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Definition: Vial |
VialNoun1. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Personal Care & Hotels | A small closed or closable vessel, especially for liquids. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A small bottle. (references) |
Literature | Vial Vials of wrath. Vengeance, the execution of wrath on the wicked. The allusion is to the seven angels who pour out upon the earth their vials full of wrath. (Rev. xvi.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: VialSynonyms: ampoule (n), ampul (n), ampule (n), phial (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen. |
Beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vial |
| English words defined with "vial": Baroscope, Bologna vial ♦ Vialed, Vialing, Vialled, Vialling, Viole. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vial": acid-etch vial, artificial-insemination technician ♦ glass curvature gauger, glass marker, glass setter ♦ LEVEL-GLASS-VIAL FILLER, LEVEL-VIAL CURVATURE GAUGER, LEVEL-VIAL MARKER, LEVEL-VIAL SETTER ♦ Oil on Troubled Waters ♦ POULTRY INSEMINATOR ♦ Relics. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "vial": Viole. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Vial" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (vial), Spanish (vial). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Yes, a vial of insulin. (Reversal of Fortune; writing credit: Nicholas Kazan) | |
Lyrics | Course happened to have the proper access needed to obtain a small vial ("Mephisto and Kevin"; performing artist: Primus) | |
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 | Shown is a scientist holding three test tubes. The one on the left contains normal healthy t-lymphocytes, notice the pellet on the bottom. The middle vial has t-cells that have been infected with the AIDS virus HIV also known as HTLV-III; note the pellet has been destroyed since the cells have died. The test tube on the right contains t-lymphocytes that were exposed to the AIDS virus but since they were protected by AZT, the cells were not destroyed and the pellet stayed intact.Credit: John Crawford (photographer). |  | Shown is a close-up of scientist's hands holding three test tubes. The one on the left contains normal healthy t-lymphocytes, notice the pellet on the bottom. The middle vial has t-cells that have been infected with the AIDS virus HIV also known as HTLV-III; note the pellet has been destroyed since the cells have died. The test tube on the right contains t-lymphocytes that were exposed to the AIDS virus but since they were protected by AZT, the cells were not destroyed and the pellet stayed intact.Credit: John Crawford (photographer). |
 | Geneticist Anson E. Thompson holds a vial of lesquerella oil processed and refined at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |  | [Two men examining a vial possibly containing flu virus] / Roy Perry.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Dr. Albert Sabin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, examining a vial that held a live-virus vaccine for polio.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | As if the only business of a king had been to lead out their armies, and fight in their defence; and accordingly at his inauguration pouring a vial of oil upon him, declares to Saul, that the Lord had anointed him to be captain over his inheritance, x. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | It would take one vial, one canister, one crate slipped into this country to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known. We will do everything in our power to make sure that that day never comes. |
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| "Vial" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.34% of the time. "Vial" is used about 159 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) | 94.34% | 150 | 25,701 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.66% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 159 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "vial" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Vial | Last name | 200 | 32,628 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "vial": Bologna vial. 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 |
vial | 95 |
glass vial | 54 |
distribuidor vial | 40 |
seguridad vial | 36 |
educacion vial | 35 |
plastic vial | 23 |
vial of life | 21 |
antonio distribuidor san vial | 20 |
vial viper | 12 |
educación vial | 10 |
dial vial | 8 |
capital vial | 8 |
necklace vial | 8 |
level vial | 7 |
perfume vial | 7 |
veronique vial | 7 |
df distribuidor vial | 6 |
vial medical | 6 |
rail vial | 6 |
blood necklace vial | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shishkë (caster, Castor, douche, phial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قنينة (bottle, carafe, flacon, flask), قارورة (flask, phial), زجاجة (bottle, glass, phial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стъкълце, шишенце, мускал. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 小". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | fiala (wallflower), ampulka (phial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | medicinflaske (phial), lille flaske (phial), haetteglas, flakon (flagon, phial), flacon (flagon, phial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kolf (ear, flask, phial, retort, spadix), flesje, flacon (flagon, flask, phial), fiool. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pikkupullo (phial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | flacon, fiole, bouteille, ampoule. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Phiole (phial), Fläschchen (flask, nursing bottle, phial, phials, vials). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φιαλίδιο (flagon, phial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צלוחית (flagon, flask, phial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fiola (phial), üvegcse (phial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fiala (ampoule, ampule, phial, small bottle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 薬" (medicine bottle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くすりび" (medicine bottle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | saagh (container, feeder, holder, ship, trough, utensil, vase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ialvay vial, garrafinha (phial), frasquinho (phial), frasco-ampola, frasco pequeno, frasco (bottle, flagon, flask, gallium, phial). (various references) sticluţã (phial), flacon (bottle, phial), fiolã (ampoule, ampulla, phial). (various references) флакон (bottle). (various references) fiola, bočica (cruet). (various references) vial (phial), frasco (bottle, canister, flagon, flask, jar, phial). (various references) liten flaska (phial, split). (various references) küçük şişe (flask, phial). (various references) пробірка (proof), пляшечка (bottle). (various references) trả thù. (various references) ffiol (cup). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Revelation Chapter 16, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai o tritoV aggeloV execeen thn fialhn autou eiV touV potamouV kai eiV taV phgaV twn udatwn kai egeneto aima |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et tertius effudit fialam suam super flumina et super fontes aquarum et factus est sanguis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the thridde aungel schedde out his viol on the floodis, and on the wellis of watris, and seide, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And ye thyrde angell shed out his vyall apon the ryvers and fountaynes of waters and they turned to bloud. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the third let what was in his vessel come out into the rivers and the fountains of water; and they became blood. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Revelation Chapter 16, Verse 4 |
| Bulgarian | защото те са бесовски духове, които, като вършат знамения, отиват при царете на цялата вселена, да ги събират за войната във великия ден на всемогъщия Бог. |
| Cebuano | Ang ikatulong manolunda miyabo sa iyang panaksan ngadto sa mga suba ug sa mga tuboran sa tubig, ug kini sila nangahimong dugo. |
| Chinese | 第 三 位 天 使 把 碗 ' 在 江 河 與 眾 水 的 泉 源 裡 、 水 就 變 成 血 了 。 |
| Croatian | Treæi izli svoju èašu na rijeke i izvore voda. I postadoše krv. |
| Danish | Og den tredje Engel udgød sin Skål i Floderne og Vandkilderne, og de bleve til Blod. |
| Dutch | En de derde engel goot zijn fiool uit in de rivieren en in de fonteinen der wateren; en de wateren werden bloed. |
| Finnish | Ja kolmas enkeli vuodatti maljansa jokiin ja vesilähteisiin, ja ne tulivat vereksi. |
| French | Le troisième versa sa coupe dans les fleuves et dans les sources d`eaux. Et ils devinrent du sang. |
| German | Und der dritte Engel goß aus seine Schale in die Wasserströme und in die Wasserbrunnen; und es ward Blut. |
| Haitian Creole | Twazièm zanj lan vide gode pa l' la nan tout gwo larivyè ak nan sous dlo yo, li fè yo tounen san. |
| Hungarian | A harmadik angyal is kitölté az õ poharát a folyóvizekbe és a vizek forrásaiba; és lõn vér. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kemudian malaikat yang ketiga menuang isi wadahnya ke sungai-sungai dan ke mata-mata air, maka semua airnya menjadi darah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka malaekat yang ketiga itu pun mencurahkan bokornya ke dalam segala sungai dan segala mata air; maka sekaliannya itu pun berubah menjadi darah. |
| Italian | Il terzo versò la sua coppa nei fiumi e nelle sorgenti delle acque, e diventarono sangue. |
| Korean | 세 째 가 그 대 을 강 과 물 근 원 에 쏟 으 매 " 가 되 " 라 |
| Latvian | Un treðais eòìelis izlçja savu kausu pâr upçm un pâr ûdens avotiem, un tie pârvçrtâs asinîs. |
| Maori | Na ka ringihia e te tuatoru o nga anahera tana oko ki nga awa, ki nga puna wai; a ka meinga hei toto. |
| Modern Greek | Και ο τριτος αγγελος εξεχεε την φιαλην αυτου εις τους ποταμους και εις τας πηγας των υδατων· και εγεινεν αιμα. |
| Norwegian | Og den tredje engel tømte sin skål ut i elvene og i vannkildene; og det blev til blod. |
| Portuguese | O terceiro anjo derramou a sua taça nos rios e nas fontes das águas, e se tornaram em sangue. |
| Rumanian | Al treilea a vqrsat potirul lui kn rkuri wi kn izvoarele apelor. Wi apele s`au fqcut sknge. |
| Russian | фТЕФЙК бОЗЕМ ЧЩМЙМ ЮБЫХ УЧПА Ч ТЕЛЙ Й ЙУФПЮОЙЛЙ ЧП": Й У"ЕМБМБУШ ЛТПЧШ. |
| Shuar | Nuyá suntar menaintiua nu, entsanam tura Púkuninmasha ukarmai. Túramtai Ashí numpa ajasarmai. |
| Spanish | El tercer ángel derramó su copa sobre los ríos y sobre las fuentes de las aguas, y se convirtieron en sangre. |
| Swahili | Malaika wa tatu akamwaga bakuli lake katika mito na chemchemi za maji, navyo vikageuka damu. |
| Swedish | Och den tredje göt ut sin skål i strömmarna och vattenkällorna. Då förvandlades dessa till blod. |
| Thai | ทูตสวรรค์องค์ที่สามเทขันของตนลงที่แม่น้ำและบ่อน้ำพุทั้งปวง และน้ำเหล่านั้นก็กลายเป็นเลือ" |
| Ukrainian | Третій же Ангол вилив чашу свою на річки та на водні джерела, і сталася кров. |
| Uma | Mala'eka katolu-na mpobowo ihi' batili-na hi hawe'ea halu' pai' hi hawe'ea ulu ue, alaa-na hawe'ea ue toe jadi' raa'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vial": vialed, vialing, vialled, vialling, vials. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "vial": alluvial, colluvial, convivial, diluvial, eluvial, exuvial, fluvial, gavial, illuvial, interfluvial, interpluvial, jovial, khedivial, lixivial, margravial, nontrivial, pluvial, quadrivial, synovial, trivial. (additional references) | |
Words containing "vial": alluvials, convivialities, conviviality, convivially, gavials, jovialities, joviality, jovially, jovialties, jovialty, pluvials, trivialise, trivialised, trivialises, trivialising, trivialist, trivialists, trivialities, triviality, trivialization, trivializations, trivialize, trivialized, trivializes, trivializing, trivially. (additional references) | |
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"Vial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cial, ial, ivail, Ivcl, oial, ovial, uvail, vaa, Va'ai, vaal, vai, vaib, vaif, vaig, Vaila, vaim, vaio, val, vala, valk, vall, varl, veab, veah, veak, veale, vealy, veap, veau, veaw, veaz, vedal, vefl, vegal, vel, vewl, viabl, viad, viae, viag, Viala, viar, viat, viau, viaz, Vidale, viel, viga, vigal, vihl, Viiib, vil, Vilau, vilg, vilk, vima, vimal, vinal, violy, viox, vipa, virl, visal, visl, viu, vival, voa, voal, voia, vola, vopal, vril, vua, vuel, vuil, vula, vynal, xial. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vial" (pronounced vī"ul) |
| 3 | -ī" u l | denial, dial, Lisle, mistrial, pretrial, redial, retrial, rial, trial. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: vail. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-v" | |
-1 letter: ail, lav, via. | |
-2 letters: ai, al, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-v" | |
+1 letter: alive, anvil, avail, cavil, clavi, nival, rival, silva, vails, vakil, valid, vials, villa, vinal, viola, viral, vital, voila. | |
+2 letters: alevin, alvine, anvils, avails, avidly, cavils, clivia, eluvia, flavin, gavial, glaive, jovial, laving, lavish, ogival, rivals, saliva, salvia, silvae, silvan, silvas, vagile, vailed, vainly, vakils, valine, valise, veinal, venial, viable, viably, vialed, villae, villas, vinals, vineal, violas, visual, vitals, vizsla, wavily. | |
+3 letters: alevins, alluvia, alveoli, anviled, arrival, availed, bivalve, bolivar, bolivia, calving, caviled, caviler, clavier, clivias, datival, devisal, diluvia, elative, eluvial, estival, exuvial, flavine, flavins, fluvial, gavials, glaived, glaives, halving, heavily, illuvia, invalid, invital, javelin, leavier, leaving, livable, lixivia, moviola, naively, olivary, ovality, ovarial, ovoidal, pahlavi, pivotal, pluvial, pluvian, prevail, ravelin, ravioli, reavail, revisal, revival, rivaled, rivalry, salivas, salvias, salving, silvans, slaving, slavish, travail, trivial, vaginal, vailing, valeric, valgoid, valiant, validly, valines, valises, valonia, valuing, valving, vanilla, vapidly, variola, variole, vatical, vealier, vealing, vedalia, velaria, ventail, vesical, vexilla, vialing, vialled, vicarly, vicinal, victual, vilayet, village, villain, viminal, vincula, violate, virally, virelai, virelay, virtual, visuals, vitally, vizslas, vocalic, voltaic. | |
+4 letters: ablative, acervuli, actively, aestival, alewives, allusive, alluvial, alluvion, alluvium, anviling, anvilled, anviltop, archival, arrivals, availing, aventail, avicular, avulsing, avulsion, biovular, bivalent, bivalved, bivalves, bloviate, bolivars, bolivias, calvaria, carnival, cavalier, cavelike, cavilers, caviling, cavilled, caviller, cervical, chivalry, civilian, clavicle, claviers, cleaving, colluvia, corrival, cultivar, datively, deprival, devisals, dilative, diluvial, diluvian, disvalue, divalent, dividual, dovetail, drivable, effluvia, elatives, eluviate, enviable, enviably, evadible, evitable, festival, flavines, galivant, galvanic, gaveling, gingival, giveable, gravidly, illative, illuvial, interval, invalids, inviable, inviably, javelina, javelins, jovially, jovialty, khedival, lavalier, lavalike, lavation, lavished, lavisher, lavishes, lavishly, lawgiver, laxative, leaviest, leavings, leviable, levigate, levirate, levitate, ligative, liveable, livetrap, lixivial, locative, malvasia, medieval, misvalue, movieola, moviolas, natively, nonrival, nonvalid, nonviral, novalike, obviable, outcavil, outrival, ovariole, overlaid, overlain, ovicidal, oviducal, pahlavis, parvolin, pavilion, pavillon, plausive, pluvials, prevails, primeval, proviral, pulvinar, raveling, ravelins, ravingly, raviolis, reavails, relative, reviewal, revisals, revivals, rivaling, rivalled, salivary, salivate, salvific, salvoing, savingly, savorily, shrieval, silvical, sleaving, souvlaki, subviral, survival, sylvatic, synovial, travails, trivalve, univalve, univocal, unviable, vaccinal, vagility, valencia, valerian, valeting, valiance, valiancy, valiants, validate, validity, valkyrie, valonias, valorise, valorize, vandalic, vanillas, vanillic, vanillin, variable, variably, variedly, varietal, variolar, variolas, varioles, vaselike, vaultier, vaulting, vealiest, vedalias, velamina, velarium, velarize, venality, venially, ventails, vertical, vesicula, vexillar, vialling, viatical, vicarial, victuals, viewable, vigilant, vilayets, villadom, villager, villages, villains, villainy, villatic, vindaloo, violable, violably, violated, violater, violates, violator, virelais, virelays, virginal, visceral, visional, visually, vitalise, vitalism, vitalist, vitality, vitalize, vitiable, vizirial, vocalics, vocalise, vocalism, vocalist, vocality, vocalize, voidable, volatile, volcanic, volitant, voltaism, vortical, vulcanic, wavelike. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 69 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0069 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56756778 |
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