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Definition: Consolidation |
ConsolidationNoun1. Combining into a solid mass. 2. The act of combining into an integral whole. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "consolidation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Etymology: Consolidation \Con*sol`i*da"tion\, noun. [Latin expression consolidatio confirming: compare to the French expression consolidation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | In agriculture and other economic sectors, consolidation usually is a reference to the trend from numerous smaller-sized operations toward fewer and larger ones. Consolidation can lead to higher concentration. See industrialization. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | Downward movement of soil or an embankment independent of mechanical compaction:a downward movement of the soil or of the structure which it supports after completion of the road. Source: European Union. (references) |
Economics | 1. In transportation, the combining of smaller shipments into a single shipment that is sent to a destination point. 2.The reorganization of corporations to combine two or more into a successor corporation. (references) |
| The bringing together at one physical location of people, equipment and facilities. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Finance | The results obtained on a balance sheet when the accounts of a parent company and its subsidiaries are combined to reflect the financial position and operating results of the group as if it operated as a single entity. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The act of securing the legal position of a reserved forest, particularly a hastily or ill-settled one, by the re-survey, adjustment and adequate demarcation of boundaries, and the clearer definition of forest rights. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | The gradual reduction in volume of a soil mass resulting from an increase in compressive stress. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The healing process of a bone fracture. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Any process whereby loosely aggregated, soft, or liquid earth materials become firm and coherent rock; specif. the solidification of a magma to form an igneous rock, or the lithification of loose sediments to form a sedimentary rock b. The gradual reduction in volume and increase in density of a soil mass in response to increased load or effective compressive stress; e.g., the squeezing of fluids from pore spaces. See also:lithificati e.g., the squeezing of fluids from pore spaces. See also:lithificati. (references) |
Post & Telecom | Literally refers to the gathering together of items from different sources and, in terms of transport, then dispatching the items in bulk. Source: European Union. (references) |
Shipping | Cargo containing shipments of two or more shippers or suppliers. Containerload shipments may be consolidated for one or more consignees. (references) |
Statistics | Refers to the mutual cancellation of transactions among schemes in the same group, for example, among resident public schemes or among the whole of schemes operating in the country. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | The grouping together of several consignments into a full load. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ConsolidationSynonym: integration (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Coherence | Noun: coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness; concretion accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering; Verb: connection; dependence. |
Density | Condensation; caseation; solidation, solidification; consolidation; concretion, coagulation; petrification. (hardening); crystallization, precipitation; deposit, precipitate; inspissation; gelation, thickening. Verb: |
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 | Coxey's Army on the canal--Second barge belongs to the Consolidation Coal Company. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Abandoned brick schoolhouse. McIntosh County, Oklahoma. The tendency is towards consolidation of county schools. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Schoolhouse on project near Newport, Washington. Abandoned in interest of consolidation. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Clinical trials exploring the role of consolidation therapy in patients with a complete response to primary therapy should be given high priority. (references) | |
Given the fact that many patients with negative second-look laparotomies will develop recurrent cancer, protocols should be developed to evaluate the benefits of consolidation therapy in the context of clinical trials. (references) | ||
Business | Privatization and consolidation are well advanced. (references) | |
The consolidation and rationalization which has been taking place in the industry has continued. (references) | ||
The last two years have seen the start of the consolidation of pharmaceutical wholesalers in Poland. (references) | ||
Economic History | Armenia | After consolidation, a core of 10-15 solid banks is predicted. (references) |
Hungary | The process of market consolidation is slowly pushing illegal vendors (black-market) out of business. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | Bank consolidation, which began in the mid-1990s when Azerbaijan had 250 small, illiquid banks, continues. (references) | |
Minorities | Madagascar | A long history of military conquest and political consolidation raised the political and economic status of highland ethnic groups of Asian origin above that of coastal groups of African ancestry. (references) |
Political Economy | OMAN | The central bank seeks the strengthening and further consolidation of existing banks. (references) |
AUSTRALIA | The coalition government has severely curtailed assistance schemes to Australian industry as part of its fiscal consolidation program. (references) | |
Political Rights | Romania | Roma are underrepresented in Parliament because of low Roma voter turnout and internal divisions that worked against the consolidation of votes for one candidate, organization, or party. (references) |
Trade | Costa Rica | Private banks have been undergoing a consolidation, with the total number of banks declining. (references) |
France | It focuses on the consolidation of an integrated European market, rather than developing new policy directions. (references) | |
Women | Panama | The Ministry of Youth, Women, Children, and Family Affairs is largely a consolidation of departments previously operating in other government ministries, and its activities have not attracted a great deal of public attention. (references) |
Worker Rights | Russia | Other trade unions claimed that the consolidation of social security assets in the federal budget and the additional layer of bureaucracy in the distribution of social benefits have led to reduced benefits for workers and the public in general. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Consolidation and disunion have thereby been rendered equally impracticable. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Opportunities and temptations to the assumption of power incompatible with State sovereignty would be increased and those barriers which resist the tendency of our system toward consolidation greatly weakened. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The new legislation and the coordinator's office will bring common sense and consolidation to our Nation's previously fragmented, inconsistent, and in many ways, outdated, refugee and immigration policies. |
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| "Consolidation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Consolidation" is used about 515 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% | 515 | 11,788 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Comtech Consolidation Group, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "consolidation": agricultural consolidation ♦ arithmetic consolidation ♦ arithmetical consolidation ♦ Consolidation locomotive ♦ consolidation of fragmented holdings ♦ consolidation of position ♦ consolidation of shares ♦ consolidation statement ♦ consolidation therapy ♦ land consolidation ♦ psychological consolidation activities ♦ transaction consolidation ♦ vocational consolidation. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "consolidation": over-consolidation, post-consolidation. | |
| 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 "consolidation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkrirje (amalgamation, coalescence, creep, extinction, fusion, integration, melt, melting, merger, smelt, tie up, welding), përforcim (aggrandizement, amplification, confirmation, enforcement, exaltation, gain, magnification, reinforcement), forcim (fortifying, increase, strengthening), bashkim (affiliation, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, coalescence, community, compound, confederation, conflux, conjunction, coupling, fusion, hookup, integration, interconnection, interflow, interfusion, joinder, joining, joint, junction, league, ligature, linkage, merger, reconcilability, reunion, seam, soldering, splice, unification, union, welding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كل متماسك, تقوية (encouragement, enforcement, intensification, motive, reinforcement, strengthening), توحيد (conjunction, integration, unification, union), تدعيم, الاندماج. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | консолидация, обединение (coalition, combine, incorporation, merger, syndicate, trust, union), затвърдяване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 实变. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | konsolidace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tæthed (abundance, compactness, density, level of compaction, linear density, recording density, relative density, state of compaction, tightness), stabilisering (stabilization), sammenpresning (compaction, compression, cramming, debulking, densification, packing, rolling, tractor rolling), sammenlægning (aggregation, agricultural consolidation, consolidation of fragmented holdings, conveyancing, land consolidation, re-allocation of agricultural land holdings, re-allotment of land, regrouping of lands, reparcelation, reparcelling out of small holdings, transaction consolidation, transfer of ownership), samlegodstrafik, sætning (sentence), nyvurdering af fredskovsareal, konsolidering (compression, funding, settlement, subsidence), komprimering (compacting, compaction, compression, debulking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | consolidering, consolidatie van transacties (transaction consolidation), consolidatie (compression, funding), zetting (abbreviation, accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, assemblage, assembly, composing, erecting, fitting up, mounting), voeging (joinder), vereniging van rechtsplegingen (joinder), vereniging van processen (joinder), inklinking (settlement, subsidence), groepage (less than carload freight, less-than-carload, part-load traffic), dichtheid (abundance, compactness, density, level of compaction, mass per unit volume, optimum density, quality, relative density, rho, sett, specific gravity, state of compaction, tightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tiivistyminen (compaction, compression, condensation, infiltration of tumor cells, infiltration of tumour cells, settling, subsidence, sweating, tumor infiltration, tumour infiltration), taudin asettuminen, sulauttaminen (transaction consolidation), luutuminen, kumulaatio (joinder), konsolidoituminen, konsolidaatio (compression), kokoonpuristuminen (compression, contraction), kokoonpuristuma (compression, shortening), asioiden käsitteleminen yhdessä (joinder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | consolidation (compression, transaction consolidation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | festigung (fortification, hardening, hardness, strengthening), vertiefung (absorption, cave, cavity, deepening, dent, depression, dip, engrossment, extension, flattening, heightening, hollow, immersion, indent, indentation, pit, reinforcement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σταθεροποίηση (freezing, stabilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יצוב (stabilization, strengthening), לכו" (hooked, union, unity), קו סולי"צי", אחי"ות (homogeneity, uniformity, unity), חזוק (confirmation, fortification, intensification, reinforcement, strengthening, support), "תיצבות (reporting, stabilization, standing before), "תכו ות (preparation, stabilization), "תבססות (foundation, substantiation), 'בוש (accomplishment, crystallization, stabilization), בסוס (basing, establishment, foundation, predication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megszilárdulás (congelation, setting, solidification), megszilárdítás (cementing, congelation, solidification, stabilization), megerõsítés (affirmation, confirmation, corroboration, firmament, fortification, ratification, reinforce, reinforcement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penggabungan (annexation, fusion, incorporation, integration, merger, merging), konsolidasi, gabungan (affiliation, alliance, combination, federation, merger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | consolidamento (solidification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 合併 (affiliation, amalgamation, annexation, coalition, combination, fusion, incorporation, merger, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | がっぺい (affiliation, amalgamation, annexation, coalition, combination, fusion, incorporation, merger, union), せいび (adjustment, complete equipment, completion), "うへい (affiliation, amalgamation, annexation, coalition, combination, fusion, incorporation, merger, union), あつみつ, とういつ (compatible, unification, uniformity, unity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 강" (Enhancing, intensifying, Powdering, strengthening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | stooaltys (solidity), niartaghey (affirm, affirmation, brace, building up, cement, confirm, confirmation, consolidate, documentation, extend, fortification, fortify, intensify, invigorate, nerve, reinforce, reinforcement, stiffen, strengthen), cur ry-cheilley (assemblage, assemble, associate, clump, combine, compile, connect, connotation, consolidate, construct, evolve, incorporate, keep together, reconcile, relate, sum, teamwork). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onsolidationcay consolidação (setting). (various references) consolidare (protection). (various references) укрупнение, укрепление (fortification, reinforcement, stockade), консолидация. (various references) ujedinjenje (coalition, joinder, unification, union), konsolidovanje, konsolidacija, integrisanje (merging), integracija (integration, merger). (various references) consolidación (compression, funding, reinforcement, strengthening, transaction consolidation). (various references) sammanslagning (amalgamation, fusion, merger, tie up, unification). (various references) takviye etmek (back, confirm, consolidate, fortify, reinforce, strengthen, support), takviye (backing, fortification, fortifier, recruitment, reinforcement, strengthening, support), sertleşme (hardening, induration, setting, stiffening), sağlamlaştırmak (cement, consolidate, fasten down, firm, harden, make fast, make firm, reinforce, secure, solidify, stabilize, strengthen), sağlamlaştırma (induration), konsolide etme, borçları birleştirme. (various references) jebislik (unison). (various references) ущільнення (condensation), консолідація, об'"днання (alliance, amalgamation, association, coalescence, combine, company, conjuncture, corporation, embodiment, family, incorporation, integration, merger, organization, rally, unification), зміцнення (afforcement, backing, enforcement, stabilization, strengthening), затвердіння (calcification, callosity, callus, congelation, hardening, induration, solidification). (various references) sự thống nhất (coalescence, unification), sự l m vững chắc, sự l m củng cố sự hợp nhất. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "consolidation": consolidations. (additional references) | |
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"Consolidation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: consalidation, cosnolidation, cosolidation. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "consolidation" (pronounced kunsÄ'ludā"shun) |
| 7 | -l u d ā" sh u n | invalidation, validation. |
| 6 | -u d ā" sh u n | accommodation, degradation, depredation, fluoridation, intimidation, liquidation, oxidation, sedation, trepidation. |
| 5 | -d ā" sh u n | commendation, foundation, gradation, inundation, recommendation, retardation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, 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, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intonation, intoxication, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, 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, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, 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, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, 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-c-d-i-i-l-n-n-o-o-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: colonisation, conditionals. | |
-2 letters: conditional, consolation, dislocation. | |
-3 letters: anticodons, clintonias, coalitions, conditions, insolation, sonication. | |
-4 letters: actinoids, anticodon, clintonia, coalition, coitional, conations, condition, conodonts, diastolic, dictional, dilations, donations, inactions, indicants, iodations, isolation, locations, noncoital, nonsocial, onanistic. | |
-5 letters: actinoid, actinons, anconoid, anticold, antlions, cannolis, canonist, coitions, colistin, colonist, conation, conidial, conidian, conodont, conoidal, contains, coolants, daltonic, diatonic, dictions. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-i-l-n-n-o-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: consolidations, disconsolation. | |
+2 letters: decolonizations, disconsolations. | |
| 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: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Company Usage 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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