnen (issues, realities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"SUBSTANCES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: subseance, subtance, sustance. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SUBSTANCES" (pronounced su"bstunsuz) |
| 7 | -s t u n s u z | distances, instances. |
| 6 | -t u n s u z | acceptances, acquaintances, remittances, sentences. |
| 5 | -u n s u z | absences, alliances, allowances, ambulances, annoyances, appearances, appliances, assurances, audiences, balances, cadences, clearances, condolences, conferences, confidences, consciences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, countenances, differences, disallowances, disappearances, disturbances, divergences, eminences, entrances, evidences, experiences, fragrances, grievances, hindrances, imbalances, incidences, inconveniences, indulgences, influences, insurances, issuances, licences, licenses, observances, occurrences, ordinances, performances, preferences, presences, prominences, protuberances, provinces, reassurances, references, remembrances, reminiscences, resemblances, residences, sciences, sequences, silences, tolerances, utterances, variances. |
| 4 | -n s u z | advances, allegiances, announces, Biosciences, bounces, chances, circumstances, coincidences, commences, consequences, convinces, dances, defenses, denounces, dispenses, enhances, expanses, expenses, fences, finances, flounces, glances, inferences, nuances, offenses, ounces, prances, pretenses, princes, pronounces, refinances, renounces, responses, romances, sconces, senses, stances. |
| 3 | -s u z | abuses, accomplices, aces, actresses, addresses, affixes, albatrosses, aliases, amaryllises, annexes, apparatuses, appendixes, apprentices, asses, assesses, atlases, auspices, axes, bases, basses, biases, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, businesses, Busses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, cases, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chases, choices, choruses, circuses, classes, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, collapses, complexes, compresses, concourses, confesses, congresses, converses, corpses, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, databases, decreases, depresses, devices, disabuses, discourses, discusses, dismisses, displaces, distresses, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, embraces, encompasses, endorses, enforces, erases, esses, excesses, excuses, exes, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fetuses, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, focuses, forces, fortresses, foxes, furnaces, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, geniuses, glasses, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hippopotamuses, hisses, hoaxes, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, hyraxes, ices, illnesses, impresses, impulses, increases, indexes, induces, injustices, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, irises, juices, jukeboxes, justices, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, nixes, notices, novices, nurses, offices, omnibuses, orifices, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, palaces, paradoxes, passes, penises, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prejudices, premises, presses, prices, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, promises, prospectuses, pulses, purchases, purposes, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, recesses, reduces, reflexes, refocuses, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, reminisces, replaces, reproduces, repurchases, resources, retroviruses, reverses, sacrifices, sauces, seamstresses, services, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, sinuses, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpasses, surpluses, surtaxes, taxes, terraces, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, traces, treatises, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, vases, verses, versus, vices, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, waxes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-n-s-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: subcastes, substance. | |
-2 letters: asbestus, nutcases, subcaste, subsects. | |
-3 letters: abscess, absents, ascents, assents, bassets, butanes, caestus, cuestas, nutcase, sacbuts, secants, stances, subnets, subsect, subsets, sunsets, uncases, unseats, usances. | |
-4 letters: absent, abuses, acutes, anuses, ascent, assent, assets, basest, basses, basset, bastes, beasts, beauts, busses, butane, cantus, castes, causes, census, centas, cestas, cestus, cuesta, cusses, enacts, sacbut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-n-s-s-s-t-u" | |
+3 letters: substanceless. | |
+4 letters: subadolescents. | |
+5 letters: inscrutableness. | |
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