Hair Spray

  

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Hair Spray

Definition: Hair Spray

Hair Spray

Noun

1. Toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

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Crosswords: Hair Spray

Specialty definitions using "hair spray": FUR GLAZER, fur glosser, fur ironer, FUR-GLAZING-AND-POLISHING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Hair Spray

DomainTitle

Books

  • Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist: A Novel About Art, Bowling, Pizza, Sex, and Hair Spray (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Image Slideshow: Hair Spray

Computer Images:
Hair Spray

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hair Spray

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Try to stay away from strong odors and sprays, such as perfume, talcum powder, hair spray, and paints. (references)

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hair Spray

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hair spray

158

hair spray color

12

hair spray thickener

3

buildup hair spray

2

hair spray thinning

2

consort hair spray

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hair Spray

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

Danish

  

haarlak (hair lacquer). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

haarlak (hair lacquer). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hiuslakka, hiuskiinne. (various references)

   

French

  

laque pour cheveux (hair lacquer), laque. (various references)

   

German

  

haarspray (hair lacquer, hairspray, lacquer). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

λάκκα για τα μαλλιά (hair lacquer), λακ μαλλιών (hair lacquer). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hajlakk. (various references)

   

Italian

  

lacca per capelli (hair lacquer), lacca (lac, lacker, lacquer, varnish). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

プロ野球 (10^2, hair, hair band, hair care, hair cream, hair curler, hair dresser, hair dryer, hair liquid, hair manicure, hair oil, hairbrush, hairdye, hairpiece, hairpin curve, hairstyle, haste, header, heading, heather, hectare, hecto-, hectopascal, hedge, hedgehog, hedging, hegemony, intense smell, professional baseball, state of being furious or angry). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ヘアスプレー . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airhay ayspray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

laca para cabelo (hair lacquer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

laca para el pelo (hair lacquer). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Hair Spray

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-p-r-r-s-y"

-2 letters: pariahs, pirayas, raphias.

-3 letters: apiary, arrays, pariah, parish, piraya, raphia, raphis, rayahs, sharpy, sirrah, sparry.

-4 letters: aphis, apish, arias, arras, array, arris, ayahs, haars, hairs, hairy, harps, harpy, harry, pairs, paisa, paras, paris, parrs, parry, pasha, prays, raias, raspy, rayah, rayas, sharp, shirr, sirra, spahi, spiry, spray, yirrs.

-5 letters: aahs, airs, airy, aria, ashy, ayah, haar, hair, haps, harp, hasp, hays, hips, hyps, pair, para, parr, pars, pash, pays, phis, pias, pish, pray, pyas, raia, raps, rash, rasp, raya, rays, rias, rips, ryas, sari, shay, ship, shri, spar, spay, spry, syph, yaps, yips, yirr.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-p-r-r-s-y"
 

+3 letters: parathyroids, stratigraphy.

 

+4 letters: hyperparasite.

 

+5 letters: hyperparasites, hyperparasitic.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Hair Spray


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 61 69 72      53 70 72 61 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100001 01101001 01110010 00100000 01010011 01110000 01110010 01100001 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#105 &#114 &#32 &#83 &#112 &#114 &#97 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 0069 0072      0053 0070 0072 0061 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4267758425382846791

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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