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Definitions: Mansion |
MansionNoun1. One of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided. 2. A large and imposing house. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mansion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream that you are in a mansion where there is a haunted chamber, denotes sudden misfortune in the midst of contentment. To dream of being in a mansion, indicates for you wealthy possessions. To see a mansion from distant points, foretells future advancement. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Fine Arts | One of several structures of wood and canvas in a stage setting simulating a building or other place before which a scene could be played. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Mansion The Latin mansio was simply a tent pitched for soldiers on the march; and, hence a "day's journey" (Pliny, xii. 14). Subsequently the word was applied to a roadside house for the accommodation of strangers. (Suetonius Tit. 10). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: MansionSynonyms: hall (n), house (n), manse (n), mansion house (n), planetary house (n), residence (n), sign (n), sign of the zodiac (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | House, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mansion |
| English words defined with "mansion": castle ♦ grandly, great hall ♦ Lodge ♦ Mains, manor, manor house, mansion house ♦ palace, pleasance ♦ retrofit ♦ stately home ♦ Tenantless. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mansion": City of the Seven Hills ♦ Eliashib ♦ George Street, Gladsheim, Glass Houses, Gray's Inn ♦ Lamps, Leaden Hall, Leicester Square, Lord Mayor's Day ♦ Right Foot Foremost ♦ Somerset House, Stone Soup ♦ York Stairs. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mansion": manor, manse, messuage ♦ Permanent. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mansion" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (villa). |
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Screenplays | Kicking back like in my huge mansion, if everything goes right, it's all up to me. Just watching like the dolphins, and the porpoises and the sharks and the little sea horses and all that fun stuff go by in a whole different country, while things happen back here. (Me, Myself and I; writing credit: Corey Haim) Mark can keep his mansion and his money and his cars cause right now I'm holding in my arms the greatest treasure on Earth. (Promised Land; writing credit: Frédéric D'Onfs; Olivier Langlois) Look. It's a waste of time to creep around this depravos mansion, escorted by two of Mother Nature's finest freaks! (Rock & Rule; writing credit: John Halfpenny; Patrick Loubert) Once upon a time, on the north shore of Long Island, not far from New York, there was a very very large mansion, almost a castle, where there lived a family by the name of Larrabee. (Sabrina; writing credit: Samuel A. Taylor; Billy Wilder) My parents are going to the Playboy mansion this weekend. (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) | |
Lyrics | You can build a mansion but you just can't live in it ("NO ONE IS TO BLAME"; performing artist: Howard Jones) Here me yack, I want the mansion, the yacht ("Feelin' So Good"; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez) Help me build a mansion from my little pile of clay. ("She's a Lady"; performing artist: Tom Jones) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002) Minggao Xu's Secret Visits to General Ning's Mansion (1940) A Dog in a Mansion (1940) The Mansion of Mystery (1927) A Mansion of Misery (1913) | |
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 | Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Live oaks and palmetto at sunrise on the road to Sapelo Lighthouse. The Reynolds Mansion, also called.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site.Credit: NPS. |
 | Winter panorama across Sukhona River, with cathedral ensemble and Buldakov mansion, Velikii Ustiug, Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | Batiushkin Mansion (1902), Omsk, Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Alexander Herzen Regional Library, formerly the E. Khokhriakov mansion (1792, 1799; reconstructed 1954-59), Viatka, Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | Gribushin Mansion, built around 1900, Perm', Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Rastorguev-Kharitonov mansion (early 19th century), Ekaterinburg, Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | Mansion of the Tartar merchant, Karym Khamitov (1894), which is now being converted into a cultural center for the region's Tartar population, Tomsk, Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Tsukerman mansion (around 1900), Krasnoiarsk, Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | Gadalov Mansion (1909-10), Krasnoiarsk, Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox | All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. |
George Eliot | Each thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we build it each day. |
Marcus T. Cicero | The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion. |
William Shakespeare | Why so large a cost, having so short a lease, does thou upon your fading mansion spend? |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | A very gracious invitation was returned, and the evening no longer dreaded by the fair mistress of the mansion. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A hundred years is youth to a church, but old age to a private mansion. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | We have built for this world a family mansion, and for the next a family tomb. |
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Civil Liberties | Zimbabwe | The lead story in the burned issue concerned the construction of a new mansion for President Mugabe. (references) |
Human Rights | Liberia | There were credible reports of unofficial detention facilities, including one at the Executive Mansion, in which detainees were held without charge and in some cases tortured. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Mansion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.85% of the time. "Mansion" is used about 655 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) | 90.85% | 595 | 10,710 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.15% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Total | 100.00% | 655 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "mansion": mansion house ♦ old dilapidated mansion ♦ the mansion house. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "mansion": mansion-block, mansion-house, mansion-like, mansion-studded. | |
| 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 |
mansion | 1,707 |
playboy mansion | 489 |
haunted mansion | 442 |
luigis mansion | 297 |
mansion for sale | 261 |
mansion picture | 233 |
mansion thug | 190 |
mansion thugz | 189 |
maniac mansion | 176 |
newport mansion | 168 |
mansion winchester | 164 |
biltmore mansion | 148 |
mansion floor plan | 99 |
lord mansion | 95 |
cheat luigis mansion | 95 |
vanderbilt mansion | 86 |
hayes mansion | 66 |
lemp mansion | 64 |
house london mansion | 56 |
mansion house plan | 48 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "mansion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtëpi i madhe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فندق خاص, قصر (abridge, become shorter, brevity, castle, chateau, contract, court, fragility, limit, limitation, mortar, narrowness, palace, reduction, restriction, shorten, shortness, smallness), السكن (living), شقة (apartment, flat, maisonette, suite, tenement), دوار قصر, بيت عمدة لندن. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | голямо представително жилище, замък (chateau, hall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 豪宅, 府 (prefecture), 大廈 (edifice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | velký dùm, panské sídlo (hall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | herenhuis (gentleman's house, manor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | domego. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | عمارت چنددستگاهی , عمارت بزرگ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mansion, résidence officielle, résidence (mansion-house), immeuble, hôtel particulier (manor), château (manor house). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | villa (Villa). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μέγαρο (court, gentleman's house, manor, palace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ארמון (chateau, palace), "ומוס (layer of stones, palace), בית חומ", בית '"ול (habitat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nemesi kúria. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | rumah besar, gedong (fancy house). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | palazzo (building, hall, palace), dimora (abode, court, dwelling, home, homesite, house, residence, residency, sojourn, stay), casa signorile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 邸宅 (residence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たち (cut, cutting, long sword, nature, plural suffix, quality, small castle, stand), しゃ (borrowing, copy, describe, duplicate, gauze, house, hut, inn, now, photograph, picture, reproduce, then, trace, transcribe, well), せき (barrier, cough, dam, gate, house, hut, inn, one's domicile, one's family register, product, seat, sluice), やしき, やかた (boat cabin, small castle), との (feudal lord, palace), ていたく (residence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 택. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ynnyd veaghee (abode, residence), thie mooar (asylum, dwelling, hall, manor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ansionmay gmach. (various references) mansão (Castle, chateau). (various references) vilã (bungalow, cottage, Villa), palat (court, hall, palace, palate), conac (hall, halt, manor, manor house), casã mare, bloc (blank, block, block of flats, unit). (various references) большой особняк. (various references) f rdach (a mansion, home, house), ros (a dwelling, house). (various references) velika gospodska kuća (mansion-house), rezidencija (residence, residency), palata (mansion-house, palace). (various references) palacio (palace, palazzo), casa grande. (various references) herrgård (chateau, country house, country seat, gentleman's house, manor). (various references) konak (court, dandriff, dandruff, hall, halting place, inn, residence, residency, road house, scurf, Villa), köşk (kiosk, kiosque, pavilion, Villa), kâşane. (various references) особняк (palace). (various references) $the mansion-house$ nh thị trưởng Luân-ddôn (mansion-house). (various references) plas (hall, palace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | moenia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Corinthians Chapter 5, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai gar en toutw stenazomen to oikhthrion hmwn to ex ouranou ependusasqai epipoqounteV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nam et in hoc ingemescimus habitationem nostram quae de caelo est superindui cupientes |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For whi in this thing we mornen, coueitynge to be clothid aboue with oure dwellyng, which is of heuene; if netheles we ben foundun clothid, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And herefore sigh we desyringe to be clothed wt oure mansion which is from heven: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our house which is from heaven: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven: |
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| Language | 2 Corinthians Chapter 5, Verse 2 |
| Bulgarian | Защото всички трябва да застанем открити пред Христовото съдилище, за да получи всеки според каквото е правил в тялото, било добро или зло. |
| Cebuano | Sa pagkatinuod dinhi niining maong payag kita nagapanghupaw sa atong pagpangandoy nga unta kasapawan na kita nianang atong langitnong puloy-anan, |
| Chinese | 我 們 在 這 帳 棚 裡 歎 息 、 深 想 得 那 從 天 上 來 的 房 屋 、 好 像 穿 上 衣 服 ． |
| Croatian | U ovome doista stenjemo i èeznemo da se povrh njega zaodjenemo svojim nebeskim obitavalištem; |
| Danish | Ja, også i denne sukke vi, længselsfulde efter at overklædes med vor Bolig fra Himmelen, |
| Dutch | Want ook in dezen zuchten wij, verlangende met onze woonstede, die uit den hemel is, overkleed te worden. |
| Finnish | Sentähden me huokaammekin ikävöiden, että saisimme pukeutua taivaalliseen majaamme, |
| French | Aussi nous gémissons dans cette tente, désirant revêtir notre domicile céleste, |
| German | Und darüber sehnen wir uns auch nach unsrer Behausung, die vom Himmel ist, und uns verlangt, daß wir damit überkleidet werden; |
| Haitian Creole | Koulye a m'ap plenn anpil, sitèlman m' anvi antre nan kay mwen gen nan syèl la. |
| Hungarian | Azért is sóhajtozunk ebben, óhajtván felöltözni erre a mi mennyei hajlékunkat; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di dalam rumah yang sekarang ini, kita mengeluh sebab kita rindu sekali tinggal di dalam rumah kita yang di surga itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena itulah sebabnya kami mengeluh di sini serta rindu hendak bersalut dengan rumah kami yang dari surga itu. |
| Italian | Perciò sospiriamo in questo nostro stato, desiderosi di rivestirci del nostro corpo celeste: |
| Korean | 과 연 우 리 가 여 기 있 어 탄 식 하 며 하 늘 로 부 터 오 " 우 리 처 소 로 덧 입 기 를 간 히 사 모 하 노 니 |
| Latvian | Jo ðinî mçs nopûðamies, ilgodamies bût ietçrpti tanî mâjoklî, kas ir no debesîm, |
| Maori | He pono hoki i tenei e aue ana tatou, e hiahia ana ki to tatou whare o te rangi hei kakahu mo tatou: |
| Modern Greek | Επειδη εν τουτω στεναζομεν, επιποθουντες να επενδυθωμεν το κατοικητηριον ημων το ουρανιον, |
| Norwegian | For også mens vi er her til huse, sukker vi, fordi vi lenges efter å overklædes med vår bolig fra himmelen, |
| Portuguese | Pois neste tabernáculo nós gememos, desejando muito ser revestidos da nossa habitação que é do céu, |
| Rumanian | Wi gemem kn cortul acesta, plini de dorinya sq ne kmbrqcqm peste el cu locawul nostru ceresc, |
| Russian | пФФПЗП НЩ Й ЧПЪ"ЩИБЕН, ЦЕМБС П'МЕЮШУС Ч ОЕ'ЕУОПЕ ОБЫЕ ЦЙМЙЭЕ; |
| Shuar | Ju ayashnium pujusar Wáitiaji, taji. Yamaram ayash nayaimpiniam pujana nu achiktai tusar wakeraji. |
| Spanish | Pues en esta tienda gemimos deseando ser sobrevestidos de nuestra habitación celestial; |
| Swahili | Na sasa, katika hali hii, tunaugua, tukitazamia kwa hamu kubwa kuvikwa makao yetu yaliyo mbinguni. |
| Swedish | Därför sucka vi ju ock av längtan att få överkläda oss med vår himmelska hydda; |
| Thai | เพราะว่าในร่างกายนี้เรายังครวญคร่ำอยู่ มีความปรารถนาอย่างยิ่งที่จะสวมที่อาศัยของเราที่มาจากสวรรค์ |
| Ukrainian | Тому то й зідха"мо, бажаючи приодягтися будівлею нашею, що з неба, |
| Uma | Bula-ta tuwu' -pidi hi dunia' toi, ntodohaka-ta pai' mpokahina-ta woto-ta to bo'u hi suruga. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mansion": mansions. (additional references) | |
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"Mansion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amancio, ansafone, maision, malsain, Mancino, Manessier, Mangione, manian, Manion, Manlio, Mannino, Manseng, Mansin, Mansing, Manso, mansoni, mansoon, Mansoor, mantion, Manzie, Maqsako, masion, Masuno, meansion, mension, Menson, menssion, Menston, meusien, minson, Moncion, Mondino, Monsigny, Munslow, nanino. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mansion" (pronounced ma"nshun) |
| 5 | -a" n sh u n | expansion, overexpansion. |
| 4 | -n sh u n | apprehension, ascension, attention, comprehension, condescension, contention, convention, detention, dimension, dissension, extension, gentian, hypertension, hypotension, invention, mention, misapprehension, pension, pretension, prevention, reinvention, retention, suspension, tension. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: amnions, onanism. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-m-n-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: amnion, amnios, anions, nanism, nasion, nomina. | |
-2 letters: amino, amins, amnio, anion, mains, manos, mason, minas, moans, monas, nomas, nonas. | |
-3 letters: aims, ains, amin, amis, anis, anon, inns, ions, main, mano, mans, mina, miso, moan, moas, mons, nans, naoi, naos, nims, noma, noms, nona, sain, sima, soma. | |
-4 letters: aim, ain, ais, ami, ani, inn, ins, ion, ism, man, mas, mis, moa, mon, mos, nam, nan, nim, nom, nos, oms, ons, sim, sin, som, son. | |
-5 letters: ai, am, an, as, in, is, ma, mi, mo, na, no, om, on, os, si, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-m-n-n-o-s" | |
+1 letter: insomnia, mansions, masoning, nominals, onanisms. | |
+2 letters: cinnamons, dominants, hominians, insomniac, insomnias, kinswoman, mandolins, mannitols, mountains, nominates, ransoming, unanimous. | |
+3 letters: animations, antagonism, antimonies, antinomies, antonymies, badmintons, companions, damnations, dominances, emanations, informants, insomniacs, mandolines, mayonnaise, melatonins, menadiones, mentations, misatoning, monandries, monoamines, monomanias, nominalism, nominalist, nominators, nonmusical, omniranges, pneumonias, romanising, sanctimony, snowmaking, womanising. | |
+4 letters: admonishing, admonitions, ammunitions, anachronism, anatomising, anointments, anonymities, antagonisms, antimoderns, antimonials, antimonides, antinomians, antismoking, antonomasia, calamondins, champignons, codominants, confirmands, daunomycins, denominates, dimensional, dominations, emendations, enantiomers, geminations, harmonising, hemocyanins, inharmonies, inhumations, inseminator, intimations, laminations, magnanimous, mandolinist, manumission, marinations, mayonnaises, meningiomas, mensuration, monomaniacs, mountainous, nationalism, nitrosamine, noisemaking, nominalisms, nominalists, nominations, nominatives, nonadmirers, nonfamilies, nonmigrants, nonmusician, nonmystical, nonorgasmic, normalising, numerations, obtainments, ordainments, plasminogen, renominates, ruminations, subdominant, synonymical, unanimously, womanliness. | |
+5 letters: abominations, actinomycins, admonishment, aminopterins, aminopyrines, ammoniations, anachronisms, anastomosing, anticonsumer, antinepotism, antonomasias, appointments, astonishment, asynchronism, barnstorming, bombinations, brominations, cementations, centimorgans, chrominances, combinations, comminations, communicants, compensating, compensation, complainants, concomitants, connubialism, consummating, consummation, containments, contaminants, contaminates, criminations, culminations, deaminations, denominators, eliminations, enamorations, encompassing, enumerations, examinations, expansionism, fomentations, frontiersman, fulminations, germinations, gormandising, imaginations, impassioning, inconsumable, inconsumably, inflationism, informations, inharmonious, insemination, inseminators, lamentations, machinations, malfunctions, mandolinists, manifestoing, manifoldness, manumissions, marathonings, marginations, menstruation, mensurations, methanations, ministration, moneymakings, monolinguals, monosynaptic, monsignorial, mountaineers, mountainside, mountaintops, nationalisms, necromancies, nitrosamines, noisemakings, nominalistic, nonacademics, nonadmission, nonambiguous, nonchemicals, noncriminals, nondominants, nonmilitants, nonmusicians, nonruminants, nonunanimous, nymphomanias, onomastician, pandemoniums, parkinsonism, plasminogens, prenominates, reanimations, recombinants, sanctimonies, segmentation, semidominant, somnifacient, subdominants, terminations, transforming, transmission, womanishness. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6E 73 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -. ... .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101110 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a n s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006E 0073 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)47678085758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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