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"THERMOPLASTICS" is a plural of: thermoplastic. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | Thermoplastic: A solid macromolecular material which is capable of undergoing indefinite inelastic deformation at elevated temperatures insufficient to cause a significant amount of chemical decomposition(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: THERMOPLASTICS |
| English words defined with "THERMOPLASTICS": celluloid. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "THERMOPLASTICS": Polyethylenes, Polypropylenes ♦ ROD-AND-TUBE STRAIGHTENER ♦ TPX polymer, tube-and-rod straightener. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Eleven of these companies produce the main types of thermoplastics in Italy. (references) | |
The total demand in the second quarter for thermoplastics rose about 4.3%, somewhat less than the 4.5% that was predicted. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "THERMOPLASTICS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "THERMOPLASTICS" is used about 8 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) | 62.5% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 37.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "THERMOPLASTICS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Dutch | thermoplasten. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | thermoplastiques (thermoplastic resins), thermoplastes. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Thermoplasten. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | θερμοπλαστικά. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | resine termoplastiche (thermoplastic resins). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ermoplasticsthay termoplásticos. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"THERMOPLASTICS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: thermaplastic, thermoelastic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "THERMOPLASTICS" (pronounced ther'mupla"stiks) |
| 8 | -p l a" s t i k s | plastics. |
| 6 | -a" s t i k s | gymnastics, onomastics. |
| 5 | -s t i k s | acoustics, ballistics, characteristics, Criminalistics, diagnostics, domestics, linguistics, logistics, mystics, statistics. |
| 4 | -t i k s | acrobatics, aerobatics, aeronautics, aesthetics, analytics, anesthetics, antibiotics, antics, asthmatics, astronautics, athletics, attics, automatics, batiks, charismatics, cosmetics, critics, diabetics, diuretics, exotics, fanatics, genetics, geopolitics, hypnotics, informatics, kinetics, Magnetics, mathematics, narcotics, numismatics, optics, orthodontics, phonetics, prosthetics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, synthetics, systematics, tactics, therapeutics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acrylics, aerobics, aerodynamics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, anorexics, apparatchiks, appendix, astrophysics, atmospherics, avionics, basics, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cynics, demographics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, fabrics, forensics, generics, geometrics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hysterics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, limericks, lyrics, macroeconomics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, Nucleonics, obstetrics, onyx, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, polemics, prefix, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, stoics, suffix, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-m-o-p-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: thermoplastic. | |
-2 letters: atmospherics. | |
-3 letters: atmospheric, completists, hematocrits, hemostatics, microstates, prosthetics, spirochetal, splotchiest, thimerosals. | |
-4 letters: alchemists, amphoteric, charlottes, completist, costmaries, ectoplasms, estimators, hailstorms, heliostats, hematocrit, hemostatic, horsetails, isothermal, mastership, metaphoric, microstate, mislocates, mispatches, postmaster, potlatches, prostatism, prosthetic, rheostatic, saprolites, scapolites, semipostal, shipmaster, slipstream, spectators, splotchier, starchiest, stomachers, therapists, thimerosal. | |
-5 letters: acroliths, acrotisms, aeroliths, alchemist, ametropic, amitroles. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-m-o-p-r-s-s-t-t" | |
+4 letters: thermoplasticities. | |
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