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Definition: Adjustment |
AdjustmentNoun1. Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. 2. The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment). 3. The act of adjusting something to match a standard. 4. The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions). 5. An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adjustment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Etymology: Adjustment \Ad*just"ment\ (-ment), noun. [Compare to the French expression ajustement. See Adjust.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The dynamic process wherein the thoughts, feelings, behavior, and biophysiological mechanisms of the individual continually change to adjust to the environment. (references) |
Language | The act of adjusting. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A modification made upon a denture, or upon the teeth of a denture, after it has been completed and inserted in the mouth. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Public Administration | Adapting and altering community practices and behaviour patterns in order to reconcile with outside requirements. Fashioning life patterns at the foot of a known volcano is an adjustment to crisis expectancy. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| adj. | English | Adjustment | Meteorology & Standards, Post & Telecom |
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Synonyms: AdjustmentSynonyms: accommodation (n), adaptation (n), allowance (n), alteration (n), fitting (n), modification (n), readjustment (n), registration (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation, reconcilement; assimilation. |
Compromise | Noun: compromise, commutation, composition; middle term, mezzo termine; compensation; abatement of differences, adjustment, mutual concession. |
Consent | Settlement, ratification, confirmation, adjustment. |
Equality | Equalization, equation; equilibration, coordination, adjustment, readjustment. drawn game, drawn battle; neck and neck race; tie, draw, standoff, dead heat. |
Pacification | Noun: pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement; shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment; terms, compromise; amnesty, deed of release. |
Preparation | Arrangement; clearance; adjustment; tuning; equipment, outfit, accouterment, armament, array. |
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Screenplays | Oh, doc. I made a minor adjustment to the chart (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Period of Adjustment (1962) Color Adjustment (1991) Adjustment and Work (1986) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes kicking Agricultural Adjustment Administration into pieces. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Final adjustment on finished propeller. Hamilton propeller plant, East Hartford, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. A master sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia checks over a propeller adjustment job his soldier-mechanics have just made on a big YB-17 bomber. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rehabilitation client whose stock was saved by Farm Debt Adjustment Committee. Allen County, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Widtsoe land use adjustment project. Garfield County, Utah. Excavating new spillway of Tropic Dam. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Central Utah dry land adjustment project, forty miles from Tooele, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Farm Debt Adjustment Committee meeting with farmer who has appealed for assistance. He has been threatened with foreclosure and loss of farm. Ozark Mountain town of Harrison, Arkansas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Speaker at AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) meeting. Eufaula, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Well casing is drawn out of ground for an adjustment. Ridge well project, Saint Mary's County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rupp Bros., business in Lynbrook, Long Island. View to wheel adjustment and parts departments. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Electric bay" by Jim Robinson Commentary: "Look from the bay. high contrast adjustment and selective color adjustment. ** if you download, please leave a comment, I would love to know what I'm doing right or wrong. I'm new at this photog thing." | "Flirting swans" by Jana Werner Commentary: "In Ka olina (a very nice place here in Hawaii) there are a lot of those fascinating birds, walking adn swimming around. It was the first time in my life, I saw black swans. p.s. levels adjustment with photoshop. Enjoy!." |
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 | Crack; pop; adjusting; adjustment; chiropractor; chiropractic; spine; spinal; bones; bone; . |
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Leon Battista Alberti | Beauty -- the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In the case of risks other than those mentioned in paragraphs 11 to 18 the adjustment of accounts shall be made as at the date of the parties becoming enemies without regard to claims for losses which may have occurred since that date. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Most ventilators have a PEEP adjustment. (references) | |
It often requires a great deal of adjustment in outlook and lifestyle. (references) | ||
This may require a lifestyle adjustment that may be hard for a child to understand or accept. (references) | ||
Business | Japanese customers may ask for adjustment for such sizes. (references) | |
The German economic institutes and international organizations continue to call for a serious program of structural adjustment. (references) | ||
However, as indicated in table 1, Korea again is increasing its spending on environmental projects as its economy bounces back as a result of structural adjustment and economic reforms. (references) | ||
Economic History | Estonia | Estonia has also made excellent progress in regard to structural adjustment. (references) |
Romania | In 1993, Romania embarked upon an adjustment program that showed some results. (references) | |
Chad | The major portion of this aid goes towards structural adjustment and targeted development projects. (references) | |
Political Economy | COSTA RICA | Costa Rica does not have IMF or World Bank adjustment programs. (references) |
OMAN | There are no International Monetary Fund or World Bank adjustment programs. (references) | |
NICARAGUA | In March 1998, the IMF approved a structural adjustment program for Nicaragua. (references) | |
Trade | Dominican Rep | Their projects frequently focus on structural adjustment, sectorial reform and individual project lending. (references) |
Croatia | The Bank is negotiating a Structural Adjustment Loan of $200 million to complement the IMF's stand-by arrangement. (references) | |
Colombia | The adjustment has been difficult but the government has managed to achieve most of the goals of the agreement with the IMF. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Monaco | The 5 percent adjustment was intended to compensate for the travel costs of the three-quarters of the workforce who commute daily from France. (references) |
Korea | The central and local labor commissions form a semiautonomous agency of the Labor Ministry that adjudicates disputes in accordance with the Labor Dispute Adjustment Law. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | The Government eliminated a national minimum wage as part of the Economic Structural Adjustment Program of 1990, with the exception of agricultural and domestic workers. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | COMPROMISE, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. |
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | That communication will confirm the ultimate failure of the measures which have been taken by the Government of the United States toward an amicable adjustment of differences with that power. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | In the progress of discovery and settlement by both parties since that time several questions of boundary between their respective territories have arisen, which have been found of exceedingly difficult adjustment. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This was either to insist upon the adjustment of our claims within a reasonable period or to abandon them altogether. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | One of the difficulties which we have had to encounter in the practical administration of the Government consists in the adjustment of our revenue laws and the levy of the taxes necessary for the support of Government. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Recent agreement to increase quotas by fifty percent will ensure the IMF has sufficient resources to perform its central role in promoting adjustment and financing payments imbalances. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | For all Americans, it has been a year of adjustment, of coming to terms with the difficult knowledge that our nation has determined enemies, and that we are not invulnerable to their attacks. |
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| "Adjustment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Adjustment" is used about 1,411 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% | 1,411 | 5,700 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "adjustment": adjustment bolt ♦ adjustment by screw ♦ adjustment device ♦ Adjustment Disorders ♦ adjustment fire ♦ adjustment of average ♦ adjustment of clearance ♦ adjustment of contracts ♦ adjustment of crosshead ♦ adjustment of fire ♦ adjustment of thermometer ♦ adjustment problems ♦ adjustment test ♦ automatic wage adjustment ♦ boundary adjustment ♦ cessation adjustment ♦ claim adjustment ♦ compass adjustment ♦ cost of living adjustment ♦ Currency Adjustment Factor ♦ effort Adjustment Factor ♦ fine adjustment ♦ float adjustment ♦ frame adjustment signal ♦ horizontal adjustment ♦ initial adjustment ♦ make adjustment to ♦ Occlusal Adjustment ♦ period of adjustment to school ♦ personal adjustment training ♦ poverty adjustment ♦ precision adjustment ♦ price adjustment ♦ Risk Adjustment ♦ seasonal adjustment ♦ sector adjustment loan(SECAL ♦ Social Adjustment ♦ trimming adjustment ♦ wage adjustment. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "adjustment": re-adjustment. | |
Containing "adjustment": Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool. | |
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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 "adjustment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | akkoord (accommodation, accord, accordance, agreement, arrangement, chord, concord, concurrence), beskikking (accommodation, arrangement, decision, disposition). (various references) | |
Albanian | rregullim (arrangement, conciliation, control, disposal, disposition, modulation, mopping, rearrangement, regulation, repair, settlement, tuning), përshtatje (accordance, adaptation, appropriateness, aptness, concord, conformation, conformity, fit, fitness, naturalization, readjustment), ndreqje (amendment, correction, disposition, dressing, mending, rectification, refit, refitment, reform, repair, restoration, settlement), mjete rregulluese. (various references) | |
Arabic | تنظيم (arrangement, arranging, arraying, disposal, disposition, ordering, organization, organizing, planning, preparation, regulation, systematization), توضيب, توافق (adjustable, agree, agreement, chime, coincide, coincidence, concord, correspond, correspondence, harmonization, harmonize, harmony, hit it off with smb., reconcile, work in with), تسوية (arrangement, composition, compromise, conciliation, coordination, equalization, equation, intercession, normalization, reconcilement, settlement), تعديل (alteration, amendment, arrangement, conformation, correction, focussing, mend, mitigation, modification, modulation, overhaul, permutation, revise), أداة ضبط (adjuster, telltale). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уреждане (accord, disposition, execution, negotiation), регулиране (direction, regulation, tuning), настройване (tuning), нагаждане (readjustment), нагласяване (dressing, fit, rectification), нагласяне (shaping), проверяване, приспособяване (accommodation, adaptation, conversion, fitting, modification, readjustment, tailoring), пригодяване (accommodation, adaptation), изглаждане. (various references) | |
Chinese | 調整 (revision), 调整 (adj, Adjust, Adjusted, Adjusting, modulate, modulated, Modulating, restructure, restructuring). (various references) | |
Czech | zaostření, uspořádání (arrangement, collocation, disposal, disposition, make up, makeup, order, organization, setting), seřizování, regulování, přizpùsobování (adaptation), nastavení (extension), úprava (alteration, finish, form, layout, settlement, treatment, trim). (various references) | |
Danish | tilpasning (adaptation). (various references) | |
Dutch | instelling (establishment, institution), afstelling (rigging, tuning), aanpassing (accommodate oneself, accommodation, adapt oneself, adaptation). (various references) | |
Esperanto | alĝustigo, adaptiĝo (adaptation). (various references) | |
Farsi | میزان (Balance, Criterion, Measure, Meter, Remedy, Rhythm, Scale, Unit, Yardstick), تنظیم (Alignment, Conduction, Regulation), تسویه (Settle, Settlement, Solution), تعدیل (Regulation, Trammel), تطبیق (Collation, Comparison, Harmony), سازگاری (Accord, Amenity, Compatibility, Consistency, Rapport), الت تعدیل (Regulator), اسباب تنظیم , اصلاح (Amendment, Correction, Reconciliation, Reformation, Regeneration, Renovation, Repair, Reparation, Revision). (various references) | |
Finnish | tarkistus (checking, revision). (various references) | |
French | réglage, ajustement (adaptation, price adjustment), adaptation (adaptation). (various references) | |
Frisian | akkoart (accommodation, accord, accordance, agreement, arrangement, concurrence), oanpassing (adaptation). (various references) | |
German | Einstellung (abandonment, accommodation, aiming, alignment, attitude, cessation, discontinuation, employment, engagement, enlistment, focusing, justification, modulation, orientation, outlook, recruiting, recruitment, setting, stance, stand, stopping, tuning), Regulierung (adjustment of average, brace, modulation, regulation, settlement), Anpassung (accomodation, adaptation, assimilation, conformableness, conformation, conformity, matching, modulation, readjustment). (various references) | |
Greek | ρύθμιση (adjusting, control, regulation), προσαρμογή (adaptation, adapting, fitting). (various references) | |
Hebrew | התאמה (accommodation, accord, adaptation, agreement, appropriateness, aptness, compliance, correspondence, fit, fitness, harmony, suitability), התאם (accord, agreement, harmony), הסדר (arrangement, regularization, regulation, settlement), סגול (adaptation, purple). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elintézés (arrangement, dispatch, disposal, fixing, setting), beszabályozás (camera calibration, rating), beállítás (approach, focusing, focussing, pointing, presentation, regulation, set, setting, trimming), beigazítás (rating, regulation, set), behangolás (alignment, dial readings). (various references) | |
Icelandic | aðlögun (accommodation, adaptation), innrétting (accommodation, arrangement). (various references) | |
Indonesian | peraturan (ordinance, regulation), penyesuaian (adaptation), penyelarasan (adaption). (various references) | |
Italian | accomodamento (accommodation, accord, agreement, arrangement), adattamento (accommodation, adaptation, adaption, adaptor, arrangement, fitting, setting). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 調節 (control, regulation), 調節 (control, regulation), 調整 (regulation), 調整 (regulation, tuning), 加減 (addition and subtraction, allowance for, chance, condition, degree, extent, flavor, influence, measure, moderation, seasoning, state of health), 按配 (arrangement, assignment, dividend-paying), 按排 (arrangement, assignment), 整理 (arrangement, regulation, sorting), 整理 (arrangement, regulation, sorting), 整備 (completion, consolidation), 整備 (completion, consolidation), 整合 (conformity, coordination, integration), 出直し (touch up), 修整 (retouching). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅうせい (aggregation, all one's life, alteration, amendment, correction, lifelong, modification, retouching, revision, sound of the autumn wind, trait, update), でなおし (touch up), せいび (complete equipment, completion, consolidation), せいごう (conformity, coordination, integration, plus sign), せいり (arrangement, menses, physiology, regulation, sorting), かげん (addition and subtraction, allowance for, chance, condition, degree, extent, flavor, flowery words, good words, influence, last quarter, lower limit, measure, moderation, reticence, seasoning, source of misfortune, state of health, taciturnity, wise saying), あんばい (arrangement, assignment, condition, flavour, manner, seasoning, state), ちょうせつ (control, regulation), ちょうせい (death, execution, government by the imperial court, lengthy military expedition, longevity, manufacture, passing, preparation, regulation, the Long March, tonal mark, town administration, town organization, tuning). (various references) | |
Korean | 조정 (adj, Adjusting, fixed, setting, tuning). (various references) | |
Manx | kiartagh (job, settlement). (various references) | |
Norwegian | instilling, innredning (accommodation, arrangement). (various references) | |
Papiamen | adaptashon (adaptation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adjustmentay.(various references) | |
Polish | urządzenie (accommodation, arrangement), impreza (accommodation, arrangement). (various references) | |
Portuguese | ajuste (accordance, adaptation, adjust, agreement, concord, concurrence, covenant, enrollment, enrolment, negotiation, pact, reconcilement, setting, settlement), ajustamento (accommodation, rectification, setting, settlement), ajustagem (rigging). (various references) | |
Romanian | aranjare (arrangement, arranging, array, collocation, disposition, dressing, setting, trimming), aplanare (arrangement, settling), ajustare (accommodation, fitting, modulating), adaptare (accommodation, adaptation, arrangement, attachment, readjustment), acordare (award, extension, graduation, grant), reglarea tirului, reglare (framing, initial adjustment, regulation), reglaj (regulation), proporţionare, potrivire (accommodation, accord, adaptation, adequacy, agreement, aptness, arrangement, congeniality, congruence, congruity, correspondence, decorum, dovetailing, felicity, fit, fitness, fitting, pairing, purpose, suitability), montare (assemblage, assembling, assembly, erection, framing, mounting, rigging, setting). (various references) | |
Russian | установка;сборка сборочный, установка (collocation, erection, fitting, fixing, hold-down, installation, mounting, outfit, setting, set-up, setups, stance), регулировка (regulation, tune up, tuneup, tune-up, tuneups, tuning), приспособление (accommodation, adaptation, aids and appliances, apliance, appliance, attachment, conformation, contraption, device, doohickey, gadget, gear, jig, readjustment, rig, tackle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | regulisanje (direction, regulation), prilagođavanje (accommodation, denizen, suiting), podešavanje (modulation, readjustment, regulation, suiting, tune up). (various references) | |
Spanish | arreglo (accommodation, accord, adaptation, agreement, arrangement, compromise, establishment, fix, furnishing, regulation, setting, settlement, settling, understanding), regulación (regulation), construcción (accommodation, arrangement, building, building trade, construction, erection, making, setting up, structure), ajuste (assembly, breaking in, fit, make up, mounting, patch, scaling, setting), adaptación (accommodation, adaptation, adapting, arrangement), acuerdo (accommodation, accord, accordance, agreement, arrangement, chord, concord, concurrence, deal, entente, keeping, meeting of minds, settlement, settling, understanding). (various references) | |
Swedish | justering (finishing, fitting, grading, line-up, realignment, registration, regulation, reshaping, shaping, verification), inställning (approach, attitude, configuration, feeling, outlook, posture, preference, tuning), anpassning (accommodating, accommodation, adaptation, conformation, conformity, harmanization, harmonization, orientation, readjustment). (various references) | |
Turkish | ayarlama (arrangement, calibration, fitting, regulation, setting up, standardization, tune up, tuning), ayar (accuracy, adjusting, carat, content, exactness, flag, foot rule, Gage, gauge, precision, readjustment, regulating, regulation, standard, touchstone, tune up, tuning, yardstick), alışma (addiction), adaptasyon (accommodate oneself, adapt oneself, adaptation, conformation), uydurma (apocryphal, arranging, cardboard box, coinage, colorable, concoction, fabled, fabrication, fabulous, fake, false, falsification, fib, fiction, fictitious, fictive, figment, fitting, flam, gold brick, improvisation, improvised, invention, made up, making up, mendacious, out of whole cloth, quack, tosh, trumped-up, tuning, untrue, untruth, untruthful), halletme (removal, settlement, solution, solving, working, working out), dispeç, düzeltme (amendment, correcting, correction, emendation, improvement, melioration, proofreading, readjustment, recension, rectification, refinement, reformation, retouch, trimming). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | установка (fixing, plant), узгодження (coordination, harmonization), улагодження (reconcilement, reconciliation), складання (aggregation, applying, assemblage, assembling, doubling, drafting, stowage, typesetting), розв'язання суперечки, регулювання (control, regulation, tuning), відрегулювання, вивірювання, настройка, пригонка (fit), припасування (accommodation), погодження (accommodation, reconcilement, reconciliation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự sửa lại cho đúng, sự chỉnh lý sự hoà giải, sự điều chỉnh (fitting, regulation). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | structura. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "adjustment": adjustmental, adjustments. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "adjustment": maladjustment, overadjustment, readjustment. (additional references) | |
Words containing "adjustment": maladjustments, overadjustments, readjustments. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adjustment" (pronounced uju"stmunt) |
| 9 | u j u" s t m u n t | readjustment. |
| 6 | -s t m u n t | disinvestment, divestment, enlistment, investment, reinvestment. |
| 5 | -t m u n t | allotment, apartment, appointment, abatement, assortment, commitment, compartment, comportment, contentment, department, deportment, disappointment, disenchantment, enactment, enchantment, excitement, incitement, indictment, maltreatment, misstatement, mistreatment, ointment, overstatement, presentment, reappointment, recruitment, reenactment, reinstatement, resentment, restatement, statement, treatment, understatement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, appeasement, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assignment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, complement, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, deployment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, encampment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, inclement, increment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, realignment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resettlement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-j-m-n-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: nutmeats, unmatted, unstated, untasted. | |
-3 letters: attends, attuned, attunes, dustman, dustmen, jaunted, medusan, mutants, mutated, mutates, nutated, nutates, nutmeat, smutted, statued, student, stunted, tandems, taunted, tautens, tetanus, unmated, unsated, unstate, untamed. | |
-4 letters: adjust, amends, aments, amused, astute, attend, attune, datums, daunts, demast, desman, dunams, jaunts, jetsam, juntas, justed, jutted, mantes, masted, matted, mattes, maunds. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-j-m-n-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: adjustments. | |
+2 letters: adjustmental, readjustment. | |
+3 letters: maladjustment, readjustments. | |
+4 letters: maladjustments, overadjustment. | |
+5 letters: overadjustments. | |
| 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: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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