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Cleansing

Definition: Cleansing

Cleansing

Adjective

1. Cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals".

2. Acting like an antiseptic.

Noun

1. The act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cleansing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Synonyms: Cleansing

Synonyms: ablutionary (adj), purifying (adj), cleaning (n), cleanup (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Cleansing

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cleanness

Abstergent, cathartic, cleansing, purifying.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Cleansing

English words defined with "cleansing": ablutionary, Abstergent, Abstersion, Abstersive, Adarcebaptism, borax, Bottle brush, build, builder, Burring machineCatharical, cleansing agent, Clysmic, Coal breaker, colonic, colonic irrigationdetergence, detergency, detergent, detergent builder, Detersion, detersive, Detersiveness, disinfectethnic cleansing, Expurgatory, eye cup, eyebath, eyecupfacial, Fullage, fuller's earth, Fulling, Fulling millhigh coloniclavation, leather soap, lustrateMundation, Mundatory, Mundification, MundificativePipe clay, potassium carbonate, Potting, purgation, purge, purgingsaddle soap, shampoo, Smegmatic, Smut mill, soap, soft soaptoner, Twillywash, washing, Willying. (references)
Specialty definitions using "cleansing": Amasai, atmospheric scrubbing, attendant, coin-operated laundry, attendant, laundry-and-dry-cleaning serviceBATCH FREEZERcollutoriumDetergents, dialysate, DISTILLER II, douchingFIXTURE REPAIRER-FABRICATOR, FLAT POLISHERHair Preparations, HandwashingKidney, Artificiallap polisherMishamOIL-RECOVERY-UNIT OPERATORRenal Replacement TherapySELF-SERVICE-LAUNDRY-AND-DRY-CLEANING ATTENDANT, shot blasting, SOAP PLANTS, SUPERVISOR, TUMBLERSwashateria attendant, wash-barrel leader, wash-out, Water of separation. (references)
Etymologies containing "cleansing": Cleanse. (references)

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Modern Usage: Cleansing

DomainUsage

Screenplays

If I need a cleansing, I'll have a bran muffin. (The Glimmer Man; writing credit: Kevin Brodbin)

This is not a psychotic breakdown; it's a cleansing moment of clarity. (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky)

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

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Commercial Usage: Cleansing

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Soap and Cleansing Preparations in Africa (reference)

  • The World Market for Soap and Cleansing Preparations: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Soap and Cleansing Preparations in Czech Republic (reference)

  • The 2002 World Forecasts of Soap and Cleansing Preparations Export Supplies (reference)

  • The 2003 World Forecasts of Soap and Cleansing Preparations Export Supplies (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • A Terrible Revenge: The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germans, 1944-1950 (reference)

  • Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe (reference)

  • The Body Smart System: The Complete Guide to Cleansing and Rejuvenation (reference)

  • The Detox Diet: A How-To & When-T0 Guide for Cleansing the Body (reference)

  • The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People: An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

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

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Image Slideshow: Cleansing

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Cleansing

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Cleansing the Augean stable. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Use in Literature: Cleansing

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

As for cleansing, that operation was confided to the showers, which obstructed more than they swept out.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

And chickens lay in the sunny dust and fluffed their feathers to get the cleansing dust down to the skin.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cleansing

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Local cleansing of the lesion and local application of antibiotics. (references)

A light breakfast and a cleansing enema an hour before the test may also be necessary. (references)

The same bowel cleansing used for the barium x-ray is needed to clear the bowel of waste. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hungary

The camps have been operating since the early 1990's, largely as a result of the influx of refugees fleeing the various conflicts and incidents of ethnic cleansing to the south. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Cleansing Agents: The 'Just' products have been sold through home shopping for generations. (references)

Costa Rica

Local production of paper and paperboard is limited to toilet paper, cleansing tissues, napkins and diapers. (references)

Human Rights

Russia

In March a cleansing in Argun resulted in the deaths of four detainees. (references)

Russia

On December 13, federal forces began a large scale cleansing operation in the city of Argun. (references)

Colombia

There were some reports that police and former security force members committed social cleansing killings. (references)

Political Economy

Colombia

NGO's attributed a large majority of political killings, social cleansing killings, and forced disappearances to paramilitary groups. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: Cleansing

"Cleansing" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 35.06% of the time. "Cleansing" is used about 174 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 (singular)35.06%6143,149
Lexical Verb (-ing form)33.33%5844,427
Adjective (general or positive)23.56%4153,521
Noun (proper)7.47%1397,576
Noun (common)0.57%1339,140
                    Total100.00%174N/A

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

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Derived & Related Names: Cleansing

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "cleansing".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
MityleneN/ABiblical

Cleansing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Cleansing

Expressions using "cleansing": cleansing agent cleansing crème cleansing milk cleansing station ethnic cleansing Marrow Cleansing Chi Gong street cleansing. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "cleansing": cleansing-cream.

Ending with "cleansing": all-cleansing, deep-cleansing, house-cleansing, self-cleansing, water-cleansing.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cleansing

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

colon cleansing

860

nasal cleansing

28

cleansing diet

163

cleansing ethnic game

26

body cleansing

146

natural colon cleansing

25

parasite cleansing

123

aura cleansing

25

liver cleansing

104

master cleansing

22

cleansing

91

cleansing detox

21

ethnic cleansing

90

cleansing enema

21

liver cleansing diet

61

colon cleansing diet

20

data cleansing

43

colon cleansing herb

20

intestinal cleansing

42

database cleansing

18

herbal cleansing

41

sinus cleansing

18

fasting and cleansing

41

cleansing glycerine

16

internal cleansing

40

cleansing prayer

15

herbal colon cleansing

37

cleansing ministry stream

13

bowel cleansing

37

skin cleansing product

12

colonic cleansing

34

cleansing ritual

12

cleansing stream

33

cleansing tea

12

cleansing fast

31

drug cleansing

12

colon cleansing product

31

blood cleansing

12

spiritual cleansing

29

anal cleansing

12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cleansing

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

Albanian

  

spastrim (clearance, clearing, combing, purge, turn out), larje (bathe, bathing, cleanup, development, lavement, scour, wash, washing), larës (detergent, detersive, washer, washing). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تطهير (cleaning, decontamination, purgation, purge, purging, purification, sanitation, sterilization). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

очистване (ablution, ablutions, abstersion, cleaning, depuration, purge, purging, purification, removal, trimming). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

洗涤 (Cleanse, Cleansed, Laundered, laundering, Wash, Washed, washed-out, washed-up, washing-up). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tankrengoeringsmiddel i form af fortyndet saltsyre (boiler cleansing compounds of the passivated hydrochloric acid type), etnisk udrensning (ethnic cleansing). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

oplosmiddelen ter verwijdering van ketelsteen zoals passief soutzuur (boiler cleansing compounds of the passivated hydrochloric acid type), etnische zuivering (ethnic cleansing). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

puhdistus (cleaning, purge, purification). (various references)

   

French

  

nettoyage (cleaning), dégorgement (cleaning). (various references)

   

German

  

reinigend (cathartic, cleaning, defecating, detergent, detergently, purging, purificatory, purifying, scavenging, scouring). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προϊόντα τύπου αδρανούς υδροχλωρικού οξέος για απομάκρυνση των αλάτων (boiler cleansing compounds of the passivated hydrochloric acid type), εθνικές εκκαθαρίσεις (ethnic cleansing). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ממרק (purgative), מרוק (anoitnting, inunction, polished, polishing, purification), לבון (bleaching, heating, making bricks, whitening), זכוך (purification, rarefaction, sublimation), חטוי (disinfection, purification), "ת קות (purification), ט"ור (absolute, abstersion, catharsis, cleaning up, decontamination, pure, purgation, purge, purification, sheer, straight, unadulterated, unalloyed), ט"ר" (lustration, purification, purity), קוי (abstersion, cleaning, clearing, exculpation, exoneration, scouring). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

karbantartás (attention, conservation, maintenance, maintenance-work, service, servicing, turnaround, upkeep). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

penyucian (catharsis, gushing, purgation, purging, purification, sanctification), pembersihan (cleaning, cleanup, clearance, mopping up, purgation, purge, purging, purification, riddance). (various references)

   

Italian

  

spurgo (air release, bleeding, drain, flushing device, night soil, rinsing equipment, runout, venting, washout), detergente (abstergent, detergent). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

浄罪 (cleansing of sins), 洗い粉 (cleansing powder), クレブス回路 (checkroom, cleanser, cleansing cream, cleansing lotion, cleric, cloakroom, clone, close, closed, closed stance, closed system, closet, close-up, closure, crawl, Kraepelin, Krebs cycle, Kremlin, Kremlinology). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

あらい" (cleansing powder), クレンジングローション (cleansing lotion), クレンジングクリー (cleansing cream), じょうざい (cleansing of sins, donation, lozenge, monetary offering, pill, tablet). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

" (Clarification, decontamination). (various references)

   

Manx

  

glennee (abluent, abstergent, depurative, detergent). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eansingclay

   

Portuguese

  

limpeza (cleaning, cleanliness, cleanness, cleanup, comb out, mop up, neatness, purity, rubdown, scour, washing, wipe). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

fasgaidh (a picking or cleansing off of vermin. See faisg. fasgnadh). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

čišćenje (cleaning, cleanup, defecation, purification, sweep, sweeping). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

purificación étnica (ethnic cleansing), limpieza étnica (ethnic cleansing), depuración étnica (ethnic cleansing). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

gaturenhållning (scavenging, street cleansing). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

temizleyici (cleaner, detergent, detersive, purgative, purificatory, purifier, swabber). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

taraю (polishing). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

glanhaol (purging), glanhad (purification). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Cleansing

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

katharsis. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

emundatione, emundationem. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Cleansing

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 5, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai autoV parhggeilen autw mhdeni eipein alla apelqwn deixon seauton tw ierei kai prosenegke peri tou kaqarismou sou kaqwV prosetaxen mwshV eiV marturion autoiV
Latin405VulgateEt ipse praecepit illi ut nemini diceret sed vade ostende te sacerdoti et offer pro emundatione tua sicut praecepit Moses in testimonium illis
Old English990West SaxonAnd he bebead him þæt he hit nanum men ne sæde. ac ga t and ætyw þe þam sacerde. and bring for þinre clænsunga swa moyses bebead him on gewitnesse;
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Jhesus comaundide to hym, that he schulde seie to no man; But go, schewe thou thee to a preest, and offre for thi clensyng, as Moises bad, in to witnessyng to hem.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd he warned him that he shuld tell no man: but that he shuld goo and shewe him selfe to the Preste and offer for his clensynge accordinge as Moses commaundement was for a witnes vnto them.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded for a testimony to them.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Cleansing

LanguageLuke Chapter 5, Verse 14
CebuanoUg iyang gitugon siya sa dili pagsugilon kang bisan kinsa; hinoon giingnan niya siya, "Umadto ka ug magpakita ka sa sacerdote, ug himoa ang halad alang sa imong pagkahinlo, sumala sa gisugo ni Moises, ingon nga pagpamatuod ngadto sa katawhan."
Chinese耶 穌 囑 ' 他 、 切 不 可 告 訴 人 . 只 要 去 把 身 " 給 祭 司 察 看 、 又 要 為 得 了 " 淨 、 照 摩 西 所 吩 ' 的 、 獻 上 禮 物 、 對 眾 人 作 證 " 。
CroatianI zapovjedi mu: "Nikome ni rijeèi, nego otiði, pokaži se sveæeniku i prinesi za svoje oèišæenje kako propisa Mojsije, njima za svjedoèanstvo."
DanishOg han bød ham, at han skulde ikke sige det til nogen, men "gå bort, og fremstil dig for Præsten, og offer for din Renselse, således som Moses har befalet, til Vidnesbyrd for dem!"
DutchEn Hij gebood hem, dat hij het niemand zeggen zou; maar ga heen, zeide Hij, vertoon uzelven den priester, en offer voor uw reiniging, gelijk Mozes geboden heeft, hun tot een getuigenis.
FinnishJa hän kielsi häntä siitä kenellekään puhumasta ja sanoi: "Mene, näytä itsesi papille, ja uhraa puhdistumisestasi, niinkuin Mooses on säätänyt, todistukseksi heille".
FrenchPuis il lui ordonna de n`en parler personne. Mais, dit-il, va te montrer au sacrificateur, et offre pour ta purification ce que Moïse a prescrit, afin que cela leur serve de témoignage.
GermanUnd er gebot ihm, daß er's niemand sagen sollte; sondern "gehe hin und zeige dich dem Priester und opfere für deine Reinigung, wie Mose geboten, ihnen zum Zeugnis".
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariLalu Yesus melarang orang itu menceritakan hal itu kepada siapa pun, kata-Nya, "Pergilah kepada imam, dan minta dia untuk memastikan engkau sudah sembuh. Lalu pergilah mempersembahkan kurban seperti yang diperintahkan Musa, sebagai bukti kepada orang-orang bahwa engkau sungguh-sungguh sudah sembuh."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka berpesanlah Yesus kepadanya, "Jangan mengatakan kepada seorang jua pun, melainkan pergilah menunjukkan dirimu kepada imam, dan persembahkanlah persembahan karena ketahiranmu, seperti yang dipesankan oleh Musa, yaitu akan menjadi suatu tanda kepada mereka itu."
ItalianGli ingiunse di non dirlo a nessuno: «V , mostrati al sacerdote e f l'offerta per la tua purificazione, come ha ordinato Mosè, perché serva di testimonianza per essi».
Manx GaelicAs hug eh currym er gyn eh dy insh shoh da dooinney erbee: agh immee, as jeeagh oo hene da'n taggyrt, as cheb son dty ghlenney, myr ta Moses er harey, dy ve son feanish daue.
MaoriA ka whakatupato ia i a ia kia kaua e korerotia ki te tangata; Engari haere, kia kite te tohunga i a koe, kawea atu hoki mo tou whakamakanga nga mea i whakaritea e Mohi, hei mea whakaatu ki a ratou.
NorwegianOg han bød ham at han ikke skulde si det til nogen; men gå og te dig for presten og ofre for din renselse, således som Moses har påbudt, til et vidnesbyrd for dem!
PortugueseOrdenou-lhe, então, que a ninguém contasse isto. Mas vai, disse ele, mostra-te ao sacerdote e faze a oferta pela tua purificação, conforme Moisés determinou, para lhes servir de testemunho.   
RumanianApoi i -a poruncit sq nu spunq nimqnui. ,,Ci du-te``, i -a zis El, ,,de te aratq preotului, wi adu pentru curqyirea ta ce a rknduit Moise, ca mqrturie pentru ei.``
ShuarTúrasha Jesus chicharuk "Ameka nu etserkaip, Tímiayi. Antsu Israer-shuar Patrii werim ame pénker ajasmanum Muisáis akupkamia Núnismek susata. Nujai Ashí shuar ame pénker ajasmarmin nekaawartatui" Tímiayi.
SwahiliYesu akamwamuru: "Usimwambie mtu yeyote; bali nenda ukajionyeshe kwa kuhani, ukatoe sadaka kwa ajili ya kutakasika kwako kama inavyotakiwa na Sheria ya Mose, iwe uthibitisho kwao kwamba umepona."
UmaOti toe, Yesus mpotagi-i, na'uli': "Neo' nulolita to jadi' tohe'i hi hema-hema. Hilou-moko ulu mpopehuwu woto-nu hi imam, bona nahilo kamo'uri' -numi, pai' keni pepue' -nu ntuku' parenta to na'uki' Musa, bona monoa' hi hawe'ea tauna kamo'uri' -nu mpu'u-mi."

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

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Misspellings: Cleansing

Misspellings

"Cleansing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alyansang, Calenzana, ceannain, Claonaig, cleanning, clensing. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Cleansing"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "cleansing" (pronounced kle"nzing)
3-z i ngabusing, accusing, advertising, advising, aggrandizing, agonizing, amazing, amortizing, amusing, analyzing, antagonizing, apologizing, appeasing, appetizing, appraising, arising, arousing, authorizing, blazing, boozing, bowsing, browsing, bruising, brutalizing, bulldozing, buzzing, cannibalizing, capitalizing, carousing, categorizing, causing, centralizing, characterizing, chastising, choosing, closing, colorizing, commercializing, composing, comprising, compromising, computerizing, confusing, criminalizing, criticizing, cruising, crystallizing, customizing, decentralizing, decomposing, decriminalizing, deemphasizing, defusing, dehumanizing, demilitarizing, democratizing, demonizing, demoralizing, denationalizing, desensitizing, destabilizing, devising, diffusing, digitizing, disclosing, disguising, disposing, downsizing, dozing, dramatizing, easing, economizing, editorializing, emphasizing, enclosing, energizing, enterprising, equalizing, espousing, excusing, exercising, exposing, fantasizing, federalizing, fertilizing, finalizing, foreclosing, formalizing, franchising, fraternizing, freezing, fusing, galvanizing, gazing, generalizing, glamorizing, glazing, grazing, harmonizing, hazing, hosing, housing, humanizing, hydrolyzing, idolizing, immobilizing, immortalizing, immunizing, imposing, improvising, industrializing, infusing, institutionalizing, ionizing, ironizing, itemizing, jeopardizing, legalizing, legitimizing, liberalizing, losing, marginalizing, materializing, maximizing, memorizing, merchandising, mesmerizing, minimizing, misusing, mobilizing, modernizing, monopolizing, moralizing, musing, nationalizing, neutralizing, normalizing, nosing, oozing, opposing, organizing, overgrazing, overusing, oxidizing, paralyzing, paraphrasing, patronizing, pausing, penalizing, personalizing, perusing, phasing, phrasing, pleasing, polarizing, politicizing, popularizing, posing, praising, predisposing, prioritizing, privatizing, proposing, proselytizing, publicizing, quizzing, raising, rationalizing, razing, realizing, reauthorizing, recapitalizing, recognizing, recusing, refusing, reimposing, reorganizing, reusing, revising, revitalizing, revolutionizing, rising, romanticizing, Rosing, sanitizing, satirizing, schmoozing, scrutinizing, securitizing, seizing, sensationalizing, sizing, sneezing, snoozing, socializing, specializing, squeezing, stabilizing, standardizing, sterilizing, stigmatizing, strategizing, subsidizing, summarizing, supervising, supposing, surprising, symbolizing, sympathizing, synthesizing, tantalizing, teasing, televising, temporizing, terrorizing, theorizing, tranquilizing, trivializing, unappetizing, uncompromising, unionizing, unsurprising, uprising, using, utilizing, vandalizing, verbalizing, victimizing, visualizing, warehousing, wheezing, whizzing, womanizing.

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

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Anagrams: Cleansing

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-n-n-s"

-1 letter: cleaning, eanlings, encasing, enlacing, leanings.

-2 letters: aneling, angelic, anglice, canines, cannels, ceasing, censing, eanling, encinal, encinas, galenic, glances, incages, inlaces, lacings, lancing, leaning, leasing, lensing, linages, linsang, nancies, sanicle, scaleni, scaling, sealing.

-3 letters: algins, aliens, aligns, alines, angels, angles, canine, caning, cannel, cannie, casein, casing, clangs, cleans, clines, clings, easing, elains, encina, ensign.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-n-n-s"
 

+1 letter: enclasping, slackening, spanceling.

 

+2 letters: blackenings, changelings, consignable, encapsuling, inelegances, linecasting, malignances, plangencies, spancelling, unceasingly.

 

+3 letters: centralising, congelations, convalescing, geanticlines, geosynclinal, increasingly, linebackings, linecastings, malignancies, uncoalescing.

 

+4 letters: conglutinates, congressional, constellating, encapsulating, hallucinogens, housecleaning, mischanneling, relandscaping.

 

+5 letters: congenialities, eugeosynclinal, housecleanings, magniloquences, mischannelling.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Cleansing


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 6C 65 61 6E 73 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-..    .    .-    -.    ...    ..    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101100 01100101 01100001 01101110 01110011 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#108 &#101 &#97 &#110 &#115 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 006C 0065 0061 006E 0073 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

377871678085758073

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Cleansing"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieholandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosfinlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, Ffrengig

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiongjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, Almaenwr

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, Groegwr

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקhebraishte, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar

Indonesian

indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japonez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjaponez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca

Korean

사 , 의, 번역korean, ‏اللغة الكورية, ‏كوري جنوبي, ‏كوري شمالي, ‏كوري, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, kore'li

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli

Scottish

foclair, abardair, faclair, briathrachanskocez, шотландски, 苏 兰, Schots, skotlantilainen, écossais, schottisch, σκωτσέζικο, σκωτικόσ, skót, scozzese, 스"틀랜", Albinagh, escocês, škotski jezik, škotski, škotlanđani, escocés, skotsk, iskoçyalı

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningsuedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk

Turkmen

Тюркменски Език, turkmener, Turkmeense, Turkmeen, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmenin, Turkmene, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier

Welsh

geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiadshkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, ‏تهرب من دفع الرهان, ‏الولزية لغة إقليم ويلز, ‏ويلزي, уелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, 威"士, 威爾士語 , Wels, gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, velšanin, podvaliti, velški jezik, velški, galés, walesisk, galler ile ilgili, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, ödemeden kaçmak, sözünü tutmamak, şartları yerine getirmemek, Cymreig

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, beurla, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, Saesneg
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Derived from
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Bible Trace
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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