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Definition: Assimilation |
AssimilationNoun1. The state of being assimilated. 2. The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another. 3. The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion. 4. A linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound. 5. The process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure. 6. In the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "assimilation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
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Environment | The ability of a body of water to purify itself of pollutants. (references) |
Finance | The completed distribution of a new securities issue to the public. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | The incorporation and digestion of solid or fluid foreign material, such as wall rock, in magma. The term implies no specific mechanisms or results. Such a magma, or the rock it produces, may be called hybrid or contaminated. See also:hybridizationSyn:magmatic assimilation; magmatic dissolution. (references) |
Statistics | The act of making like, causing to ressemble. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: AssimilationSynonyms: absorption (n), acculturation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation, reconcilement; assimilation. |
Continuance in action | Noun: conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation; evolution, sea change; change of state; assumption; naturalization; transportation; development, developing. |
Identification | Noun: identification, recognition, diagnosis, match; apperception, assimilation; dereplication; classification; memory; interpretation; cognizance (knowledge). |
Imitation | Mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation; semblance; copy; assimilation. |
Production | Bringing forth; Verb:: parturition, birth, birth-throe, childbirth, delivery, confinement, accouchement, travail, labor, midwifery, obstetrics; geniture; gestation; (maturation); assimilation; evolution, development, growth; entelechy; fertilization, gemination, germination, heterogamy, genesis, generation, epigenesis, procreation, progeneration, propagation; fecundation, impregnation; albumen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Assimilation |
| English words defined with "assimilation": Americanisation, Americanization, assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory, Assimulation ♦ Com- ♦ Disassimilation ♦ Europeanisation, Europeanization ♦ Metensomatosis ♦ nitrogen fixation ♦ Phyllocladium ♦ reabsorption, resorption ♦ Westernisation, Westernization. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "assimilation": border facies ♦ EXPANSION ♦ Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Nutritional Support ♦ Parenteral Nutrition, Parenteral Nutrition, Home, Parenteral Nutrition, Home Total, Parenteral Nutrition, Total ♦ water-use efficiency. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "assimilation": Malassimilation. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Assimilation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (assimilation, digest, equalization, equation, imbibition), German (adjustment, assimilation), Swedish (assimilation). |
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Heinrich Heine | Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction. |
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Health | Differences in socioeconomic status, health care, education, events occurring before birth (prenatally) or right around birth (perinatally), and life history may all influence a person's eventual risk of AD. Even the ways in which diagnostic tests that measure language, memory, and cognitive function are constructed and applied may cause people to be diagnosed with AD if their level of education or cultural assimilation makes them score lower on the test than do people with a higher level of education who are more culturally assimilated. (references) | |
Economic History | Indonesia | Islam arrived in Indonesia sometime during the 12th century and, through assimilation, supplanted Hinduism by the end of the 16th century in Java and Sumatra. (references) |
Indigenous People | Chile | It provides for eventual bilingual education in schools with indigenous populations, replacing a statute that emphasized assimilation of indigenous people. (references) |
Japan | Under an 1899 law, the Government pursued a policy of forced assimilation, imposing mandatory Japanese-language education and denying the Ainu their right to continue traditional practices. (references) | |
Minorities | Japan | However, in recent years, some within the Burakumin community have questioned whether assimilation is an appropriate goal. (references) |
Japan | The Government defended its naturalization procedures as necessary to ensure the smooth assimilation of foreigners into society. (references) | |
Hungary | For example, the Government sponsors programs both to preserve Romani languages and cultural heritage and to assist social and economic assimilation. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | Amongst the motives to such an institution, the assimilation of the principles, opinions, and manners of our country-men by the common education of a portion of our youth from every quarter well deserves attention. |
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| "Assimilation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Assimilation" is used about 286 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% | 286 | 17,222 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "assimilation": surface assimilation ♦ vowel assimilation. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "assimilation": assimilation-accommodation, assimilation-adaptation. | |
Ending with "assimilation": breakthrough-assimilation-breakthrough-assimilation, re-assimilation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "assimilation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | asimilim, zotërim (command, dominance, domination, enjoyment, grasp, holding, keeping, lordship, mastership, mastery, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, tenure), tretje (attrition, cachexy, decomposition, digestion, dissolution, evaporation, incision, maceration, melting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هضم (assimilate, digest, digestion, predigest, stomach), إمتصاص (absorption, imbibition, intake, reduction, sucking), إستيعاب (absorption, capacity, imbibition, ingestion, intake, staffing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | усвояване (adoption, digestion), уподобяване, оприличаване, наподобяване (imitation), асимилация, претопяване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 吸" (ABS, Absorb, Absorbed, Absorbing, Absorption, Recruited, Recruiting, sorb, sorbed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | asimilace, spodoba, přizpùsobení (accommodation, conformation, readjustment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | assimilation (integration), tilpasning (adaptation, adjustment), tilnaermelse (approximation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | assimilatie (anabolism, anaboly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | asimilo, asimilado, ensorbado (digestion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | assimilaatio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | assimilation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Angleichung (alignment, assimilations), aufnahme (absorption, acceptance, acceptation, admission, affiliation, commencement, embodiment, enrollment, establishment, filming, inclusion, incorporation, initiation, intake, photo, photograph, photographing, picture, raising, reception, record, recording, shooting, shot, start, taking, taking down, taking up), assimilation (adjustment), Anpassung (accomodation, adaptation, adjustment, conformableness, conformation, conformity, matching, modulation, readjustment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αφομοίωση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "מז'ות (mixture), "ת"מות (resemblance), "תבוללות, "טמעות, "טמע", טמיע" (absorption), טמוע. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | beolvadás (fusion), asszimiláció. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | asimilasi, pencernaan (absorption, digestion), pembauran (association, mixing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | assimilazione (absorption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 同化作" (anabolism, metabolism), 同化 (absorption, adaptation), 摂取 (absorption, adoption, intake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どうかさよう (anabolism, metabolism), どうか (a Taoist, absorption, adaptation, copper coin, equivalent, moral poem), せっしゅ (absorption, adoption, inoculation, intake, larceny, moderation in drink, poor defense, sobriety, stealing, temperance, theft, vaccination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 동"작용. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | soo bee (assimilating food), lheie (blow, blow of fuse, blow out, blowing, digest, disappear, dissipate, dissipation, dissolution, dissolve, fuse, liquefaction, liquefy; digestion, melting, smelt, smelting, soften). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | asimilashon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | assimilationay assimilação (absorption, digestion). (various references) asimilare (digestion, uptake), asimilaţie, absorbire (absorbing, absorption, engrossment, suck, suction), omologare (homologation), digerare, însuşire (adoption, appropriation, attribute, feature, peculiarity, property, qualification, trait, virtue). (various references) ассимиляция. (various references) asimilacija, pretapanje, izjednačavanje (equation). (various references) asimilación (absorption). (various references) assimilering, assimilation. (various references) asimilasyon, sindirim (digestion, digestive, nutritive), benzeyiş, benzeşme (affinity, correspondence, similitude, simulation), özümseme (digestion), özümleme. (various references) уподібнення, засво"ння (adoption, digestion, imbibition), асиміляція, порівняння (collation, comparison, confrontation, simile, similitude). (various references) cymathiad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "assimilation": assimilationism, assimilationisms, assimilationist, assimilationists, assimilations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "assimilation": antiassimilation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "assimilation": antiassimilations. (additional references) | |
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"Assimilation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asimilation, assimiation, assimilatin, assimiliation, assimillation, assimlation, assimulation, assmilation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "assimilation" (pronounced usi'mulā"shun) |
| 6 | -u l ā" sh u n | accumulation, adulation, annihilation, appellation, articulation, calculation, cancellation, capitulation, coagulation, compilation, confabulation, congratulation, consolation, constellation, correlation, demodulation, depopulation, deregulation, desolation, distillation, elation, emulation, escalation, exhalation, extrapolation, fibrillation, formulation, gastrulation, granulation, inhalation, inoculation, installation, insulation, isolation, jubilation, manipulation, miscalculation, modulation, mutilation, oscillation, overpopulation, overregulation, ovulation, population, recalculation, regulation, reregulation, revelation, simulation, speculation, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, tabulation, titillation, tribulation, vacillation, ventilation, violation. |
| 5 | -l ā" sh u n | contemplation, deflation, dilation, disinflation, ejaculation, hyperinflation, inflation, legislation, reflation, relation, stagflation, translation, triangulation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, aspiration, assassination, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calibration, cannibalization, capitalization, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolidation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, elaboration, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, information, inhabitation, initiation, innovation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overvaluation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, stabilization, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, toleration, transformation, transillumination, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, visitation, 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-a-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: atonalisms, moniliasis. | |
-3 letters: atonalism, laminitis, mainsails, talismans. | |
-4 letters: alations, amitosis, animists, anosmias, initials, liaisons, mainsail, malisons, mantissa, militias, satanism, simonist, staminal, staminas, stasimon, talisman. | |
-5 letters: alation, amatols, animals, animato, animist, anosmia, initial, instals, instils, intimal, intimas, isatins, laminas, latinos, liaison, malison, manilas, manitos, matinal, militia, mislain, mission, mitosis, monists, saimins, salamis, salinas, salmons, santimi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: assimilations. | |
+2 letters: irrationalisms. | |
+3 letters: assimilationism, assimilationist, misapplications, musicalizations, traditionalisms. | |
+4 letters: aluminosilicates, antiassimilation, anticolonialisms, antirationalisms, assimilationisms, assimilationists, masculinizations, misvocalizations, totalitarianisms. | |
+5 letters: antiassimilations, internationalisms, misclassification. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 73 69 6D 69 6C 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... ... .. -- .. .-.. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101101 01101001 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s s i m i l a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0073 0069 006D 0069 006C 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358585757975786786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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