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INQUINATION

Definition: INQUINATION

INQUINATION

Noun

1. A defiling; pollution; stain.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Inquination \In`qui*na"tion\, noun. [Latin expression inquinatio.]. (references)

 

Synonyms within Context: INQUINATION

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

Deterioration

Impairment, inquination, injury, damage, loss, detriment, delaceration, outrage, havoc, inroad, ravage, scath; perversion,impairment, inquination, injury, damage, loss, detriment, delaceration, outrage, havoc, inroad, ravage, scath; perversion, prostitution, vitiation, discoloration, oxidation, pollution, defoedation, poisoning, venenation, leaven, contamination, canker, corruption, adulteration, alloy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Anagrams: INQUINATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-i-i-n-n-n-o-q-t-u"

-2 letters: antiunion, inanition.

-3 letters: quintain.

-4 letters: quinina, quinnat, quintan, quintin.

-5 letters: anoint, nation, quaint, quinin, quinoa, quinta, tannin.

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

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Alternative Orthography: INQUINATION


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

49 4E 51 55 49 4E 41 54 49 4F 4E

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

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

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    -.    --.-    ..-    ..    -.    .-    -    ..    ---    -.

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

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

01001001 01001110 01010001 01010101 01001001 01001110 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

I N Q U I N A T I O N

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 0051 0055 0049 004E 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

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

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

4348515543483554434948

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