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ADDITIVES

"ADDITIVES" is a plural of: additive.


Specialty Definition: ADDITIVES

DomainDefinition

Chemical Industry

Non-hydrocarbon substances added or blended with a product to modify its properties, for example, to improve its combustion characteristics e. g. alcohols and ethers(MTBE, methyl tertiary-butyl ether)and chemical alloys such as tetraethyl lead. However, ethanol is not included here, but under gas/liquids from biomass. Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Substances, or preparations containing substances, other than premixtures referred to in(h)which, when incorporated in feedingstuffs, are likely to affect their characteristics or livestock production. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Crosswords: ADDITIVES

English words defined with "ADDITIVES": nonsynthetic. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ADDITIVES": albumin glueBambermycins, bench life, blood albumin glueCARCINOGENS, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, CHEMICAL-RADIATION TECHNICIAN, CHEMIST, FOOD, Chloroquinolinols, coal-drier operator, Codex Alimentarius Commission, CUPOLA TENDERdistilling slops, DRIER OPERATORFARMWORKER, LIVESTOCK, FIRST HELPER, Food additives, food scientis, FOOD TECHNOLOGIST, FOOD TESTER, furnace operator, furnace tendergasoline finisher, Generally Recognized as Safe, GROWTH-MEDIA MIXER, MUSHROOMHazardous SubstancesingredientsKETTLE OPERATOR, kiln operatorLABORATORY ASSISTANT, laboratory technicia, laborer, livestock, lead blender, LINE TENDER, FLAKEBOARD, LOCOMOTIVE LUBRICATING-SYSTEMS CLERKMATERIAL MIXER, meat preparation, melter assistant, Metal Halide Lamp, MIXING SUPERVISOR, Motor gasolineopen-hearth-furnace laborer, open-hearth-furnace operator, open-hearth-furnace-operator helper, OPERATOR, CATALYST CONCENTRATION, Oxygenates, OXYGEN-FURNACE OPERATORPLASTER MIXER, MACHINE, pot lifeQUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIANranch hand, livestock, reactor-kettle operatorSALES REPRESENTATIVE, WATER-TREATMENT CHEMICALS, scale-tank operator, SECOND HELPER, SOLUTIONS OPERATOR, STEEL-POURER HELPER, still wash, stillage sludge, SUPERVISOR, INSTANT POTATO PROCESSING, SUPERVISOR, REFININGTHIRD HELPERusable lifeWEIGH-TANK OPERATOR, working life. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ADDITIVES

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References

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for Bath and Shower Additives in Asia (reference)

  • The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Automatic Dishwashing Additives (reference)

  • The World Market for Antiknock Preparations, Oxidation Inhibitors, Anticorrosive Preparations, and Other Prepared Additives for Mineral Oils Including Gasoline: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Rodenticides, Nematicides, Growth Regulators, Molluscicides, Repellents, Additives, Etc. (European Directory of Agrochemical Products, Part 4) (reference)

  • The Feingold Cookbook for Hyperactive Children, and Others With Problems Associated With Food Additives and Salicylates (reference)

  • Specifications for Identity and Purity: Sweetomg Agents, Emulsifying-Agents, Flavoring Agents and Other Food Additives (Food and Agriculture Organiz) (reference)

  • Evaluation of Certain Veterinary Drug Residues in Food: Fiftieth Report of the Joint Fao/Who Expert Committee on Food Additives (reference)

  • Ferroalloys & alloying additives handbook (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

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

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Photo Album: ADDITIVES

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Acceptable Daily Intake! : Food Additives And Pesticides Should Be Used With Care. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: ADDITIVES

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Supplementation of diet with a variety of additives has not borne fruit, but is an active area of research. (references)

In some cases, water may have to be thickened with commercial additives to give it the consistency of syrup or honey. (references)

Hidden sources of gluten include additives, preservatives, and stabilizers found in processed food, medicines, and mouthwash. (references)

Business

Locally produced feed additives cannot meet market demand. (references)

Thus, in the meantime, the market for fuel additives will remain buoyant. (references)

Raw materials for producing feed additives such as secaline and sophytol need to be imported. (references)

Economic History

Russia

Another promising sub-sector is food additives. (references)

Russia

The total market of food additives amounted to $1.9 million in 1999. (references)

Costa Rica

These two resin compounders, as well as all the Costa Rican companies manufacturing plastic products, import their resins, additives, pigments, stabilizers, plasticizers and lubricants. (references)

Political Economy

MEXICO

Products subject to these duties are listed in the March 2, 2001, edition of the Diario Oficial (Mexico's equivalent of the Federal Register) and include pork, beef, apples, High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), liquid soda, hydrogen peroxide, ammoniac sulphate, gasoline additives, cristal polysterene, polycloride (PVC), bonded paper, corrugated rods, and unfinished steel tubes. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

The executive advisory committee must approve any new additives. (references)

Argentina

Certain food additives and colorants are prohibited from importing. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: ADDITIVES

"ADDITIVES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 92.77% of the time. "ADDITIVES" is used about 249 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)92.77%23119,761
Noun (proper)7.23%1882,615
                    Total100.00%249N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: ADDITIVES

Expression using "ADDITIVES": food additives. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "ADDITIVES": e-additives.

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

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Modern Translation: ADDITIVES

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

Czech

  

přísady do potravin (food additives). (various references)

   

Danish

  

additiver (additive), tilsætningsstoffer. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

additieven, toevoegingsmiddelen. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lisäaineet. (various references)

   

French

  

additifs. (various references)

   

German

  

Zusätze (options). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρόσθετες ύλες, προσμείξεις (admixtures, impurities). (various references)

   

Italian

  

additivi. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

additivesay

   

Portuguese

  

aditivos (adjuvant). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

aditivos (adjuvant). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

antiknackningsmedel (antiknock, anti-knock additives). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ADDITIVES

Misspellings

"ADDITIVES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: additivity, adgitives, aditive, adjitive. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "ADDITIVES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ADDITIVES" (pronounced a"dutivz)
5-u t i v zalternatives, conservatives, cooperatives, derivatives, executives, expletives, fixatives, fugitives, imperatives, initiatives, laxatives, narratives, negatives, neoconservatives, operatives, palliatives, positives, prerogatives, preservatives, preventatives, relatives, representatives, superlatives.
4-t i v zactives, adjectives, captives, collectives, contraceptives, detectives, directives, disincentives, electives, incentives, locomotives, motives, natives, objectives, octaves, perspectives.
3-i v zabrasives, adhesives, exclusives, explosives, offensives, olives, progressives, subversives.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: ADDITIVES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-i-i-s-t-v"

-1 letter: additive.

-2 letters: advised, daisied, datives, divides, visited, vistaed.

-3 letters: advise, dative, davies, davits, didies, divest, divide, staved, teiids, tidied, tidies, visaed.

-4 letters: adits, aided, aides, aside, dated, dates, davit, deads, deist, devas, didie, didst, diets, ditas, dites, divas, dived, dives, edits, ideas, ivied, ivies, sated, saved, sided, sited, stade, staid, stave, stead, stied, teiid.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-i-i-s-t-v"
 

+3 letters: additivities, desiderative, individuates.

 

+5 letters: daredeviltries.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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