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Definition: Incarceration |
IncarcerationNoun1. The state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "incarceration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Abnormal retention or confinement of a body part; specifically : a constriction of the neck of a hernial sac so that the hernial contents become irreducible. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: IncarcerationSynonyms: captivity (n), immurement (n), imprisonment (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Restraint | Confinement; durance, duress; imprisonment; incarceration, coarctation, entombment, mancipation, durance vile, limbo, captivity; blockade. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Incarceration |
| English words defined with "incarceration": captivity ♦ immurement, imprisonment. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "incarceration": DEPUTY SHERIFF, GRAND JURY, deputy, grand jury. (references) |
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| Play | Caption |
| Clink; jail; prison; behind bars; locked up; lock up; lock down; incarceration; incarcerated; Bastille; big cage; big house; big school; black hole; booby hatch; brig; bull pen; caboose; cage; calaboose; can; cell; cooler; coop; county hotel; death house. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Monastic incarceration is castration. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They mandate and arrange for treatment as an alternative to incarceration, actively monitor progress in treatment, and arrange for other services to drug-involved offenders. (references) | |
Increasingly, research is demonstrating that treatment for drug-addicted offenders during and after incarceration can have a significant beneficial effect upon future drug use, criminal behavior, and social functioning. (references) | ||
As a well-studied example, the Treatment Accountability and Safer Communities (TASC) program provides an alternative to incarceration by addressing the multiple needs of drug-addicted offenders in a community-based setting. (references) | ||
Business | The army continues to hold Gallardo but has reduced the previous inordinately high level of security of his incarceration. (references) | |
Children | Taiwan | The law provides for up to 2 years' incarceration for customers of prostitutes under the age of 18. The law also requires the publication of the names of violators in newspapers. (references) |
Dominican Republic | The criminal law provision on sexual abuse and intrafamily violence provides for a penalty of 10 to 20 years incarceration and a fine of $6,600 to $13,200 (108,000 to 216,000 pesos) for persons found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor, and up to 30 years if the victim is a family member of the abuser. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Burma | His family was not informed of his incarceration for several weeks. (references) |
Economic History | Guyana | Offering or receiving a bribe is a criminal offense in Guyana, punishable by incarceration. (references) |
Honduras | Bribery is a criminal act and, depending on the degree of the offense, is subject to fines or incarceration. (references) | |
Turkey | This drop in political violence can be traced both to the incarceration of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and law enforcement success against radical Islamist and left wing terror groups. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brunei | Many convicted persons reportedly prefer caning to lengthy incarceration. (references) |
Hong Kong | The average length of preconviction incarceration does not exceed 80 days. (references) | |
Namibia | There are several pilot programs that provide alternatives to incarceration for juvenile offenders. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Australia | The AIC reports that the incarceration rate among indigenous youth was 18.5 times that of the nonindigenous youth population in 1999. Over 45 percent of Aboriginal men between the ages of 20 and 30 years have been arrested at some time in their lives. (references) |
Minorities | Spain | After the two assailants were apprehended, the residents of Albaladejo, often led by the mayor, turned out in force to protest their incarceration and petition for their release. (references) |
Political Economy | Western Sahara | The February and March demonstrations came in response to the December 1999 incarceration of three Sahrawis accused of spying for the Polisario. (references) |
Political Rights | Indonesia | All adult citizens, except active-duty members of the armed forces, persons in prison convicted of crimes punishable by over 5 years' incarceration, persons suffering from mental disorders, and persons deprived of voting rights by an irrevocable verdict of a court of justice, are eligible to vote. (references) |
Travel | Ecuador | This provision of the law has been used to impose travel prohibitions against resident U.S. citizens, and also has led to the arrest and incarceration of U.S. business people while they were awaiting a hearing on the civil matter. (references) |
Worker Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Law enforcement actions targeting the sex industry have been infrequent, but have on occasion resulted in the detention, incarceration, and deportation of trafficked women. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Barely one month after FDR issued his order, Japanese-Americans and Japanese in America were being involuntary removed from their homes on the West Coast and transported to incarceration centers in out-of-the-way places. |
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| "Incarceration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Incarceration" is used about 69 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% | 69 | 40,280 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "incarceration": near-incarceration. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
incarceration | 37 |
incarceration alternative | 13 |
shock incarceration | 9 |
cost incarceration | 8 |
incarceration rate | 7 |
bullethole incarceration | 6 |
incarceration juvenile | 5 |
incarceration statistics | 4 |
home incarceration | 4 |
incarceration youth | 3 |
incarceration record | 2 |
effects incarceration | 2 |
incarceration juvenile shock | 2 |
incarceration post syndrome | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "incarceration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | burgosje (confinement, imprisoning, taking), burgim (committal, confinement, Durance, duress, immurement, imprisonment, jail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حصر (enclose, incarcerate, inclose, intercept, limitation, pin, pocket, restrict, restriction, straiten, trap), حجز (attach, attachment, be taken, bespeak, bond, confine, confinement, constrain, derequisition, detain, detention, distrain, foreclose, have reservations, immure, impound, incarcerate, keep, lock, mew, put away, recapture, reservation, reserve, restrain, retention, seize, seizure, sequester, sequestration, shut, staunch, stop, tackle), سجن (be imprisoned, can, clap, clink, confine, cooler, detain, detention, gaol, hatch, hock, immure, imprison, imprisonment, incarcerate, intern, internment, jail, jug, lock up, lockup, log cabin, mure, nick, penitentiary, pokey, prison, quod, send up, stir, throw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хвърляне в затвора (imprisonment), затваряне (closing, immurement, imprisonment, locking, occlusion, restraint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | uvìznìní (duress, immurement, imprisonment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | indeklemning, incarceration, incarceratio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | incarceratie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | incarcération. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Inkarzeration, einkerkerung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περίσφιγξη, φυλάκιση (commitment, confinement, custody, duress, immurement, imprisonment), εγκάθειρξη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מאסר (arrest, confinement, detention, imprisonment, prison), כליא" (detention, imprisonment, internment, jailing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bebörtönzés (duress, immurement, imprisonment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | incarcerazione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 幽閉 (confinement, depressed feeling, house arrest, imprisonment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ゆうへい (confinement, depressed feeling, house arrest, imprisonment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | pryssoonaght (detention, imprisonment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | incarcerationay incarceração, prender (apprehend, arrest, attract, bind, bond, cage, capture, clip, confine, coop, cop, detain, drop behind, embay, fasten, gaol, get fast, gift shop, grapple, handsel, hoop, immobilize, jail, jug, kennel, knit, lag, linkage, lock in, mewl, nab, pin, prison, quod, run in, secure, seize, shut, snaffle bit, take, take up, to apprehend, to arrest, to hang-up, to lodge, to seize), encarceramento (commitment, committal, limbo), encarceração. (various references) ущемление (strangulation), заключение (amen, close, closing, completion, conclusion, contraction, deduction, finale, finding, illation, imprisonment, peroration, upshot), инкарцерация. (various references) zatvaranje (closedown, closure, immurement, impoundment, locking, occlusion, shutdown), ukleštenje (strangulation). (various references) encarcelamiento (imprisonment), encarcelación. (various references) fängslande (arresting, attractive, captivating, enchainment, enthraling, enthralling, fascinating, imprisonment, intriguing). (various references) sıkıştırma (compression, importunity, pressing, push, squeeze), sıkışma (having hard time, jamming, pressure, squeeze), kapatma (close down, closing, closure, kept woman, liquidation, sealing, shutting, shutting down, turning off), hapsetme (imprisonment, internment, prison), hapsedilme (confinement, imprisonment, porridge), boğma (choke, drown, inundation, strangulation). (various references) ущемлення, ув'язнення (confinement, constraint, custody, duress, duresse, gaol, imprisonment, jail, ward). (various references) sự bỏ tù (gaol, imprisonment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "incarceration": incarcerations. (additional references) | |
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"Incarceration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incarcaration, incarcertion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "incarceration" (pronounced i'nkÄ'rserā"shun) |
| 6 | -s er ā" sh u n | laceration. |
| 5 | -er ā" sh u n | aberration, acceleration, admiration, adoration, agglomeration, alteration, amelioration, aspiration, cogeneration, collaboration, coloration, commemoration, confederation, configuration, conglomeration, consideration, cooperation, corporation, corroboration, deceleration, declaration, decoration, degeneration, deliberation, desperation, discoloration, elaboration, enumeration, evaporation, exaggeration, exasperation, exhilaration, exoneration, expiration, exploration, federation, figuration, generation, inauguration, incorporation, inspiration, liberation, maturation, moderation, nonproliferation, operation, perforation, perspiration, preparation, proliferation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, recuperation, redecoration, refrigeration, regeneration, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, remuneration, reparation, respiration, restoration, reverberation, saturation, separation, toleration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abomination, abrogation, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, altercation, amalgamation, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogitation, cohabitation, collectivization, colonization, colorization, combination, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, coordination, coronation, correlation, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, decentralization, decertification, decontamination, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evocation, exacerbation, examination, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhortation, exhumation, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, explanation, explication, exploitation, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, incantation, incapacitation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfirmation, recreation, recrimination, rectification, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refutation, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reinterpretation, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, 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. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-i-n-n-o-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: anacreontic, incinerator. | |
-3 letters: anticancer, concertina, concertini, contrarian. | |
-4 letters: accretion, anorectic, carnation, carnitine, cineraria, circinate, container, crenation, criterion, incarnate, incorrect, narration, nicotiana, tarriance. | |
-5 letters: accentor, acentric, acetonic, aconitic, actiniae, actinian, aeration, anointer, anoretic, anterior, antiarin, carcanet, carinate, carrotin, cationic, cercaria, ciceroni, cocinera, concerti, craniate, cratonic, creation, criteria, inaction, inerrant, interior, narcotic, necrotic, nicotine, raincoat, reaction, reanoint, tricorne, triennia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-i-n-n-o-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: incarcerations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 63 61 72 63 65 72 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.-. .- .-. -.-. . .-. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100011 01100001 01110010 01100011 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n c a r c e r a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0063 0061 0072 0063 0065 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43806967846971846786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Sounds 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Spoken | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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