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Definitions: Evolution |
EvolutionNoun1. A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer". 2. The sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "evolution" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
19th Century Satire | A clever trick performed by one Darwin, who made a monkey of Adam. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Medicine | The process of gradual change, generally development but also degeneration, in the attributes of organisms through successive generations. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A process of change and development of a mobile radio system towards enhanced capabilities. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: EvolutionSynonyms: development (n), phylogenesis (n), phylogeny (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Action | Noun: action, performance; doing; Verb: perpetration; exercise, excitation; movement, operation, evolution, work; labor; (exertion); praxis, execution; procedure; (conduct); handicraft; business; agency; (power at work). |
Beginning | Origin; (cause); source, rise; bud, germ; egg, rudiment; genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception, creation, starting point; dawn; (morning); evolution. |
Change | Noun: change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution; diversion; break. |
Circuition | Turning; Verb: wrench; evolution; coil, corkscrew. |
Continuance in action | Noun: conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation; evolution, sea change; change of state; assumption; naturalization; transportation; development, developing. |
Evolution | Noun: evolution, unfolding, development; evolvement; unfoldment; eversion; (inversion). |
Extraction | Noun: extraction; extracting; Verb: removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution. |
Life | Genetics, heredity, inheritance, evolution, natural selection, reproduction (production). |
Motion | Stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir; evolution; kinematics; telekinesis. |
Numeration | Notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration. |
Preparation | Ripening; Verb: maturation, evolution; elaboration, concoction, digestion; gestation, batching, incubation, sitting. |
Production | Bringing forth; Verb:: parturition, birth, birth-throe, childbirth, delivery, confinement, accouchement, travail, labor, midwifery, obstetrics; geniture; gestation; (maturation); assimilation; evolution, development, growth; entelechy; fertilization, gemination, germination, heterogamy, genesis, generation, epigenesis, procreation, progeneration, propagation; fecundation, impregnation; albumen. |
Rotation | Revolution, evolution. revolution = change = #-- |
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Screenplays | Millions of years of evolution, right? (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick) Well, I don't know about superior, but we are undoubtedly the next stage of human evolution, after Homo sapiens that is. (The Tomorrow People; writing credit: Brian Finch) Evolution is the solution! (NWA: Total Nonstop Action; writing credit: Jerry Jarrett; Vince Russo) Forty thousand years of evolution and we've barely even tapped the vastness of human potential. (Spider-Man; writing credit: Stan Lee; Steve Ditko) They'll think I've lost control again and leave it all to evolution. (Time Bandits; writing credit: Terry Gilliam; Michael Palin) | |
Clever | If evolution was true, mothers would have more than two hands. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Evolution (1971) Darwin's Theory of Evolution (1923) Evolution (1923) The Evolution of Man (1920) Evolution of the Dachshund (1917) | |
Song Titles | That's Evolution (performing artist: Wally Pleasant) | |
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 | Evolution of Soviet Space Launch Vehicles.Credit: NASA. |  | This is a composite HST image taken in visible light showing the temporal evolution of the ...Credit: NASA. |
 | Time evolution of storm on radar.Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |  | Figure 51 (cont.) The HIRONDELLE II sounding machine used by Prince Albert I of Monaco. During the evolution of this machine, two important changes were made on the PRINCESS ALICE II which were used on this machine. The power was provide d by an electric motor, and the cable passed first through a winch before being wound on the reel. This machine kept the winch but returned to steam power.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | A now uncommon and romantic building type, the Beebe Windmill provided mechanization to the grinding of grain. This rare survivor teaches us about the evolution of industrial technologies and the ingenuity of early American craftsman who fashioned the moving parts out of the most readily available material at hand, wood. HABS and HAER documentation provides information for the care and maintenance of structures for which the original drawings typically do not survive. The formats of HAER documentation for this windmill include a written history, photographs, and measured drawings. The selected drawings and photographs shown here demonstrate how the nformation in each format can supplement the other. The photographs record information as the camera sees it in a one-point perspective. The drawings illustrate the grain mill and clarify how its parts fit together, what dimensions they are, and how they interact to grind the grain. West elevation. Photograph by Jet Lowe, 1978. (Reproduction Number: HAER, NY,52-BRIG,4-1).Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Evolution.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Evolution in Tennessee.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | It is evolution, not revolution, gentlemen!.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Evolution of the book, east corridor. Manuscript book / J.W. Alexander, artist.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Evolution of civilization, dome of rotunda / E.H. Blashfield, artist.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles Sanders Peirce | All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and dissolution. |
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. | I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival. |
Steven Wright | My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This discovery may explain why some of these apparently harmful mechanisms have persisted in evolution. (references) | |
Hantavirus evolution is best understood as co-evolution within specific lineages in the rodent family Muridae. (references) | ||
These studies use a technique called magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to visualize the evolution of MS lesions in the white matter of the brain. (references) | ||
Business | The fast evolution of computer technology has resulted in continuous development in the software field. (references) | |
Additionally, there were no significant automotive part manufacturers who could be supportive of this industry's evolution. (references) | ||
With the evolution of the EU and the further expansion of the Euro, cross-border communications will increase significantly. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Saudi Arabia | The authorities prohibit the study of evolution, Freud, Marx, Western music, and Western philosophy. (references) |
Economic History | Panama | Torrijos' death in 1981 altered the tone but not the direction of Panama's political evolution. (references) |
Czech Republic | The parliament undertook substantial steps toward securing the democratic evolution of Czechoslovakia. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Canada | As a result, the evolution of the Federal Government's policy toward aboriginal rights, particularly land claims, has been linked closely to legal challenges, including 45 Supreme Court decisions. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MONAD, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. (See Molecule.) According to Leibnitz, as nearly as he seems willing to be understood, the monad has body without bulk, and mind without manifestation -- Leibnitz knows him by the innate power of considering. He has founded upon him a theory of the universe, which the creature bears without resentment, for the monad is a gentlmean. Small as he is, the monad contains all the powers and possibilities needful to his evolution into a German philosopher of the first class -- altogether a very capable little fellow. He is not to be confounded with the microbe, or bacillus; by its inability to discern him, a good microscope shows him to be of an entirely distinct species. |
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The evolution of centuries has brought us to a new era in world history in which manifold relationships between nations must be formalized and developed in new and intricate ways. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Our doctrinal evolution has been undertaken with appropriate consultation with our NATO Allies and others. |
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| "Evolution" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.75% of the time. "Evolution" is used about 2,384 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) | 99.75% | 2,378 | 3,757 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.13% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.13% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,384 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Evolution Group Plc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "evolution": An advanced support environment for method driven development and evolution of packaged software ♦ Cultural Evolution ♦ Directed Molecular Evolution ♦ emergent evolution ♦ evolution plan ♦ evolution strategy ♦ evolution towards FPLMTS ♦ in vitro directed molecular evolution ♦ requirements Acquisition and Controlled Evolution ♦ Saltatory evolution ♦ Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment ♦ theory of evolution ♦ theory of organic evolution. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "evolution": evolution-plus-natural-selection. | |
Ending with "evolution": co-evolution. | |
| 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 "evolution"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | ontwikkeling (development), evolusie (development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | evolucion (development, evolving), zhvillim (development, elaboration, growth, make, making, nurse, occurrence, operation, progress, prosecution, treatment), rritje (accretion, advance, augmentation, boost, breeding, climb, cultivation, development, expansion, extension, gain, germination, growth, increase, increment, intensification, nurture, progress, raise, upgrowth), nxjerrje e rrënjës, menevër. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نمو (accretion, development, expansion, gathering, growth, increase, outgrowth, prosperity, sprouting, upgrowth), نشوء (development, efflorescence, emergence, germination, upgrowth), تقدم (advance, advanced, advancement, advantage, antecedence, ascent, break through, career, careerist, come on, crowd, descend, development, forge ahead, forward, gain ground, gain one's destination, get along, get forward, get on, get up, go ahead, go up, going, head, headway, improvement, keep step, lead, make up on, march, move along, move in, onward, precede, priority, proceed, procession, progress, progression, promotion, propulsion, pull ahead, rise, seniority, shape, shoot ahead, speed, stem, step, superiority, take steps, upturn, way, work up to), تحول (chop, convert, inconstancy, juncture, metamorphosis, modification, modify, mutate, mutation, reduction, switch, transference, transform, transformation, transfusion, transition, transmutation, turn, turn into, turnover), تطور (blossom, break through, breakthrough, development, growth, shape, work out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | развой (making), развитие (course, development, germination, growth, making, movement, process, progress, run, upgrowth), отделяне (breakaway, detachment, disconnection, disconnexion, disengagement, disseverance, divorcement, emanation, emission, excretion, exudation, generation, isolation, partition, release, scission, secession, secretion, separation, severance), маневра (gambit, maneuver, manoeuvre, move, movement, play, ploy, shunt), еволюция (derivation, development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 進化 , "变 (Evolutionary, Evolve, Evolved, Evolving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vývoj (development, progression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udvikling (development, DG VIII), evolution (development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | evolutie (development, psychological detachment), ontwikkeling (accession, accretion, developing, development, DG VIII, growth, instruction, output, psychological detachment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | evoluo (development), evoluado (development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | menning (development), gongd (development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرگشت , فرضیه سیرتکامل , چرخش (Gyration, Revolution, Roll, Swirl, Troll, Tumble, Turquoise, Twirl, Wheel, Whirl, Wrench, Wrest), حرکت دورانی , تکامل تدریجی , تحول (Mutation, Solstice, Upheaval, Vicissitude), تغییرشکل (Metamorphosis, Palingenesis, Paramorphic, Transiguration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | evoluutio (development), lajinkehitys (development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | évolution. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | evolution (development), entwicklung (construction, deployment, design, developing, development, DG VIII, display, evaluation, expansion, formation, generation, germination, growth, movement, processing, production, progression, trend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξέλιξη (development, progress, progression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שלשלת (bond, chain, line, lineage), אבולוצי", "תפתחות (development), "שתלשלות (concatenation, development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | evolúció. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | evolusi, perubahan pelan, perkembangan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | evoluzione (development, growth, maneuver, manoeuvre, swinging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 進化 (progress), 開法 , 化育 (growth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し"か (apotheosis, deepen, progress, real worth, retainer, sacred flame, true value), かいほう (breakwater, bulletin, circular, circulating letter, coast battery, convalescence, emancipation, extraction of roots, good news, idea borne in mind, liberalization, liberation, looking after, nursing, open, release, reply, report, solution, throw open), かいく (growth, ocean sector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기동 개. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tayrn magh fraueyn, aafilley (evolve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | evolutionay evolução (course, course of disease, development, maneuver, manoeuvre, psychological detachment), desenvolvimento (amplification, deployment, developing, development, DG VIII, expansion, germination, growing, growth, increment, outgrowth, process, progress, promotion, stature, upgrowth). (various references) extragere de rãdãcinã, evoluţie (development, passage, process, progress), manevrã (manipulation, manoeuvre, shunt), dezvoltare (amplification, development, enlargement, germination, growth, involution, process, progress, promotion, rise, upsurge), desfãşurare (course, development, display, fireworks, March, operation, passage, process, progress, spread, unfolding). (various references) эволюция. (various references) evolucija. (various references) evolución (change, development, headway, maneuver, manoeuvre, progress, psychological detachment, transition), evolucion (development, growth). (various references) utveckling (cultivation, development, fosterage, growth, incubation, progress), evolution (development). (various references) วิวั'นาการ. (various references) evrim, yayma (circulation, communication, diffusion, dissemination, dissipation, distribution, divulgation, divulgement, divulgence, emission, laying, promulgation, propagation, spreading, suffusion), verme (conferment, lodgment, rendering, supply), kök alma, gelişim, arka arkaya gelme, açılma (burst, clarification, dehiscence, deploy, deployment, dilatation, dilation, divergence, divergency, effusion, effusiveness, expanse, expansiveness, fade in, fading, opening, recrudescence, spreading, thaw), açılım (right ascension). (various references) розгортання (deployment, discovery, escalation), розвиток (amplification, cultivation, development, enlargement, growth, progress), еволюція (development). (various references) sự phát triển sự mở ra. (various references) datblygiad (development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "evolution": evolutionarily, evolutionary, evolutionism, evolutionisms, evolutionist, evolutionists, evolutions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "evolution": antievolution, coevolution, counterrevolution, devolution, macroevolution, microevolution, prerevolution, revolution. (additional references) | |
Words containing "evolution": antievolutionary, antievolutionism, antievolutionisms, antievolutionist, antievolutionists, antirevolutionaries, antirevolutionary, coevolutionary, coevolutions, counterrevolutionaries, counterrevolutionary, counterrevolutions, devolutionary, devolutionist, devolutionists, devolutions, macroevolutionary, macroevolutions, microevolutionary, microevolutions, nonrevolutionaries, nonrevolutionary, postrevolutionary, prerevolutionary, revolutionaries, revolutionarily, revolutionariness, revolutionarinesses, revolutionary, revolutionise, revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionising, revolutionist, revolutionists, revolutionize, revolutionized, revolutionizer, revolutionizers, revolutionizes, revolutionizing, revolutions, ultrarevolutionaries, ultrarevolutionary, unrevolutionary. (additional references) | |
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"Evolution" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: envolution, evalution, evelution, evolucion, evolutio, evolutiopn, evoution, evulation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "evolution" (pronounced e'vuluw"shun, ē'vuluw"shun, e'vōluw"shun , or ē'vōluw"shun) |
| 8 | e' v u l uw" sh u n | devolution, revolution. |
| 7 | -v u l uw" sh u n | counterrevolution. |
| 6 | -u l uw" sh u n | absolution, dissolution, pollution, resolution, solution. |
| 5 | -l uw" sh u n | dilution. |
| 4 | -uw" sh u n | attribution, constitution, contribution, diminution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, execution, institution, lilliputian, persecution, prosecution, prostitution, redistribution, restitution, retribution, substitution. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, 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, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, 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, completion, 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, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, 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, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, 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, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dimension, 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, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, elevation, elimination, 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, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, 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, 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, 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, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, 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, 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, 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, respiration, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, 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, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
| 7 | -v u l uw" sh u n | counterrevolution, devolution, revolution. |
| 6 | -u l uw" sh u n | absolution, dissolution, pollution, resolution, solution. |
| 5 | -l uw" sh u n | dilution. |
| 4 | -uw" sh u n | attribution, constitution, contribution, diminution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, execution, institution, lilliputian, persecution, prosecution, prostitution, redistribution, restitution, retribution, substitution. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, 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, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, 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, completion, 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, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, 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, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, 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, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dimension, 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, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, elevation, elimination, 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, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, 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, 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, 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, personalization, personification, perspiration, pertu |
