Curtiss

Definition: Curtiss

Curtiss

Noun

1. United States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930).

Date "Curtiss" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references)

Synonyms: Curtiss

Synonyms: Glenn Curtiss (n), Glenn Hammond Curtiss (n). (additional references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

I am the detective, Colonel Curtiss. (Poirot; writing credit: Clive Exton; Anthony Horowitz)

Miss Curtiss, one of us has to take a deep breath. (Collegiate; writing credit: Walter DeLeon; Francis Martin)

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

Domain	Title
Books	Pendulum : the story of America's three aviation pioneers--Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, and Glenn Curtiss, the Henry Ford of aviation (reference) (more book examples)
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	Curtiss Hawk with NACA Cowling. Credit: NASA.		Curtiss Bleeker Helicopter. Credit: NASA.
	Conducts initial operations with her Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" aircraft, over New Egypt, New Jersey, 7 July 1933. The two planes, visible below the airship, were piloted by Lieutenant D. Ward Harrigan and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Frederick N. Kivette. Credit: NAVY.		At Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in January 1920. A Curtiss N-9 aircraft (Bureau # A2636) is on the water by her stern and another is resting on her after deck. A "Sea Sled" and motor launch are tied up along her starboard side. Credit: NAVY.
	A Curtiss SOC "Seagull" scout-observation aircraft drops a message as it flies over USS Augusta (CA-31), during operations off North Africa in November-December 1942. Note the message capsule that has just been tossed out by the plane's observer. Credit: NAVY.		Indian squaws weaving a blanket / sketched by Theodore R. Davis. "Old Abe" - eagle of the Eighth Wisconsin volunteers / photographed by F.R. Curtiss. Pictures of the South - gathering moss on Berwick Bay, Louisiana / sketched by A.R. Waud. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Miss Katherine Stinson and her Curtiss aeroplane. Credit: Library of Congress.		Curtiss Wright Corp., Caldwell, New Jersey. Entrance detail. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Curtiss Marine Flying trophy. Trophy against black background. Credit: Library of Congress.		Where President and Mrs. Coolidge were entertained today; "Lydonia," the yacht of Cyrus H. K. Curtiss [i.e. Curtis], now anchored off Haines [i.e. Hains] Point in the Potomac River on which the President and Mrs. Coolidge were entertained at luncheon toda. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		It is the authorised centre for Allison T56/501 engines and Textron Lycoming T53 engines, and has capabilities to repair and overhaul GE F404, Turbomeca Makila 1A, GE J85, PW JT8D, PW JT15D, Curtiss Wright J65 and Rolls Royce Avon 207 engines. (references)
Economic History	Oman	Wholly foreign-owned U.S. services firms present in Oman include Citibank, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and the law firm Curtiss, Mallett, Colt, Mosle and Prevost. (references)
Political Economy	OMAN	The U.S. firm Curtiss, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle is the only U.S. law firm with an office in Muscat and serves as legal counsel to the Ministry of Electricity and Water for the Salalah power privatization project, and the Muscat Municipality on the Muscat wastewater project. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Curtiss" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "Curtiss" 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 (proper)	62.5%	5	157,705
Noun (singular)	37.5%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	8	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Curtiss" 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
Curtiss	Last name	2,000	7,420
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Curtiss, WI (village, FIPS 18125)
Location: 44.95385 N, 90.43523 W
Population (1990): 173 (77 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 54422
Country: USA

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Expressions: Curtiss

Expressions using "Curtiss": Glenn Curtiss ♦ Glenn Hammond Curtiss. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Curtiss": curtiss-electric, Curtiss-wright.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Curtiss

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
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curtiss johnson	7	309 377.html curtiss cwrl.utexas.edu ha holocaust never project1 spring96 studentwork syverson	3
curtiss h16	6	52 curtiss o owl	3
curtiss p40	6	curtiss ryan	3
curtiss ss	6	curtiss kuby	3
curtiss hawk iii	5	curtiss ann matlock	3
curtiss wright flight system	5	curtiss mohawk	2
curtiss wright corp	5	curtiss huston	2
curtiss middle school	4	curtiss goshawk	2
curtiss susan	4	4 curtiss jn	2
40 curtiss p warhawk	4	40 curtiss kittyhawk p	2
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Anagrams: Curtiss

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: rustics.
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	Words containing the letters "c-i-r-s-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: citruses, curtsies, incrusts, rictuses.
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