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Definition: Suppression |
SuppressionNoun1. The act of suppressing. 2. Forceful prevention: "suppression of liberal newspapers"; "quelling of the revolution". 3. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "suppression" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Etymology: Suppression \Sup*pres"sion\, noun. [Latin expression suppressio: compare to the French expression suppression.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | A condition of growth retardation in a stressed tree. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The process whereby certain trees or shrubs in a community become weakened, essentially through competition with neighbours or through other ecologic factors, such as erosion, insect infestation, etc. (natural suppression), but also through human intervention, e. g. lifestock browsing(artificial suppression). Source: European Union. (references) | |
Computing | The elimination of certain components of an emission, e. g. the prevention of the printing of selected characters when specified conditions occur. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The suppression of the picture signal from a short time before, until a short time after, the synchronising pulse. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The process whereby certain trees, shrubs, etc. in a community become weakened, essentially through the competition of neighbours(i. e. , natural suppression)but also, by extension, through man's intervention, e. g. his selective lopping, girdling or cutting back, and selective browsing by his livestock(i. e. , artificial suppression). Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A conscious exclusion of disapproved desire contrary with repression, in which the process of exclusion is not conscious. (references) |
Law | A conscious exclusion of disaproved desire contrary with repression, in which the process of exclusion is not conscious. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | All the work and activities connected with fire-extinguishing operations, beginning with discovery and continuing until the fire is completely extinguished; i. e. work etc. on a going fire. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: SuppressionSynonyms: crushing (n), curtailment (n), inhibition (n), quelling (n), stifling (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | Reticence; reserve; mental reserve, reservation; arriere pensee, suppression, evasion, white lie, misprision; silence; (taciturnity); suppression of truth; underhand dealing; closeness, secretiveness; Adjective: mystery. |
Destruction | Destroying; Verb: demolition, demolishment; overthrow, subversion, suppression; abolition; (abrogation); biblioclasm; sacrifice; ravage, razzia; inactivation; incendiarism; revolution; extirpation; (extraction); beginning of the end, commencement de la fin, road to ruin; dilapidation; (deterioration); sabotage. |
Falsehood | Perversion of truth, suppression of truth; suppressio veri; perversion, distortion, false coloring; exaggeration; prevarication, equivocation, shuffling, fencing, evasion, fraud; suggestio falsi; (lie); mystification; (concealment); simulation; (imitation); dissimulation, dissembling; deceit; blague. |
Restraint | Noun: restraint; hindrance; coercion; (compulsion); cohibition, constraint, repression, suppression; discipline, control. |
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Movie/TV Titles | Forest Fire Suppression (1956) | |
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 | Agricultural Research Service entomologist Brad Higbee (left) explains the benefits of areawide insect pest suppression to Jerry Wattman, manager of this apple orchard near West Parker Heights, Washington. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Fire suppression by a Snake River Valley crew member at the Skull Creek Fire near Burns, Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |
 | Vivre Pour Boire L'Alcoolisme Provoque...ou Boire Pour Vivre La suppression De L'Alcool Favorise... : Choisissez. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Saul Bellow | Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Convention of September 26, 1906, for the suppression of nightwork for women. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The room was dark, great clouds were completing the suppression of the daylight. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | His prayers and fasts availed him little for the suppression of anger at hearing his mother sneeze or at being disturbed in his devotions. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Determining the effect of UV-induced immune suppression on melanoma. (references) | |
This test combines the dexamethasone suppression and the CRH stimulation tests. (references) | ||
Clinically important maternal morbidities, such as infection and adrenal suppression. (references) | ||
Business | The violent suppression of the demonstrations on June 4 provoked a world-wide condemnation of the Chinese government's actions. (references) | |
In addition, a new Leasing Business Law was drafted by the Financial Suppression Policy Division of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, and was submitted in spring, 2000 to the Ministry of Commerce for approval. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Belarus | The executive branch continued its suppression of freedom of speech. (references) |
Czech Republic | In August authorities brought charges of propagating a movement leading to the suppression of citizens' rights and freedoms, and inciting panic and criminal slander against an outspoken communist activist. (references) | |
Czech Republic | In April Interior Minister Gross expressed his displeasure with the concerts and urged police to make use of existing laws against incitement to racial hatred and suppression of civil rights to prosecute organizers and participants. (references) | |
Economic History | Syria | From 1976 until its suppression in 1982, the arch-conservative Muslim Brotherhood led an armed insurgency against the regime. (references) |
Colombia | An attack on the Palace of Justice in Bogota by the AD/M-19 on November 6-7, 1985, and its violent suppression by the army, shocked Colombians. (references) | |
Philippines | A communist-inspired Huk Rebellion (1945-53) complicated recovery efforts before its successful suppression under the leadership of President Ramon Magsaysay. (references) | |
Human Rights | Jamaica | The revised Jamaica Constabulary Force Act gives security personnel broad powers of search and seizure similar to those granted by the former Suppression of Crimes Act. (references) |
China | However, the Government has not provided a comprehensive, credible accounting of all those missing or detained in connection with the suppression of the 1989 Tiananmen demonstrations. (references) | |
Thailand | Such operations are permitted under both the Constitution and the Narcotics Prevention and Suppression Act of 1976 in cases in which there is reasonable suspicion and an urgent search is deemed necessary. (references) | |
Political Economy | Trinidad | The government launched a new crime suppression initiative in 1997, which has shown some positive results. (references) |
Afghanistan | On November 25, Northern Alliance forces reportedly killed at least 120 prisoners in Mazar-e-Sharif, allegedly during the suppression of a riot. (references) | |
Burma | Official relations between the United States and Burma have been cool since the 1988 military coup and violent suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations. (references) | |
Trade | Burma | Due to its poor human rights record and the inadequacy of its narcotics suppression efforts, Burma is unable to obtain multilateral financial assistance and bilateral aid has been suspended. (references) |
Burma | Because of its inadequate narcotics suppression efforts, serious violations of human rights and lack of progress toward initiating domestic reform, Burma is ineligible for U.S. aid, and the United States and other countries oppose loans and financial assistance to Burma by multilateral financial institutions. (references) | |
Travel | Burma | Foreigners, including Americans, have been caught up in the Burmese government's suppression of democratic activities. (references) |
Worker Rights | India | When abuses, such as intimidation or suppression of legitimate trade union activities, are perpetrated against nationally organized or other large-scale unions or unionized workers, the authorities generally respond by prosecuting and punishing those persons responsible. (references) |
Thailand | Traffickers often restrict the women's movements, threaten them and their families, isolate them, and use violence to punish them for disobedience The 1997 Prevention and Suppression of Trafficking in Women and Children Act increased the penalties for trafficking in women and children for the purposes of prostitution or slave labor, and provided for wide powers of search and assistance to victims. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Due attention has likewise been paid to the suppression of the slave trade, in compliance with a law of the last session. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | But should this reasonable reliance on the moderation and good sense of all portions of our fellow citizens be disappointed, it is believed that the laws themselves are fully adequate to the suppression of such attempts as may be immediately made. |
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| "Suppression" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Suppression" is used about 482 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% | 482 | 12,355 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "suppression": androgen suppression ♦ cell suppression ♦ fire suppression ♦ hum suppression ♦ noise suppression ♦ side lobe suppression ♦ suppression component ♦ suppression of civic rights ♦ suppression of enemy air defense ♦ suppression of enemy air defenses ♦ suppression of evidence ♦ suppression squad ♦ surge suppression equipment ♦ zero suppression. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "suppression": crime-suppression. | |
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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 "suppression"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shuarje (cancellation, effacement, erasure, evanescence, expurgation, extinction, obliteration, quenching, shutdown, wane, withering), shtypje (crush, dint, oppression, press, pressure, printing, repression, squeeze, transcription, trituration), përmbajtje (check, constraint, content, contents, demureness, deterrence, equanimity, incorporation, matter, moderation, repression, reservation, reserve, restraint, reticence, substance, table of contents, temperance, tenor), ndrydhje (compression, constriction, dislocation, jaw, Rick, sprain, wrench, wrick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كتمان (concealment, hiding, restrain), كبت (bridle, check, contain, down, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep, keep back, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, stifle, subdue, suppress, withhold), كبح (arrest, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, hamper, hinder, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep back, keep down, keep under control, leash, master, press, prevent, rein, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, steady, subdual, subdue, suppress, tame, withhold), قمع (bridle, check, crush, funnel, put down, quash, quell, repress, repression, restrain, stamp down, subdue, suppress), إزالة التشويش, إخماد (deactivation, extinction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сподавяне (mortification), потъпкване (mortification, repression, stamping, trampling on, violation), потушаване (extinction, quenching), потискане (oppression, repression), изземване от печат. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 鎮" (repression, to put down, to quell, to suppress), 镇压 (crackdown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zamlèení, utajení (secrecy), potlaèení. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | suppression, slukning (black-out, blanking, extinction, quenching, turn-off), undertrykkelse, brandbekaempelse (fire fighting, fire suppression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | suppressio, suppressie, onderdrukking (black-out, blanking, mute), eliminatie als gevolg van onderdrukking, bosbrandbestrijding (fire fighting, fire suppression), beeldsignaalonderdrukking (black-out, blanking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرونشانی , موقوف سازی , توقیف (Arrest, Bail, Constraint, Custody, Durante, Holdup, Internment, Lockup, Nab), جلوگیری (Blockage, Curb, Interdict, Obstruction, Preservation, Prevention, Restraint, Restriction, Snub, Stoppage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | suppressio, sammutus (extinguishing, fire fighting, putting out), poisto (depreciation), palonsammutus (fire-fighting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | suppression (fire suppression), répression. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Unterdrückung (depression, elemination, holding back, oppression, oppressiveness, rejection, repression, restraining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταστολή (repression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ""חק" (repression), ""כא" (crushing, trampling), "בל'" (containing oneself, forbearance, holding in, restraint), "כוי (depression, subjection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elfojtás (choking, masking, quenching, repression, smothering), elnyomás (enslavement, masking, oppression, quenching, repression, smothering, subjection, victimization, wipeout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | gencetan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spegnimento,spengimento (fire fighting, fire suppression), soppressione di incendi (fire fighting, fire suppression), soppressione del fascio (black-out, blanking), soppressione (abolition, closure), repressione (repression), rallentamento di crescita, mascheramento del fascio (black-out, blanking), estinzione (extinction, lapse, liquidation, quietus), cancellazione del fascio (black-out, blanking), cancellazione (abatement, annulment, cancellation, deletion, effacement), abolizione (abatement, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, rescindment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鎮圧 (subjugation), 抑制 (control, restraint), 弾圧 (oppression, pressure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | い"めつ (destruction, extinction), ち"てい, ち"あつ (subjugation), とうばつ (faction or clique, secretly felling trees, subjugation), はっき" (platinum, sale prohibited), へいてい (adjourning court, repression, subjugation), "あつ (oppression, pressure), よくせい (control, restraint), き"あつ, い"ぺい (concealment, hiding), せい (cause, companion, control, energy, establishment, family name, fault, gender, government, height, holding back, imperial command, laws, -made, make, military strength, organization, reason, regular, regulation, restraint, sex, spirit, stature, surname, system, threaten, true), せいあつ (ascendancy, control, gaining total control, mastery, oppression, supremacy), せいぎょ (adult fish, checking, control, governing, management, mastery, raw or fresh fish, repression, restraint), ふうさつ (forceout), うっせき (congestion, stagnation), よくあつ (check, oppression, restraint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 억 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | keiltyn (conceal, concealment, cover, cover up, disguise, dissimulate, dissimulation, harbour, hide, renege, shelter, sneak, suppress, veil, veneer), cur fo chosh (get under, overwhelm, reduce, rid, subdue, suppress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uppressionsay supressão (cut, delete, effacement, obliteration, omission, stopping). (various references) desfiinţare (abolition, abrogation, disbandment, disestablishment, dissolution, liquidation). (various references) подавление (inhibition, mortification, repression, suppressions). (various references) suzbijanje (repression), zabranjivanje, ukidanje (nullification, recession, repeal, rescission, reversal, suspension, undoing), gušenje (choking, stifling, strangulation). (various references) supresión (abatement, abolition, cancellation, deletion, omission, removal). (various references) undertryckande (inhibition, repression). (various references) sindirme (digestion), tutma (catch, containment, grasp, gripping, hold, holding, inhibition, interception, prehension, redemption, repression, restraint, retention, seizure, tackle, take, vogue), kesme (abscission, clip, curtailment, cut, cutback, cutting, discontinuation, interception, nip, scission, section, shearing, shutoff, stoppage, truncation), gizleme (camouflage, concealment, dissimulation, hiding, secretion), durdurma (arrest, check, hold, interception, interruption, retention, shutoff, stoppage, stopping, suspension, tackle), bastırma (appeasement, compression, depression, repression, stranglehold, whipping), baskı (arm-twisting, coaction, coercion, compulsion, constraint, crackdown, crush, discipline, duress, edition, force, heat, impression, leverage, oppression, piezo-, press, press up, pressure, print, printing, repression, restraint, screw, squeeze, stress, the press, thrust, typographic, urgency), örtbas etme (blackout, dissimulation, palliation, whitewash), önleme (arrest, avoiding, circumvention, containment, frustration, hindrance, interception, preclusion, prevention). (various references) стримування (coercion, containment, continence, inhibition, moderation, repression), замовчування (preterition, pretermission, reticence), заборона (ban, debarment, disallowance, embargo, inhibition, interdict, nay, negative, objection, prohibition, stop, stopping), придушення (neutralization, quench, repression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "suppression": suppressions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "suppression": immunosuppression. (additional references) | |
Words containing "suppression": immunosuppressions. (additional references) | |
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"Suppression" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: supppression, supression, surpression. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "suppression" (pronounced supre"shun) |
| 7 | -u p r e" sh u n | depression, oppression. |
| 6 | -p r e" sh u n | compression, decompression, expression, impression, misimpression, repression. |
| 5 | -r e" sh u n | aggression, digression, discretion, freshen, indiscretion, nonaggression, progression, regression, transgression. |
| 4 | -e" sh u n | accession, concession, confession, hessian, intercession, obsession, possession, precession, procession, profession, recession, repossession, secession, session, succession. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, 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, 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, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, 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, comprehension, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, 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, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, 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, 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, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, 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, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expropriation, expulsion, extension, 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, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, 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, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, 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, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, 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, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, 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, potion, precaution, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, prognostication, 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, 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, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, representation, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, 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, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, 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 | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-o-p-p-r-s-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: piousness, prosiness, pursiness, soppiness, supposers, suspensor. | |
-3 letters: neurosis, poussies, propines, prossies, pruinose, purposes, resinous, ropiness, rosiness, snippers, sourness, sunrises, supposer, supposes, suppress, suspires. | |
-4 letters: essoins, inpours, insures, issuers, nippers, oppress, orpines, osseins, pepsins, persons, pissers, poisers, popsies, poseurs, poussie, prisons, prisses, propine, prosses, prossie, puisnes, purines, purpose, pussier, pussies, risuses, seisors, seniors, sensors. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-o-p-p-r-s-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: suppressions. | |
+2 letters: purposiveness. | |
+3 letters: immunosuppress, propitiousness, superpositions, supportiveness. | |
+4 letters: opprobriousness, perspicuousness, precipitousness, presuppositions, pseudoscorpions, purposivenesses, superscriptions, unprepossessing. | |
+5 letters: immunosuppressed, immunosuppresses, propitiousnesses, superimpositions, supportivenesses. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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