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Definitions: Deletion |
DeletionNoun1. Any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases. 2. The part that is omitted when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors". 3. The act of deleting something written or printed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Deletion \De*le"tion\, noun. [Latin expression deletio, from delere. See Delete.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Medicine | A genetic rearrangement through loss of segments of DNA(chromosomes), bringing sequences, which are normally separated, into close proximity. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DeletionSynonyms: cut (n), omission (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Obliteration | Noun: obliteration; erasure, rasure; cancel, cancellation; circumduction; deletion, blot; tabula rasa; effacement, extinction. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Then you are meant for one more thing: deletion. (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) You got a deletion wish? (ReBoot; writing credit: Christy Marx; Mark Leiren-Young) | |
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Health | At least 30 different problems have been associated with the 22q11 deletion. (references) | |
In most instances, neither of the parents has the syndrome or carries the defective gene and the cause of the deletion is unknown. (references) | ||
The location or address of the missing segment in individuals with VCFS is 22q11. As a result of this deletion, some of the genes are absent from this chromosome. (references) | ||
Economic History | Pakistan | The Ministry of Industries monitors the deletion schedule closely and must approve any deviation. (references) |
Pakistan | The local content policy, known as the "deletion policy," requires that all investments based on local assembly of imported parts, and that wish to enjoy favorable tax rates accorded to new investments, have a deletion program to raise local content. (references) | |
Pakistan | Some projects that have been sanctioned and are operating in Pakistan have had considerable difficulty meeting their deletion program timetables, which often prove too tight for investors to organize a system of dependable, quality-conscious local suppliers. (references) | |
Political Economy | PAKISTAN | Local content requirements occur in the automobile, electronics, electrical products, and engineering industries under Pakistan's "deletion program." This deletion policy was to have ended on December 31, 1999, under Pakistan's commitment to the WTO TRIMS agreement. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Deletion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deletion" is used about 341 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% | 341 | 15,501 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "deletion": chromosome deletion ♦ Clonal Deletion ♦ deletion of chromosomes ♦ gene deletion ♦ object deletion ♦ Sequence Deletion. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "deletion": deletion-clones, deletion-prone. | |
Ending with "deletion": insertion-deletion. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "deletion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shuaje, pjesë e shuar, heqje (abolition, clearing, collection, deduction, Defeasance, deprivation, derogation, dismissal, dismission, disposal, dispossession, ejection, elimination, evacuation, excision, extirpation, extraction, jump, omission, out, outage, privation, recall, relegation, removal, rending, resection, reserve, skip, stripping, subtraction, tripping), fshirje (defacement, effacement, erasure, obliteration, rub, sweeping, wiping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فقرة مشطوبة, إنشطاب, شطب (blot, cancel, cancellation, cross, cross out, delete, score, scratch, scratching, slash, stroke, write off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нещо заличено, нещо задраскано, зачеркване (cancellation, write off), заличаване (effacement, erasure, obliteration), задраскване (defacement, expurgation), премахване (abolishment, abolition, disposal, obliteration, removal, retrenchment, undoing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 除 (delete, Deleted, Deleting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vymazání (effacement, obliteration), vyškrtnutí, škrt (stroke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | deletion (deletion of chromosomes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | deletio (deletion of chromosomes), deletie (deletion of chromosomes, deletion of genes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | محو (Nebulous, Obscure, Pallid), حذف (Elimination, Ellipse, Omission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | deleetio (deletion of chromosomes), häviämä (deletion of chromosomes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | délétion (deletion of chromosomes), rature, effacement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tilgung (acquittance, acquittances, amortisation, amortization, amortizement, cancellation, debt retirement, discharge, erasure, extinction, liquidation, payment, receipt, redemption, repayment, repayment of borrowings, retirement, satisfaction, wiping out), Zerstörung (annihilation, demolition, destruction, deterioration, devastation, ravage, ruination, ruining, vandalizing, wrecking), Beseitigung (clearance, disposal, elimination, redress, removal, settling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξάλειψη (decontamination, deletion of chromosomes, effacement, elimination, eradication, erase, erasing, erasure, extinction, obliteration, removal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מחיק" (cancellation, cancelling, effacement, erasure, obliteration), "שמט" (exception, omission, oversight, remission, skip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | törlés (cancellation, dash, dismemberment, erasure, obliteration, wipe, wiping), áthúzás (cancellation, pulling over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pencoretan (eradication, removal, scratching out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | delezione (deletion of chromosomes), cancellazione (abatement, annulment, black-out, blanking, cancel, cancellation, clearing procedure, effacement, erasing, erasure, release, suppression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 削除 (cancellation, elimination, erasure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さくじょ (cancellation, elimination, erasure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 삭 (Deleting, Eliminating, write-off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scryssey magh (abolishment, abolition, amortize, attrition, blot out, blur, blur as vision, delete, efface, erase, erasure, obliterate, obliteration, scratch out, scrub, shatter, strike off, wear off), goit magh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eletionday delecção (deletion of chromosomes), deleção (deletion of chromosomes), rasura (blot, ere, oblivion), eliminação (decontamination, disposal, elimination, erasing, excretion, mop up, obliteration, removal), anulação (abrogation, annulment, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, defeasance, defeat, dissolve, lickspittle, nullifications, recall, repeal, rescission, retirement, revocation, undoing). (various references) suprimare (removal, retrenchment, riddance), ştergere (cancellation, defacement, effacement, erasure, obliteration, scraping, wipe). (various references) стирание (abrasion, defacement, detrition, effacement, erasure, obliteration, rasure, rub), вычеркивание (cancellation, effacement, expurgation, obliteration, rasure), вымарывание (cancellation). (various references) izbacivanje (drop, ejection, ejectment, puff, throw out), brisanje (effacement, erasure, sweeping, whisk, wipe). (various references) tachadura (obliteration). (various references) radering (erasement, erasing, erasure). (various references) yazıdan çıkarılan parça, silme (cancel, cancellation, defacement, erasion, erasure, obliteration, rubbing, wipe, wiping), silip çıkarma. (various references) стерте, стирання (abrading, abrasion, attrition, defacement, effacement, erasement, erasure, obliteration, rub), витирання (wipe), викреслювання (cancel, cancellation, effacement, expurgation), викреслене. (various references) sự xoá đi, sự gạch đi, sự bỏ đi (disuse). (various references) dilead (abolition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "deletion": deletions. (additional references) | |
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"Deletion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dakleton, dealion, D'election, Delichon, Delitiae, delution, Demetriou, depetion, Derecho, Dolentium, dualthon, Duketios, dulation, dullesian, Edlestein, Edleston, Edlestone, eletion, peleton. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deletion" (pronounced dulē"shun) |
| 5 | -l ē" sh u n | completion, depletion. |
| 4 | -ē" sh u n | accretion, carburetion, excretion, secretion, venetian. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: entoiled. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-l-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: eloined, lentoid. | |
-2 letters: denote, dentil, endite, entoil, etoile, indole, oleine, toiled. | |
-3 letters: diene, donee, edile, elide, elint, elite, eloin, indol, inlet, lento, leone, lined, loden, noted, oiled, olden, oldie, olein, teind, teloi, tilde, tiled, tined, toile, toled, tondi, toned. | |
-4 letters: deet, deil, dele, deli, delt, dene, deni, dent, diel, diet, dine, dint, diol, dite, doit, dole, dolt, done, dote, edit, eide, enol, idle, idol, into, leet, lend, leno, lent, lido, lied, lien, line, lino, lint, lion, lite, lode, loin, lone, loti, need, nide, nite, node, nodi, noel, noil, note, teed, teel, teen, tele, tend, tide, tied, tile, tine, toed, toil, told, tole, tone. | |
-5 letters: dee, del, den, die, din, dit, doe, dol, don, dot, eel, eld, end, eon, ion, led, lee, lei, let, lid, lie, lin, lit, lot, nee, net, nil, nit, nod, not, ode, oil, old, ole, one, ted, tee, tel, ten, tie, til, tin, tod, toe, ton. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-l-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: deletions, depletion, diplotene, toenailed. | |
+2 letters: deflection, delegation, delineator, depletions, diplotenes, endothelia, fieldstone, interloped, nucleotide, obediently, tenderloin. | |
+3 letters: conceitedly, deceptional, deflections, delectation, delegations, delineation, delineators, dereliction, despoilment, endometrial, endothelial, endothelium, fieldstones, interfolded, interlocked, lionhearted, molybdenite, needlepoint, nucleotides, reconditely, tenderloins, unexploited. | |
+4 letters: andouillette, cladogenetic, clotheslined, complimented, deceleration, dechlorinate, deescalation, delectations, deliberation, delineations, demolishment, deontologies, deregulation, derelictions, despoilments, dinucleotide, dislodgement, endothelioma, interpolated, lepidopteran, molybdenites, needlepoints, nondepleting, nucleotidase, orientalized, overinflated, postdeadline, predilection, radioelement, reinoculated, skeletonised, skeletonized, tredecillion, undefoliated, ventromedial. | |
+5 letters: andouillettes, considerately, coresidential, countervailed, decelerations, dechlorinated, dechlorinates, deescalations, deliberations, demolishments, demyelination, denationalize, derealization, deregulations, desultoriness, dieselization, dinucleotides, directionless, dislodgements, disobediently, dissoluteness, doltishnesses, electioneered, emotionalized, encyclopedist, endotheliomas, interinvolved, lepidopterans, metronidazole, nondeductible, nondeliberate, nondelinquent, nonmyelinated, nucleotidases, occidentalize, outdelivering, overindulgent, pentaploidies, polybutadiene, predilections, predominately, radioelements, reconsolidate, sedimentology, technologized, tendentiously, thiabendazole, tredecillions, trinucleotide, unmetabolized. | |
| 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 65 6C 65 74 69 6F 6E |
| 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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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .-.. . - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101100 01100101 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e l e t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006C 0065 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3871787186758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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