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Definition: Camas |
CamasNoun1. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "camas" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CAMAS | English | Computer Aided Migration of Application System | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Camas, Washington."
Synonyms: CamasSynonyms: camash (n), camass (n), camosh (n), quamash (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Camas |
| English words defined with "camas": Camassia scilloides, common camas ♦ death camas ♦ grassy death camas ♦ indigo squill ♦ Leichtlin's camas ♦ poison camas ♦ white camas, wild hyacinth ♦ Zigadenus nuttalli. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "camas": 97416, 98607. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Camas" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (beds), Portuguese Brazilian (beds), Spanish (beds). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Camas (1997) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Farshot of Cusick's Camas wildflowers in drainage habitat.Credit: John Springs. |  | Long shot of Blue Camas site.Credit: John Craig. |
 | Close up of Blue Camas.Credit: John Craig. |  | Medium long shot of Blue Camas showing leaves at ground level.Credit: John Craig. |
 | Meadow display of small camas (Camassia Quamash), American Bistort (Polygonum bistortoides) and slenderfruit lomatium (Lomatium leptocarpum).Credit: John Craig. |  | Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum) and Death Camas (Zigadenus venenosus).Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
 | Camas at West Eugene Wetlands.Credit: D. Huntington. |  | Death Camas (Zigadenus venenosus) near the trailhead at Upper Table Rock.Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
 | Common Camas (Camassia quamash) at Shady Cove.Credit: Terry Tuttle. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Camas" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 69.23% of the time. "Camas" is used about 13 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) | 69.23% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (plural) | 30.77% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Camas, WA (city, FIPS 9480) |
Expressions using "camas": Camas County ♦ Camas Valley ♦ common camas ♦ death camas ♦ grassy death camas ♦ Leichtlin's camas ♦ poison camas ♦ white camas. 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 |
camas washington | 206 |
camas | 94 |
camas school district | 36 |
camas meadow | 22 |
camas high school | 15 |
camas city | 14 |
camas school | 14 |
camas valley | 14 |
camas golf meadow | 9 |
camas course golf meadow | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "camas"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | amascay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "camas": camases, camass, camasses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "camas": jicamas. (additional references) | |
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"Camas" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amsa, bamsa, caam, caama, cafas, caja, Cakmak, calas, calmans, cama, Camag, Caman, camat, camay, cames, Camesi, camest, Camisi, Camlab, camma, camos, Campas, Camtab, canaa, Canac, canas, canbas, Cansap, carma, Casma, ccma, cdma, Cedmas, Cemat, cenas, Chamus, cias, Cimas, Cmaj, Cmis, cmos, comags, comaz, csma, Cumans, cumis, Cunhas, hamas, jamas, Kamaz, Kamazu, kamus, kanas, Kimasi, Nchama, Uamhas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-m-s" | |
-1 letter: amas, cams, casa, macs, scam. | |
-2 letters: aas, ama, cam, mac, mas, sac. | |
-3 letters: aa, am, as, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-m-s" | |
+1 letter: camass, camisa, macaws. | |
+2 letters: ambsace, amesace, amtracs, caeomas, caimans, calamus, camails, camases, cameras, camisas, camisia, caymans, chacmas, chasmal, chiasma, jicamas, lactams, macacos, maculas, madcaps, maniacs, maracas, marasca, mascara, sambuca, sarcasm, sarcoma, tambacs, tarmacs, yashmac. | |
+3 letters: academes, acclaims, almanacs, ambsaces, amesaces, amnesiac, amtracks, arcanums, archaism, atamasco, balsamic, cabalism, cabombas, calamars, camasses, camelias, camisade, camisado, camisias, camorras, camshaft, caramels, casemate, ceramals, chamades, champacs, champaks, charisma, chiasmal, chiasmas, chloasma, clansman, cragsman, drachmas, facemask, jacamars, macadams, macaques, macrames, macumbas, malaccas, manacles, maniocas, marascas, marasmic, marchesa, mascaras, massacre, sambucas, sarcasms, sarcomas, schemata, shamanic, spaceman, tramcars, yashmacs. | |
+4 letters: academias, academics, academies, academism, aceldamas, acetamids, achromats, acidemias, acrosomal, adamances, ambiances, ambuscade, ammoniacs, amnesiacs, analcimes, anarchism, archaisms, armagnacs, armchairs, armonicas, aromatics, asthmatic, atamascos, cabalisms, caladiums, calamaris, calamines, calamints, calamites, cambogias, camellias, camisades, camisados, campaigns, camshafts, capmakers, carbamyls, cardamoms, cardamons, cardamums, carmakers, casemates, cataclysm, catacombs, catamites, cataplasm, chairmans, chambrays, chiasmata, chimaeras, claimants, clambakes, classmate, comanages, crabmeats, cracksman, craftsman, cyanamids, dalmatics, damascene, decagrams, dramatics, eclampsia, emaciates, facemasks, glaucomas, guaiacums, haematics, ischaemia, kamacites, lacrimals, macaronis, macaroons, maccabaws, maccaboys, macerates, mackinaws, macrurans, maculates, magicians, maiolicas, majolicas, mandiocas, marcasite, mariachis, marocains, marshalcy, mascaraed, massacred, massacrer, massacres, masticate, maxicoats, miasmatic, pachadoms, plasmatic, racemates, racialism, sacrament, sacrarium, sarcomata, scalogram, scotomata, simulacra, smearcase, tamaracks, trachomas, vambraces, yachtsman. | |
+5 letters: academisms, acclaimers, acclimates, acetamides, adamancies, amberjacks, ambulances, ambuscaded, ambuscader, ambuscades, anamnestic, anarchisms, antiracism, aposematic, asthmatics, astigmatic, automatics, axoplasmic, balmacaans, blackmails, cablegrams, calamaries, calamities, calamitous, calmatives, calvariums, camarillas, camelbacks, camisadoes, camorrista, campaniles, campanulas, campcrafts, campestral, candygrams, capitalism, carambolas, caramelise, carbamates, carbamides, carcinomas, catabolism, cataclysms, catamarans, catamounts, cataplasms, champagnes, champaigns, charismata, chiasmatic, chloasmata, cladograms, classmates, cobalamins, comanagers, combatants, creamwares, cyanamides, cyclamates, cycloramas, damascened, damascenes, demarcates, docudramas, eclampsias, egomaniacs, emasculate, factualism, fanaticism, guacamoles, hackamores, hamantasch, harmonicas, imbalances, ischaemias, kanamycins, lampblacks, macadamias, macaronics, macaronies, macerators, machinates, macroscale, magistracy, majuscular, malachites, maraschino, marcasites, marchpanes, mascaraing, mascarpone, massacrers, massacring, masticated, masticates, masticator, matriarchs, megaparsec, mercaptans, metacarpus, metastatic, misbalance, miscatalog, mispackage, monochasia, mosaically, mycoplasma, naumachias, naumachies, pacemakers, paramedics, phantasmic, pharmacies, pharmacist, pragmatics, racialisms, radicalism, rampancies, ramshackle, sacraments, sarcolemma, sarcoplasm, sarcosomal, scalograms, scaramouch, scleromata, semantical, shadchanim, shamefaced, simoniacal, smearcases, tacamahacs, talismanic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 6D 61 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- -- .- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101101 01100001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a m a s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 006D 0061 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767796785 |
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