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Definition: Illusion |
IllusionNoun1. An erroneous mental representation. 2. Something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy". 3. The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas. 4. An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "illusion" was first used: sometime around 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Illusion \Il*lu"sion\, noun. [French expression illusion, from Latin expression illusio, from illudere, illusum, to illude. See Illude.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A false interpretation of a genuine percept. Source: European Union. (references) |
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An illusion is a distortion of a sensory perception. Each of the human senses can be deceived by illusions, but visual illusions are the most well known. Illusions are subjective; different people may experience an illusion differently, or not at all.
In psychiatry the term 'illusion' refers to a specific form of sensory distortion. Unlike an hallucination, which is a sensory experience in the absence of a stimulus, an illusion describes a distortion of a perception so it is understood and interpreted differently. For example, hearing voices regardless of the environment would be an hallucination, whereas hearing voices which arise only from the sound of running water (or other auditory source) would be an illusion.
- Optical illusions, such as mirages, exploit assumptions made by the human visual system.
- Auditory illusions, such as the Shepard Tone, exploit our hearing.
- Touch illusions exploit our sense of touch.
- Stage magic is a popular form of entertainment based on illusion. Magicians use tricks to give their audiences the impression that seemingly impossible events have occurred. See magic (illusion).
See also:
- delusion
- hallucination
- simulated reality for a more radical approach to the possibility of illusion
- Hermann von Helmholtz
External Links
- Why we see illusions
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Magic or conjuring is a feat of illusion that naive observers would consider to arise from supernatural powers. The practitioners of this are called magicians or illusionists.One of the meanings of magic refers to the use of trickery to perform feats that seem to defy conventional explanation. Almost all types of trickery are used in magic, including feats of physical dexterity, specially constructed props and mathematical results.
Magic is usually performed before an audience which is ignorant of the type of trick being used. The purpose of a magic trick is to amuse; the audience is generally aware that the magic is performed using trickery, and derives enjoyment from having the magician use cunning to deceive them. Usually, magicians will refuse to reveal their methods to the audience. The reasons for these include:
Membership in professional magicians' organizations often requires an oath not to reveal the secrets of magic to non-magicians. This is known as the "Magician's Oath". However, it is considered permissible to reveal secrets to individuals who are determined to learn magic tricks and become magicians. Thus, the secrets to many common tricks are available to the public through numerous books and magazines devoted to magic.
- Exposure obviously "kills" magic as an artform and transforms it into mere intellectual puzzles or riddles. Once the secret of a trick is revealed to a person, he or she can no longer fully enjoy subsequent performances of the trick.
- Keeping the secrets obviously also provides a financial incentive for magicians who perform for money.
Categories of Magic
Magic performances fall into three broad genres:
- Close-up magic, which is performed with the audience close to the magician, possibly in physical contact. It usually makes use of everyday items as props, such as cards and coins. Exponents of close-up magic include Paul Zenon.
- Parlor magic, which is performed for small groups of people slightly separated from the magician. This type of magic often makes use of portable props specially designed for performing magic.
- Stage magic, which is performed for large audiences, typically within an auditorium. This type of magic is distinguished by elaborate, large-scale props. The most famous magicians in the world, such as David Copperfield, Siegfried & Roy, and Penn and Teller, are best known for their ability in stage-magic.
Techniques
Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilersOne principle that underlies many magic tricks is misdirection, which is the act of drawing to audience's attention to one location while, in another location, the magician performs a crucial manipulation undetected. For example, during a simple coin trick a magician might pretend to transfer a coin from his left hand to his right, while actually keeping the coin in the left. In order to create misdirection, the fingers of the right hand will appear to close over the coin, and the fist is prominently displayed to the audience; the left hand hangs loosely, as though it were empty.
Many different techniques are used to create misdirection, and all require great amounts of practice to perfect. One technique is the use of natural-looking and confident movements, which the magician uses to disguise any surreptitious manipulations (as in the previously described coin trick.) Another technique is the use of a confident flow of chatter from the magician, known as "patter." Patter may take the form of a story, or it may simply be the magician (selectively) narrating the actions being performed. Either way, it directs the attention of the audience wherever the magician wishes.
Another technique of misdirection is the use of optical illusions to hide or displace the location or size of objects. When the sides of a box are painted with concentric rectangles, or a hollow tabletop is beveled so that it is thicker in the center than at the edges, such containers appear to be much thinner than they actually are. These are often used in stage illusions, since they allow an assistant to hide in a space that appears to be too small to fit in, or to turn sideways and assume different positions in a box when there appears be too little room to move.
Apart from misdirection, some magic tricks can be classified by the type of technique used. For example, card magic includes a set of standard techniques for pretending to shuffle a set of cards, concealing cards in the hand (referred to as "palming"), and so forth; coin magic has a similar set of techniques for hiding and transferring coins. However, the majority of magic tricks cannot be classified in this way, and are sometimes referred to as "general magic."
See also:
List of magicians, Harry Blackstone, David Blaine, Lance Burton, Tommy Cooper, Doug Henning, Harry Houdini, James Randi, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Ricky Jay, Erdnase, FengAbracadabra, presto, shill, List of magic tricks
External Links
- http://www.magician.org/ The International Brotherhood of Magicians homepage.
- http://www.magicsam.com/ The Society of American Magicians
- http://allmagic.com/
- http://www.magictalk.com
- http://www.themagiccafe.com
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In vedic philosophy, maya is the illusion of physical reality in which our everyday consciousness has become entangled. Many philosphies or religions seek to "pierce the veil" in order to glimpse the transcendant truth, from which the illusion of a physical reality springs.In Hinduism, maya is believed to be one of three bonds that must be cast off in order to achieve moksha (liberation of the soul from the cycle of death and rebirth) - the other two being anava (ego) and karma.
In Sikhism, maya (the world as you normally perceive it) is said to be no more manifest than a dream. Sikhism, as well as many other paths of spirituality, state that the world is like a dream, and there is nothing in it which is yours. (This last sentence has been transliterated right from the Guru Granth Sahib). An example of this is when our dreams can feel so solid and real sometimes, how do we know if we don't wake up to one every morning? What can a person actually call "MINE" in the temporary existence of a life spanning a three-quarters of a century?
A modern concept that illustrates Maya / Illusion wonderfully is the Sci-Fi Movie "The Matrix". Everything in The Matrix is believed to be real, until the character Neo wakes up, and sees that its just a dream world. One who is asleep never knows he is until he wakes up.
Maya is related to the Sunyata concept in Buddhism. Some dialogues of Plato also contain ideas reminiscent of maya, especially the famous "Parable of the Cave".
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Maya (illusion)."
Synonyms: IllusionSynonyms: conjuring trick (n), deception (n), delusion (n), fancy (n), fantasy (n), head game (n), legerdemain (n), magic (n), magic trick (n), phantasy (n), semblance (n), trick (n). (additional references) |
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Deception | Illusion; (error); ignis fatuus; mirage. |
Error | Illusion, delusion; snare; false impression, false idea; bubble; self-decit, self-deception; mists of error. |
Imagination | Illusion; (error); phantom; (fallacy of vision); Fata Morgana; (ignis fatuus); vapor; (cloud); stretch of the imagination; (exaggeration); mythogenesis. |
Transientness | Phrase: one's days are numbered; the time is up; here today and gone tomorrow; non semper erit aestas; eheu! fugaces labuntur anni; sic transit gloria mundi; a schoolboy's tale, the wonder of the hour!; dum loquimur fugerit invidia aetas; fugit hora; all that is transitory is but an illusion. |
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Screenplays | And it explains, uh, the dizziness, and the illusion of light (Phenomenon; writing credit: Gerald Di Pego) After all, a woman's charm is 50% illusion. (A Streetcar Named Desire; writing credit: Tennessee Williams; Oscar Saul) But in my case he fosters a ghastly illusion and I come to you as his friend rather than turning the matter over to my solicitor (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution; writing credit: Arthur Conan Doyle; Nicholas Meyer) It is an illusion, Countess (Poirot; writing credit: Clive Exton; Anthony Horowitz) Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd) | |
Lyrics | Lost inside adorable illusion and I cannot hide ("Heart of Glass"; performing artist: Blondie) Another illusion I chose to create (Hard Habit to Break; performing artist: Chicago) But, I've drawn a conclusion, it's all an illusion, confusion's the name of the (Video; performing artist: India.Arie) Of undefined illusion (Something About You; performing artist: Level 42) Of the illusion that we can possess (I'll Remember, Theme From "With Honors" (1994); performing artist: Madonna) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1969) Liebe ohne Illusion (1955) Illusion in Moll (1952) Strange Illusion (1945) Illusion (1941) | |
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 | Sea turtle giving illusion of flight. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | In the Norfolk harbor, Virginia, on 29 November 1917. A destroyer silhouette is painted on her side to give the illusion that she is being closely convoyed. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Halftone reproduction of a close-up photograph published in the "Strand Magazine", 1st Quarter 1901, showing dents in the monitor's turret armor made by Confederate cannon shot during the Civil War. These same dents are visible in Photo # NH 59436, taken circa 1864-65. An interesting optical illusion can be seen if this image is turned upside down. Credit: NAVY. |  | Optical illusion disc with man pumping water. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Thurston, the famous magician East Indian rope-trick : world's most famous illusion : first time-out-of-India. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Illusion draw" by Elco Roest Commentary: "Illusion draw." | "ILLUSION" by Victor Silkin Commentary: "SPOT ILLUSION :)." |
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Auguste Comte | Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education. |
Buddha | A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. |
Christian Nevell Bovee | A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality. |
Daniel J. Boorstin | The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge. |
George Eliot | Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. |
Goethe | The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality. |
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort | Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality. |
| Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth. | |
Sydney Smith | I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury. |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Many a time afterwards had Hester been tortured, though less vividly, by the same illusion. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | As to himself, the author knows not the new Paris, and writes with the old Paris before his eyes in an illusion which is precious to him. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HALO, n. Properly, a luminous ring encircling an astronomical body, but not infrequently confounded with "aureola," or "nimbus," a somewhat similar phenomenon worn as a head-dress by divinities and saints. The halo is a purely optical illusion, produced by moisture in the air, in the manner of a rainbow; but the aureola is conferred as a sign of superior sanctity, in the same way as a bishop's mitre, or the Pope's tiara. In the painting of the Nativity, by Szedgkin, a pious artist of Pesth, not only do the Virgin and the Child wear the nimbus, but an ass nibbling hay from the sacred manger is similarly decorated and, to his lasting honor be it said, appears to bear his unaccustomed dignity with a truly saintly grace. |
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Rush Limbaugh | In recent years, our country has experienced unprecedented prosperity and, with the end of the Cold War, the illusion of impenetrable borders. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We have devoted five years trying to narrow a dangerous gap born of illusion and neglect. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Today, we turn to the urgent duty of protecting other lives, without illusion and without fear. |
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| "Illusion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.55% of the time. "Illusion" is used about 897 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) | 99.55% | 893 | 7,992 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 897 | N/A |
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Expressions using "illusion": all that is transitory is but an illusion ♦ labor under an illusion ♦ labour under an illusion ♦ lose one's illusion ♦ optical illusion ♦ produce an illusion of. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "illusion": illusion-ridden. | |
Ending with "illusion": arch-illusion, non-illusion, optical-illusion, perception-image-memory-illusion, whim-illusion. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
optical illusion | 5,306 | paper illusion | 38 |
illusion | 2,491 | illusion jesus optical | 37 |
illusion contact | 332 | illusion optic | 37 |
illusion of gaia | 145 | d illusion optique | 36 |
illusion optical scary | 116 | particle illusion | 34 |
magic illusion | 109 | illusion show | 34 |
illusion nocturnal | 108 | art of illusion | 33 |
visual illusion | 84 | halloween illusion | 33 |
scary illusion | 83 | cool illusion | 33 |
eye illusion | 78 | digital illusion | 32 |
illusion optical picture | 77 | illusion necklace | 31 |
illusion picture | 76 | amazing illusion optical | 31 |
3d illusion | 71 | illusion stage | 30 |
grand illusion | 69 | illusion opticle | 25 |
illusion toe ring | 62 | freaky illusion | 25 |
hall illusion | 56 | illusion time | 24 |
gaia illusion rom | 43 | illusion water | 24 |
art illusion optical | 42 | illusion nocturnal patch | 21 |
gaia illusion through walk | 40 | lord of illusion | 21 |
illusion jesus | 40 | illusion optique | 21 |
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| Language | Translations for "illusion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | begogelsing (delusion, spell), begoëlsing (delusion, spell). (various references) | |
Albanian | iluzion (delusion, hallucination, phantom, trick, vapor, vapour, will-o'-the-wisp), shpresë e kotë, pëlhurë e hollë (lawn, tissue). (various references) | |
Arabic | وهم (bubble, delusion, fancy, idol, illusory, imagination, phantom, prestige, purport, vagary, vapor, vapour), صورة خادعة, خيال (conceit, fantasy, fiction, ghost, imagination, phantasy, shade, shadow, shape, silhouette, spectrum, spook, wraith), النسيج الكاذب, إنخداع (deception, delusion). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | халюцинация (dream, fantasy, hallucination), прозрачен тюл, илюзия (deception, delusion, dream, fantasy, glamor, glamour, maya, phantasm, phantasy, phantom, vapor, vapour). (various references) | |
Chinese | 幻觉 (hallucination, hallucinatory, illusory), 幻象 , 夢幻 . (various references) | |
Czech | iluze (mare's nest, pipe dream, vision), zdáni, smyslový klam. (various references) | |
Danish | indbildning. (various references) | |
Dutch | illusie, zinsbedrog (hallucination), drogbeeld, begoocheling (delusion, spell). (various references) | |
Esperanto | iluzio. (various references) | |
Faeroese | gykl. (various references) | |
Finnish | kuvitelma (daydream, fancy, fiction), harhaluulo (delusion, error, mis-, wrong idea), haavekuva (vision), haave (fancy, fantasy), aistihairahdus. (various references) | |
French | illusion. (various references) | |
Frisian | yllúzje. (various references) | |
German | Illusion (mirage, rope of sand, trick), Täuschung (beguilement, bluff, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, error, illusiveness, mistake, mystification, subterfuge, swindle), Einbildung (chestiness, conceit, imagination, presumption, vanity), Wahn (delusion, mania, possession). (various references) | |
Greek | παραίσθηση (delusion, hallucination). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תעתוע (deceit, deception, delusion), אלוזיה, אשליה (deception, delusion, fancy), דמיוניות (fantasy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | illúzió (delusion, phantasm, unreality), káprázat (dazzle, delusion, fantasy, hallucination, mirage, phantasm, phantom), érzékcsalódás (delusion, hallucination, optical illusion). (various references) | |
Indonesian | semu (hallucination, transparent), maya (hallucination, transparent), khayalan (delusion, imagination), kemayaan, fantasi (fancy, fantasy, grotesque, imagination), angan (idea, notion, phantasy). (various references) | |
Italian | illusione (delusion, phantasm). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 迷妄 (delusion, fallacy), 幻像 (phantom, vision), 幻 (dream, phantom, vision). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | まぼろし (dream, phantom, vision), まどい (bewilderment, delusion, happy circle, infatuation, perplexity, small gathering), めいむ (delusion, fallacy), めいもう (delusion, fallacy), イリュージョン , イルージョン , げんぞう (developing, original statue, phantom, vision), げんかく (austerity, hallucination, rigid, rigor, severe, strictness), げんえい (phantom, vision). (various references) | |
Korean | 환영 (Phantom, Welcome, Welcoming). (various references) | |
Manx | ashlish (apocalypse, dream, make-believe, revelation, vision). (various references) | |
Norwegian | illusjon (delusion), villfarelse (aberration). (various references) | |
Papiamen | ilushon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | illusionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ilusão (delusion, error, fallacy, lie, maya, phantasm, semblance, unreality). (various references) | |
Romanian | voal subţire, nãlucire (hallucination), credinţã (allegiance, belief, communion, confession, confidence, constancy, conviction, creed, denomination, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, hope, loyalty, persuasion, religion, standpoint, trust), amãgire (cheating, delusion, pretence), înşelãciune (bluff, cheat, deceit, deception, fake, flim-flam, foul play, frame up, fraud, guile, hoax, humbug, intake). (various references) | |
Russian | иллюзия (delusion, hallucination, illusion that, phantasm, phantom, rope of sand). (various references) | |
Scottish | briollag (an illusion). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | iluzija (fancy, mare's nest, mirage, trick), varka (delusion, pretence, pretense, sham, will-o'-the-wisp), privid (simulacrum), opsena (phantasm). (various references) | |
Spanish | ilusión (a flight of fancy, deception, delusion, dream, eagerness, hallucination, hope, mare's nest, phantasm), espejismo (delusion, mirage). (various references) | |
Swedish | synvilla (hallucination), inbillning (delusion, fancy, imagination), illusion (deception, delusion, fantasy, mare's nest, mare's-nest, mirage). (various references) | |
Turkish | illüzyon, yanılsama, hayal (bubble, castles in spain, castles in the air, day dream, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy, illusiveness, imagination, phantasy, pink elephant, pipe dream, reflection, reverie, shadow, simulacrum, specter, spectre, vision, waking dream), göz aldanması (optical illusion), aldatma (cheat, chicanery, deceit, deception, dupery, eyewash, have on, imposition, infidelity, inveiglement, mystification, shave, spoof), aldatıcı görünüş. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ілюзія (deception, delusion, mare's nest, phantasm, phantom, phasm), нездійснена мрія, примара (apparition, appearance, boggard, bogie, caddy, eidolon, ghost, phantom, poltergeist). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ảo tưởng ảo giác, ảo ảnh sự đánh lừa. (various references) | |
Welsh | lledrith (magic, phantasm), hud (charm, enchantment, magic). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inlusio, inlusiones, inlusionibus. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | illusorius. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | illusion. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "illusion": illusional, illusionary, illusionism, illusionisms, illusionist, illusionistic, illusionistically, illusionists, illusions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "illusion": disillusion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "illusion": disillusioned, disillusioning, disillusionment, disillusionments, disillusions, unillusioned. (additional references) | |
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"Illusion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aillusion, dillusion, Iliushin, illlusion, illuison, illusian, illusin, illusio, illusioned, illustion, illuyshin, Ilyusoin, inlusio, Kilusan, ollusion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "illusion" (pronounced i'luw"zhun) |
| 5 | -l uw" zh u n | allusion, collusion, conclusion, delusion, disillusion, exclusion, inclusion, occlusion, preclusion, seclusion. |
| 4 | -uw" zh u n | confusion, contusion, diffusion, extrusion, fusion, infusion, intrusion, profusion, transfusion. |
| 3 | -zh u n | abrasion, aspersion, aversion, circumcision, cohesion, collision, conversion, corrosion, decision, derision, dispersion, diversion, division, envision, equation, erosion, evasion, excision, excursion, explosion, immersion, implosion, incision, incursion, indecision, invasion, inversion, lesion, misprision, occasion, persuasion, perversion, precision, provision, recision, rescission, reversion, revision, suasion, subdivision, submersion, subversion, supervision, television, version, vision. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-l-l-n-o-s-u" | |
-2 letters: insoul. | |
-3 letters: linos, lions, loins, louis, nills, noils, nulls. | |
-4 letters: ills, ions, lino, lins, lion, loin, nill, nils, nisi, noil, nous, null, oils, onus, sill, silo, soil, soli, soul. | |
-5 letters: ill, ins, ion, lin, lis, nil, nos, nus, oil, ons, sin, sol, son, sou, sun, uns. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-l-l-n-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: illusions. | |
+2 letters: illusional, villainous. | |
+3 letters: disillusion, ebullitions, guillotines, illusionary, illusionism, illusionist. | |
+4 letters: disillusions, fuliginously, hallucinosis, illuminators, illusionisms, illusionists, illusoriness, illustration, illuviations, indissoluble, indissolubly, ingloriously, insolubility, insolubilize, libidinously, licentiously, multinomials, quadrillions, quintillions, sinusoidally, solifluction, solubilising, solubilizing, tourbillions, undecillions, unillusioned, villainously. | |
+5 letters: antiglobulins, disillusioned, duodecillions, feuilletonism, feuilletonist, flourishingly, illuminations, illusionistic, illustrations, insolubilized, insolubilizes, multibillions, multimillions, punctiliously, pusillanimous, situationally, solifluctions, soliloquising, soliloquizing, unlikelihoods, unmaliciously. | |
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