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Date "WALRUSES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including all the seals and the walruses. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: WALRUSES |
| English words defined with "WALRUSES": aquatic mammal ♦ family Odobenidae ♦ genus Odobenus ♦ ivory ♦ Odobenidae, Odobenus ♦ Pinnipedia ♦ suborder Pinnipedia ♦ tusk. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "WALRUSES": seals. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Plate 25. A map of the world showing the geographical distribution of the walruses, fur seals, sealions, and sea elephants. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
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| "WALRUSES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "WALRUSES" is used about 9 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 (plural) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "WALRUSES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | saeler (pinnipedia, seals), saeldyr (pinnipedia, seals). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | zeeroofdieren (pinnipedia, seals), vinpotigen (pinnipedia, seals). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | pinnipèdes. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Wasser-Raubtiere (pinnipedia, seals), Robben (crawl, seals). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | πτερυγιόποδα (pinnipedia, seals). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | tricheco (Morse, walrus), pinnipedi (pinnipeds). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | alrusesway pinípedes (pinnipedia, seals). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Pinnipedia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"WALRUSES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: walruse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "WALRUSES" (pronounced wÄ"lrusuz) |
| 5 | -r u s u z | actresses, addresses, buttresses, choruses, congresses, embarrasses, fortresses, irises, mattresses, mistresses, retroviruses, seamstresses, terraces, viruses, waitresses. |
| 4 | -u s u z | accomplices, aliases, amaryllises, apparatuses, apprentices, biases, bonuses, businesses, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, caucuses, censuses, circuses, crevices, crocuses, encompasses, eyewitnesses, fetuses, focuses, furnaces, geniuses, goddesses, grimaces, harnesses, hippopotamuses, hospices, hostesses, illnesses, injustices, justices, likenesses, minuses, necklaces, notices, novices, offices, omnibuses, orifices, palaces, penises, porpoises, poultices, prejudices, premises, promises, prospectuses, purchases, purposes, refocuses, repurchases, services, sinuses, stewardesses, surfaces, surpluses, tortoises, treatises, weaknesses, witnesses. |
| 3 | -s u z | absences, abuses, acceptances, aces, acquaintances, advances, affixes, albatrosses, allegiances, alliances, allowances, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, appearances, appendixes, appliances, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, balances, bases, basses, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, Busses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, Casas, cases, cayuses, ceases, chances, chases, choices, circumstances, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embraces, eminences, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, forces, foxes, fragrances, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, headdresses, hindrances, hisses, hoaxes, horses, houses, hyraxes, ices, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, medusas, messes, minibuses, misses, missus, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, nieces, nixes, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, ordinances, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, paradoxes, passes, performances, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, possesses, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, pronounces, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, senses, sentences, sequences, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surpasses, surtaxes, taxes, tolerances, tosses, townhouses, traces, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, verses, versus, vices, voices, waltzes, waxes, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-r-s-s-u-w" | |
-1 letter: saurels, warless, warsles, wrassle. | |
-2 letters: assure, awless, lasers, rassle, resaws, saurel, sawers, sewars, swales, swears, urases, walers, walrus, warsle, wrasse. | |
-3 letters: arles, arses, aures, earls, lares, laser, lases, lears, lures, rales, rases, reals, resaw, rules, ruses, sales, sauls, sawer, seals, sears, seral, sewar, slaws, slews, slues, slurs, suers, sural, suras, swale, sware, swear. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-r-s-s-u-w" | |
+3 letters: lusterwares, wanderlusts. | |
+4 letters: lukewarmness, superlawyers, swashbuckler, wearifulness, wrathfulness. | |
+5 letters: pasqueflowers, swashbucklers. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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