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Definition: Degradation |
DegradationNoun1. Changing to a lower state (a less respected state). 2. A low or downcast state: "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "degradation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Satire | DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Aerospace | Gradual deterioration in performance. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | For open-graded base, aggregate -- caused by mechanical breakdown during compaction or under traffic loading can have adverse effects. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemistry | Breaking down of complex substances to simpler ones as a result of, for example, chemical or biological processes; cf. biodegradation, chemical degradation. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The breakdown of complex organic structures to simpler compounds by the influence of bacteria, usually accelerated by oxygen and sunlight. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Computing | A special condition when a system continues to operate, but at reduced levels of service. Such circumstances are usually caused by unavailability of various equipment units or subsystems. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Parameter variation of semiconductor material due to manufacture process. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Electrical Engineering | Failure of a superconductor to carry the current which would be expected from a knowledge of the critical current-field relationship of that material. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The deterioration or decrease in the quality, level, or standard of performance of a functional unit. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | The general lowering of land surfaces by erosion. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A)any significant reduction in the fertility of a soil, whether in the course of its natural development or by direct or indirect human action; b)the changing of a soil to a more highly leached and more highly weathered condition, generally accompanied by morphological changes, e. g. development of an A2 horizon(USA). Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The replacement of Na ions by H ions which tends to render the base-exchange material of the soil chemically unstable. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Hydrologic | The geologic process by means of which various parts of the surface of the earth are worn down and carried away and their general level lowered, by the action of wind and water. (references) |
Mining | A. The general lowering of the surface of the land by erosion, esp. by the removal of material through the action of flowing water. b. Breakage of coal incidental to mining, handling, transport, or storage. c. The excessive crushing of coal during cutting, loading, and transportation. All face machines cause degradation, and this has become a problem at collieries where the market calls for the larger sizes. The degradation of a coking coal is of lesser importance. See also:gradation; fragmentation. CF:aggradationSyn:breakage of coal. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Loss of energy by particles or photons as the result of collision. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | The lowering of performance and/or quality. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
1. The deterioration in quality, level, or standard of performance of a functional unit.
2. In communications, a condition in which one or more of the required performance parameters fall outside predetermined limits, resulting in a lower quality of service.
Note: Degradation is usually categorized as either "graceful" or "catastrophic."
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C
There are several forms and causes of degradation in electric signals, both in the time domain and in the physical domain: runt pulse, spike, jitter, wander, swim, drift, glitch, ringing, crosstalk, antenna effect, phase noise
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Degradation."
Synonyms: DegradationSynonyms: abasement (n), abjection (n), debasement (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deterioration | Degeneracy, degeneration, degenerateness; degradation; depravation, depravement; devolution; depravity; demoralization, retrogression; masochism. |
Disrepute | Noun: disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor; disapprobation; ingloriousness, derogation; abasement, debasement; abjectness; Adjective: degradation, dedecoration; a long farewell to all my greatness; odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy. |
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Screenplays | You spent half your life out there in filth and degradation. I could catch something (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra) The predicament of Man forced to live in a barren, Godless eternity like a tiny flame flickering in an immense void with nothing but waste, horror and degradation, forming a useless bleak straitjacket in a black absurd cosmos (Play It Again, Sam; writing credit: Woody Allen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Overdose of Degradation (1970) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Mediterranean is a semi-enclosed sea relatively low in nutrients and fishery productivity. It has become increasingly polluted owing to runoff by nutrients from waste disposal and agriculture. Catch of key species such as Black Sea anchovy has fallen, relecting environmental degradation. High exploitation levels have also depleted important stocks such as blue fin tuna and swordfish. Credit: Fisheries. |
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Alice James | I suppose one has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The laughter of all is the accomplice of the universal degradation. |
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Health | This DNA degradation may have evolved as a defense against viruses that attempt to establish residence within cells. (references) | |
However, when there is a genetic deficiency of AAT, the activity of the elastase is not inhibited and elastin degradation occurs unchecked. (references) | ||
Another test is called the edrophonium test. This approach requires the intravenous administration of edrophonium chloride or Tensilon®, a drug that blocks the degradation (breakdown) of acetylcholine and temporarily increases the levels of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction. (references) | ||
Business | The testing of nuclear weapons in Xinjiang in past years is another source of tension because of health concerns and environmental degradation. (references) | |
This can be done using voice over Internet protocol or voice over frame relay and can provide all the system features that users expect with no degradation in quality. (references) | ||
Since introduction of new irrigation techniques means better productivity, it will preclude the necessity of opening new areas, and avoid substantial environmental impact and degradation. (references) | ||
Children | Angola | There is no legislation mandating accessibility for persons with disabilities in public or private facilities, and, in view of the degradation of the country's infrastructure and high unemployment rate, it was difficult for persons with disabilities to find employment or participate in the education system. (references) |
India | In May Kul Chandra Gautam, the Deputy Director of UNICEF, stated during a meeting of regional senior government leaders, that the "human landscape in our region continues to be characterized by poverty, underdevelopment, discrimination, environmental degradation, social upheaval, conflict and natural disasters. (references) | |
Economic History | China | One of the serious negative consequences of China's rapid industrial development has been increased pollution and degradation of natural resources. (references) |
Human Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Corruption among prison officials caused food shortages and the degradation of other services in a few prisons. (references) |
Indigenous People | Thailand | Societal discrimination against hilltribe members, arising from widely held beliefs that they are involved in drug trafficking and environmental degradation, continued. (references) |
Minorities | Nigeria | Other ethnic minorities, particularly in Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Akwa Ibom states, have echoed the Ogoni ethnic group's claims of environmental degradation and government indifference to their development in the Delta. (references) |
Political Economy | Niger | Drought, deforestation, soil degradation, and exceedingly low literacy are problems. (references) |
Pakistan | Significant numbers of women were subjected to violence, abuse, rape, and other forms of degradation by spouses and members of society. (references) | |
Mali | Desertification, deforestation, soil degradation, and social limitations, including a current estimated literacy rate of approximately 30 percent (48 percent for men and 12 percent for women) and a high population growth rate (2.8 percent), contributed to poverty. (references) | |
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | To resist the consequences of such impressions on the minds of foreign nations and to guard against the degradation and servility which they must finally stamp on the American character is an important duty of government. |
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| "Degradation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Degradation" is used about 459 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% | 459 | 12,771 |
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Expressions using "degradation": biological degradation ♦ Degradation of energy ♦ degradation stretch ♦ Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products ♦ graceful degradation ♦ image degradation ♦ soil degradation ♦ specific degradation. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "degradation": bio-degradation, ego-degradation, non-degradation, Self-degradation, superego-degradation. | |
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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. |
| Language | Translations for "degradation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | degradim (devolution, reduction), degjenerim (degeneracy, degeneration, devolution), ulje (commutation, cut, cutback, decrease, depression, derogation, descent, diminution, disparagement, down, drop, falling, immersion, inclination, knee bend, landing, modulation, rebate, reduction, relaxation, sinking), rënie (abatement, bathos, collapse, come down, decadence, decadency, decay, decline, decrepitude, degeneracy, degression, depression, descent, dilapidation, downfall, drop, drop off, fall, falling, flop, incidence, lapse, letdown, precipitation, prolapse, recession, regress, spill, taper, tumble, wane), keqësim (aggravation, decline, deterioration, exacerbation, letdown), erozion (denudation, erosion, weathering). (various references) | |
Arabic | هتك العرض (disgracing, rape, ravishment), تفسخ (decadence, decay, degeneracy, degenerate, degeneration, derogate, disintegrate, disintegration, molder, moulder, rot), تنزيل رتبة, تأكل التربة, تراجع (back away, back down, back up, backwards, blemish, draw back, drawback, fall back, fall behind, give back, give ground, give the right of way, kick, lose ground, move back, palinode, recede, recess, recession, recoil, regress, regression, renege, retire, retract, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrogression, sell out, stand, take back, turn back, unsay, withdraw), ذل (abase, be low, debase, demean, humble, humbleness, humiliate, ignominy, let down, lowness, mortify, prostration), خزيي, إهانة (affront, crinkle, despite, dishonor, dishonour, flout, indignity, injury, insolence, insult, mortification, offence, reflection, reflexion, slap, slur, tawdriness, umbrage), إنحلال (decadence, decay, degeneracy, degeneration, disintegration, dissolution, foulness, laxity, loosestrife, putrefaction, putridity, resolution, solution), إنحطاط (baseness, declination, degeneration, devolution, ebb, looseness, low tide, prostration, recession, retrogression). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | срам (dishonor, dishonour, disparagement, ignominy, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, shame), упадък (decadence, decadency, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, depravation, descent, labefaction, regress, regression, retrogression), разжалване (dismissal, reduction), разлагане (analysis, breakdown, decomposition, disintegration, scanning, separation), намаление на мащаба, нищета (beggary, deprivation, destitution, distress, extremity, indigence, misery, necessity, poverty), морално падение (infamy), ерозия (erosion, wash, washout), понижение (cut, depression, descent, falling, lowering, reduction, relegation), понижаване на цветната гама, позор (attaint, contumely, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, disparagement, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, shame, stigma), израждане (degeneration, deterioration, devolution), деградация, деградиране (demotion). (various references) | |
Chinese | 退化 (Degenerate, Degenerated, Degenerating, Degeneration, Degenerative, Devolution), 免職 (depose). (various references) | |
Czech | disipace, degradace (demotion, reduction), zhoršení (aggravation, deterioration, impairment), potupná bída, ponížení (abasement, abjection, humiliation, indignity, mortification, prostration), úpadek (bankruptcy, come down, comedown, decadence, decay, decline, deterioration, labefaction, lapse, recession, retrogression, retroversion). (various references) | |
Danish | degradation (impairment). (various references) | |
Dutch | degradatie (decomposition, degrade, impairment, solodisation, solodization, solotization). (various references) | |
Finnish | denudaatio (degrade, denudation), degradaatio (impairment), toimintojen heikentäminen, taantuminen (retrogression), rappeutuminen (blight, decay, degeneration, dystrophy, obsolescence, tiredness), maanpinnan kulutus (degrade, denudation), laadun huononeminen (impairment), huononeminen (impairment), hajottaminen (dispersal, dissolution), hajoaminen (breaking, decomposition, disintegration, dispersion, dissolution, scattering), alkalin poistuminen maaperästä (solodisation, solodization, solotization), alennustila (state of abasement), alennus (cut, discount, reduction). (various references) | |
French | dégradation (defacement, deterioration). (various references) | |
German | Degradierung (demotion, relegation), Absetzung (cancellation, deduction, deposition, discontinuation, weaning, withdrawal). (various references) | |
Greek | φθορά (abrasion, attrition, corruption, decay, spoilage, spoiling, wastage, waste, wear, wear and tear), αθλιότητα (abjection, beggarliness, misery, nastiness, scrubbiness, seediness, shabbiness, sordidness, squalor, trashiness, wretchedness), αποδόμηση (decomposition), απογύμνωσις (degrade, denudation), αποκτήνωση (brutalization), απώλεια ενέργειας (thin-down), Υποβάθμιση, διάβρωση (corrosion, erosion), επιφανειακή φθορά (surface deterioration), Solidisation (solodisation, solodization, solotization), υποβάθμιση (downgrading), υποβάθμισις (degrade, denudation, solodisation, solodization, solotization), υποβιβασμός (downgrading, relegation), υποβιβασμόσ (abasement, demotion, relegation), ποιοτική υποβάθμιση, μείωση ενέργειας (thin-down), ξεπεσμόσ (abasement, come down), ελάττωση λειτουργίας. (various references) | |
Hebrew | "תבזות (humiliation, self abuse), "שפל" (abjection, dumiliation, humiliation, indignity, mortification, slumping), ""בר" (destruction, submission), "'רע" (detraction), פיל" (collapse, defeat, downfall, fall, falling, pitch, slip, spilling, tumble). (various references) | |
Hungarian | lefokozás (bust, demotion, disrating), lealacsonyítás (abasement, debasement, humiliation), negatív visszacsatolás (negative feedback), lekopás (abrasion, rubbing down), lebomlás (breakdown), lealacsonyodás (debasement), erózió (erosion, erosive, weathering), elfajzás (degeneracy), degenerálódás (deterioration, retrogression), degeneráció. (various references) | |
Italian | degradazione (abasement). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 左遷 (demotion), 落 (corruption, depravity). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | させ" (demotion), ふりょうか (downfall), "うしょく (lewdness, lust, mixed weave, neglect of official duty, public office, red color, sensuality, yellow), れっか (conflagration, deterioration, raging fire), て"らく (fall, slump, spill), らく (corruption, depravity). (various references) | |
Korean | 강직. (various references) | |
Manx | keim sheese (demotion, take down), injillaghey (change down, cheap, cheap morally, condescend, cut, cut down, debase, defer, degrade, demote, demotion, depreciate, depreciation, depress, depression, die down, humiliate, humiliation, level down, reduce, reduction, relegate, sink, step down, subdue, subject, submit, subordinate, subordination, turn down, vulgarization, vulgarize), crimmey (eat slowly, erode, erosion, toy with food). (various references) | |
Norwegian | degradering. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | egradationday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | degradação (abjection, attaint), aviltamento (debasement, snub). (various references) | |
Romanian | descompunere (decay, decomposition, dissolution, putrefaction, resolution, rottenness, rotting), depravare (corruption, debauchery, depravation, depravity, taint), degradare (abasement, abjection, debasement, defacement, gradation, reduction), degradaţie, degenerare (degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration, retrogradation, retrogression), abjecţie (abjectness, humiliation). (various references) | |
Russian | унижение (abaissement, abasement, debasement, derogation, humilliation, indignity, mortification), упадок (come down, decadence, decadency, decay, decline, degeneration, depression, dilapidation, downgrade, down-grade, downswing, ebb, eclipse, non-event, regress, retrogression, wane), разжалование (relegation), разложение (corruption, decay, decomposition, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, putrefaction), понижение (decrease, demotion, droop, falling, recession, subsidence), деградация. (various references) | |
Scottish | t mailt (an insult, disparagement, insult). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | degradacija (demotion), poniženje (abasement, humiliation, humility, indignity, mortification). (various references) | |
Spanish | degradación (abasement, debasement, demean, demotion, deterioration, reduction, shading). (various references) | |
Swedish | nedbrytning (abstract analysis, analysis, decadence, decay, decomposition, digestion, disintegration, surface deterioration), degradering (demotion). (various references) | |
Turkish | düşürme (causing to fall, dropping, overthrow, reduction, rollback, spill, throw), rütbe indirme (demotion), indirme (curtailment, landing, lowering, relegation, setdown), indirgeme (reduction), bozulma (breach, breakdown, breakup, confusion, corrosion, corruption, decay, declension, decomposition, deformation, degeneration, derogation, deterioration, devolution, disfiguration, disfigurement, disruption, dissolution, impairment, infection, pollution, putrefaction, rancidity, rancidness, rottenness, shipwreck, spoilage, taint, undoing, upset), azalma (abatement, alleviation, attenuation, decline, decrease, decrement, diminution, drop, falling away, falling off, impairment, let up, letdown, reduce, reduction, remission, scale down, shortening, subsidence, wane), alçalma (abasement, descent, humiliation, letdown, self abasement, stooping, subsidence). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự l m th nh đê hèn, sự l m mất thanh thể sự l m giảm giá trị, sự hạ tầng công tác sự l m mất danh giá, sự giáng chức. (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | deiectionem, deminoratione. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "degradation": degradations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "degradation": biodegradation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "degradation": biodegradations. (additional references) | |
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"Degradation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deaggregation, degraation, degrdation, degredation, degridation, depradation, dergradation. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "degradation" (pronounced de'grudā"shun) |
| 7 | -r u d ā" sh u n | depredation, fluoridation. |
| 6 | -u d ā" sh u n | accommodation, consolidation, intimidation, invalidation, liquidation, oxidation, sedation, trepidation, validation. |
| 5 | -d ā" sh u n | commendation, foundation, gradation, inundation, recommendation, retardation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, 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, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, 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, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, 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, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intonation, intoxication, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, 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, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, 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, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, 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. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-g-i-n-o-r-t" | |
-2 letters: andradite, aragonite, gradation, indagated, indagator, tragedian. | |
-3 letters: aerating, aeration, antidora, arointed, derating, dragonet, drainage, dreading, gardenia, gradated, gradient, indagate, ordained, ordinate, organdie, radiated, rationed, readding, redating, treading. | |
-4 letters: adenoid, adoring, adorned, agatoid, airdate, android, anergia, aneroid, antired, araneid, dadoing, dandier, darting, dentoid, deodara, deraign, detrain, diatron, doating, dodgier, donated, dragnet, drained, eroding, gardant. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-d-e-g-i-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: degradations. | |
+3 letters: biodegradation. | |
+4 letters: biodegradations. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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