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Definition: Azoic |
AzoicAdjective1. (geology) before the appearance of life; "azoic rocks contain not organic remains". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Azoic \A*zo"ic\, adjective. [from Greek expression 'a priv. life, from to live.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inorganization | Adjective: inorganic, inanimate, inorganized; lithoidal; azoic; mineral. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Azoic |
| English words defined with "azoic": Azoic age. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "azoic": azoic dyeing. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Azoic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Azoic" is used about 4 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "azoic": azoic age ♦ azoic dyeing. 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 |
the azoic | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "azoic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | азойски. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 冰""料 (azoic dyes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | azofarvestoffer (azoic colours), azo-farveri (azoic dyeing), arkaeozoikum (Archaean era, Archean era, azoic era, pre-Cambrian era), arkaeikum (Archaean era, Archean era, azoic era, pre-Cambrian era). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Azoïcum (Azoic era). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Azoiko (Azoic era). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | atsoväriaine (azoic colours), atsoväri (azoic colours), atsooinen aika (Archaean era, Archean era, azoic era, pre-Cambrian era), arkeeinen aika (Archaean era, Archean era, azoic era, pre-Cambrian era), prekambrikausi (Archaean era, Archean era, azoic era, pre-Cambrian era). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Archéen (azoic era), colorants azoïques (azoic colours), colorant azoïque (azoic dyeing), ère précambrien (azoic era), ère azoïque (azoic era), ère archéen (azoic era). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Azofarben (azoic colours), Azofärberei (azoic dyeing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αζωϊκός,αρχαϊκός αιών (Archaean era, Archean era, azoic era, pre-Cambrian era), αζωική βαφή (azoic dyeing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | élõlény nélküli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | asóch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | azoico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azoicay azóico (Azoic era). (various references) безжизненный (anaemic, bloodless, dead alive, exanimate, inanimate, languid, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated). (various references) azoik, razvojni period. (various references) azoico. (various references) azofärgämnen (azoic colours), prekambrium (Archaean era, Archean era, azoic era, Precambrian, pre-Cambrian era), jordens urtid (Archaean era, Archean era, azoic era, pre-Cambrian era). (various references) azoik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "azoic": metazoic. (additional references) | |
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"Azoic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adoic, Adzoic, Aeolic, Aizik, anoic, asic, Asioz, asoi, atoic, azi, azio, azoe, azoes, azoics, azoo, azori, Fazlic, Mazowia, ozric, zooic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "azoic" (pronounced 'A*zo"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-o-z" | |
-1 letter: ciao, zoic. | |
-2 letters: azo, coz, oca, zoa. | |
-3 letters: ai. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-o-z" | |
+1 letter: azonic, azotic, zodiac, zoecia. | |
+2 letters: canzoni, zodiacs, zooecia. | |
+3 letters: azotemic, calorize, canonize, caponize, focalize, hoactzin, localize, metazoic, vocalize, zirconia, zodiacal. | |
+4 letters: calorized, calorizes, canonized, canonizes, caponized, caponizes, carbonize, chalazion, cocainize, cognizant, factorize, focalized, focalizes, hoactzins, localized, localizes, machzorim, narcotize, ostracize, pizzicato, saprozoic, socialize, vocalized, vocalizer, vocalizes, zirconias, zygomatic. | |
+5 letters: aerobicize, benzocaine, calorizing, canonizing, caponizing, carbonized, carbonizes, catabolize, categorize, chalazions, cocainized, cocainizes, cognizable, cognizably, cognizance, coleorhiza, delocalize, devocalize, factorized, factorizes, focalizing, hoactzines, localizing, mycorrhiza, narcotized, narcotizes, ostracized, ostracizes, pozzolanic, schizocarp, socialized, socializer, socializes, vocalizers, vocalizing, zoological. | |
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