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Definitions: Talcum |
TalcumNoun1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder. 2. A toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "talcum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1937. (references) |
Etymology: Talcum \Tal"cum\, noun. [New Latin]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemistry | Mineral substance rich in hydrous magnesium silicate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | A native magnesium silicate. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: TalcumSynonyms: talc (n), talcum powder (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Talcum |
| English words defined with "talcum": talc, talcum powder. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "talcum": 41765 ♦ BACK TENDER, CLOTH PRINTING. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, we could grind our enemies into talcum powder with a sledgehammer, but, gosh, we did that last night. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) And by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting from sweating and sweet talcum. The day was twenty-four hours long, but it seemed longer. (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote) You ought to put some talcum powder on them. (Carry On Camping; writing credit: Talbot Rothwell) | |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | On the floor lay a broken comb, an empty talcum powder can, and a few dust mice. |
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Health | Try using nonmedicated talcum powder or corn starch to relieve anal discomfort. (references) | |
Try to stay away from strong odors and sprays, such as perfume, talcum powder, hair spray, and paints. (references) | ||
Economic History | Georgia | There are many high quality raw materials used in the chemical industry such as: barite, diatomite, agate, bentonite, clays, andezite, talcum, and calcite. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Talcum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.44% of the time. "Talcum" is used about 39 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) | 97.44% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 39 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Talcum, KY |
Expression using "talcum": talcum powder. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "talcum": no-talcum. | |
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| 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 |
talcum powder | 36 |
talcum | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "talcum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pudër talk (talc, talcum powder), i hedh talk. (various references) | |
Arabic | مسحوق تجميل بودرة (talc), مسحوق الطلق. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | талк (soapstone, talc), поставям талк. (various references) | |
Chinese | 滑石 (talc). (various references) | |
Czech | mastek (soapstone, talc), klouzek (talc). (various references) | |
Danish | talkum (talc), talcum (talc). (various references) | |
Dutch | talk (beef tallow, dripping, suet, talc, tallow), talcum (talc), speksteenpoeder (talc). (various references) | |
Finnish | talkki (E553b, talc, talcum powder). (various references) | |
French | talc (talc). (various references) | |
German | Talkum (talc), talk (E553b, talc). (various references) | |
Greek | σαπουνόχωμα (soapstone, talc), τάλκης (E553b, talc). (various references) | |
Hebrew | טלק (talc, talcum powder). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zsírkõ (steatite, talc). (various references) | |
Indonesian | talek, bedak (powder). (various references) | |
Italian | talco (E553b, talc). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 滑石粉 (talcum powder), 天花粉 (talcum powder), 天"粉 (talcum powder). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かっせき" (talcum powder), て"かふ" (talcum powder). (various references) | |
Manx | talck-phoodyr (talcum powder). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alcumtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | talco (body powder, E553b, powder, talc, talcum powder). (various references) | |
Romanian | talc. (various references) | |
Russian | тальк (talc, talcum powder), посыпать (powder, scatter, sprinkle, strew). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | talkirati, talk (steatite, talc). (various references) | |
Spanish | talco (E553b, soapstone, talc). (various references) | |
Swedish | talk (E553b, talc, talcum powder). (various references) | |
Thai | แป้งโรยตัวและทาหน้า (talc). (various references) | |
Turkish | talk pudrası (talcum powder). (various references) | |
Ukranian | тальк (talc). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "talcum": talcums. (additional references) | |
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"Talcum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dialcom, talcom, talum, telcom, telium, tercom, Tilcon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "talcum" (pronounced ta"lkum) |
| 4 | -l k u m | unwelcome, welcome. |
| 3 | -k u m | hokum, modicum. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-m-t-u" | |
-1 letter: mulct. | |
-2 letters: alum, calm, caul, clam, culm, cult, malt, maul, maut, talc. | |
-3 letters: act, alt, amu, cam, cat, cum, cut, lac, lam, lat, lum, mac, mat, mut, tam, tau, uta. | |
-4 letters: al, am, at, la, ma, mu, ta, um, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-l-m-t-u" | |
+1 letter: calumet, talcums. | |
+2 letters: calumets, comatula, cumulate, custumal, maculate, masscult, multicar, muscatel, talmudic, ultimacy. | |
+3 letters: capitulum, chalutzim, claustrum, comatulae, culminant, culminate, cumulated, cumulates, custumals, lunchmeat, maculated, maculates, masscults, maulstick, muscatels, quitclaim, simulcast, tenaculum, tularemic. | |
+4 letters: accumulate, acetabulum, altocumuli, calamitous, callithump, calumniate, commutable, computable, culminated, culminates, cumulating, cumulation, cumulative, documental, emasculate, factualism, immaculate, lunchmeats, maculating, maculation, maulsticks, multichain, multifocal, multitrack, musicality, quitclaims, simulcasts, tenaculums, ultimacies, ultramafic, ultramicro, umbilicate. | |
+5 letters: accumulated, accumulates, accumulator, acetabulums, altocumulus, antimusical, callithumps, calumniated, calumniates, calumniator, campanulate, communalist, communality, culminating, culmination, cumulations, curtailment, customarily, emasculated, emasculates, emasculator, factualisms, judgmatical, lactalbumin, maculations, malfunction, mariculture, masculinist, masculinity, matriculant, matriculate, multiagency, multicampus, multicarbon, multicausal, multicoated, multifactor, multiphasic, multiracial, multitracks, muscularity, musculature, mutualistic, quitclaimed, retinaculum, simulcasted, ultravacuum, umbilicated, unmatchable, vermiculate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6C 63 75 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- .-.. -.-. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101100 01100011 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a l c u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006C 0063 0075 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)546778698779 |
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