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Definition: Immunity |
ImmunityNoun1. The state of not being susceptible: "unsusceptibility to rust". 2. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease. 3. The quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism". 4. An act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "immunity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Immunity \Im*mu"ni*ty\, noun; plural Immunities. [Latin immunitas, from immunis free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis complaisant, obliging, compare to munus service, duty: compare to French immunit['e]. See Common, and compare to Mean, adjective]. (references) |
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Chemistry | The state of a bare metal in which electrochemical corrosion is thermo-dynamically impossible. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Nonsusceptibility to the invasive or pathogenic effects of foreign microorganisms or to the toxic effect of antigenic substances. (references) |
Medicine | Resistance of the body to the effect of a harmful agent, such as pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | The ability of a device, unit of equipment or system to perform without degradation of quality in the presence of an electromagnetic disturbance. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The immune system of a multicellular organism acts as a defense against pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, and some poisons. There are several variations of immune systems throughout species, and sometimes more than one immune system within the same organism (for example, the human brain has its own immune system that is separate from the "normal" one).
Recognizing self and non-self: the problem of immunity
The Latin term immunis means exempt, referring to protection against foreign agents. The recognition of what is foreign is found in all life. In self-pollinating plants, a pollen grain landing on the stigma of a flower will send a pollen tubule down the style to the ovary for fertilization. A pollen grain from a genetically distinct plant will not germinate or the pollen tubule, once formed, will disintegrate in the style. In cross-pollinating species, self-marked pollen grains disintegrate, while nonself grains germinate and fertilize.
We may conceive of an arrangement where the cells of self are marked, so that they are not attacked by its own defense mechanism. But not all foreign cells may be destroyed since some must be assimilated for nourishment. Therefore, the immune system must have the capacity to detect self and some nonself. But since self needs to assimilate some nonself for its survival, it cannot mark itself. It is easier to mark potentially dangerous selves. But if only certain nonselves are marked, how does the body prepare to defend itself from selves not seen? The defense system must have the capacity to transform itself to deal with future dangers. It must also have the capacity to change, since the self itself evolves with time.
Structure of the immune system
Many organisms have an immune system. This immune system consists of an innate immunity which began in early eukaryotes such as the amoeba and generally consists of a set of mostly hard-wired responses to pathogens and does not change of the lifetime of the organism. Adaptive immunity in which the response to pathogens changes during the lifetime of an individual, appeared somewhat abruptly in evolutionary time with the appearance of cartilaginous (jawed) fish. Organisms that posess an adaptive immunity also posess an innate immunity and many of the mechanisms between the systems are common, so it not always possible to draw a hard and fast boundary between the individual components involved in each, despite the clear difference in operation. Humans have both an innate and an adaptive immune system.
Innate immune system
The adaptive immune system functions over extended time frames and may take days or weeks after an initial infection to have an effect. However, most organisms are under constant assult from pathogens, which must be kept in check by the fast-acting innate immune system. Innate immunity does not recognize specific pathogens, but rather fights general classes of pathogens using less specific defenses. Plants and many animals do not posses an adaptive immune system and instead rely on innate immunity.
The first defense includes barriers to infection such as skin and mucus coating of the gut and airways. Pathogens which penetrate these barriers encounter anti-microbial molecules that restrict the infection. Pathogens may also be recognized by molecules that distinguish generally between classes of pathogens such as Gram-negative or Gram-positive bacteria. These pathogen-recognition molecules activate the expression of defensive molecules which target the infection.
The current understanding of innate immunity is very limited. Recent studies of innate immunity have made use of model organisms that lack adaptive immunity such as the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, the fly Drosophila melanogaster, and the worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
Adaptive immune system
The adaptive immune system, which is much better understood than the innate immune system, is based on immune cells called leukocytes (or white blood cells) that are produced by stem cells in the bone marrow. The immune system can be divided into two parts. Many species, including mammals, have the following type:
- The humoral immune system, which acts against bacteria and viruses in the body liquids (such as blood). Its primary means of action are immunoglobulins, also called antibodies, which are produced by B cells (B means they develop in the bone marrow).
- The cellular immune system, which takes care of other cells that are infected by viruses. This is done by T cells, also called T lymphocytes (T means they develop in the thymus). There are two major types of T cells:
- Cytotoxic T cells (TC cells) recognize infected cells by using T-cell receptors to probe the surface of other cells. If they recognize an infected cell, they signal the cell to "commit suicide", thus killing that cell and any viruses it is in the process of creating.
- Helper T cells (TH cells) interact with macrophages (which ingest dangerous material), and also produce cytokines (interleukins) that induce the proliferation of B and T cells.
Disorders of the human immune system
There are a number of different autoimmune disorders, such as lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, and rheumatoid arthritis. In these the self-recognition ability of the immune system fails and it attacks a part of the patient's own body.
By contrast AIDS, the "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome" is an infectious disease, transmitted by the HIV virus, which causes degeneration of the body's immune system.
See also:
- antigen/antigenic determinant/epitope/hapten/memory cell
- autoimmune disorders:
- aplastic anemia
- Type I diabetes
- Graves disease
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- lupus erythematosus
- multiple sclerosis
- myasthenia gravis
- optic neuritis
- psoriasis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- CD4 receptor/CD8 receptor/perforin/apoptosis/clonal selection
- immunotherapy
- lymphatic system/lymphocyte
- macrophage
- major histocompatibility complex/class I MHC/class II MHC
- monoclonal antibody/polyclonal antibody
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Immune system."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
- In a medical sense, immunity is a state of having sufficient biological defenses to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion.
- In a legal sense, immunity confers a status on a person or body that makes that person or body free from otherwise legal obligations such as, for example, liability for damages or punishment for criminal acts.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Immunity."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Immunity confers a status on a person or body that makes that person or body free from otherwise legal obligations such as, for example, liability for damages or punishment for criminal acts. There are various types of immunity, such as judicial immunity, prosecutorial immunity, parliamentary immunity, immunity from prosecution, and sovereign immunity.Sovereign immunity is based on the idea that a sovereign is superior to all in authority and power. It prevents, in advance, a suit or prosecution against a sovereign (being a monarch, ruler, or government as the case may be) without the sovereign's consent.
Judicial immunity, which finds its origin in sovereign immunity, is the absolute immunity of a judge or magistrate from any kind of civil liability for an act performed in the judge's official capacity, i.e. while sitting on the bench the judge cannot be sued for slander if he or she makes a statement about one of the parties before the court that might otherwise be considered slander.
Like judicial immunity, the prosecutor, who is acting under the direction of the sovereign or crown to prosecute cannot be held liable for acts done as an agent of the sovereign. Note how this is distinguished from false arrest.
Parliamentary immunity is granted to elected government officials during their official acts in parliament, congress or other public deliberative organ of government. Such immunity is seen to be a means to the free discussion of ideas, when it is abused there may be ways to surmount such immunity, see for example the biography of Jürgen Möllemann.
Immunity from prosecution occurs when a prosecutor grants immunity to a witness in exchange for testimony. It is immunity because the prosecutor essentially agrees to never prosecute the crime that the witness might have committed in exchange for that testimony.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Immunity (legal)."
Synonyms: ImmunitySynonyms: exemption (n), granting immunity (n), resistance (n), unsusceptibility (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: susceptibility (n). (additional references) |
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Acquittal | Impunity; diplomatic immunity; immunity; plea bargain, deal with the prosecutor. |
Dueness | Noun: due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, claim, pretension, demand, birthright. immunity, license, liberty, franchise; vested interest, vested right. |
Exemption | Noun: exemption; absence; exception, immunity, privilege, release. |
Noun: exemption, freedom, irresponsibility, immunity, liberty, license, release, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolution, franchise, renunciation, discharge; exculpation. Verb: be exempt; Adjective: | |
Freedom | Immunity, exemption; emancipation; (liberation); enfranchisement, affranchisement. |
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Screenplays | I know another big word: immunity. (Traffic; writing credit: Stephen Gaghan) Total joke immunity! He's already got the two major religions covered (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) I have immunity from the Justice Department, and I have immunity from the Risen Jesus (Hannibal; writing credit: David Mamet) Just like the bad guy from Lethal Weapon 2, I've got diplomatic immunity, so Hammer, you cant sue. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) Diplomatic immunity! (Lethal Weapon 2; writing credit: Shane Black;) | |
Lyrics | There is simply no immunity (Brand New Day; performing artist: Sting) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Question of Immunity (1971) Columbo: A Case of Immunity (1975) | |
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 | Shows photo of young boy receiving the Schick Test from a doctor. Boy is accompanied by mother and younger sibling (1915). (the test is a measure of immunity to diphtheria). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Vaccinia virus is normally confined to cattle, but is conveyed to humans through vaccination, thereby, imparting immunity to the smallpox Variola virus. Credit: CDC. |
 | English physician Edward Jenner was an early pioneer in the development of smallpox vaccination. In 1796 he discovered that inoculation with cowpox gave immunity to smallpox. By 1801 over 100,000 persons in England had been vaccinated. Credit: CDC. |  | Historically, the vaccine has been effective in preventing smallpox infection in 95% of those vaccinated. Smallpox vaccination provides high level immunity for 3 to 5 years. Thereafter, immunity level decreases. Credit: CDC. |
 | From Immunity to Cellular and Molecular immunology. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | John D. Rockefeller, wearing "Standard Oil System" bathrobe, stands by "Immunity Bath" bathtub. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Every favour, immunity or privilege in regard to the importation, exportation or transit of goods granted by Germany to any Allied or Associated State or to any other foreign country whatever shall simultaneously and unconditionally, without request and without compensation, be extended to all the Allied and Associated States. (reference) |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The clear certitude of his own immunity grew dim and to it succeeded a vague fear that his soul had really fallen unawares |
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Health | Very little is known about immunity to ehrlichial infections. (references) | |
This can happen because pregnancy diminishes their immunity to malaria. (references) | ||
Those who survive malaria in childhood gradually build up some immunity. (references) | ||
Business | In the past, most hospitals operated their own incinerators, which were protected by Crown Immunity. (references) | |
Because of the complexity of industrial waste management, and choosing to hide behind a claim of immunity, municipalities do not respond to the requests of the industry and prefer to declare that industrial waste management is not their responsibility and pass the problem on to the central governments. (references) | ||
The oral health of the Australian population is influenced by age, exposure to fluorides, dietary patterns, preventive dental behaviors, smoking, alcohol consumption, stress, infection and immunity, access to and use of preventive and dental restorative services, and attitudes toward treatment preferences. (references) | ||
Children | Argentina | Children under the age of 16 have immunity. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Israel and the occupied territories | In November the Knesset voted to lift Bisharah's immunity so that he could face prosecution. (references) |
Togo | The law also provides that editors and publishers, including legislators with parliamentary immunity, are liable for crimes committed through the press. (references) | |
Economic History | Ukraine | Many of these oligarchs enjoy immunity from prosecution thanks to their seats in the Rada (parliament). (references) |
Uk | It also includes measures to remove Parliamentary Immunity granted to Members of Parliament to bring them under criminal law for corruption offenses. (references) | |
Greece | In cases where politicians are involved, the Greek Parliament decides whether parliamentary immunity should be lifted to allow a special court action to follow. (references) | |
Human Rights | Canada | The law provides for immunity from human rights laws for judges. (references) |
Chile | The family subsequently sought the lifting of Pinochet's immunity. (references) | |
Honduras | Many elected politicians enjoy constitutional immunity due to the privilege of their office. (references) | |
Minorities | Slovak Republic | In September 2000, Parliament voted to lift his parliamentary immunity, thus allowing criminal prosecution on the grounds of instigating racial hatred. (references) |
Canada | The chaplain's initial complaints filed with the provincial and federal human rights commissions were dismissed because the law gives judges immunity from human rights laws. (references) | |
Political Economy | UNITED KINGDOM | Unions do not have immunity from prosecution for secondary strikes or for actions with suspected political motivations. (references) |
Political Rights | Iran | She was the first sitting Majles member to face prosecution for statements made under cover of immunity. (references) |
Fiji | Later that month, the last hostages in Parliament were released, and the rebel leaders were arrested, despite an immunity decree. (references) | |
Iran | The cases were a result of the ongoing conflict between reformist Parliamentarians and the hard-line judiciary over precisely what type of speech is protected by parliamentary immunity. (references) | |
Women | Nicaragua | A formal hearing is scheduled for March 2002. On December 12, Ortega renounced his congressional immunity from prosecution to face Narvaez's charges. (references) |
Nicaragua | The case publicized the problems of incest, rape, and women's rights and also highlighted the issue of immunity from prosecution for parliamentary deputies. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | For example, in July 2000, the Government lifted the immunity of then-Transportation Minister Yitzhak Mordecai following complaints that he had sexually harassed three women. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Ukraine | The law does not extend the immunity from discipline or dismissal to strikers who take part in strikes that later are declared illegal by the courts. (references) |
Australia | Protected action provides employers, employees, and unions with legal immunity from claims of losses incurred by industrial action during the formal period of bargaining over a new enterprise agreement. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TRIAL, n. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. In order to effect this purpose it is necessary to supply a contrast in the person of one who is called the defendant, the prisoner, or the accused. If the contrast is made sufficiently clear this person is made to undergo such an affliction as will give the virtuous gentlemen a comfortable sense of their immunity, added to that of their worth. In our day the accused is usually a human being, or a socialist, but in mediaeval times, animals, fishes, reptiles and insects were brought to trial. A beast that had taken human life, or practiced sorcery, was duly arrested, tried and, if condemned, put to death by the public executioner. Insects ravaging grain fields, orchards or vineyards were cited to appeal by counsel before a civil tribunal, and after testimony, argument and condemnation, if they continued in contumaciam the matter was taken to a high ecclesiastical court, where they were solemnly excommunicated and anathematized. In a street of Toledo, some pigs that had wickedly run between the viceroy's legs, upsetting him, were arrested on a warrant, tried and punished. In Naples and ass was condemned to be burned at the stake, but the sentence appears not to have been executed. D'Addosio relates from the court records many trials of pigs, bulls, horses, cocks, dogs, goats, etc., greatly, it is believed, to the betterment of their conduct and morals. In 1451 a suit was brought against the leeches infesting some ponds about Berne, and the Bishop of Lausanne, instructed by the faculty of Heidelberg University, directed that some of "the aquatic worms" be brought before the local magistracy. This was done and the leeches, both present and absent, were ordered to leave the places that they had infested within three days on pain of incurring "the malediction of God." In the voluminous records of this cause celebre nothing is found to show whether the offenders braved the punishment, or departed forthwith out of that inhospitable jurisdiction. |
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Rush Limbaugh | Here's a company that originally was going to be left out of protections, and McCain basically said that he didn't care how badly they'd screwed up in doing their job of protecting air passengers, he wanted them given immunity! |
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The bill also phases out most of the old law's immunity for setting rates. |
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| "Immunity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Immunity" is used about 619 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 619 | 10,440 |
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Expressions using "immunity": acquired immunity ♦ active immunity ♦ Biological Immunity Analysis ♦ cell immunity ♦ cellular immunity ♦ diplomatic immunity ♦ fiscal immunity ♦ granting immunity ♦ herd immunity ♦ immunity from taxation ♦ innate immunity ♦ legal immunity ♦ natural immunity ♦ noise immunity ♦ parliamentary immunity ♦ passive immunity ♦ racial immunity ♦ tax immunity. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "immunity": cross-immunity, non-immunity, rfi-immunity. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "immunity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | imunitet, paprekshmëri (integrity, inviolability, sanctity), përjashtim (disqualification, elimination, exception, exclusion, excommunication, expulsion, ouster, reserve), lirim (clearing, discharge, disentanglement, dismissal, dismission, freeing, relaxation, release). (various references) | |
Arabic | مناعة (immunology, impregnability, inviolability), حصانة دبلوماسية (diplomatic immunity), حصانة (exterritoriality, impregnability, impunity, inviolability, invulnerability, sacredness), إستثناء (exception, exclusion, exemption), إعفاء (acquittal, dispensation, exemption, release, relief, remission of debts). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | освобождаване (delivery, discharge, disengagement, disentanglement, dismission, dispensation, disposal, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extrication, liberation, remission, rescue, vacation), неприкосновеност (inviolability, sanctity), имунитет. (various references) | |
Chinese | 免疫 . (various references) | |
Czech | imunita, osvobození (acquittal, deliverance, enfranchisement, exemption, liberation, manumission, release, rescue), odolnost (endurance, stamina, tolerance, toughness). (various references) | |
Danish | immunitet. (various references) | |
Dutch | immuniteit. (various references) | |
Farsi | معافیت (Exemption, Freedom), مصونیت (Security), جواز (License, Paper, Pass, Permit, Sanction), ازادی (Freedom, Independence, Liberty, Option, Release, Relief), بخشودگی (Impunity, Indemnity). (various references) | |
Finnish | immuunius, immuniteetti, vastustuskyky, koskemattomuus (inviolability), häiriönsieto. (various references) | |
French | immunité (parliamentary immunity). (various references) | |
German | sicherheit (aplomb, assurance, caution, certainty, certitude, certitudes, collateral, competence, confidence, firmness, guaranty, reliability, safeness, safety, secureness, security, self-assurance, steadiness, sureness, surety), immunität. (various references) | |
Greek | ασυδοσία (impunity), ανοσία. (various references) | |
Hebrew | חסינות (privilege, strength). (various references) | |
Hungarian | védettség (protection), mentesség (discharge, exemption, franchise, freedom). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kekebalan. (various references) | |
Italian | immunità. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 免疫 (immunization). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | めんえきせい, めんえき (immunization, release from office). (various references) | |
Korean | 면제 (Exempting, Immunities, remission). (various references) | |
Manx | seyrsnys (autonomy, freedom, independence, inexpensiveness, latitude, liberty, self-determination). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | immunityay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | imunidade (franchise, freedom, privelege, privilege). (various references) | |
Romanian | imunitate (indemnity), exceptare. (various references) | |
Russian | устойчивость (stability, steadiness), невосприимчивость (insensitivity, insusceptibility, nonsusceptibility), иммунитет. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | imunitet (franchise). (various references) | |
Spanish | inmunidad (freedom). (various references) | |
Swedish | immunitet (privilege). (various references) | |
Turkish | muafiyet (dispensation, exemption, exoneration, freedom, release), etkilenmeme (impregnability), dokunulmazlık (exterritoriality, extraterritorial, extraterritoriality, franchise, privacy, privilege), bağışıklık (challenge, dispensation, exemption), ayrıcalık (benefit, cachet, charter, concession, concessionairy, eligibility, faculty, Favor, favour, franchise, incident, oracle, peculiar, prerogative, privilege, refusal, royalty, speciality). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | імунітет, недоторканність, звільнення (acquittal, acquittance, affranchisement, amendment, bounce, deliverance, disengagement, dismissal, dismission, ejection, emancipation, enfranchisement, enlargement, exemption, exoneration, freedom, liberation, push, quit, quittance, release, remission, remittal). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự miễn. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inmunitatis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "immunity": autoimmunity. (additional references) | |
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"Immunity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ammunity, imunity, ommunity. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "immunity" (pronounced i'myuw"nutē) |
| 7 | -m y uw" n u t ē | community. |
| 6 | -y uw" n u t ē | disunity, impunity, unity. |
| 5 | -uw" n u t ē | opportunity. |
| 4 | -n u t ē | affinity, alkalinity, amenity, dignity, divinity, eternity, femininity, fraternity, humanity, indemnity, indignity, infinity, inhumanity, insanity, masculinity, maternity, modernity, obscenity, paternity, profanity, salinity, sanity, serenity, solemnity, Trinity, vanity, vicinity, virginity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, ability, abnormality, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, ambiguity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, sanctity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-m-m-n-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: minium, mutiny. | |
-3 letters: minim, minty, tummy, unity. | |
-4 letters: immy, inti, mini, mint, mity, muni, tiny, tyin, unit. | |
-5 letters: mim, mum, mun, mut, nim, nit, nut, tin, tui, tun, umm, yin, yum. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-m-m-n-t-u-y" | |
+4 letters: autoimmunity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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