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Definitions: Cancellation |
CancellationNoun1. The act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement. 2. The act of revoking or annulling or making void. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cancellation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1924. (references) |
Etymology: Cancellation \Can`cel*la"tion\, noun. [Latin expression cancellatio: compare to the French expression cancellation.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Agriculture | Refers to an action taken under Section 6(b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to cancel a pesticide registration for one or more specific uses when the Environmental Protection Agency finds the use results in unreasonable adverse effects to the environment or public health when a product is used according to widespread and commonly recognized practice, or if its labeling or other material required to be submitted does not comply with FIFRA provisions. (references) |
Environment | Refers to Section 6 (b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) which authorizes cancellation of a pesticide registration if unreasonable adverse effects to the environment and public health develop when a product is used according to widespread and commonly recognized practice, or if its labeling or other material required to be submitted does not comply with FIFRA provisions. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
On mail, a cancellation (or cancel for short) is a postal marking applied to a postage stamp or postal stationery indicating that the item has been used. Modern cancellations are often applied simultaneously with a postmark, for efficiency, and commonly the terms "cancellation" and "postmark" are used interchangeably, if incorrectly. (The confusion arises because of the practice of some postal administrations of applying the postmark directly on the stamp, at the cost of legibility.)
The term "killer" is sometimes used as a more vivid synonym for "cancel".
The introduction of postage stamps in 1840 and thereafter immediately engendered a need to clearly indicate that the stamp had done its service.
Many early cancellations were pen cancels, simply the use of a writing pen to deface the stamp, but before the days of ball-point pens, these took longer to apply than a handstamp, and most postal administrations required the use of cancellation devices, either supplied by the administration, handmade by the postmaster, or purchased from specialized suppliers. Handmade cancels were typically carved from cork and are known in a bewildering variety of creative designs, collectively known as fancy cancels. Pen cancels may still occasionally be seen, typically when a postal clerk notices that a stamp has not been touched by the automated machinery.
In the early period of the issuance of postage stamps in the United States a number of patents were issued for cancelling devices or machines that increased (or were purported to increase) the difficulty of washing off and reusing postage stamps. These methods generally involved the scraping or cutting-away of part of the stamp, or perhaps punching a hole through its middle. (These forms of cancellation must be distinguished from perfins, a series of small holes punched in stamps, typically by private companies as an anti-theft device.) See postage stamp reuse.
Stamp collectors like to see stamps which are either lightly cancelled or which have bulls-eye cancellations. Another phrase for 'bulls-eye cancellations' is socked on the nose (SON).
A lightly cancelled stamp would have the postmark on a corner or small portion of the stamp. As lightly cancelled stamps are in general more valuable than heavily-cancelled (exceptions, discussed below, may be bulls-eye cancellations and special or rare postmarks), collectors have at times rubber-stamped (or handwritten) "philatelic mail" or the like on their covers to get the postal clerk or mail processor to cancel the stamps lightly. (It was perhaps from concern that a conventional cancellation device would damage some of Tonga's early foil stamps that a rolling cancellation device was employed.)
A bulls-eye cancellation is a readable postmark which entirely or almost entirely is on the postage stamp. They are favored by stamp collectors because one can see the time, date, and location where the stamp was used. The prevalence of bulls-eye cancellations varies considerably by country and time period.
Cancellations may either be applied by hand or machine
In addition to everyday cancellations there are pictorial cancellations, which as the name suggests contain pictures or images associated with the commemoration of an event or anniversary. Some people attempt to use stamps relating to the theme of a pictorial cancellation on the envelope [1]. First day of issue of a stamp or piece of postal stationery is another type of cancellation.
In the United States, while cancellations are nearly universally applied by the authority of the United States Postal Service, it is legally possible to use one's own cancellations on a letter bearing United States postage stamps — if the letter is delivered by the sender, its employee (in the case of a company) or by a private delivery service following the requirements of the "Private Express Statutes". Private cancellations have actually been used in Germany. Private cancellations are to be distinguished from private overprints.
See also: philately
Cancellation is also a term used in networking
History
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Types of cancels
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cancellation."
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Obliteration | Noun: obliteration; erasure, rasure; cancel, cancellation; circumduction; deletion, blot; tabula rasa; effacement, extinction. |
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 | Steams into heavy seas on 24 February 1945, while en route to take part Task Force 58's second Tokyo raid of the month. Photographed from atop the battleship's forward fire control platform. Spray is enveloping the forecastle 40mm gun mounts in weather that curtailed the number of strikes flown on 25 February and forced the cancellation of those planned for the 26th.Credit: NAVY. |  | Photographed from on board the battleship Scharnhorst during January 1940, while she was acting as an icebreaker in the western Baltic Sea. The heavy ice there forced cancellation of planned target practice by the Scharnhorst.Credit: NAVY. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Decisions of the Commission relating to the total or partial cancellation of the capital or interest of any verified debt of Germany must be accompanied by a statement of its reasons. (reference) |
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Business | Any violation of the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Qualification (CQ) will be grounds for suspension or cancellation. (references) | |
The law favors local businesses and cancellation of agency agreements and contracts are difficult and costly, regardless of contract terms. (references) | ||
If a trademark has already been registered in Chile, professional consultations should be carried out to seek the cancellation of the trademark. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Egypt | A case brought by the Press Committee of the Shura Council requesting permanent cancellation of the licenses still was pending at year's end. (references) |
Belgium | A representative of the center reportedly cited the presence of the Church of Scientology on the commission's list as a reason for the cancellation. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | The Government did not provide a reason for the cancellation; however, many observers believe the primary reason was that callers to the show criticized the Government. (references) | |
Economic History | Indonesia | The new law was intended to make cancellation actions easier. (references) |
Madagascar | In addition, on March 7, 2001, the Paris Club approved a debt cancellation of $161 million. (references) | |
Italy | Failure to use a mark within three years after its registration can result in cancellation. (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | Of these, judges found several hundred persons innocent and ordered the cancellation of their warrants. (references) |
Cameroon | During the year, there were a few unconfirmed reports of the arbitrary cancellation of the legal status of several small local NGO's working in the East Province investigating the illegal activities of logging companies. (references) | |
Political Economy | HONDURAS | The term for cancellation of a trademark for lack of use has been extended from one year to three years. (references) |
Political Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | In the second round, more than 10 candidates were declared winners automatically as a result of their opponents' refusal to run or, in 9 cases, the Government's cancellation of the opponents' registration. (references) |
Armenia | Several Parliamentary by-elections were held during the year and in 2000. Most of the by-elections were carried out peacefully; however, after hearing extensive evidence about irregularities in Yerevan's Arabkir district, the Constitutional court ordered the cancellation of the results in the May 2000 by-election. (references) | |
Trade | Mexico | This annual program lists all committees working in the development, update, or cancellation of NOMs and NMXs for the year. (references) |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | The deposit is partially refunded upon cancellation of service. (references) |
Bolivia | The long-term water supply situation in Cochabamba, however, is in doubt following the cancellation in April 2000 of a contract to fix that city's water problems. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Sri Lanka | This requirement is the only legal grounds for cancellation of registration. (references) |
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Rush Limbaugh | But it won't be long before tax increases are on the table and your patriotism is going to be linked to your willingness to support a hike or a cancellation. |
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| "Cancellation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.43% of the time. "Cancellation" is used about 529 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) | 99.43% | 526 | 11,625 |
| Noun (common) | 0.57% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 529 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cancellation": cancellation clause ♦ cancellation of an entry ♦ cancellation of fractions ♦ cancellation of one's registration ♦ cancellation of sale contract ♦ echo cancellation. Additional references. | |
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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. |
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Albanian | shuarje (effacement, erasure, evanescence, expurgation, extinction, obliteration, quenching, shutdown, suppression, wane, withering), pezullim (abeyance, arrest, cancel, hold, layoff, reversal, stay, suspense, suspension), anulim (abolishment, annulment, avoidance, cancel, cassation, Defeasance, defeat, invalidation, nullification, recall, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حذف (cancel, castrate, delete, edit, elide, elimination, elision, miss out, omission, omit, retrench, skip, write off), علامات الحذف (ellipsis), الإلغاء, إلغاء (abolishment, abolition, annihilation, avoidance, cancel, nullification, recall, repeal, rescission, revocation), إبطال (abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, circumvention, counteraction, defeasance, frustration, invalidation, negation, nullification, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation, vitiation), شطب (blot, cancel, cross, cross out, delete, deletion, score, scratch, scratching, slash, stroke, write off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | унищожаване (abolishment, abolition, annihilation, consumption, demolition, destruction, devastation, dissolution, extermination, obliteration, ruination, squelch), отменяване (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, repeal), отменяне (abatement, annulment, recall, recision, repeal, rescission, retractation, reversal, revocation, undoing, withdrawal), зачеркване (deletion, write off), анулиране (abatement, abrogation, annulment, cassation, defeat, invalidation, nullification, recision, repeal, rescission, retraction, voidance, write off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 取消 (Cancel, Canceled, Canceling, Cancelled, Cancelling, Recision, revoke, Revoked, Revoking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zrušení (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, breach, diriment, dissolution, recall, renunciation, repeal, rescission, withdrawal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tilbagekaldelse (recall, retirement, revocation), mortifikation (retirement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | royement (expelled Member, retirement), opheffing (abrogation, repeal, rescission, show of hands, suspension, suspension of staff, upheaval, uplift, uplift (of the earth's crust)), ongeldigverklaring (retirement), intrekking (abrogation, repeal, rescission, revocation), annulering (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, bust this, defeasance, erasure, retirement), afschaffing (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, repeal, rescission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kumoaminen (abort, abrogation, annulment, erasure, repeal, rescission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | annulation (cancel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | streichung (abatement, cancel, cut, cutting, deletion, writing off), absage (negative reply, refusal, rejection slip), Löschung (cancel, closing, deletion, erasing, erasure, paying off, redemption, striking off, unloading), aufhebung (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, breaking off, cancelation, closing, dissolving, lifting, nullification, quashing, raising, recision, removal, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, resolution, resolving, reversal, revocation, sublation, withdrawal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακύρωση (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, cancel, invalidation, nullification, repeal, rescission, reversal, validation, voidance), διαγραφή (deletion, erasing, erasure, write off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מחיק" (cancelling, deletion, effacement, erasure, obliteration), "תר" (loosening, permission, releasing, resolution, solution, untying), "פקע" (expropriation, requisition, sequestration), בטול (abolition, annulment, cancelling, idle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | visszavonás (recantation, repeal, retractation, retraction, revocation, withdrawal), törlés (dash, deletion, dismemberment, erasure, obliteration, wipe, wiping), stornírozás, leírás (delineation, description, panorama, portrayal, presentment, write-off), helylemondás, hatálytalanítás (avoidance, Defeasance, invalidation, recission, repeal), felbontás (break up, breakdown, dissociation, resolution, scanning, undoing), bevonás (coating, cocooning, electrodeposition), érvénytelenítés (abatement, abolishment, annulment, avoidance, invalidation, recission, rescission, reversal, write off), áthúzás (deletion, pulling over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengunduran (backdown, deferment, postponement, temporization), pembatalan (abolition, annulment, defeasance, nullification, postponement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cancellazione (abatement, annulment, black-out, blanking, cancel, clearing procedure, deletion, effacement, erasing, erasure, release, suppression), annullamento (abolition, annulment, avoidance, cancel, nullification, repeal, retirement), abrogazione (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, repeal, rescission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 削除 (deletion, elimination, erasure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ねがいさ' (withdrawl), ぼうびき (writing off), さくじょ (deletion, elimination, erasure), かいしょう (ability, circular, circulating letter, easy victory, liquidation, Navy Minister, negotiation, renaming, resourcefulness, retitling, sweeping victory, talks, Vice-Admiral), かいじょ (assistant, calling off, cut off, helper, mowing, release, removal, rescinding, second), は " (breaking off), とりけし (cancel), ちょうけし (writing off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 취소 (Cancel, Canceling, Cancelling, Voiding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | noi-oardagh (countermand), dolley magh (abolition, abrogate, abrogation, block out, cancel, delete, erase, obliteration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ancellationcay cancelamento (abrogation, cancel, rescission, retirement, revocation), anulação (abrogation, annulment, avoidance, cancel, defeasance, defeat, deletion, dissolve, lickspittle, nullifications, recall, repeal, rescission, retirement, revocation, undoing). (various references) contramandare (remand), compensare (compensation, redemption, satisfaction), neutralizare (neutralization), desfacere (decomposition, detachment, disentanglement, dissolution, looseness, sale, unbinding), ştergere (defacement, deletion, effacement, erasure, obliteration, scraping, wipe), anulare (annulment, avoidance, call off, defeasance, defeat, effacement, nullification, remitment, remittal, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation). (various references) сокращение (abbr, abbrev, abbreviation, abridgement, abridgment, breviary, constriction, contraction, curtailment, cutback, cutting down, dockage, сокр., reduction, retrenchment, shortening, shrinkage, shrinking), вычеркивание (deletion, effacement, expurgation, obliteration, rasure), вымарывание (deletion), отмена (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, abrogations, annihilation, annulment, cancel, disaffirmation, repeal, rescission, revocation). (various references) ukinuće (abrogation, avoid, revocation), poništenje (abolishment, annulment, avoid, avoidance, cassation, countermand, defeasance, dissolution, invalidation, nullification, recession, repeal, rescission, vitiation), otkazivanje, opoziv (recall, revocation). (various references) cancelacio/n (cancelation), cancelación (annulment, cancel, deletion, repudiation), supresión (abatement, abolition, black-out, blanking, deletion, mutilation, omission, removal, suppression, suspension, suspension of staff), rescisión (recision, rescission), proceso de interrumpir, anulación (annulment, avoidance, cancel, defeat, denouncement, nullification, repudiation, rescission, revocation). (various references) avbeställning (countermand), överstrykning. (various references) การยกเลิก (cancel, cancelation, recall, rescission). (various references) silme (cancel, defacement, deletion, erasion, erasure, obliteration, rubbing, wipe, wiping), kaldırılma (abolition, heaving), iptal (abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancel, cancelling, cassation, defeasance, defeat, dissolution, invalidation, nullification, nullity, recall, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation, termination, void, withdrawal), iptâl damgası, geçersiz kılma (invalidation, nullification), fesih (abolition, annulment, cancel, cassation, defeasance, denouncement, dissolution, invalidation, repeal, rescission), damga (brand, cachet, earmark, impress, impression, imprint, Mark, marker, print, seal, signature, stamp, stigma), bozma (annulment, breach, breaking, cancel, changing, corruption, defacement, dislocation, dissolution, exchange, impairment, infraction, infringement, mutilation, obliteration, perversion, ruining, spoiling, stain, violation, vitiation), çıkarma (belch, cancel, deduction, dismantlement, ejection, ejectment, elimination, emission, exclusion, expulsion, extraction, extrusion, haulage, issuance, issue, omission, rejection, subtraction). (various references) сітчаста будова, скорочення (abatement, abbreviation, abridgement, abridgment, ax, axe, castration, contraction, curtailment, cutback, pruning, retraction, retrenchment), скасування (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, cancel, defeasance, demolition, nullification, repeal, withdrawal), викреслювання (cancel, deletion, effacement, expurgation), анулювання (abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancel, defeasance, invalidation, nullification, repeal, rescission, revocation, write off), припинення (break up, bust up, cease, cessation, delay, discontinuance, discontinuation, elision, shutdown, stop, stopping, surcease, termination), погашення. (various references) sự xoá bỏ (cancel, erasement), sự huỷ bỏ (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, cancel, disaffirmation, nullification, repeal, rescission, revocation), sự bỏ (abandonment, annulment, preterition, pretermission, relinquishment), sự ước lược. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "cancellation": cancellations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cancellation": precancellation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cancellation": precancellations. (additional references) | |
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"Cancellation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cancelation, concellation, congelation. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cancellation" (pronounced ka'nsulā"shun) |
| 8 | -n s u l ā" sh u n | consolation, insulation. |
| 7 | -s u l ā" sh u n | desolation, isolation, oscillation, vacillation. |
| 6 | -u l ā" sh u n | accumulation, adulation, annihilation, appellation, articulation, assimilation, calculation, capitulation, coagulation, compilation, confabulation, congratulation, constellation, correlation, demodulation, depopulation, deregulation, distillation, elation, emulation, escalation, exhalation, extrapolation, fibrillation, formulation, gastrulation, granulation, inhalation, inoculation, installation, jubilation, manipulation, miscalculation, modulation, mutilation, overpopulation, overregulation, ovulation, population, recalculation, regulation, reregulation, revelation, simulation, speculation, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, tabulation, titillation, tribulation, 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-c-c-e-i-l-l-n-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: cancelation. | |
-3 letters: allantoic, allantoin, canonical, cantilena. | |
-4 letters: acetonic, allanite, alliance, allocate, analcite, ancillae, anconeal, calcanei, canaille, canticle, cantonal, cliental, lactonic, laitance, lanoline, localite, national, neonatal, teocalli. | |
-5 letters: aconite, actinal, actinon, aeolian, aeonian, alanine, alation, alencon, aloetic, ancient, ancilla, anconal, antlion, calcine, calcite, calicle, callant, canella, cannoli, canonic, cantina, catcall, cloacae, cloacal, cocaine, coeliac, coenact, collate, collect, conceal, conceit, concent, conical, connate, connect, contain, elation, enation, encinal, laconic, lacteal, lactean, lactone, lanital, lanolin, lection, oceanic, toenail. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-l-l-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: cancellations. | |
+3 letters: necromantically, precancellation. | |
+4 letters: precancellations. | |
+5 letters: antitechnological, nonecclesiastical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 6E 63 65 6C 6C 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- -. -.-. . .-.. .-.. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 01101100 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a n c e l l a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 006E 0063 0065 006C 006C 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376780697178786786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Spoken 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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