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SUGARS

"SUGARS" is a plural of: sugar.

Date "SUGARS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)


Specialty Definition: SUGARS

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

The principal substances in solution in must which give rise to alcohol when fermented by yeast. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SUGARS

English words defined with "SUGARS": Aerobacter aerogenescarbohydrateDrogherEmil Hermann FischerFehling's solution, FischerGalactin, glyceraldehyde, glyceric aldehyde, glycolysisHuminitaconic acidLevulinicManna sugar, monosaccharide, monosaccharoseNiteosaccharinsaccharide, sap, simple sugar, sugar. (references)
Specialty definitions using "SUGARS": Adenosine Diphosphate Sugars, Antibiotics, Aminoglycoside, Antibiotics, GlycopeptideCarbohydrates, corn starch, corn starch USDiet, Macrobiotic, DisaccharidesE270, energy exchange, energy metabolism, energy transformationfermentable sugar, food scientis, FOOD TECHNOLOGIST, Formate Dehydrogenasesglycosylation, Guanosine Diphosphate SugarsHexuronic Acids, high-boiled candylactic acid fermentation, low-freezing dynamitesMaillard Reaction, maize starch, maize starch GB, mistletoe lectinNeuropeptide Y inhibitor, Neutral GlycosphingolipidsPhosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase Systemreducing sugarsSUGAR CONTROLLER, SUPERVISOR, MELT HOUSEtransformation of energy, Troglitazone. (references)

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Modern Usage: SUGARS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Two sugars in mine. (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: SUGARS

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References

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Refined Sugars and Other Products of Refined Beet and Cane in Nicaragua (reference)

  • Sterling Sugars, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Sakthi Sugars Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Raw, Solid Beet and Cane Sugars (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Raw, Solid Beet and Cane Sugars in N. America & Caribbean (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • BANNARI AMMAN SUGARS LTD.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Refined Sugars and Other Products of Refined Beet and Cane in Asia [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  • The Bread Machine Cookbook IV: Whole Grains & Natural Sugars (reference)

  • Sugars That Heal: The New Healing Science of Glyconutrients (reference)

  • Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: A Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: SUGARS

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Tomorrow's tomatoes might have less water and more of the compounds called solids that processors condense at the factory. The concentrate, rich in fiber and natural sugars, becomes the starting point for tomato paste and most of the other tomato-based foods at your supermarket. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Production. Industrial alcohol. These 40,000 gallon tanks in the fermenting room of a converted whiskey distillery produce industrial alcohol by the action of yeast upon cooked grain whose starches have been changed to sugars by the enzyme action of malt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: SUGARS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The sugars that cause gas are raffinose, lactose, fructose, and sorbitol. (references)

These formulas are processed proteins (basically sugars and amino acids). (references)

The most important carbohydrates are the starches, sugars, celluloses, and gums. (references)

Trade

Italy

Specific EU regulations exist for cocoa and chocolate products, sugars, fruit juices, fruit jams and jellies, milk and casein products. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: SUGARS

"SUGARS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 98.68% of the time. "SUGARS" is used about 152 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)98.68%15025,701
Noun (proper)1.32%2245,945
                    Total100.00%152N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: SUGARS

CountryName
India

Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: SUGARS

Expressions using "SUGARS": Adenosine Diphosphate Sugars Guanosine Diphosphate Sugars Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Sugars reducing sugars. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SUGARS

Language Translations for "SUGARS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

sukker (sugar). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

suikers. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sokeri (sugar). (various references)

   

French

  

sucres, polyalcools-aldéhydes, aldoses ou polyalcools. (various references)

   

German

  

verzuckert, überzuckert. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σταφυλοσάκχαρα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

zuccheri. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ugarssay

   

Portuguese

  

açúcares. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

zaharuri. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

azúcares. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

socker (sugar). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: SUGARS

Derivations

Words ending with "SUGARS": desugars, nonsugars. (additional references)


Misspellings

"SUGARS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sagara, saggars, sangars, Segar, Segarra, Segars, Shuaghra, shugar, Shugart, sigar, suga, sugara, sugarz, sugers, Sugiarto, Sungard, Ughars, Zegarra. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "SUGARS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "SUGARS" (pronounced shuh"gerz)
3-g er zAngers, augers, augurs, beggars, bootleggers, braggers, buggers, burgers, carpetbaggers, catalogers, cheeseburgers, chiggers, Cougars, daggers, diggers, Eggers, fingers, forefingers, gangbangers, hamburgers, jaegers, Jaggers, joggers, leaguers, lingers, loggers, lugers, mongers, muggers, niggers, rigors, sandbaggers, sluggers, staggers, tigers, triggers, vinegars, Youngers.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: SUGARS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-r-s-s-u"

-1 letter: argus, gaurs, gauss, grass, guars, sugar, suras.

-2 letters: gars, gaur, guar, rags, ruga, rugs, sags, sura, ursa.

-3 letters: ars, ass, gar, gas, rag, ras, rug, sag, sau.

-4 letters: ag, ar, as, us.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-r-s-s-u"
 

+1 letter: arguses, rugosas, saugers.

 

+2 letters: assuring, cutgrass, desugars, dustrags, graduses, guisards, nutgrass, saguaros, sastruga, sastrugi, sevrugas.

 

+3 letters: asparagus, assurgent, barguests, bluegrass, degausser, gastrulas, grampuses, grossular, hourglass, nonsugars, osnaburgs, sagebrush, sargassum, singulars, sluggards, spearguns, spurgalls, stegosaur, subgrades, subgraphs, suffrages, sugariest, sugarless.

 

+4 letters: bunchgrass, choraguses, cuirassing, cutgrasses, degaussers, granuloses, granulosis, grossulars, groundmass, grubstakes, guitarists, noseguards, nutgrasses, pasturages, reassuming, reassuring, roughcasts, safeguards, sandgrouse, sargassums, scrummages, signatures, slaughters, sparkplugs, stegosaurs, subrogates, suffragans, suffragist, sugarcanes, sugarcoats, sugarhouse, sugarplums, surceasing, surcharges, surfacings, surpassing, surplusage, surrogates, vulgarises, vulgarisms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Company Usage
9. Expressions
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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