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Definition: Aberration |
AberrationNoun1. An aberrant state or condition. 2. A disorder in one's mental state. 3. An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aberration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Aberration \Ab`er*ra"tion\, noun. [Latin expression aberratio: compare to the French expression aberration. See Aberrate.]. (references) |
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Aerospace | 1. In astronomy, the apparent angular displacement of the position of a celestial body in the direction of motion of the observer, caused by the combination of the velocity of the observer and the velocity of light. See constant of aberration, planetary aberration. Compare parallax.2. In optics, a specific deviation from perfect imagery, as, for example: spherical aberration, coma, astigmatism, curvature of field, and distortion. (references) |
Computing | It applies to certains defects of images formed in optical systems. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | The apparent displacement of a celestial body in the direction of motion of the Earth in its orbit, caused by the motion of the earth combined with the progressive motion or velocity of light. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The failure of a lens or mirror to bring the light rays to the same focus. When aberration is due to the form of the lens or mirror, it is called spherical aberration. When due to the different refrangibility of light of different colors, it is called chromatic aberration. When present in magnifiers it often causes inaccurate decisions as to flawlessness or color of gems. b. Distortion produced by a lens. It is spherical if a flat image appears closer to the viewer in the middle than toward the edges of the field of view. It is chromatic if the visible spectrum is spread to give both a red and a blue image. CF:achromatic; aplanatic lens; aplanachromatic lens.See also:chromatic aberration. (references) |
Physics | The image-imparing factors inherent in a lens. Optical aberrations reduce the quality of definition and alter the position of given image points from their ideal position. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Failure of the rays from a point source to form a perfect or single point image after traversing an optical. Optical aberration may manifest itself in the formation of a single imperfectly defined image or multiple images. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Post & Telecom | The geometrical errors in imagery whereby a perfect image is not formed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Space | A shift of direction (or location) from the one predicted by a simple calculation. Abberation of starlight--a small shift in the observed position of stars, due to the Earth's orbital velocity. (references) |
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Synonyms: AberrationSynonyms: aberrance (n), aberrancy (n), deviance (n), distortion (n), optical aberration (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deviation | Diversion, digression, depart from, aberration; divergence; zigzag; detour; (circuit); divagation. |
Divergence | Noun: divergence, divergency; divarication, ramification, forking; radiation; separation; (disjunction); dispersion; deviation; aberration. |
Insanity | Insanity, lunacy; madness; Adjective: mania, rabies, furor, mental alienation, aberration; paranoia, schizophrenia; dementation, dementia, demency; phrenitis, phrensy, frenzy, raving, incoherence, wandering, delirium, calenture of the brain; delusion, hallucination; lycanthropy; brain storm. |
Unconformity | Aberration; irregularity; variety; singularity; exemption; salvo; (qualification). |
Variation | Noun: variation; alteration; (change). modification, moods and tenses; discrepance, discrepancy. divergency; deviation; aberration; innovation. Verb: vary; (change); deviate; diverge; alternate, swerve. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aberration |
| English words defined with "aberration": aberrate, Aberration constant, Aberrational, Achromatic lens, aplanatic, Aplanatism, apochromatic ♦ chromatic aberration, Constant of aberration ♦ deflection, Deliration, Deliriant, Diurnal aberration ♦ Maksutov telescope, Mania a potu ♦ Parabolic mirror, Planetary aberration ♦ Schmidt camera, Schmidt telescope, spherical aberration ♦ Teinoscope ♦ warp. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aberration": aplanachromatic lens, aplanatic lens, apparent position, astrometric position ♦ Besselian star numbers ♦ chromaesthesian perceptions, chromatisms, Chromosome Breakage ♦ uncontrolled slip. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aberration" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (aberration, craziness, insanity, kink, lunacy, madness), German (aberration), Swedish (aberration). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Aberration (1997) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | After NASA Hubble Space Telescope's refurbishment to correct spherical aberration, its ... Credit: NASA. |
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Political Economy | Yemen | International consensus on the Abyan incident is that it was ideologically motivated and an aberration. (references) |
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| "Aberration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Aberration" is used about 148 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 (singular) | 100% | 148 | 25,903 |
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Expressions using "aberration": aberrance or aberration ♦ Aberration constant ♦ annual aberration ♦ chromatic aberration ♦ chromosomal aberration ♦ chromosome aberration ♦ color aberration ♦ colour aberration ♦ Constant of aberration ♦ Crown of aberration ♦ Diurnal aberration ♦ lens aberration ♦ mental aberration ♦ Newton aberration ♦ Newtonian aberration ♦ optical aberration ♦ planetary aberration ♦ spherical aberration. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
aberration | 46 |
chromatic aberration | 9 |
aberration allium assay chromosome | 8 |
spherical aberration | 7 |
chromosomal aberration | 6 |
aberration stellar | 4 |
aberration trading system | 3 |
aberration trading | 2 |
aberration optical | 2 |
aberration wavefront | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "aberration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | fout (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Albanian | shmangie (avoidance, declination, deflection, deflexion, departure, deviation, divergence, divergency, diversion, elusion, evasion, fencing, forbear, forbearance, jink, Miss, Parry, sidestep, swerve), rravgim, lajthitje (craze, error, miscount, Miss, mistake, oversight), gambim (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Arabic | إنحراف (cant, declination, deflection, deflexion, deformity, departure, depravity, deviation, deviousness, divergence, diversion, drift, excursion, immorality, inclination, list, obliqueness, obliquity, perversion, perversity, sheer, sidetrack, swerve, tangency, twist), شذوذ (abecedarian, abnormality, anomaly, anomie, eccentricity, exception, kink, oddity, quirk, sports). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разсейване (avocation, diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, distraction, scattering), временно загубване на паметта, отклоняване (abduction, divagation, diversion), отклонение (bias, declination, deflection, deflexion, derivation, detour, deviation, digression, divergence, divergency, diversion, drift, excursion, inflection, inflexion, lapse, ramification, shunt, swerve, turnout, variation), нарушение (breach, breaker, breaking, contravention, defection, dereliction, disturbance, entrenchment, fault, foul, infraction, infringement, malpractice, offence, offense, perpetration, transgression, violation), анормалност, аберация. (various references) | |
Catalan | error (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Chinese | 变型. (various references) | |
Czech | poblouznìní (infatuation), odchylka (deflection, deviance, deviation, divergence, divergency, irregularity, variance). (various references) | |
Danish | fejl (error, mistake), afvigelse (aberrance). (various references) | |
Dutch | aberratie (lens aberration), afwijking (aberrance, abnormality). (various references) | |
Esperanto | aberacio, mispaŝo (false step), erarpaŝo, eraro (error, mistake), devio (aberrance). (various references) | |
Faeroese | mistak (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Finnish | aberraatio, virhe (blunder, error, fault, mistake, slip), vääristymä (bulging, distortion, shear strain, warpage, warping), poikkeama (declination, deflection, deviation). (various references) | |
French | aberration (lens aberration), erreur. (various references) | |
Frisian | flater (error, mistake), fersin (error, mistake), ôfdwaling (aberrance, digression, straying, wandering from the point). (various references) | |
German | Abweichung (aberrance, abnormality, azimuth, declination, deflection, departure, deviance, deviant, deviation, difference, discrepancy, dissent, divergence, excursion, tolerance, variance), Verirrung (aberrances, losing smb.'s way), Aberration (lens aberration), Abbildungsfehler (imaging error), Irrtum (aberrant, error, fallacy, falsity, mistake, pitfall). (various references) | |
Greek | παρέκκλιση (aberrance, aberrance or aberration, deflection, departure, deviation, leeway), εκτροπή (aberrance, deflection, deviousness, diversion, outrage). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | gambim (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Hebrew | סטי" (bias, deflection, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion, perversion, swerve), טי" מ""רך. (various references) | |
Hungarian | eltérés (deflection, deflexion, deviation, difference, digression, discrepancy, divergence, divergency, diversion, margin, out of alignment, precession, variance, variation), aberráció, tévelygés, rendellenes fejlődés. (various references) | |
Icelandic | villa, mistök (error, mistake), frávik. (various references) | |
Indonesian | penyelewengan (corruption, irregularity). (various references) | |
Italian | aberrazione (aberrance, aberrancy, deflection, deviant, deviation, variation), sbaglio (error, lapse, mistake, slip, slip up), errore (aberrant, bug, error, fallacy, falsity, fault, lapse, mistake, oversight, slip). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 異状 (abnormality, accident, change, something wrong), 収差 , 光行差 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅうさ, いじょう (abnormality, above, accident, and up, as long as, assignment, beyond, change, disorder, enclosure, exceeding, greater than, more than, over, since, something wrong, strangeness, surrounding, the above-mentioned, the end, this is all, transfer, transferring to), "う"うさ. (various references) | |
Korean | 착오. (various references) | |
Malay | salah (error, mistake), kesalahan (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Norwegian | avvik (departure, deviation), villfarelse (illusion), mistak (error, mistake), feil (defect, error, fault, flaw, lapse, mistake). (various references) | |
Papiamen | kibukashon (error, mistake), kibokashon (error, mistake), fout (error, mistake), fayo (damage, error, mistake), eror (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aberrationay.(various references) | |
Polish | pomyłka (error, mistake), błąd (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Portuguese | erro (balk, boner, bug, delusion, deviation, fault, indecorum, lie, miss, mistake, slip, solecism, stumble, wrong), defeito (abuse, blister, blot, bug, error, failing, frailty, imperfection, malformation, mistake, shortcoming, taint, vice, weakness), aberração (aberrance, aberrancy, aberrations, freak, warp). (various references) | |
Romanian | aberaţie (absurdity, fallacy, phantasmagoria), vinã (blame, cause, charge, default, fault, guilt, lode, onus), rãtãcire (error, mistake, roving, wandering), greşealå (error, mistake), greşealã (blemish, bloomer, blunder, defect, drawback, error, failing, fault, flaw, lapse, miscarriage, mistake, rub, shortcoming, sin, slip, trespass, wrong), eroare (error, fallacy, fault, miscarriage, mistake, slip, wrong), elucubraţie, deviere (abnormality, deflection, deflexion, departure from, diversion, obliquity, swerve, warp). (various references) | |
Russian | заблуждение (aberrance, aberrancy, delusion, errancy, error, fallacy, misapprehension, misbelief, misconception, mistake, wrongheadedness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | aberacija, odstupanje (declination, departure, deviation, exception, retreat), nenormalnost (abnormality, anomaly). (various references) | |
Spanish | error (aberrancy, bug, error, fallacy, fault, foozle, inadvertence, inadvertency, lapse, misapprehension, miscalculation, misdeed, misdoing, Miss, mistake, misunderstanding, wrong), equivocación (blunder, equivocation, error, inadvertence, inadvertency, lapse, lapsus, misapprehension, misconception, mistake, misunderstanding, oversight), desvío (aberrance, alienation, deflection, detour, deviation, drift), yerro (error, mistake), desviación (aberrance, bypass, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, deviousness, diversion, sheer, swerve), aberración (abberations, aberrance, aberrancy). (various references) | |
Sranan | fowtu (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Swahili | kosa (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Swedish | villfarelse (deception, delusion, error, fallacy, illusion), förvillelse (error, mistake), aberration. (various references) | |
Tagalog | malî (error, mistake), kamalián (error, mistake). (various references) | |
Turkish | aberasyon, sapıtma, sapınç (heresy), sapıklık (aberrance, aberrancy, heresy, perversion, perversity). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | відхилення (challenge, declension, declination, denial, departure, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, excursus, incurvation, negative, rejection, swerve), запаморочення (disorder, dizziness, swim, swimming), аберація, помилковий погляд, помилка (balk, bloomer, bungle, delusion, error, failing, fallacy, fault, inaccuracy, lapsus, misdeed, mistake, sin, slip, solecism, stumble, trip). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự lầm lạc, phút lầm lạc sự kém trí khôn. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwyriad, cyfeiliorn (error). (various references) | |
Yucatec | si'pil (error, mistake, sin, transgression). (various references) | |
Zulu | isiphosiso (error, mistake). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aberratio, casus, error. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aberration": aberrational, aberrations. (additional references) | |
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"Aberration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abarration, abberation, abberration, Aberargie, aberation, aberition, aberratin, aberratio, aberrtion, abertration, aboration, aborration, abrerration, averation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aberration" (pronounced a'berā"shun) |
| 7 | a' b er ā" sh u n | collaboration, elaboration. |
| 6 | -b er ā" sh u n | corroboration, deliberation, liberation, reverberation. |
| 5 | -er ā" sh u n | federation, figuration, acceleration, admiration, adoration, agglomeration, alteration, amelioration, aspiration, cogeneration, coloration, commemoration, confederation, configuration, conglomeration, consideration, cooperation, corporation, deceleration, declaration, decoration, degeneration, desperation, discoloration, enumeration, evaporation, exaggeration, exasperation, exhilaration, exoneration, expiration, exploration, generation, inauguration, incarceration, incorporation, inspiration, laceration, maturation, moderation, nonproliferation, operation, perforation, perspiration, preparation, proliferation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, recuperation, redecoration, refrigeration, regeneration, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, remuneration, reparation, respiration, restoration, saturation, separation, toleration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, filtration, abrogation, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, altercation, amalgamation, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogitation, cohabitation, collectivization, colonization, colorization, combination, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, coordination, coronation, correlation, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, decentralization, decertification, decontamination, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evocation, exacerbation, examination, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhortation, exhumation, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, explanation, explication, exploitation, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, incantation, incapacitation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfirmation, recreation, recrimination, rectification, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refutation, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reinterpretation, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-i-n-o-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: aberrant, aeration, airborne, anterior, arboreta, baritone, obtainer, reobtain, taborine. | |
-3 letters: aborter, aerator, aerobia, airboat, antbear, arbiter, barnier, baronet, bornite, narrate, niobate, orbiter, rarebit, reboant, retrain, taborer, taborin, terrain, trainer. | |
-4 letters: abater, abator, antiar, aortae, aroint, arrant, arroba, artier, atoner, baiter, banter, barite, barren, barret, barrio, barter, binate, boater, bonier, bonita, borane, borate, briner. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-n-o-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: aberrations. | |
+2 letters: aberrational. | |
+3 letters: gubernatorial, recalibration. | |
+4 letters: containerboard, corynebacteria, enterobacteria, neurofibromata, nonbarbiturate, perturbational, prefabrication, rebroadcasting, recalibrations. | |
+5 letters: containerboards, corynebacterial, decarburization, enterobacterial, interbehavioral, nonbarbiturates, overabstracting, overelaborating, overelaboration, prefabrications, weatherboarding. | |
| 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. | |
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