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Definition: Precipitation |
PrecipitationNoun1. The process of forming a chemical precipitate. 2. The falling to earth of rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist. 3. An unexpected acceleration or hastening: "he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "precipitation" was first used: 15th century. (references) |
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Chemistry | The formation of a precipitate. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Polyethylenglycol precipitation [VE1]. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Environment | Removal of hazardous solids from liquid waste to permit safe disposal; removal of particles from airborne emissions as in rain (e.g. acid precipitation). (references) |
Geography | Hydrometeor made up of an aggregate of aqueous particles, liquid or solid, crystallized or amorphous, which fall from a cloud or group of clouds and reach the ground. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Liquid or solid products of the condensation of water vapour falling from clouds or deposited from the air on the ground. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Health | The act or process of precipitating. (references) |
Hydrologic | As used in hydrology, precipitation is the discharge of water, in a liquid or solid state, out of the atmosphere, generally onto a land or water surface. It is the common process by which atmospheric water becomes surface, or subsurface water. The term "precipitation" is also commonly used to designate the quantity of water that is precipitated. Precipitation includes rainfall, snow, hail, and sleet, and is therefore a more general term than rainfall. (references) |
| Rain, snow, hail, sleet, dew, and frost. (references) | |
Industry | The process by which the cellulose acetate is thrown out of the acetylation solution. Water is usually the precipitant and is added in the form of dilute aqueous acetic acid. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Development of a new phase along specific lattice planes of a supersaturated solid solution. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Phase transformation in which the newly formed phase constitutes particles in the original phase. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. The process of separating mineral constituents from a solution; e.g., by evaporation (such as halite or anhydrite) or by cooling of magma (to form an igneous rock). b. Exsolution. c. Water that falls to the surface from the atmosphere as rain, snow, hail, or sleet. It is measured as a liquid-water equivalent regardless ofthe form in which it fell e.g., by evaporation (such as halite or anhydrite) or by cooling of magma (to form an igneous rock). b. Exsolution. c. Water that falls to the surface from the atmosphere as rain, snow, hail, or sleet. It is measured as a liquid-water equivalent regardless ofthe form in which it fell. (references) |
Science | Moisture that falls from clouds. Although clouds appear to float in the sky, they are always falling, their water droplets slowly being pulled down by gravity. Because their water droplets are so small and light, it can take 21 days to fall 1,000 feet and wind currents can easily interrupt their descent. Liquid water falls as rain or drizzle. All raindrops form around particles of salt or dust. (Some of this dust comes from tiny meteorites and even the tails of comets.) Water or ice droplets stick to these particles, then the drops attract more water and continue getting bigger until they are large enough to fall out of the cloud. Drizzle drops are smaller than raindrops. In many clouds, raindrops actually begin as tiny ice crystals that form when part or all of a cloud is below freezing. As the ice crystals fall inside the cloud, they may collide with water droplets that freeze onto them. The ice crystals continue to grow larger, until large enough to fall from the cloud. They pass through warm air, melt, and fall as raindrops. When ice crystals move within a very cold cloud (10 degrees F and -40 degrees F) and enough water droplets freeze onto the ice crystals, snow will fall from the cloud. If the surface temperature is colder than 32 degrees F, the flakes will land as snow. Precipitation Weights: one raindrop .000008 lbs one snowflake .0000003 lbs one cumulus cloud 10,000,000 lbs one thunderstorm 10,000,000,000 lbs one hurricane 10,000,000,000,000 lbs. (references) |
| Water falling to the Earth's surface in any form, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. (references) | |
Weather | Any or all forms of liquid or solid water particles that fall from the atmosphere and reach the Earth's surface. It includes drizzle, rain, snow, snow pellets, snow grains, ice crystals, ice pellets, and hail. The ratio of precipitation to evaporation is the most important factor in the distribution of vegetation zones. Precipitation is also defined as a measure of the quantity, expressed in centimeters or milliliters of liquid water depth, of the water substance that has fallen at a given location in a specified amount of time. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In meteorology, precipitation is any kind of water that falls from the sky as part of the weather. This includes snow, rain, sleet, freezing rain and hail. Precipitation is a major part of the hydrologic cycle, and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the planet. Precipitation is generated in clouds, which reach a point of saturation; at this point larger and larger droplets (or pieces of ice) form, which then fall to the earth under gravity. It is possible to 'seed' clouds to induce precipitation by releasing a fine dust or appropriate chemical (commonly silver nitrate) into a cloud, encouraging droplets to form, and increasing the probability of precipitation.Orographic precipitation is precipitation generated by upward movement of air upon encountering a physiographic upland. This upwards movement cools the air, resulting in cloud formation and rainfall. In parts of the world subjected to consistent winds (for example the Tradewinds), a wetter climate prevails on the windward side of a mountain than on the leeward (downwind) side as moisture is removed by orographic precipitation, leaving drier air on the descending (generally warming), leeward side.
See also umbrella.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Precipitation (chemistry)."
Synonym: PrecipitationSynonym: downfall (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Density | Condensation; caseation; solidation, solidification; consolidation; concretion, coagulation; petrification. (hardening); crystallization, precipitation; deposit, precipitate; inspissation; gelation, thickening. Verb: |
Depression | Overthrow, overset, overturn; upset; prostration, subversion, precipitation. |
Earliness | Prematurity, precocity, precipitation, anticipation; a stitch in time. |
Haste | Noun: haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; Adjective: impetuosity; brusquerie; hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter. |
Rashness | Precipitancy, precipitation; impetuosity; levity; |
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 | Fred Walton helping out at the snow hole - a site for studying recent layers of South Pole snow buildup and precipitation. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Precipitation intensity display of Hurricane Frances derived from tail doppler radar. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
 | Large rawinsonde balloon is released in foreground It will measure atmospheric conditions during ascent. In the background are surface weather instruments. These measure temperature, relative humidity, pressure and precipitation. A mobile radar unit is also shown. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |  | Wall cloud with precipitation. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |
 | Stromatolites are club-shaped structures formed by a slow buildup of microbial mats trapping ooid sands. These form in high energy channels where migrating sand dunes and chemical precipitation of carbonate cement are dominant seafloor processes. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Infrared imagery of cloud top temperatures over Kansas and Oklahoma. Red indicates coldest temperatures which are associated with highest cloud tops and most intense convection and precipitation. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | Surrounded by protective fencing that shields the rain gauge from wind currents, hydrologic technician Michael Murphy retrieves precipitation data for a site on the 16,000-acre Central Plains Experimental Range. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ||
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 | Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge. | | Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They loaded their muskets and their carbines all together, without precipitation, with a solemn gravity. |
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Health | One attendant risk is the precipitation of retention. (references) | |
Propantheline is frequently effective, although high doses may produce unacceptable side effects such as dry mouth, dry eyes, constipation, confusion, or precipitation of glaucoma. (references) | ||
Economic History | Seychelles | Precipitation is somewhat less on the other islands. (references) |
Slovakia | Climate: Temperate; average temperature in January 26.5F; in July 68F. Annual precipitation 24"-40". (references) | |
Mongolia | Climate: Continental, with little precipitation and sharp seasonal fluctuations. (references) | |
Travel | Chad | In between lies the Sahelian Zone with 300 - 800 mm of annual precipitation. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MOLECULE, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. Three great scientific theories of the structure of the universe are the molecular, the corpuscular and the atomic. A fourth affirms, with Haeckel, the condensation of precipitation of matter from ether -- whose existence is proved by the condensation of precipitation. The present trend of scientific thought is toward the theory of ions. The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion. A fifth theory is held by idiots, but it is doubtful if they know any more about the matter than the others. |
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| "Precipitation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Precipitation" is used about 220 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% | 220 | 20,356 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "precipitation". | |||
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| Bithynia | N/A | Biblical | Violent precipitation |
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Expressions using "precipitation": acid precipitation ♦ amount of precipitation ♦ boric acid precipitation ♦ cyclonic precipitation ♦ depth of precipitation ♦ light icing in precipitation ♦ moderate icing in precipitation ♦ mountain precipitation ♦ orographic precipitation ♦ persistent precipitation ♦ precipitation depth ♦ precipitation gage ♦ precipitation gauge ♦ precipitation trails ♦ severe icing in precipitation ♦ thunderstorm precipitation ♦ thundery precipitation ♦ zone of precipitation. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "precipitation": co-precipitation, tca-precipitation. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "precipitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpejtim, rrëmbim (abduction, aggravation, derogation, despoilment, despoliation, grab, precipitance, precipitancy, rape, rapine, ravishment, theft), reshje (fall, grounds, rainfall), rënie (abatement, bathos, collapse, come down, decadence, decadency, decay, decline, decrepitude, degeneracy, degradation, degression, depression, descent, dilapidation, downfall, drop, drop off, fall, falling, flop, incidence, lapse, letdown, prolapse, recession, regress, spill, taper, tumble, wane), nxitim (acceleration, bustle, haste, hastiness, hurry, hustle, precipitance, precipitancy, rapidity, rush), hedhje (Bob, buck, cast, chuck, dart, dash, disposal, drop, fling, flirt, hop, hurl, jerk, launch, leap, lunge, lurch, pitch, pounce, projection, put, skip, throw, throwing, toss), fundërrim, fundërresë (deposit, settling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هطول (downpour, heavy rain, pour), تهور (extravagance, foolhardiness, haste, impetuosity, imprudence, impulsiveness, madness, precipitate, rashness, recklessness, temerity, uncontrollability), تسرع (haste, hastiness, play fast and loose, precipitate, rashness, rough and ready, run, scurry, slapdash), تعجيل (acceleration), تطويح, ترسيب (deposition, sedimentation), ترسب (deposit, precipitate), سرعة عظيمة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | утаяване (sedimentation, settling, subsidence), утайка (crust, deposit, drains, dregs, faeces, feculence, grouts, offscourings, precipitate, ragtag, residue, residuum, rinsings, sediment, sludge, warp), хвърляне (cast, casting, delivery, draught, fling, heave, hurl, hurling, pitch, projection, release, shy, sling, throw, throwing, toss), втурване презглава, валеж (fall, precipitate, rain), отлагане (deferment, delay, lay over, postponement, procrastination, put off, stay), необмисленост (imprudence, inconsideration, indiscretion, precipitance, prematurity, rashness, thoughtlessness), необмислена постъпка (imprudence), запращане (hurl, projection, throw), прибързаност (haste, hastiness, impetuosity, imprudence, precipitance, prematurity, rashness), прибързана постъпка, дъжд (avalanche, rain, shower, wet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 降雨雪. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | unáhlení, ukvapení, svržení (deposition, overthrow, subversion), sražení (knockdown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | præcipitation, udskillelse (coal segregation, decontamination, delivery, discharge, elimination, excretion, secretion, segregation), udfaeldning (deposition), udfælde (precipitate), styrt (fall, rainfall), nedbør (fall, rainfall), fald (fall), fældning (felling, harvesting), bundfald (bad settlings, base, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, crust, deposit, masking, précipitation, precipitate, sediment, sediments and water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | precipitatie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sademäärä (rainfall), sade (rain, shower), sadanta (fall, precipitate, rainfall), erkautuminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | précipitation (précipitation, precipitate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sturz (camber, collapse, cropper, dash, downfall, drop, fall, lintel, overthrow, plunge, slump, spill, subversiveness, tumble, upset), Niederschlag (dregs, fallout, precipitate, rainfall, sediment), hast (haste, hurry, precipitance, precipitancy, rashness, rush, scurries, speed), Fällung (felling, pronouncement, rendition), eile (expedition, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, hustle, precipitance, precipitancy, rush, speed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατακρήμνιση (caved goaf, caved waste, caving, précipitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שקוע (bogged down, depression, immersed, immersing, sedimentation, sinking, submerged, sunken, wrapped up in), חפזון (haste, hastiness, headiness, hurry, precipitancy, rush). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csapadék (faeces, fall, moisture, precipitate, rainfall, residua, residual, residue, residuum), meggondolatlanság (foolhardiness, impetuosity, imprudence, impudence, irresponsibility, rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness), lecsapódás (convergence, settling, subsidence), lecsapás (pounce, smash, swoop), kiváltás (bringing about, bringing on, initiation, producing of, ransom, taking out, triggering), kapkodás (expedience, expediency, hurry-scurry, hurry-skurry, precipitance, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity), üledék (bottoms, deposit, deposition, dreg, dregs, dross, emptyings, faeces, precipitate, residual, residue, sediment, settlings, silt, sludge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | hujan (rain), curahan (outflow, outpouring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | precipitazione (abruptness, downfall, knockout, rainfall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 降水量 , 降水 (rainfall), 沈澱 (deposition, settlement), 沈殿 (deposition, settlement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うすいりょう, "うすい (hard water, mineral water, perfume, rainfall), ち"で" (deposition, settlement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 강수. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tilgey (abort, cast, cast off, casting, chuck, discharge, disgorge, ejection, fling, hurl, launch; throwing, miscarriage, miscarry, misconception; found, moulting, pitch, plunge, pot, precipitate, project, projection, shedding, shoot, sling, throw, toss, toss up, toss up coin, tossing, void, vomit, vomiting), frassaghey (reaction), fliaghey (rain, rainfall, wet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecipitationpray precipitação (precipitance, rashness, rush, subsidence). (various references) precipitare (haste, hurry, hurrying, precipitance, precipitancy), grabã mare (precipitance), cantitate de precipitaţii (inch). (various references) осадок (aftertaste, crust, deposit, dregs, faeces, grounds, precipitate, residue, residuum, sediment, settling, sludge). (various references) padavine (rainfall), taloženje (alluvion, settling, subsidence). (various references) precipitación (acceleration, haste, precipitance, precipitancy, rainfall, rashness). (various references) påskyndande, utskiljning, regnnederbörd (fall, rainfall), nedstörtande (tumble), nederbörd (rainfall, snowfall), fasutskiljning, brådska (bustle, haste, hastiness, hastle, hurry, precipitance, press, rush), överilning (precipitance). (various references) yağış (downfall, fall, rains), telaş (ado, alarm, bustle, commotion, directness, discomposure, disturbance, excitement, ferment, fever, flap, flurry, flutter, fume, fuss, fussiness, haste, hastiness, helter-skelter, hurry, panic, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, pucker, racket, ruffle, rush, stir, storm, taking, tingle, tizzy, to-do, turmoil, whirl), düşme (descent, downfall, drop, fall, falling away, falling down, falling off, flop, sag, scale down, slump, spill, tumble), acelecilik (hastiness, headiness, hurrying, impetuosity, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, rashness, speediness), aşağı düşme, çökeltme, çökelme (sedimentation). (various references) ygal (rain), яagyn, яagmyr (rain). (various references) стрімкість (abruptness, ascent, impetuosity, precipitance, precipitancy), швидкий спуск, квапливість (haste, hastiness, hurry, random), осаджування, опади (fallout), навальність (precipitance, precipitancy), прискорення (acceleration, speed up), повалення (downfall, labefaction, overthrow, overturn, subversion). (various references) sự vội v ng (bustle, haste, hastiness, hurry, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness), sự lắng, chất kết tủa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "precipitation": precipitations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "precipitation": immunoprecipitation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "precipitation": immunoprecipitations. (additional references) | |
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"Precipitation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parcipitation, percipitation, precipatation, precipitaion, precipition, precpitation. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "precipitation" (pronounced prusi'putā"shun) |
| 7 | -p u t ā" sh u n | decapitation, palpitation. |
| 6 | -u t ā" sh u n | accreditation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, dilatation, equitation, facilitation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, imputation, incapacitation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, meditation, misinterpretation, premeditation, recitation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, sanitation, solicitation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | adaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, 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-c-e-i-i-i-n-o-p-p-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: crepitation, precipitant. | |
-3 letters: antierotic, antipoetic, precipitin, propitiate, recitation. | |
-4 letters: carnotite, crepitant, initiator, intricate, iteration, pantropic, partition, patriotic, principia, reappoint, tricotine. | |
-5 letters: anoretic, antipope, antiriot, apocrine, atropine, caponier, citation, contrite, coparent, creation, entropic, inceptor, initiate, interact, operatic, optician, paintier, panoptic, patentor, pecorini, peptonic, periotic, petition, pittance, pointier, portance, principe, principi, procaine, protatic, reaction, taconite, traction. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-i-n-o-p-p-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: precipitations. | |
+4 letters: immunoprecipitate. | |
+5 letters: immunoprecipitated, immunoprecipitates. | |
| 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)50 72 65 63 69 70 69 74 61 74 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)01010000 01110010 01100101 01100011 01101001 01110000 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e c i p i t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0063 0069 0070 0069 0074 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)50847169758275866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Derived from 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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