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Definition: Attachment |
AttachmentNoun1. A feeling of affection for a person or an institution. 2. A supplementary part or accessory. 3. A writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding. 4. A connection that fastens things together. 5. Faithful support for a religion or cause or political party. 6. The act of attaching something. 7. The act of fastening things together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "attachment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Attachment \At*tach"ment\, noun. [French expression attachment.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | The process in which two particles collide and stick together forming a single complex particle. The most common attachment process is the formation of a negative ion from electron attachment to an atom or molecule. Some negative ions are unstable, however, and cannot survive.The usual measure for this process is the attachment coefficient, which on the average is the fraction of a large number of collisions that result in attachment. Typical values of this fraction run from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 1,000. (references) |
Finance | To attach property is to seize it or place it under the control of a court. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A seizure of a defendant's property by court order with the property held as security for any judgment the plaintiff may recover in a legal action. (references) | |
Mechanical Engineering | Any device which is not normally supplied with a machine tool but is applied to it for a particular type of operation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A legal notice concerning the attachment of property to satisfy a debt; also:a summons or writ, etc(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Attachment theory led not only to increased attention to attachments as a psycho-social process, it also led to a new understanding of child development. Freudian theory suggested that as libidinal drives fixed on different objects, former attachments would be broken; failure to break an attachment effectively would constitute a sort of trauma that could lead to later mental illness. Attachment theory, however, suggested that growing children did not break former attachments, but rather (1) learned to become more active (or sovereign) within previously established attachments, and (2) added new attachments, which did not necessarily require a break with (and are not necessarily substitutes for) previous attachments.
An attachment, in computer jargon refers to a extra file, carried in connection with an email message, of any of various file formats. See email attachment for detail.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Attachment."
| 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 |
| ATA | English | Advanced Technology Attachment | Computer - Computer - (IBM, PC) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AttachmentSynonyms: adherence (n), bond (n), fastening (n), fond regard (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Junction | Noun: junction; joining; Verb: joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation; annexion, annexation, annexment; astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation; accouplement; marriage; (wedlock,); infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation; meeting, reunion; assemblage. |
Love | Affection, sympathy, fellow-feeling; tenderness; Adjective: heart, brotherly love; benevolence; attachment. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There shall in that time be rumors of things going astray, erm, and there shall be a great confusion as to where things really are, and nobody will really know where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia-work base, that has an attachment. At that time, a friend shall lose his friend's hammer, and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before, about eight O'clock (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) Surely my ardent attachment to you, my love and devotion cannot help but have made an impression (Emma; writing credit: Douglas McGrath) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if you are convinced you can build a phazer out of your garage door opener and your camera's flash attachment. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Period of Attachment (1975) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This is a schematic drawing of the stages of metastasis 1) attachment 2) local breakdown 3) locomotion 4) secondary tumor. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Oyster shells are recycled by planting them on soft muddy bottom. This gives a firm surface for the attachment of young oysters and helps provide larger crops. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Soft corals, crinoids and sea pens need a hard spot for attachment. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Figure 54 (cont). Nansen inverting bottle showing detail of the cable attachment mechanism. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Wiper attachment applies contact herbicide to only those weeds that grow above the soybean canopy for this northwest Iowa farmer. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | The stalk-puller attachment drawn through this cotton test field near Weslaco, Texas, by field technician Victor Valladares plucks out the whole plants, roots and all. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |
 | Caption: Dictaphone with Metal Sanitube Attachment; 1913; {29.150/10} (jpg). |  | [Medical instruments and apparatus: Hedley's autotelephone probe and attachment and Sheen's graduated bullet-forceps]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Pulling ropes for attachment to stakes. Lasses-White show. Sikeston, Missouri. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
George Washington | A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. |
Lord Byron | My attachment has neither the blindness of the beginning, nor the microscopic accuracy of the close of such liaisons. |
Norman O. Brown | Love without attachment is light. |
Thomas Jefferson | Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | It was short, but expressed good sense, warm attachment, liberality, propriety, even delicacy of feeling |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | In part, therefore, the attachment which I speak of is the mere sensuous sympathy of dust for dust |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Apply repellants to discourage tick attachment. (references) | |
Strategies to block attachment of Pseudomonas to CF cells are under investigation. (references) | ||
Entry into host cells is thought to occur by attachment of virions to cellular receptors and subsequent endocytosis. (references) | ||
Business | The complete Brazilian import statistics are available in Attachment 1 of this report. (references) | |
Children | Saint Lucia | A broad legal framework exists for the protection of children through the Criminal Code, the Children and Young Persons Act, the Family Court Act, the Domestic Violence Act, and the Attachment of Earnings Act. (references) |
Economic History | Philippines | The fundamental Philippine attachment to democracy and human rights is reflected in its foreign policy. (references) |
Moldova | No strong attachment toward locally produced brands is evident, except for a few traditional local products such as juices, wines, and confectionery. (references) | |
Trade | Kuwait | The U.S. government generally opposes the attachment of any type of performance requirement to government tenders and has recommended that the Government of Kuwait carefully weigh all the potential costs to itself of an offset program. (references) |
Travel | Botswana | Batswana like to talk about their special attachment to their "cattle post" (although it is considered rude to ask how many head of cattle one owns). (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FELON, n. A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | So, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | I rely with entire confidence on your cooperation in objects equally your care, and that our mutual labors will serve to increase and confirm union among our fellow citizens and an unshaken attachment to our Government. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | We continue to receive proofs of the growing attachment of our Indian neighbors and of their dispositions to place all their interests under the patronage of the United States. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The visit of General Lafayette, alike honorable to himself and to our country, closed, as it had commenced, with the most affecting testimonials of devoted attachment on his part, and of unbounded gratitude of this people to him in return. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | But above all, its most important effect will be found in its influence upon the character of the Government by confining its action to those objects which will be sure to secure to it the attachment and support of our fellow citizens. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | To increase the attachment of our people to the Union, our laws should be just. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Attachment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Attachment" is used about 770 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% | 770 | 8,931 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "attachment": a writ of attachment ♦ advanced Technology Attachment ♦ advanced Technology Attachment Interface with Extensions ♦ AEolian attachment ♦ ancillary attachment ♦ apple Attachment Unit Interface ♦ at Attachment ♦ at Attachment Packet Interface ♦ attachment by garnishment ♦ attachment of a debt ♦ Attachment Sites (Microbiology) ♦ attachment Unit Interface ♦ auxiliary attachment ♦ bolted attachment ♦ boom attachment ♦ Denture Precision Attachment ♦ dividing attachment ♦ Eolian attachment ♦ feeding attachment ♦ Foreign attachment ♦ indexing attachment ♦ lens attachment ♦ magazine feed attachment ♦ magazine feeding attachment ♦ medium attachment unit ♦ Object Attachment ♦ order of attachment ♦ Periodontal Attachment Loss ♦ process of foreign attachment ♦ Reactive Attachment Disorder ♦ service of an attachment ♦ shower attachment ♦ single Connector Attachment ♦ special attachment ♦ to serve a writ of attachment ♦ To serve an attachment ♦ warrant of attachment ♦ writ of attachment. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "attachment": over-attachment. | |
| 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 "attachment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aanhanklikheid (adherence, affection). (various references) | |
Albanian | stazh (ageing, aging, clerkship, experience, probation), pjesë shtojcë, ndalim (arrest, ban, cessation, defence, detention, disallowance, embargo, Forbiddance, halt, inhibition, interdict, interdiction, juju, lid, negative, prohibition, stay, stop, stoppage, stopping, taboo), kapje (apprehension, arrest, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, snatch, uptake), dashuri (affection, fondness, love, love affair). (various references) | |
Arabic | مودة (bonhomie, cordiality, endearment, fellowship, friendship, intimacy, love, nearness), مصادرة (condemnation, confiscation, conscription, expropriation, forfeit, forfeiture, requisition, seizure, sequestration), حجز (attach, be taken, bespeak, bond, confine, confinement, constrain, derequisition, detain, detention, distrain, foreclose, have reservations, immure, impound, incarcerate, incarceration, keep, lock, mew, put away, recapture, reservation, reserve, restrain, retention, seize, seizure, sequester, sequestration, shut, staunch, stop, tackle), تعليق (abeyance, comment, commentary, gloss, quote, remark, stay, suspense, suspension, time out), التعلق, اداة ملحقة, إرتباط (connection, connexion, correlation, engagement, joining, liaison), رابط (camp, conjunctive, connective, copula, copulative, couple, give voice to), ربط (attach, bind, connect, couple, faster, hitch, interface, involve, join, knit, knitting, lash, lash down, ligature, link, moor, relate, rope, secure, set, slur, strap, swaddle, tether, tying, unite). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нещо прикрепено, арестуване (apprehension, arrest, charge, cop, custody, detention, lockup, pinch, seizure), привързаност (adherence, affection, devotion, endearment, fondness), придаване. (various references) | |
Chinese | 附著 (adhere), 附件. (various references) | |
Czech | připevnìní (fastening, fixing), oddanost (adherence, dedication, devotion, duty). (various references) | |
Danish | arrest (attachment by garnishment, garnishment), udstyr (accessory, additional attachment, appliance, equipment, get-up, plant, presentation, tackle), tilslutning (affiliation, assembly, connection, connections, connector, fitting, joint, junction, tag, terminal, termination), tilkobling (docking, engagement, hitch, hitching, linkage, locking), tilbehør (accessories, accessory, additional attachment), praktikophold, konfiskering (arrest, seizure), hjælpeindretning (ancillary attachment, auxiliary attachment, special attachment), beslaglæggelse (arrest, seizure). (various references) | |
Dutch | aanhechting (adhesion, adhesiveness, bonding, gripping, sticking property). (various references) | |
Esperanto | alligiteco, alfikso, sindono, sindoneco, juĝa preno (seizure). (various references) | |
Finnish | mieltymys (affection, liking), lisälaite (accessory), kiintymys (devotion, fondness). (various references) | |
French | attachement. (various references) | |
German | zusatzgerät (accessory unit, add on, peripheral, peripheral device). (various references) | |
Greek | κατάσχεση (confiscation, foreclosure, forfeiture, seizing, seizure, sequestration), σύνδεση (conjunction, connection, coupling, hookup, junction, ligature, link up, spanning, splice, syndication, tap). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לואי (accompanying, adjunct, attribute, auxiliary, if, if only, secondary, would that), זיק" (affinity, bond, link, linkage, linking, rapport, relation, spark, sympathy, tie), חב" (affection, esteem, fondness, liking, regard, taste), "תמסרות (devotion), "תקשרות (alliance, commitment, connection, joining, obligation), "תחברות (alliance, association, concourse, joining), "שתיכות (affiliation, belonging, membership), ""בק" (adherence, adhesion, glueing, joining, sticking), "צטרפות (accession, affiliation, joining), "בקות (adherence, adhesiveness, devoutness), "בק (attached to, cement, cleaving, glue, gum, partisan, paste, sticking to), ספח (adsorbate, epiphyte, paraphyte, voucher), ספח (addendum, appendix, attached, supplement). (various references) | |
Hungarian | alárendelés (allocation, subjugation, subordination), vezénylés (command, reassignment, roster), szeretet (affection, fondness, liking, love, loving-kindness), ragaszkodás (adherence, affection, attach, clinging, fidelity, hugging, tenacity), letiltás (forbidding), kellék (appurtenance, associated, fixture, habiliment, ingredient, makings, materials, necessity, paraphernalia, prerequisite, requirement, requisite), hozzákapcsolás, hozzáerõsítés, hozzáerősítés, függelék (addendum, annex, annexe, appendage, appendix, pendant, pendent, rider), egybefűzés, átalárendelés (allotment, reattachment). (various references) | |
Indonesian | alat pelengkap, adhesi (adhesion, devotion), penempelan (sticking). (various references) | |
Italian | accessorio (accessary, accessory, adjunct, appurtenance, secondary, subsidiary). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 執着 (adhesion, tenacity), 執心 (devotion, infatuation), 恋情 (love), 恋慕 (falling in love, love, tender emotions). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | れ"じょう (compassion, love, lovesickness, pity, type of liaison of consonants in a word), はいぞく (assignment), みれ" (lingering affection, regret, reluctance), けそう (falling in love), アタッチメント , あいちゃく (covetous affection, love), あいじゃく (covetous affection, love), あいぼ (adoration, cherish the memory of, love, yearn for), て"ぷ (annex, appendage, appended, appending, attached, deep scholarship, endowment, fertile land, Heavenly Father, natural gift, natural talent, paste, pasting), れ"ちゃく (love), しゅうし" (devotion, ethics, final trial, going to bed, infatuation, moral training, morals, retiring, the whole life), れ"ぼ (falling in love, love, tender emotions), "いなさけ (love, lovesickness), うし" (discrimination, distractions, historical school of poetic thought), さしおさえ (seizure), きゅうちゃく (adsorb, adsorption, sorption), しゅうちゃく (adhesion, sorption, tenacity), しゅうちゃくし" (tenacity of purpose), しゅうじゃく (adhesion, tenacity), あいしゅう (covetous affection, grief, pathos, sorrow). (various references) | |
Korean | 부착 (Adherence, Affixing). (various references) | |
Manx | lhiantys (adherence), lhiantag. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | attachmentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acessório (accessory, accidental, accompaniment, adjunct, appendant, collateral, fixture, incidental, paraphernalia, secondary, side, subsidiary, unessential). (various references) | |
Romanian | ataşare (attaching, fastening), ataşament (affection, fondness), arestare (apprehension, arrest, arresting, commitment, committal, confinement, round up, taking), afecţiune (affection, affections, dearness, disease, fondness, inclination, passions, sympathy, tenderness, trouble), adaptare (accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, arrangement, readjustment), adaos (accession, addendum, addition, adjunct, adjunction, admixture, alloy, amplification, annex, appendage, appendix, augmentation, codicil, increase, make-weight, rider, rise, schedule, sequel, supplement), accesoriu (accessary, accessories, accessory, accidental, adjunct, adjunctive, adventitious, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, bye, fixture, second, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary), sechestru (distraint, execution, extent, sequester), legare (association, binding, bookbinding, coupling, package), fixare (application, apposition, assignation, fastening, fixation, impress, nomination, retention), fidelitate (constancy, exactness, faith, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, reality, retentiveness, staunchness, tenacity, troth), dragoste (affection, charity, dearness, endearment, flame, fondness, intrigue, love, love affair, love making, sport), devotament (devotion, loyalty, self sacrifice). (various references) | |
Russian | фиксация (fixation, fixing), присоединение;приставка, приспособление (accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, aids and appliances, apliance, appliance, conformation, contraption, device, doohickey, gadget, gear, jig, readjustment, rig, tackle), прикрепление (insertion), привязанность (affections, love). (various references) | |
Scottish | taig, spéis (esteem, fondness, liking, regard). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | privrženost (adherence, affection, commitment, commitment to, committal, committal to, devotion, loyalty). (various references) | |
Spanish | afectuosidad (adherence, affection, attachement), acoplamiento (clutch, coupler, coupling joint, hookup, link up, linkage), accesorio (accessary, accessorial, accessory, accessory equipment, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, incidental, outbuilding, subordinate). (various references) | |
Swedish | tillbehör (accessories, appendage, appurtenance, device, fittings, fixings, gadget, implement, paraphernalia, pertinents, utilities, utility). (various references) | |
Thai | สิ่งที่แนบมา, การผูกติ", อุปกร"์ยึ"ติ", ความผูกพันทางอารม"์. (various references) | |
Turkish | alâka (bearing, concern, connection, interest, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy, respect), aksesuar (accessaries, accessary, accessories, accessory, fixings, ornament, trimming), sevgi (affection, affections, compassion, dearness, fondness, love, piety, sympathies, sympathy), parça (batch, bit, cake, Cantle, component, cut, dribblet, driblet, fraction, fragment, gobbet, item, lump, moiety, morsel, part, passage, patch, piece, portion, scrap, segment, shred, snatch, tool), ilgi (affinity, attention, bearing, care, concern, connection, connexion, curiosity, interest, involvement, liking, pertinence, reference, regard, relation, relationship, relativeness, relevance, relevancy, respect, solicitude, sympathies, sympathy, thought), haciz (confiscation, distraint, distress, garnishment, levy, seizure, sequestration, vesting), dostluk (amity, camaraderie, friendliness, friendship, good fellowship, neighborliness, neighbourliness), bağlılık (adherence, adhesion, allegiance, cementation, cohesion, cohesiveness, constancy, correlation, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, homage, interdependence, interdependency, loyalty, obedience, singleness, subordination, troth). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вірність (adherence, adhesion, allegiance, constancy, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, troth, validity), відданість (adhesion, allegiance, devotion, fidelity, trustiness), накладення арешту (arrest), набирання чінності, пристосування (accommodation, adaptation, appliance, arrangement, conformation, fit, fittings, readjustment, rig), прикріплення (fixture). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tịch biên, sự gắn, sự dán, sự buộc (fastening), phụ tùng. (various references) | |
Welsh | ymlyniad (adhesion), serch (affection, although, love, notwithstanding). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "attachment": attachments. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "attachment": nonattachment, reattachment. (additional references) | |
Words containing "attachment": nonattachments, reattachments. (additional references) | |
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"Attachment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: attachement, attachmant, attachmnet, attatchment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "attachment" (pronounced uta"khmunt) |
| 8 | u t a" kh m u n t | detachment. |
| 5 | -kh m u n t | impeachment, encroachment, enrichment, entrenchment, parchment, retrenchment. |
| 4 | -m u n t | aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, 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-a-c-e-h-m-n-t-t-t" | |
-3 letters: attache, etchant, manchet. | |
-4 letters: anthem, attach, attent, catena, chaeta, hamate, hetman, manche. | |
-5 letters: aceta, ament, antae, atman, chant, cheat, enact, hance, mache, manat, manta, match, matte, meant, menta, natch, neath, tacet, tache, teach, tecta, tench, tenth, thane, theca, theta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-m-n-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: attachments. | |
+2 letters: reattachment. | |
+3 letters: nonattachment, reattachments. | |
+4 letters: nonattachments. | |
| 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. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Abbreviations | 17. Acronyms 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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