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Dy

Definition: Dy

Dy

Noun

1. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic.

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

Date "Dy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)


Specialty Definition: Dy

DomainDefinition

Geography

Muddy material formed of plant residues and deposited from nutrient-poor water. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Dy

Synonyms: atomic number 66 (n), dysprosium (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Dy

Non-English Usage: "Dy" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (twain, two, twosome), Frisian (that, that one, thou, ye, yonder, you), Hawaiian (two), Manx (to, to motion, toward; if; of), Portuguese (Dy), Swedish (dirt, mire, mud, ooze, slime, sludge, slush), Welsh (thine, thy, your).

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Modern Usage: Dy

DomainUsage

Lyrics

I hear a tender rap so dy of love now (I Hear A Symphony; performing artist: The Supremes)

Movie/TV Titles

Dy endjet (1973)

Ne kufi te dy legjendave (1981)

Dhimbje midis dy brigjeve (1980)

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

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Commercial Usage: Dy

DomainTitle

References

  • DY 4 Systems: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • A, seziaka, seziaka, meks pulynet§ kuvaka? : eiden§ latseman§ dy lavsen§ morot, kaliadamot, kelen§ iazhamkat (reference)

  • Circles of Madness: Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo/Circulos De Locura: Madres De LA Plaza Dy Mayo (reference)

  • DY 4 SYSTEMS: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference)

  • Dy Te Shtunat E Suzanes: Roman (Botimi I Dyte) (reference)

  • Malen§ki maskouska-belaruski (kryvitski) slounichak frazeoliohichny i prykazkau dy pryvitan§ni, zychen§ni i insh (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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

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Photo Album: Dy

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Pratique pour hâter l'accouchement chez les Kalmouks. / G. Dy. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

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Usage Frequency: Dy

"Dy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 40.00% of the time. "Dy" is used about 5 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
Adjective (general or positive)40%2245,945
Unclassified Items20%1339,140
Noun (proper)20%1339,140
Noun (singular)20%1339,140
                    Total100.00%5N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Dy

The following table summarizes the usage of "Dy" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
DyLast name40019,214
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Dy

CountryName
Canada

DY 4 Systems

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Dy

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "Dy": parrr-dy.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dy

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

dy

93

dy tod

3

dy na mi tee

12

dy cc25

3

dy dc95

10

brig dy

2

different dy email list sending that

10

dy jzdn

2

dx dy

7

100 dy

2

panasonic dy dc95

6

can dy man.com

2

dee diaper dy service

6

dy mite no

2

dy 4 system

5

box dy

2

dy icon

5

dee doll dy

2

dy father

4

dy lagman pilar

2

dy o derm

4

dy xh.com

2

dee dy

4

bryan dy

2

dy promotion

4

dy reunion

2

dy 4

4

box dy sound

2

dee diaper dy

4

brigã dy

2

dy toy

3

dy independence

2

dy saycall.com

3

dy xw.com

2

dy patil

3

panasonic dy cc25

2

dy tech

3

calculus change differential dx dy small

2

1 dx dy e x y

3

calculus change differential dx dy small

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dy

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

Danish

  

dy (muck, muck soil). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Dy. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

järvimuta. (various references)

   

French

  

dy. (various references)

   

German

  

Dy vollstaendig zersetzter Torf. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Dy. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

yday

   

Portuguese

  

dy. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

"dy". (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dy (dirt, mire, mud, ooze, slime, sludge, slush). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Dy

Derivations

Words beginning with "Dy": dyable, dyad, dyadic, dyadically, dyadics, dyads, dyarchic, dyarchies, dyarchy, dybbuk, dybbukim, dybbuks, dye, dyeabilities, dyeability, dyeable, dyed, dyeing, dyeings, dyer, dyers, dyes, dyestuff, dyestuffs, dyeweed, dyeweeds, dyewood, dyewoods, dying, dyings, dyke, dyked, dykes, dykey, dyking, dynamic, dynamical, dynamically, dynamics, dynamism, dynamisms, dynamist, dynamistic, dynamists, dynamite, dynamited, dynamiter, dynamiters, dynamites, dynamitic, dynamiting. (additional references)

Words ending with "Dy": acidy, alloantibody, allopolyploidy, allotetraploidy, already, amphidiploidy, amphiploidy, aneuploidy, antibody, antisubsidy, anybody, autoantibody, autopolyploidy, autotetraploidy, baddy, baldy, bandy, bastardy, bawdy, beady, belady, bendy, biddy, blackbody, blizzardy, bloody, body, brandy, bready, broody, buddy, burgundy, busybody, caddy, candy, charlady, chiropody, cloddy, cloudy, coembody, comedy, corody, corrody, countermelody, crowdy, cruddy, cuddy, curdy, custardy, custody, daddy. (additional references)

Words containing "Dy": adynamia, adynamias, adynamic, adyta, adytum, aerodynamic, aerodynamical, aerodynamically, aerodynamicist, aerodynamicists, aerodynamics, aerodyne, aerodynes, aerothermodynamic, aerothermodynamics, amplidyne, amplidynes, anodyne, anodynes, anodynic, athodyd, athodyds, autodyne, autodynes, bandying, bawdyhouse, bawdyhouses, beladying, bendys, biodynamic, bloodying, bodybuilder, bodybuilders, bodybuilding, bodybuildings, bodycheck, bodychecked, bodychecking, bodychecks, bodyguard, bodyguards, bodying, bodysuit, bodysuits, bodysurf, bodysurfed, bodysurfer, bodysurfers, bodysurfing, bodysurfs, bodywork. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Dy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "d-y"
 

+1 letter: day, dey, dry, dye, yid, yod.

 

+2 letters: body, davy, days, defy, demy, deny, dewy, dexy, deys, didy, doby, dogy, dopy, dory, doty, doxy, dozy, dray, drys, duly, duty, dyad, dyed, dyer, dyes, dyke, dyne, eddy, edgy, emyd, eyed, idly, idyl, lady, odyl, oldy, rynd, tidy, tody, undy, wady, wynd, yald, yard, yaud, yeld, yids, yird, yodh, yods, yond.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Names: Company Usage
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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