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Definition: Safety |
SafetyNoun1. The state of being safe; "the safety of the children". 2. A safe place; "He ran to safety". 3. A device designed to prevent injury. 4. The successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely. 5. Contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse. 6. A score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "safety" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | SAFETY-:CLUTCH:, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or cage, in case of an accident to the hoisting apparatus. Once I seen a human ruin In an elevator-well, And his members was bestrewin' All the place where he had fell. And I says, apostrophisin' That uncommon woful wreck: "Your position's so surprisin' That I tremble for your neck!" Then that ruin, smilin' sadly And impressive, up and spoke: "Well, I wouldn't tremble badly, For it's been a fortnight broke." Then, for further comprehension Of his attitude, he begs I will focus my attention On his various arms and legs -- How they all are contumacious; Where they each, respective, lie; How one trotter proves ungracious, T'other one an alibi. These particulars is mentioned For to show his dismal state, Which I wasn't first intentioned To specifical relate. None is worser to be dreaded That I ever have heard tell Than the gent's who there was spreaded In that elevator-well. Now this tale is allegoric -- It is figurative all, For the well is metaphoric And the feller didn't fall. I opine it isn't moral For a writer-man to cheat, And despise to wear a laurel As was gotten by deceit. For 'tis Politics intended By the elevator, mind, It will boost a person splendid If his talent is the kind. Col. Bryan had the talent (For the busted man is him) And it shot him up right gallant Till his head begun to swim. Then the rope it broke above him And he painful come to earth Where there's nobody to love him For his detrimented worth. Though he's livin' none would know him, Or at leastwise not as such. Moral of this woful poem: Frequent oil your safety-clutch. Porfer Poog. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Computing | Safety See safe, safety-critical system. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Medicine | Property of a situation, object, system or action such that it is safe. Source: European Union. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | Freedom from unacceptable risk of harm. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | As applied to mining, means freedom from danger, injury, or damage. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Protection of all persons from undue radiological hazard. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | Freedom from unacceptable danger, risk or harm. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Condition for which the residual risk is considered to be acceptable. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Slang | Noun. Source: From the Latin word "salus", meaning health or sound condition. Definition: Cannabis marijuana. Context: Safety is a word meaning protection. And marijauna may mean protection or safety to squatters becuase it is a narcotic. Social Source: A Homeless Group of Seattle . Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Biosafety: prevention of large-scale loss of biological integrity, focusing both on ecology and human health.
Biosafety is related to several fields
- in ecology (referring to imported life forms from beyond ecoregion borders),
- in agriculture (reducing the risk of alien viral or transgenic genes, or prions such as BSE/"MadCow", reducing the risk of food bacterial contamination)
- in medicine (referring to organs or tissues from biological origin, or genetic therapy products, virus; levels of lab containment protocols measured as 0, 2, 3, 4 in rising order of danger),
- in chemistry (i.e.nitrates in water, PCB levels affecting fertility) and
- in exobiology (i.e. NASA's policy for containing alien microbes that may exist on space samples - sometimes called "biosafety level 5").
The international Biosafety Protocol deals primarily with the agricultural definition but many advocacy groups seek to expand it to include post-genetic threats: new molecules, artificial life forms, and even robots which may compete directly in the natural food chain.
Biosafety in agriculture, chemistry, medicine, exobiology and beyond will likely require application of the precautionary principle, and a new definition focused on the biological nature of the threatened organism rather than the nature of the threat.
When biological warfare or new, currently hypothetical, threats (i.e. robots, , new artificial bacteria) are considered, biosafety precautions are generally not sufficient. The new field of biosecurity addresses these complex threats.
External references:
- CDC Biosafety pages
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology: Biosafety pages
- Greenpeace safe trade campaign
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Biosafety."
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Car safety is the avoidance of car crash or the minimization of effects, specially for people, when crashing.
Active
- Anti-lock braking system (ABS) with EBV.
- Electronic Skid Prevention (ESP), with ASR and EDL.
Passive
- Airbag.
- SPR.
- Side door crash panel.
Preschoolers
Car safety is critical. The preschooler should be in a seat belt each time he rides in a car. At this age children may be riding with other children's parents. It is important to review with others, who may be supervising your child, your rules for car safety.
See also
- Crash
- Road safety
External links
- Satety ratings.
- Wiki about car satefy issues.
- Safety for children.
- http://www.childcarseats.org.uk
- National Transportation Safety Board.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Car safety."
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Negligence can be either (1) criminal or (2) civil in nature.Criminal Negligence
(1) In the realm of criminal common law, criminal negligence is a legal term of art for a state of mind which is careless, inattentive, neglectful, wilfully blind, or reckless; it is the mens rea part of a crime which, if occurring simulaneously with the actus reus, gives rise to criminal liability. Some distinguish recklessness from negligence; recklessness is a 'malfeasance' that increases the danger of an act occurring; whereas criminal negligence is a misfeasance or nonfeasance, merely allowing otherwise avoidable dangers to manifest. This is an example of the difference between a general intent crime and a specific intent crime with recklessness being more specific than criminal negligence. In some cases this 'nonfeasance' can rise to the level of wilful blindness where the individual intentionally avoid confronting a situation that no reasonable person would ever allow to occur. Gross criminal negligence is behavior which involves a "wanton disregard for human life". Of course, in all these cases if the actus reus or bad act never occurs then there is no crime as both elements are necessary under the criminal common law to sustain a guilty conviction.
Usually the punishment for criminal negligence, criminal recklessness, criminal endangerment, wilful blindness and other related crimes is imprisonment, unless the criminal is insane (and then in some cases the sentence is indeterminate). Examples of criminally negligent crimes are criminally negligent homicide and negligent endangerment of a child.
See also : culpability
Negligence in private law
(2) Under civil common law, negligence is an ingredient of many non-intentional torts or wrongs that one individual suffers because of the nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance of another. As opposed to the common law tradition of most Anglo-American jurisdictions, in civil law legal systems (such as continental Europe, Quebec and Puerto Rico) negligence is classified as a form of extra-contractual responsibility called a quasi-delict (in distinction to the more wilful delicts) within the conceptual framework of the Law of Obligations. The rules and elements are not the same as those set forth below under the Anglo-American common law tradition.
A lawsuit grounded in a claim of negligence might be brought, for example, by someone injured in an auto accident against another driver who he felt caused the accident by being reckless or irresponsible.
- Note: unless otherwise stated, this rest of this section refers to negligence under common law (not criminal negligence) in the common law as practiced in most of the jurisdictions of the United States.
Negligence in common law countries
Under law, negligence is usually defined in the context of jury instructions wherein a judge, in language he finds fitting, tells the jury that a party is to be considered negligent if he or she failed to exercise the level of care that a reasonable person, possessed of the same knowledge, would have exercised under the same circumstances. In most jurisdictions, it is necessary to show first that a person had a duty to exercise care in a given situation, and that he breached that duty.
In order to prove negligence, it is not necessary to prove harm, but in order for a cause of action to rest in tort, harm must be proven. Hence, it would be meaningless to sue someone for negligence if no harm resulted. Conversely, it is not enough that a harm was done. In order for the harm to be compensible in a negligence lawsuit, the defendant must be shown to have been negligent, and it must be demonstrated that his negligence was the proximate cause of the harm felt by the plaintiff.
The law holds that any reasonable person would, if able, follow the law. Consequently, as a matter of law, a person may be declared by a court liable as a matter of law ("negligence per se") if it is proven that he or she broke the law. For example, someone injuring another in an auto accident may be found negligent per se in a civil suit arising from the accident if he was convicted in criminal court of driving while intoxicated at the time of the accident.
It is often observed by practitioners in tort law that a prospective plaintiff who has a poor understanding of the foregoing principles will desire to see a significant monetary penalty applied as a result of the outrageousness of a defendant's act. He may feel that he "deserves" an award all out of proportion to his actual misfortune, because of the severe nature of the defendant's carelessness. This is a mistaken view of the authority of the law. Damages are awarded in proportion to the scope of the harm done, not the severety of the negligence. "But he was so careless, he could have killed me!" falls on deaf ears in American courts. Still, some negligent acts are recognized as a matter of law to be so egregious as to merit financial penalty over and above actual damages, in order to reform the conduct of a malicious or callously indifferent defendant, and, by example, others similarly disposed. This is the purpose of punitive damages. Such acts are rare indeed, well defined in the law of applicable jurisdictions, and limited to the exact conditions of the law under which they may be awarded.
Only when the severity of negligence rises to an extreme level (and then, only when harm results therefrom) might it meet the standards required under laws providing for punitive damages.
Components of a negligence cause of action
A negligence lawsuit involves many components which need to be considered before the success of the case can be determined. Proving negligence is far more complicated than it may seem.
When considering a negligence cause of action there are four primary elements which need to be viewed and covered thoroughly: (1)duty, (2) breach of duty, (3) causation, and (4) damages.
The duty element
(1) The duty element is the legal requirement that the person being sued for negligence must adhere to a standard of conduct in protecting others from unreasonable risk of harm.
It really is the legal obligation we have in our relationships with others. Different duties apply to different people.
- A parent has a duty to care for her children.
- A landlord has a duty to keep a residence habitable for her tenants.
- Each duty is applicable to the pertinent responsibility at hand.
- Professionals are held to a higher standard of care than the average person in society. These people take oaths in their professions and need to maintain that level of duty when they perform their professional activities.
The breach of duty element
(2) Breaching that duty is the second element to a negligence lawsuit. The question to be asked is: ''Would a reasonable person in a similar situation have done the same thing as the person being sued?'' To come to that conclusion both objective and subjective standards need to be considered.
- The objective standard of breach of duty only considers a hypothetical person and what her or his reasonable behavior might be.
- The subjective standard considers the actual person being sued and if she or he thinks they acted reasonably in the matter at hand.
The causation element
(3) The causation of negligence is the third critical element of the lawsuit. Both actual cause and proximate cause are considered. 'Actual cause asks the question of whether the person being sued, the defendant, was the actual cause of injuries sustained by the person initiating the lawsuit, the plaintiff. Proximate cause looks at the issue of foreseeability. When considering the event that has happened, it is asked whether or not the injuries sustained were foreseeable or too remotely connected to the incident to even consider.
The necessity for damages: element four
(4) The final element of a negligence lawsuit is the damages being sought. Damages are what the plaintiff is seeking in recovering for the incident resulting from the negligent act.
- Compensatory damages are designed to compensate the plaintiff for actual costs incurred. Of those, there are general and special damages.
- General damages are those like monetary compensation for the injury sustained.
- Special damages involve extra items such as material possessions loss from the negligent act.
- Nominal damages can also be awarded when negligence can be proven but there is not a quantifiable loss as a result of it.
- Punitive damages are those with the intent to punish the defendant. The hope is that awarding punitive damages will deter similar actions in the future both by the defendant and others similarly situated.
Legal procedures in negligence lawsuits
While most lawsuits are settled when a negligence lawsuit goes to trial, the judge will determine what the defendant's duty was to the plaintiff as a matter of law using the standard of reasonableness. If it is questionable what a reasonable person would do, in the United Staets jury picked by the adversaries (plaintiff and defendant) will consider the facts and render a decision as well as determine the quantum of damages. Sometimes the trier of fact will be the judge -- this has been the case in England since the 19th century and is generally the case in the other Commonwealth countries.
Procedures and law in civil law jurisdictions
There are some differences in the law of negligence in civil law jurisdictions, but the basic rules above are also applied in these delict cases. In civil law jurisdictions the procedure is more akin to an investigation with investigative judges will interview all parties and witnesses and then prepare reports to be submitted to a panel of judges for final decision. That decision may also be appealed several levels through a judicial hierarchy.
Leading Cases
- Donoghue v. Stevenson
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Negligence."
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To make climbing as safe as possible (please read the RISK DISCLAIMER), most climbers use protection to prevent injury to themselves and others. There are a number of ways to protect a climb:The gear used to protect climbs varies:
- running belays: a piece of gear is secured to the rock and attached to a carabiner, the rope is clipped through the carabiner (and is allowed to run through, hence running belay). The gear can be either placed by the climber as they climb, using temporary placements using natural features (also known as traditional climbing), or previously placed bolts (usually, a bolt and a hanger) in the rock (also known as sport climbing).
- top-rope. Instead of leading the climb, the climber arranges anchors for a rope at the top of the route. The rope runs from the belayer, on the ground, through the anchor at the top of the route, and back down to the climber. There will be almost no slack in the rope should the climber fall.
- Bouldering mat. A bouldering mat is a padded foam-cell mat placed on the ground. The aim is ameliorate any bad effects of hitting the ground.
- Spotting. Basically, the spotter stands below the climber and attempts to direct a potential fall. Generally, the aim is to stop the climber hitting their head on the ground, fall over backwards after hitting the ground, or otherwise land badly.
In-situ protection usually consists of bolts (along with a metal hanger, chain, or ring) or fixed pitons. Sometimes there are in-situ slings. Anything else that is left in-situ has a tendency to get cleaned (collected) by climbers.
- Slings are loops of nylon webbing, tape, or rope, or some other material. They can be tied around rock spikes or trees, threaded through natural holes in the rock, threaded round natural chockstones in cracks, or threaded through artificial anchors such as metal hangers, chains, or rings.
- metal chocks (also known as nuts) can be placed in constrictions in cracks and attached to carabiners with wire or nylon slings.
- Spring loaded camming device (SLCDs) are devices that use a spiral shaped cam that expands into a crack as it is weighted. These can be placed even in parallel and outward flaring cracks.
- bolts can be pre-placed in pre-dilled holes in the rock and then clipped by the climber with a carabiner. Bolts are usually found in situ. It is very unusual to place bolts as one climbs, as it involves drilling and gluing.
- pitons can be hammered (or hand-placed if loose enough) into thin cracks and clipped (through an "eye" in the piton) to a carabiner.
- sky hooks are talon shaped pieces of strong metal that can be hooked over very small ledges and flakes in the rock and secured to a carabiner. More usually found in aid climbing they are occasionally used in free climbing.
Standards
World-wide there are two major standards for climbing equipment safety and reliability:
In recent years, the CEN has become an important standards organization, especially in Europe since any products sold in Europe must by law be third-party certified to the relevant standards. There is no such requirement in most other countries, although most manufacturers voluntarily follow UIAA or CEN standards (much like electrical equipment in the US is almost always privately certified by Underwriters Laboratories).
- UIAA (International Federation of Mountaineering Associations)
- CEN (European Committee for Standardisation)
CEN
In Europe, equipment used by climbers has to meet the requirements of the Personal and Protective Equipment (PPE) Directive. Essentially, the equipment must be manufactured using a carefully controlled process and samples must meet various tests. Equipment meeting the regulations is marked with the CE Mark. Various standards are used when specifying how equipment should be tested:
There are many more. Most of them appearing in ICS code 97.220.40 and having "Mountaineering" in the title.
- EN 12270:1998 "Mountaineering equipment. Chocks. Safety requirements and test methods."
- EN 892:1997 "Mountaineering equipment. Dynamic Mountaineering ropes. Safety requirements and test methods"
- EN 12276:1999 "Mountaineering equipment. Frictional anchors. Safety requirements and test methods" (covers SLCDs)
UIAA
- http://www.uiaa.ch/
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Protection (climbing)."
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Security or safety is being free from danger, i.e. it is impossible that something very bad will happen. In absolute sense this is hardly possible, it is a relative matter. The term can be used with reference to crime, accidents of all kinds, etc.
In finance, a security is an instrument traded in the financial markets. See Securities.
In private security, security is the result of services provided to prevent, deter, detect and/or document crime, fire, disorder or violations of company rules. These services may be provided by a security guard or by alarms, security cameras, or as a routine part of the performance of every employee's duties (especially in smaller companies).
Compare with: National security
In telecommunication, the term security has the following meanings:
Sources: from Federal Standard 1037C and adapted from the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms and from the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
- A condition that results from the establishment and maintenance of protective measures that ensure a state of inviolability from hostile acts or influences.
- With respect to classified matter, the condition that prevents unauthorized persons from having access to official information that is safeguarded in the interests of national security.
- Measures taken by a military unit, an activity or installation to protect itself against all acts designed to, or which may, impair its effectiveness.
Proposed alternative definition:
- When our expectations are met, we can say that quality has been met. When our expectations are met once and again, despite of errors, catastrophes and attacks which in principle could prevent our expectations to be met, we can say that security has been met. Security is not falsable (Popper). We can prove than there has been a security failure, but we can´t prove that there hasn't. Security measures improve the likeliness of expectations to be met, and therefore improve security. With respect to classified matter there is an expectation of the classified matter to remain secret for as long as we wish. A control access system is the security measure that helps this expectation to be accomplished.
In American football, a safety is the act by which one team gains two points when an opponent possessing the ball is tackled in his own end zone, or runs out of bounds in his own end zone.
See also classified information, insecurity, information security, computer security, hacking, cracking, phreaking.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Security."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SAFETY | English | Society for the Advancement of Firearms and Effective Training of Youth | Social Sciences |
| SAFE | English | Safety and Freedom through Encryption | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SafetySynonyms: base hit (n), bingle (n), condom (n), guard (n), prophylactic (n), refuge (n), rubber (n), safe (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: danger (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courage | Phrase: one's blood being up; courage sans peur;fortes fortuna adjuvat; "have I not in my time heard lions roar "; " I dare do all that may become a man "; male vincetis sed vincite; omne solum forti patria; " self-trust is the essence of heroism "; stimulos dedit oemula virtus; " strong and great, a hero "; teloque animus proestantior omni; "there, is always safety in valor"; virtus ariete fortier. |
Defense | Safeguard; (safety); balistraria; bunker, screen; (shelter); camouflage; (concealment); fortification; munition, muniment; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment; kila; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation; paling; (inclosure); palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise; abatis, abattis, abbatis; vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate; vallation, vanfos. |
Escape | Loophole; (opening); path; refuse; vent, vent peg; safety valve; drawbridge, fire escape. |
Refuge | Verb: seek refuge, take refuge, find refuge; Noun: seek safety, find safety; throw oneself into the arms of; break for taller timber. |
Jury mast; vent-peg; safety valve, blow-off valve; safety lamp; lightning rod, lightning conductor; safety belt, airbag, seat belt; antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires. | |
Safety | Seek safety; take shelter, find shelter. |
Noun: safety, security, surety, impregnability; invulnerability, invulnerableness; Adjective:; danger past, danger over; storm blown over; coast clear; escape; means of escape; blow valve, safety valve, release valve, sniffing valve; safeguard, palladium. | |
Adjective: safe, secure, sure; in safety, in security; on the safe side; under the shield of, under the shade of, under the wing of, under the shadow of one's wing; under cover, under lock and key; out of danger, out of the woods, out of the meshes, out of harm's way; unharmed, unscathed; on sure ground, at anchor, high and dry, above water; unthreatened, unmolested; protected; Verb: cavendo tutus; panoplied; (defended). | |
Sharpness | Wedge; knife edge, cutting edge; blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor; scalpel; bistoury, lancet; plowshare, coulter, colter; hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill; billhook, cleaver, cutter; scythe, sickle; scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter; sword; (arms); bodkin; (perforator); belduque, bowie knife, paring knife; bushwhacker; drawing knife, drawing shave; microtome; chisel, screwdriver blade; flint blade; guillotine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Alright, important safety tip, thanks Egon (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.) When it comes to the safety of these people, there's me and then there's God, understand (The Abyss; writing credit: James Cameron.) Your safety should be on at all times (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan) The astronomer, or the paleontologist, gets to study these amazing things from a place of complete safety. (Jurassic Park III; writing credit: Peter Buchman) We're gonna ride this thing out, not for fun, for safety. Do what I've always done: go with the flow (The Perfect Storm; writing credit: William D. Wittliff) | |
Lyrics | Cause I have known the safety (Drowning; performing artist: Backstreet Boys) Oh girl that feeling of safety that you prize (HUMAN TOUCH; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) Leave off that safety catch (LOVE IS IN CONTROL; performing artist: Donna Summer) Livin in sin with a safety pin (Cleveland Rocks; performing artist: The Residents) | |
Clever | Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | ASAP: Alcohol Safety Action Project (1974) Grooving for Safety (1968) Safety Film (1968) Eye Witness No. 100: Safety on the Water (1958) No Safety Ahead (1958) | |
Song Titles | The Safety Dance (performing artist: Men Without Hats) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Biological safety cabinets and other physical containment devices should be used, whenever conducting procedures that have a high probability for generating aerosols. These labs were also referred to as the “Box Labs”. Credit: CDC. |  | Strategies for prevention includes proper safety procedures for babies in cars. Credit: CDC. |
 | Power source for hoisting steel Jack up truck and use "fifth wheel" This could be dangerous - at least one leg broken by getting wrapped up Safety modifications made to system after individual severely injured Triangulation party of Paul A. Smith. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Deploying Conductivity-Temperature-Depth rosette Note safety lines and hard hats. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Umbilical diving through the ice provides a safety line back to the hole. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Pre-dive check list ensures safety of bell dive operations. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Float coats with reflecting strips are part of the safety gear used by NOAA ship personnel. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Safety hooks showing spring as used on the FISH-HAWK. In: "Report on the Construction and Work in 1880 of United States Fish Commission Steamer FISH-HAWK", by Lieutenant Zera Luther Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part IX. Report of the Commissioner for 1881. Plate VII, p. 53. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | GOES G ends in a fiery explosion as the Cape Canaveral Range Safety Officer destroys Delta Launch Vehicle 178 after 91 seconds. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | Technical Sgt. Frank Lubas, 2nd Security Forces Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., observes the skill of an Air Force Special Operations Command competitor from his perch in the range safety tower during the pistol phase of Defender Challenge 2000 h. |
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| "Safety net" by Jim Robinson Commentary: "A close shot of a plastic safety netting ** if you download, please leave a comment, I would love to know what I'm doing right or wrong. I'm new at this photog thing." | "Safety pinned nipple" by Ariel C. Commentary: "Safety pinned nipple." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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 | Buckle; safety; seatbelt; protection; fasten; fastened; clasp. | | Safety; security; electronics; automobile; car; lock; alarm; key; key chain; beep beep; secure; securing; locking. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Aesop | Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. |
Edmund Burke | Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. |
F.c. Monfort | The morality of the Bible is, after all, the safety of society. |
Horace Mann | Education is our only political safety. |
Justinian | Safety of the state is the highest law. |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | The safety of the people shall be the highest law. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. |
William Shakespeare | The best safety lies in fear. |
| Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | They are ready to tell you, that it deserves death only to ask after safety. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 2: The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Members of the League recognise that the maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national safety and the enforcement by common action of international obligations. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | The safety of the world requires a new unity in Europe, from which no nation should be permanently outcast. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She determined to call upon them and seek safety in numbers |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It was debated whether or no, with safety to the common weal, yonder scarlet letter might be taken off your bosom |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | To descend was, in fact, possible safety. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | And only in that safety died her brothers |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Like to git one a them safety razors |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | As if there were safety in stupidity alone |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The efficacy and safety of rescue therapy. (references) | |
Aspartame has been extensively tested for safety. (references) | ||
Epidemiologic data support the quality and safety of current products. (references) | ||
Business | As in many Chinese work places, safety is a low priority. (references) | |
Some port/shipbuilding equipment must carry a safety certificate. (references) | ||
U.S. safety and security products are preferred in the Peruvian market. (references) | ||
Children | Kyrgyz Republic | Traditional social safety measures were inadequate to cope with the social pressures that affect families. (references) |
Cambodia | This particularly affects girls because of fears for their safety in traveling between their homes and schools. (references) | |
Jordan | In March 2000, Queen Rania established the National Team for Family Protection (NTFP) to consolidate all issues concerning family safety. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Haiti | He sent his family out of the country because of fears for their safety. (references) |
Peru | Demonstrations may be prohibited for reasons of public safety or health. (references) | |
Tanzania | In August police banned Muslim protests scheduled for August 23 in Dar es Salaam on public safety grounds. (references) | |
Economic History | Vietnam | This joint venture provides safety and security sales & services. (references) |
Brazil | Safety products are almost entirely supplied by local manufacturers. (references) | |
New Zealand | Minimum wages and work-place safety are incorporated under other laws. (references) | |
Human Rights | Afghanistan | Clearance rates and safety have increased for clearance teams assisted by dogs. (references) |
India | The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) covers corresponding procedures for that state. (references) | |
Suriname | Some prison facilities were renovated in recent years, which improved health and safety conditions. (references) | |
Minorities | Moldova | They must pay rent for their facilities and meet local curriculum requirements, building codes, and safety standards. (references) |
Poland | The goals of the program are to increase the number of Roma completing high school, help fight unemployment, and improve health care and safety for Roma. (references) | |
Niger | Upon notifying authorities, the missionaries were told that, while it was within their rights to be there, the local police could not ensure their safety. (references) | |
Political Economy | PARAGUAY | Conditions of safety, hygiene, and comfort are stipulated. (references) |
NIGERIA | The 1974 decree contains general health and safety provisions. (references) | |
BELGIUM | Comprehensive provisions for worker safety are mandated by law. (references) | |
Trade | Taiwan | BSMI's safety inspection requires the testing of samples from each shipment. (references) |
France | These are for the most part safety and health standards on the product itself. (references) | |
Cyprus | This includes having the necessary safety warnings for consumer products in Greek. (references) | |
Travel | Chad | Buses are not recommended due to lack of safety and reliability. (references) |
Costa Rica | Costa Rica's air safety oversight program is rated Category One. (references) | |
Uk | Repairs are underway and the overall safety record is otherwise good. (references) | |
Women | Palau | The Bureau of Public Health and the Bureau of Public Safety have urged all victims of crime, including rape, to report offenses. (references) |
Czech Republic | Representatives of the White Circle of Safety also promoted public discussion of the issue by appearing on national events talk shows. (references) | |
Chile | The legislation includes clauses to facilitate proof of the crime and to protect the privacy and safety of the person making the charge. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | In general health and safety standards are poor. (references) |
India | Safety conditions tend to be better in the EPZ's. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | Many rely on the safety net of the extended family. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Among other things, people in and around courtrooms, including judges, juries, and court employees, would have every reason to fear for their safety. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Such circumstances call with peculiar importunity not less for a disposition to unite in all those measures on which the honor, safety, and prosperity of our country depend than for all the exertions of wisdom and firmness. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Considering the extraordinary character of the times in which we live, our attention should unremittingly be fixed on the safety of our country. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Nothing could justify it but the public safety, which is the supreme law. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | But our commitment to national safety is not a commitment to expand our military establishment indefinitely. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Our first aim remains the safety and the well-being of our own country. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Nuclear safety will remain a vital concern in the years ahead. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | America was founded by people who believed that God was their rock of safety. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | As long as I am President we will continue to lead in support of freedom everywhere, not out of arrogance and not out of altruism, but for the safety and security of our children. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Earlier this month, he took a leave of absence from his job to fight for tougher gun safety laws. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Safety" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.94% of the time. "Safety" is used about 8,605 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) | 99.94% | 8,600 | 1,121 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.06% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8,605 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "safety". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hosea | N/A | Biblical | Safety |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
| |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Safety Godown Co., Ltd. | Japan | Kawasaki Safety Service Industries, Ltd. |
| South Korea | Hankuk Safety Glass Co., Ltd. | Thailand | The Safety Insurance Public Co Ltd |
| USA | Mine Safety Appliances Co | ||
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "safety": adjusting safety valve ♦ air safety bag ♦ angle of safety ♦ at safety ♦ automated vehicle safety read out ♦ blank of safety razor blade ♦ bring into safety ♦ convey into safety ♦ engineered safety feature ♦ Equipment Safety ♦ factor of safety ♦ fear for smb.'s safety ♦ federal job safety law ♦ find safety ♦ fire safety ♦ flight safety message ♦ for greater safety ♦ have a good safety record ♦ hexagonal safety set screw ♦ industrial hygiene and safety ♦ integrated safety management ♦ integrated safety policies ♦ items important to safety ♦ lack of safety ♦ limiting safety consequences ♦ margin of safety ♦ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ♦ National Safety Alliance ♦ nuclear safety line ♦ occupational safety and health act ♦ operational safety ♦ play for safety ♦ radius of safety ♦ release the safety catch ♦ road safety ♦ runway end safety area ♦ safety and arming mechanism ♦ safety angle ♦ safety arch ♦ safety belt ♦ safety bicycle ♦ safety bike ♦ safety binding ♦ safety blitz ♦ safety bolt ♦ safety brake ♦ safety buoy ♦ safety cage ♦ safety catch ♦ safety chain ♦ safety committee ♦ safety communication ♦ safety curtain ♦ safety deposit box ♦ safety deposit vault ♦ safety device ♦ safety disc ♦ safety distance ♦ safety equipment ♦ safety factor ♦ safety feature ♦ safety film ♦ safety first ♦ safety first campaign ♦ safety first! ♦ safety fuse ♦ safety fuze ♦ safety glas ♦ safety glass ♦ safety glasses ♦ safety guard ♦ Safety Harbor ♦ safety harness ♦ safety hat ♦ safety height ♦ safety helmet ♦ safety in flight ♦ safety island ♦ safety isle ♦ safety lamp ♦ safety lance ♦ safety latch ♦ safety limits ♦ safety line ♦ safety lock ♦ Safety Management ♦ safety margin ♦ safety match ♦ safety measure ♦ safety message ♦ safety net ♦ safety nut ♦ safety officer ♦ safety pawl ♦ safety pin ♦ safety pins ♦ safety place ♦ safety plug ♦ safety precaution ♦ safety rail ♦ safety razor. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "safety": safety-advice, safety-assessment, safety-assessments, safety-bar, safety-belt, safety-belted, safety-boots, safety-catch, safety-chain, safety-check, safety-cock, safety-conscious, safety-cord, safety-critical, safety-critical system, safety-deposit, safety-design, safety-devices, safety-first, safety-glasses, safety-glazed, safety-labelling, safety-lamp, safety-lights, safety-line, safety-net, safety-netless, safety-nets, safety-netted, safety-nut, safety-oriented, safety-pin, safety-pins, safety-rail, safety-razor blade, safety-related, safety-relevant, safety-sheet, safety-straps, safety-strip, safety-tab, safety-value, safety-valve, safety-valves. | |
Ending with "safety": airline-safety, air-safety, bio-safety, farm-safety, fusion-safety, health-and-safety, high-safety, non-safety, player-safety, relegation-safety, road-safety, Traffic-safety. | |
Containing "safety": health-safety-environmental. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
texas department of public safety | 2,930 | car safety rating | 366 |
safety | 2,620 | safety first | 362 |
health and safety | 1,470 | safety shoes | 357 |
glasses safety | 812 | car seat safety | 344 |
material safety data sheet | 765 | firework safety | 343 |
road safety | 728 | boating safety | 340 |
safety equipment | 711 | workplace safety | 328 |
car safety | 645 | occupational health and safety | 325 |
child safety | 610 | home safety | 322 |
national safety council | 600 | motorcycle safety foundation | 303 |
fire safety | 595 | safety 1st | 302 |
department of public safety | 558 | summer safety | 301 |
lab safety | 508 | handheld safety sensor | 296 |
safety product | 507 | water safety | 292 |
safety training | 452 | safety vest | 289 |
food safety | 437 | dept public safety texas | 286 |
highway institute safety | 426 | lab safety supply | 269 |
safety supply | 425 | baby safety | 267 |
highway institute insurance safety | 412 | safety slogan | 262 |
safety sign | 370 | dog safety | 259 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "safety"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | veiligheid (security), sekerheid (certainty, security). (various references) | |
Albanian | sigurimi (emergency), sigurim (ascertainment, cover, coverage, floater, indemnity, insurance, procuration, procurement, reassurance, reversion, safeguard, security), siguri (aplomb, assurance, assuredness, asylum, certainty, certitude, confidence, cover, dependability, guaranty, hostage, reliability, reliance, security, sureness, surety, trustiness), parrezikshmëri. (various references) | |
Arabic | وقائي (precautionary, pre-emptive, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, protective), سلامة (benignity, integrity, solidity), سلام أمن (security), صمام الأمان (safety valve), الأمن, أمن (assure, be safe, believe, feel, indemnify, insure, peace, safeness, security, trustee, underwrite), أماني, أمان (safety latch). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сигурност (assurance, certainty, certitude, dependability, poise, reliability, security, soundness, surety), охрана (conservation, convoy, guard, keeping, protection, safe conduct, safeguard, security), непокътнатост (integrity), застопоряващ елемент (safety catch), защитен (covering, protective, vindicatory), запазеност, безопасност (security), предпазен (cautionary, defensive, precautionary, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, protective, sematic, warning). (various references) | |
Catalan | imperdible (safety pin, safety-pin). (various references) | |
Chinese | 安全 (safe, secure, security). (various references) | |
Czech | bezpeènostní (permissible, precautionary), bezpeèí (security). (various references) | |
Danish | sikkerhed (security). (various references) | |
Dutch | veiligheid (security), zekerheid (certainty, security). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sendanĝereco, sekureco (security). (various references) | |
Faeroese | spenni (buckle, safety pin, safety-pin), prónur (safety pin, safety-pin), læsinál (safety pin, safety-pin). (various references) | |
Farsi | محفوظیت , سلامت (Health), ایمنی (Security), امنیت (Security). (various references) | |
Finnish | turvallisuus (security). (various references) | |
French | sécurité (safeness), sûreté (safeguard, safeness). (various references) | |
Frisian | feiligens (security). (various references) | |
German | Sicherheit (aplomb, assurance, caution, certainty, certitude, certitudes, collateral, competence, confidence, firmness, guaranty, immunity, reliability, safeness, secureness, security, self-assurance, steadiness, sureness, surety), Sicherheitsfaktor (safety factor). (various references) | |
Greek | ασφάλεια (assurance, insurance, safeness, safety catch, safety lock, secureness, security, surety). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שלום (comfort, peace, quiet, tranquillity), בטיחות (security), בטחון (assurance, confidence, defence, faith, security, trust), בטחה (trustfulness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | biztonság (behavior, behaviour, positiveness, security, surety). (various references) | |
Indonesian | keselamatan (salvation), keamanan (peacefulness, security). (various references) | |
Italian | sicurezza (assurance, assuredness, certainty, safeness, security, sureness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 無難 (security), 無事 (peace, quietness), 無事 (peace, quietness), 安全性 , 安全 (security), 安全 (security), 安危 (fate, welfare), 安保 (security, US-Japan Security Treaty), 安否 (welfare, well-being). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぶなん (security), ぶじ (coarse speech or writing, humble reference to one's own words, martial arts, military affairs, peace, quietness), あんぜんせい, あんぜん (astonished, disappointed, discouraged, security), あんぽ (security, US-Japan Security Treaty), あんぴ (welfare, well-being), あんき (comfort, ease, fate, feeling at home, learning by heart, memorization, welfare). (various references) | |
Korean | 안전 (Securities, security). (various references) | |
Malay | keamanan (security). (various references) | |
Manx | sauchys (safe keeping, safeness, security). (various references) | |
Norwegian | sikkerhet (aptitude, security). (various references) | |
Papiamen | seguridat (security). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | afetysay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | segurança (assuredness, certainty, coverage, dependability, dependence, dependency, reliability, salvation, security, self-assurance, shelter). (various references) | |
Romanian | siguranţã (assurance, assuredness, certainty, cocksureness, confidence, fuse, light fuse, lock, reliability, resolution, retentiveness, security, surety), securitate (security), protecţie (defence, pap, patronage, protection, push, safeguard, saving, security, shelter, support), pazã (guard, guardianship, keeping, picket, safeguard, security, sentinel, sentry, ward, watch). (various references) | |
Russian | безопасность (safeness, safeties, security). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | spas (anchor, redemption, salvation), sigurnosni, osigurač (fuse, safety fuse), bezbednost (safeness, security). (various references) | |
Spanish | seguridad (assurance, assuredness, certain, certainty, certitude, collateral, confirmation, irradiation, reliability, safeness, security, sureness). (various references) | |
Swedish | säkerhet (assurance, certainly, certainty, certitude, collateral, cover, deposit, guarantee, guaranty, safeguard, security, surety). (various references) | |
Thai | ถุงยางอนามัย (คำสแลง), อุปกรณ์รักษาความปลอดภัย, ความปลอดภัย (safeness). (various references) | |
Turkish | selamet (salvation, security), koruyucu (conservator, contraceptive, Guardian, guarding, keeper, life saver, patron, preservative, preserver, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, protective, protector, protectress, safeguard, sentinel, tutelar, tutelary, umbrella, warden), güvenlik (security), emniyet (credit, guard, police station, reliability, reliance, safekeeping, security). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sanjak (safety pin), temenge (pin, safety pin), iссebagjyk (safety pin). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гарантія (assurance, avouchment, guarantee, insurance, safeguard, security, warrant, warranty), неушкодженість, безпека (security). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự chắc chắn tính an toàn, sự an toàn (security). (various references) | |
Welsh | diogelwch (security), diddosrwydd (shelter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | buzur. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | salus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 21, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | IppoV etoimazetai eiV hmeran polemou para de kuriou h bohqeia |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Equus paratur ad diem belli Dominus autem salutem tribuet |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | An hors is maad redi to the dai of bataile; the Lord forsothe helthe shal yeelden. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is from the LORD. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 21, Verse 31 |
| Bulgarian | [] |
| Cebuano | Ang kabayo giandam batok sa adlaw sa gubat; Apan ang pagdaug iya kang Jehova. |
| Croatian | Konj se oprema za dan boja, ali Jahve daje pobjedu. |
| Danish | Hest holdes rede til Stridens Dag, men Sejren er HERRENs Sag. |
| Dutch | Het paard wordt bereid tegen den dag des strijds; maar de overwinning is des HEEREN. |
| Finnish | Hevonen on varustettu taistelun päiväksi, mutta voitto on Herran hallussa. |
| French | Le cheval est équipé pour le jour de la bataille, Mais la délivrance appartient à l`Éternel. |
| German | Rosse werden zum Streittage bereitet; aber der Sieg kommt vom HERRN. |
| Haitian Creole | Moun pare chwal pou y' al fè lagè, men se Seyè a k'ap deside kilès k'ap genyen batay la. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sekalipun pertempuran diperlengkapi dengan kuda perang, yang menentukan kemenangan adalah TUHAN. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa kuda dilengkapkan bagi perang, tetapi kemenangan itu hanya dari pada Tuhan jua. |
| Italian | Il cavallo è pronto per il giorno della battaglia, ma al Signore appartiene la vittoria. |
| Maori | Kua rite noa ake he hoiho mo te ra o te whawhai; kei a Ihowa ia te whakaoranga. |
| Norwegian | Hesten gjøres ferdig for stridens dag, men seieren hører Herren til. |
| Rumanian | Calul este pregqtit pentru ziua bqtqliei, dar biruinya este a Domnului. - |
| Russian | лПОС РТЙЗПФПЧМСАФ ОБ ДЕОШ ВЙФЧЩ, ОП РПВЕДБ--ПФ зПУРПДБ. |
| Spanish | El caballo es alistado para el día de la batalla, pero de Jehovah proviene la victoria. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "safety": safetying, safetyman, safetymen. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "safety": biosafety, unsafety. (additional references) | |
| |
"Safety" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Afferty, baffetti, Kafity, sabey, Saetti, Safaya, Safeit, safetey, Safeti, Safetip, safetly, Saffery, safferys, Saffioti, Saffiotti, saftey, safty, Safwat, sapete, sayeth, Scafati, seety, sfet, siferth, sofet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "safety" (pronounced sā"ftē) |
| 5 | s ā" f t ē | biosafety. |
| 3 | -f t ē | crafty, lefty, drafty, fifty, hefty, lofty, nifty, shifty, thrifty. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: fates, feast, feats, fetas, yeast. | |
-2 letters: ates, ayes, east, easy, eats, efts, etas, eyas, fast, fate, fats, fays, feat, feta, fets, safe, sate, seat, seta, stay, stey, stye, teas, tyes, yeas. | |
-3 letters: aft, ate, aye, ays, eat, efs, eft, eta, fas, fat, fay, fet, fey, sae, sat, say, sea, set, sty, tae, tas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: festally, forestay, unsafety. | |
+3 letters: biosafety, fayalites, forestays, safetying, safetyman, safetymen, splayfeet, typefaces. | |
+4 letters: ferryboats, flyswatter, manifestly, stepfamily, tastefully, wastefully. | |
+5 letters: facetiously, faithlessly, faultlessly, feasibility, festinately, flycatchers, flyswatters, masterfully, platyfishes, splayfooted, steadfastly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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