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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Dz |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
DZ | Danish | Algeriet | Geography |
DZ | Dutch | Algerije | Geography |
DZ | English | Drizzle | Geography, Transportation |
DZ | Finnish | Algerian demokraattinen kansantasavalta | Geography |
DZ | French | République algérienne démocratique et populaire | Geography, Law |
DZ | German | Nieseln | Geography, Transportation |
DZ | Greek | Αλγερία | Geography |
DZ | Italian | Pioviggine | N/A |
DZ | Portuguese | Argélia | Geography |
DZ | Spanish | Argelia | Geography |
DZ | Swedish | Demokratiska folkrepubliken Algeriet | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Ecosse DZ / Nordmann lith. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "DZ" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 35.29% of the time. "DZ" is used about 17 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 (common) | 35.29% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 29.41% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 29.41% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dz onec | 92 | akins dz | 8 |
dz | 71 | bac dz resultas | 7 |
dz onec org | 55 | 302 dz | 6 |
bac dz | 34 | hitachi dz mv230a | 6 |
2003 bac dz | 24 | com dz onec | 5 |
hitachi dz mv380a | 20 | dz mv350 | 5 |
bac2003 dz | 14 | dz hitachi mv380 | 5 |
dz winpc3w | 13 | dz mv350e | 5 |
discovery dz zone | 12 | cap dz | 5 |
dz mv380a | 12 | dz foot | 5 |
bacfac dz | 11 | hitachi dz mv100a | 5 |
bank dz | 10 | dz postelecom | 4 |
bac dz org | 10 | dz winpc3 | 4 |
ball dz | 10 | dz licence | 4 |
dz mv270a | 9 | dz license | 4 |
dz hitachi mv350a | 8 | dz mv380 | 4 |
dz mv230a | 8 | dz hitachi mv270a | 4 |
hitachi dz mv200a | 8 | driver dz | 4 |
dz mv200a | 8 | bac dz fac | 3 |
dz mv350a | 8 | dz mv100a | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "DZ": adz. (additional references) | |
Words containing "DZ": adze, adzes, adzuki, adzukis, gadzookeries, gadzookery, gadzooks, kudzu, kudzus, madzoon, madzoons, nudzh, nudzhed, nudzhes, nudzhing, podzol, podzolic, podzolization, podzolizations, podzolize, podzolized, podzolizes, podzolizing, podzols, rendzina, rendzinas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "d-z" | |
+1 letter: adz, zed. | |
+2 letters: adze, daze, ditz, doze, dozy, zeds. | |
+3 letters: adoze, adzes, azide, azido, dazed, dazes, diazo, ditzy, dizen, dizzy, doozy, dozed, dozen, dozer, dozes, fazed, fuzed, gazed, hazed, kudzu, lazed, mazed, nudzh, oozed, razed, sized, zoned, zooid. | |
+4 letters: adzuki, amazed, azides, azoted, blazed, boozed, brazed, buzzed, cozied, crazed, dazing, dazzle, defuze, dezinc, diazin, ditzes, dizens, donzel, doozer, doozie, dozens, dozers, dozier, dozily, dozing, feazed, feezed, fezzed, fizzed, frized, futzed, fuzzed, glazed, glozed, grazed, hazard, heezed, iodize, izzard, jazzed, kudzus, lazied, lizard, mazard, podzol, prized, putzed, razeed, razzed, seized, vizard, wizard, zaddik, zagged, zander, zapped, zeroed, zested, zigged, zinced, zinged, zipped, zodiac, zonked, zooids, zoomed, zounds, zydeco, zygoid. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 5A |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01011010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D Z |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 005A |
| 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)3860 |
| 1. Definition 2. Images: Photo Album 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Abbreviations 6. Acronyms 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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