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Definition: Infiltration |
InfiltrationNoun1. A process in which a military force moves as individuals (or small groups) through enemy positions without detection. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "infiltration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Etymology: Infiltration \In`fil*tra"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression infiltration.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Agriculture | The downward entry of water into soil. Also called percolation. A high rate of infiltration means that soil moisture for crops will be higher. Many conservation practices, such as conservation tillage, reduce rates of runoff and increase infiltration rates. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | Inward flow of air into a building through points of leakage in its envelope. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | The uncontrolled inward leakageof air through cracks and gaps in the building envelope, especially around windows,doors and duct systems. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Penetration of liquid into porous or cracked material; e. g. the penetration of water into soil or rock; cf. percolation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | The diffusion or accumulation in a tissue or cells of substances not normal to it or in amounts of the normal. Also, the material so accumulated. (references) |
Hydrologic | Movement of water through the soil surface into the soil. (references) |
| Flow of water from the land surface into the subsurface. (references) | |
Military | A technique and process in which a force moves as individuals or small groups over, through or around enemy positions without detection. (references) |
Mining | The flow of a fluid into a solid substance through pores or small openings; specif. the movement of water into soil or porous rock.CF:percolation. (references) |
Weather | Movement of water from the ground surface into the soil. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
See entryism.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Infiltration."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ingress | Noun: ingress; entrance, entry; introgression; influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption; ingression; penetration, interpenetration; illapse, import, infiltration; immigration; admission; (reception); insinuation; (interjacence); insertion. |
Interposition | Interpenetration; permeation; infiltration. |
Mixture | Impregnation; infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion; infiltration; seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding; interpolation; adulteration, sophistication. |
Passage | Noun: passage, transmission; permeation; penetration, interpenetration; transudation, infiltration; endosmose exosmose; endosmosis; intercurrence; ingress; egress; path; conduit; opening; journey; voyage. |
Water | Dilution, maceration, lotion; washing. Verb: immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick) | |
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 | The islands after the booms were placed to prevent infiltration of oil into the marsh habitats.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | NRCS technicians conduct irrigation test to study the infiltration rates of water on various soils.Credit: Tim McCabe. |
 | NRCS technicians conduct irrigation test to study the infiltration rates of water on various soils.Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | Under spray from the rotating boom rainfall simulator he operates, hydraulic engineer Gary Frasier gathers information on soil infiltration and water runoff. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Amy Baker, a biological science technician, records water depth measurements made with an electronic caliper during infiltration studies on no-till plots. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Infiltration having taken place, sinking had followed. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Frequently there is a variable dermal lymphocyte infiltration. (references) | |
In this disease, the walls of the ventricles stiffen and lose their flexibility due to infiltration by abnormal tissue. (references) | ||
In most cases, the lungs reveal a mild to moderate interstitial pneumonitis with variable degrees of congestion, edema, and mononuclear cell infiltration. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Korea | An article in the KWP newspaper in 1999 criticized "imperialists and reactionaries" for trying to use ideological and cultural infiltration, including religion, to destroy socialism from within. (references) |
Cuba | The Ministry of Interior engaged in active efforts to control and monitor the country's religious institutions, including through surveillance, infiltration, and harassment of religious professionals and practitioners. (references) | |
India | The Mizoram Chief Minister stated that he wants the border with Burma to be "fenced to check further infiltration of immigrants into the state." Human rights monitors allege that about 1,000 Chin refugees had been arrested in Mizoram and some 200 had been repatriated forcibly to Burma between July and September 2000. NGO's estimate that 10,000 persons were expelled to Burma, where "the deportees were jailed pending hearings to be scheduled before military tribunals." An estimated 40,000 to 50,000 Chins live and work illegally in Mizoram. (references) | |
Economic History | Cambodia | The Vietnamese concentrated on consolidating their gains during the 1985-86 dry season, including an attempt to seal guerrilla infiltration routes into the country by forcing Cambodian laborers to construct trench and wire fence obstacles and minefields along virtually the entire Thai-Cambodian border. (references) |
Human Rights | Guinea | On March 26, members of the army at the Massakoundou refugee camp detained 457 refugees, mostly young men, following reports of possible rebel infiltration at the camp. (references) |
Political Economy | Sri Lanka | Fearing possible infiltration by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the Government prohibited more than 40,000 Tamil voters from crossing army checkpoints from LTTE-controlled territories to vote. (references) |
Worker Rights | Italy | Many of these factories, which face threats of infiltration or coercion by Chinese organized crime, are equipped with escape tunnels to thwart labor inspections. (references) |
China | The Government has moved to curb the proliferation of monasteries, which it contends are a drain on local resources and a conduit for political infiltration by the Tibetan exile community. (references) | |
China | The drive was launched to promote economic progress, strengthen the struggle against separatism, and stem "the Dalai clique's reactionary infiltration," according to official press reports. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Until such efforts succeed, or until the infiltration ceases, or until the conflict subsides, I think the course of wisdom for this country is that we just must firmly pursue our present course. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | We have noted the reduced level of infiltration, the reduction of our casualties, and are basing our withdrawal decisions partially on those factors. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Infiltration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.50% of the time. "Infiltration" is used about 200 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) | 99.5% | 199 | 21,651 |
| Noun (common) | 0.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 200 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "infiltration": air infiltration ♦ dune infiltration ♦ eosinophilic pulmonary infiltration ♦ Fatty infiltration ♦ infiltration area ♦ infiltration capacity ♦ infiltration gallery ♦ infiltration head ♦ infiltration rate ♦ Leukemic Infiltration ♦ Neutrophil Infiltration. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "infiltration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kullim (clearing, defecation, drainage, dribble, exudation, filtration, seepage), filtrim (filtering, filtration, percolation), depërtim (breakthrough, infiltrate, insight, penetration, permeation, seepage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تسلل (crept, infiltrate, insinuate, nose, penetrate, percolate, permeation, plant, skulk, sneak, spy out, steal in, steal out, stealth), تسريب, تسرب (get home, infiltrate, infuse, leak, leakage, ooze, seep, seepage), تخليل (acetification, pickling, preserving, pressing, souse), ترشيح (candidacy, filtering, nomination, run, transpiration), إرتشاح (drain, leak, leakage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нещо което се просмуква, нещо което прониква, просмукване (permeation, seepage), процеждане (permeation), проникване в тила на противника, инфилтрация (permeation), инфилтрат (infiltrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 滤渗. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | infiltrace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | infiltratio (infiltration of tumor cells, infiltration of tumour cells, tumor infiltration, tumour infiltration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | infiltratie (infiltration of tumor cells, infiltration of tumour cells, percolation, seepage, tumor infiltration, tumour infiltration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نفوذ (Authority, Dominance, Force, Hank, Importance, Influence, Influx, Osmosis, Prestige, Prevalence, Seepage), تصفیه (Administration, Catharsis, Settle, Settlement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | infiltraatio (infiltration of tumor cells, infiltration of tumour cells, tumor infiltration, tumour infiltration), imeytyminen (a general term covering both absorption and adsorption, absorption, percolation, seepage, sorption, wicking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | infiltration (infiltrate, infiltration of tumor cells, infiltration of tumour cells, injection, interflow, tumor infiltration, tumour infiltration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unterwanderung, infiltration (percolation, seepage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διείσδυση (cul-de-sac, dead end, fusion penetration, intrusion, penetration, permeation, perpetration), διήθηση (filter, filtering, filtration, infiltration of tumor cells, infiltration of tumour cells, percolation, seep water, seepage, seepage water, tumor infiltration, tumour infiltration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חלחול (penetration, percolation, permeability, seepage, trembling), ח"יר" (incursion, inroad, penetration), "סת ות, "ס " (filtering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | beszivárgás (infiltrate, leak, permeation, seepage), átszivárgás (filtration, osmose, osmosis, percolation, permeation, seepage, sweat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perembesan (leakage, oozing), penyusupan (penetration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | infiltrazione (cantilever, infiltration of tumor cells, infiltration of tumour cells, percolation, seepage, seeping, tumor infiltration, tumour infiltration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 潜入 (sneaking in), 浸出 (permeation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し"しゅつ (advance, effusion, extraction, exudation, percolation, permeation, step forward), し"じゅ" (permeation), せ"にゅう (preconception, prejudice, sneaking in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yn-heeley (infiltrate), shliawiney stiagh (infiltrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | infiltrationay infiltração (bleed through, bleeding, infiltrate, infinite, osmotic, percolation, percolator, permissible, pervasion, seepage), infiltração, fazer penetrar. (various references) infiltrare (infiltrate, penetration), infiltraţie (ooze). (various references) просачивание (percolation, seepage). (various references) infiltracija, provlačenje. (various references) infiltración (infiltration of tumor cells, infiltration of tumour cells, percolation, seepage, seeping, tumor infiltration, tumour infiltration). (various references) infiltration (air infiltration, land application, penetration, percolation, seep water, seepage, seepage water, seeping, wastewater land application). (various references) süzme (filtering, filtration, percolation, straining), süzülme (drainage, gliding, percolation, volplane), sızma (efflux, leak, leakage, ooze, oozing, outflow, percolation, permeation). (various references) інфільтрація (seepage), інфільтрат (infiltrate). (various references) sự rỉ qua. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "infiltration": infiltrations. (additional references) | |
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"Infiltration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: biofiltration, infitration. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "infiltration" (pronounced i'nfultrā"shun) |
| 9 | -f u l t r ā" sh u n | filtration. |
| 6 | -t r ā" sh u n | administration, arbitration, castration, concentration, demonstration, frustration, illustration, ministration, nitration, orchestration, penetration, prostration, registration, sequestration. |
| 5 | -r ā" sh u n | calibration, celebration, conflagration, consecration, dehydration, desecration, disintegration, duration, emigration, gyration, hydration, immigration, integration, libration, migration, narration, oration, proration, rehydration, vibration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, categorization, causation, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, imagination, imitation, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mineralization, miniaturization, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, 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, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, regulation, rehabilitation, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, 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, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, 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. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-i-i-l-n-n-o-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: filtration, flirtation. | |
-3 letters: filiation, inflation, initiator, nitration. | |
-4 letters: antiriot, flatiron, inflator. | |
-5 letters: airfoil, airlift, antlion, fontina, frontal, initial, intrant, introit, nitinol, tinfoil. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-i-i-l-n-n-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: infiltrations. | |
+5 letters: fractionalization. | |
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| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100110 01101001 01101100 01110100 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n f i l t r a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0066 0069 006C 0074 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438072757886846786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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