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Gestation

Definitions: Gestation

Gestation

Noun

1. The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans).

2. The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus.

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

Date "gestation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

Etymology: Gestation \Ges*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression gestatio bearing, carrying, from gestare to bear, carry, intens. from gerere, gestum, to bear: compare to the French expression gestation. See Gest deed, Jest.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Gestation

DomainDefinitions

Health

The period of development of the young in viviparous animals, from the time of fertilization of the ovum until birth. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Gestation

Synonyms: gestation period (n), pregnancy (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Gestation

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

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.

Transference

Transit, transition; passage, ferry, gestation; portage, porterage, carting, cartage; shoveling; Verb: vection, vecture, vectitation; shipment, freight, wafture; transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation; shifting, dodging; dispersion; transposition; (interchange); traction.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Gestation

English words defined with "gestation": eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, entopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancyfirst trimester, full termgestation period, gestational, Gestatorylanugo, live birthmetacyesis, midtermpostmature infant, preemie, premature, premature baby, premature infant, premature labor, premature labour, prematurely, premie, preterm baby, preterm infant, progestationalsecond trimester, suction curettageterm, third trimesterUterogestationvacuum aspiration. (references)
Specialty definitions using "gestation": Abortion, SpontaneousColobomaFetal Resorption, Fo-hiGestosis, EPHInfant, Postmature, Infant, PrematureLabor, PrematurePartula, Perinatal Care, Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal, Pregnancy Trimester, First, Pregnancy Trimester, Second, Pregnancy Trimester, Third, Pregnancy, High-Risk, Pregnancy-Associated alpha-Plasma Protein, Pregnancy-Associated beta-Plasma Protein, Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoprotein. (references)
Etymologies containing "gestation": Uterogestation. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Gestation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (gestation), French (gestation, pregnancy), German (gestation).

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Commercial Usage: Gestation

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Documentary History of the Communist Party of the United States: Gestation and Birth, 1918-1928 (reference)

  • A Medical School is Born: A History of the Conception, Gestation, and Infancy of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine by One Who Assis (reference)

  • Biology of Gestation (reference)

  • Congenital Disorders Sourcebook: Basic Information About Disorders Acquired During Gestation, Including Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Cerebral Palsy,) (reference)

  • Multiple Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Gestation and Perinatal Outcome (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Use in Literature: Gestation

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

This is the gestation of the nineteenth century.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Gestation

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The first trimester is 0-13 weeks gestation. (references)

The second trimester is 14-26 weeks gestation. (references)

The third trimester is 27 weeks gestation until birth. (references)

Economic History

India

The normal gestation period is five years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Gestation

"Gestation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gestation" is used about 211 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%21120,883

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

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Expression: Gestation

Expressions using "gestation": be in gestation ectopic gestation extrauterine gestation Gestation period. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "gestation": mid-gestation.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gestation

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
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per Day

  dog gestation

123

  gestation snapping turtle

11

  cat gestation

109

  equine gestation

11

  dog gestation period

84

  duck gestation period

11

  gestation

69

  gestation period turtle

11

  cat gestation period

66

  gestation hamster

10

  gestation human

51

  gestation goat

10

  gestation period

42

  gestation period rabbit

10

  canine gestation

36

  gestation puppy

9

  gestation horse

33

  animal gestation period

9

  feline gestation

32

  gestation period snapping turtle

9

  gestation turtle

26

  twin gestation

9

  gestation human period

25

  35 gestation week

9

  gestation rabbit

25

  feline gestation period

8

  gestation horse period

17

  cow gestation period

8

  diabetes gestation

15

  gestation guinea pig

8

  canine gestation period

14

  bird gestation

8

  duck gestation

13

  elephant gestation period

8

  gestation pregnancy

12

  cow gestation

8

  elephant gestation

12

  gestation calendar

7

  animal gestation

11

  multiple gestation

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Gestation

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

Albanian

  

shtatzënësi (pregnancy), ngjizje. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مرحلة الحمل (pregnancy), ‏حبل حمل (rope). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

бременност (pregnancy). (various references)

   

Czech

  

tìhotenství (pregnancy), stelnost, březost (pregnancy). (various references)

   

Danish

  

gestation. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gestatie. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

وابسته بدوران رشدتخم یانطفه , حاملگی (Expectancy), ابستنی (Pregnancy), بارداری (Expectancy, Pregnancy). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tiineys (pregnancy). (various references)

   

French

  

gestation. (various references)

   

German

  

schwangerschaft (pregnancy), gestation, trächtigkeit (pregnancy). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κυοφορία (pregnancy). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תקופת עבור, "ריון (pregnancy). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

terhesség (child bearing, childbearing, onerousness, pregnancy), viselősség (childbearing). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

selama hamil, buntingan. (various references)

   

Italian

  

gestazione (pregnancy). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

胎" . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たいせい (accomplishment, attainment of greatness or success, attitude, blackish blue, completion, conditions, current thought, decay, decline, general trend, great sage, ones declining fortunes, one's declining fortunes, opposing pairs, order, organization, posture, preparations, resistance, set-up, sovereign power, stance, structure, system, the Occident, the reins of government, the West). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ymmyrkey (appearance, attitude, bear, behave, behaviour, birth, carry, carrying, comportment, conduction, convey, conveyance, endure, give birth, haulage, supply; conductance, support, sustain, tide, transport, yield). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

estationgay

   

Portuguese

  

gestação (conduct, gesticulate, going, pregnancy), gestação (pregnancy), gesso-de-paris (gypsum). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

gestaţie (pregnancy), sarcinã (assignment, burden, capacity, charge, faggot, load, lot, mission, obligation, onus, pack, part, pregnancy, quantity, target, task, trouble, weight), perioadã de gestaţie. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

беременность (pregnancy). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

geis. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

gestacija. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

gestación (pregnancy). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dräktighet (burden, pregnancy, tonnage). (various references)

   

Thai

  

การตั้งครร ์ (fetation). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

gebelik süresi, gebelik dönemi, oluşma dönemi. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

вагітність (pregnancy), визрівання (ageing). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự thai nghén. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Gestation

Derivations

Words beginning with "gestation": gestational, gestations. (additional references)

Words containing "gestation": progestational. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Gestation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: geostation, gestatoin, gestion, gsetation, guestation, gustatio, nepstadion. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Gestation"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "gestation" (pronounced jestā"shun)
7-e s t ā" sh u nmanifestation, molestation.
6-s t ā" sh u ncrustacean, deforestation, devastation, incrustation, infestation, protestation, reforestation, station, superstation.
5-t ā" sh u naccreditation, adaptation, affectation, agitation, amputation, annotation, argumentation, augmentation, cetacean, citation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, confrontation, connotation, consultation, decapitation, deportation, dictation, dilatation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, equitation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, facilitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, implantation, implementation, importation, imputation, incantation, incapacitation, indentation, inhabitation, instrumentation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, lactation, levitation, limitation, meditation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, palpitation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, precipitation, premeditation, presentation, quotation, recantation, recitation, refutation, regimentation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, representation, reputation, resuscitation, rotation, sanitation, sedimentation, segmentation, solicitation, temptation, transplantation, transportation, vegetation, visitation.
4-ā" sh u nabbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization.
3-sh u nabduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, 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, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, 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.

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Anagrams: Gestation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-o-s-t-t"

-1 letter: estating, tangiest, toasting.

-2 letters: agonies, agonise, agonist, atonies, easting, eatings, egotist, gitanos, ingates, ingesta, instate, notates, onstage, satinet, seating, setting, stating, station, tasting, teasing, testing, toniest.

-3 letters: ageist, agents, agones, atones, easing, eating, egoist, gainst, genoas, giants, gitano, gotten, ingate, ingest, ingots, notate, sating, signet, sitten, soigne, stingo, stogie, stotin, taints, tangos, tanist.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-o-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: gestations, negotiants, negotiates.

 

+2 letters: coattesting, degustation, foretasting, geobotanist, gestational, integrators, negotiators, outfeasting, overstating, vegetations.

 

+3 letters: antiestrogen, degustations, geobotanists, glutathiones, integrations, interrogates, investigator, negotiations, nematologist, nonstrategic, registration, renegotiates, segmentation, witenagemots.

 

+4 letters: antiestrogens, augmentations, conglutinates, constellating, consternating, demonstrating, deuteragonist, disintegrator, domesticating, excogitations, expostulating, geostationary, gesticulation, interrogatees, interrogators, introgressant, investigation, investigators, investigatory, legitimations, magnetostatic, multimegatons, nematologists, neonatologist, orchestrating, pigmentations, planetologist, prognosticate, registrations, remonstrating, revegetations, segmentations, teratogenesis, thanatologies, theatergoings, thermostating, witenagemotes.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Gestation


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 65 73 74 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100101 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#101 &#115 &#116 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0065 0073 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

417185866786758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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