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Culmination

Definition: Culmination

Culmination

Noun

1. A final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development".

2. The decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play".

3. A concluding action.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "culmination" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)


Specialty Definition: Culmination

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

= transit (sense 1), specifically upper transit. (references)

Mining

The highest point of a structural feature, e.g., of a dome or anticlinal crest. The axis of an anticline may have several culminations that areseparated by saddles. See also:crest. (references)

Science

The point at which a satellite reaches its highest position or elevation in the sky, relative to an observer (aka the closest point of approach). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Culmination

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In astronomy, the culmination, at a given point, of a planet, star, constellation, etc. is the time when it appears on an observer's meridian; in other words, its highest point, when it is closest to the zenith.

In general use, culmination refers to completion or fulfillment.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Culmination."

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Synonyms: Culmination

Synonyms: apogee (n), climax (n), closing (n), completion (n), mop up (n), windup (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Culmination

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Completion

Noun: completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment; performance, execution; despatch, dispatch; consummation, culmination; finish, conclusion; close; (end); terminus; (arrival); winding up; finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result; final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke; last finish, coup de grace; crowning of the edifice; coping-stone, keystone; missing link; superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli.

Summit

Noun: summit, summity; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point; turn of the tide, fountain head; water shed, water parting; sky, pole.

Superiority

Supremacy, preeminence; lead; maximum; record; gr/trikumia/, climax; culmination; (summit); transcendence; ne plus ultra; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; excess, surplus; (remainder); (redundancy).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Culmination

English words defined with "culmination": apogee, assaultcapstone, copestonefinishing touchMoon-culminatingSmiledon californicus. (references)
Specialty definitions using "culmination": Perfume, PlowRedundant Arrays of Independent DisksWindow. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Culmination" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (acme, climax, culmination, heyday, highlight).

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Modern Usage: Culmination

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The rest must wait until the victorious culmination of my campaign in Italy. (Desirée; writing credit: Annemarie Selinko; Daniel Taradash)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Culmination

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Quilter's Journey Inspiration & Culmination (reference)

  • Battleships of the Bismarck Class: Bismarck and Tirpitz, Culmination and Finale of German Battleship Construction (reference)

  • British Empire Before the American Revolution: Great War for the Empire: the Culmination, 1760-1763 (reference)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach the Culmination of an Era (reference)

  • The contact and the culmination (reference)

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Music

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Non-Fiction Usage: Culmination

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The Growing Challenge of Alzheimer's Disease in residential settings is the culmination of a two-year project by the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago, Illinois, funded by a grant from the Retirement Research Foundation. (references)

Business

New Telecommunications Legislation Venezuela's new telecommunications law is the culmination of almost a year's worth of work in an unprecedented effort on the part of a committee consisting of private and public sector representatives. (references)

Economic History

Jordan

Jordan's accession to the WTO in 2000 was the culmination of the government's efforts to adopt various trade-related legislative reforms. (references)

Libya

The March 1977 establishment of "people's power"--with mandatory popular participation in the selection of representatives to the GPC--was the culmination of this process. (references)

Barbados

The introduction of the value-added tax (VAT) on almost all goods and services in 1997 represented the culmination of the process of tax reform initiated in 1992 to streamline and improve the efficiency of the tax system. (references)

Political Rights

Central African Republic

This right was first exercised in free and fair elections in 1993 that were the culmination of a successful democratization movement led by President Patasse. (references)

China

The final ballot is the culmination of an election process that includes government screening of candidates and an indirect vote that eliminates some candidates. (references)

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Speeches: Culmination

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Zimbabwean independence last April was the culmination of a long struggle within the country and diplomatic efforts involving Great Britain, African states neighboring Zimbabwe, and the United States.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Culmination

"Culmination" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Culmination" is used about 309 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%30916,435

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Culmination

Expression using "culmination": point of culmination. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Culmination

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

culmination

4
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Modern Translation: Culmination

Language Translations for "culmination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pikë kulmore (high tide, meridian), kulm (acme, apex, bloom, climax, crescendo, crisis, crown, dead, extremity, flower, heat, height, heyday, meridian, nab, payoff, peak, pink, pinnacle, prime, summit, superlative, tiptop, top, vertex, zenith). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

â€ØªÙƒØ¨Ø¯ (culminate, suffer, sufferance, sustain), â€ØªØ£ÙˆØ¬, â€Ø§Ù„ذروة, â€Ø£ÙˆØ¬ (acme, apex, climax, noontide, pinnacle, pitch, ridge, summit, top, zenith). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ÐºÑƒÐ»Ð¼Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ñ (high tide), кулминационна точка (acme, climax, height, high water mark, noon, peak, pinnacle, zenith), кулминиране, зенит (meridian, vertex, zenith), апогей (acme, apogee, crest, height, heyday, high tide, meridian, pinnacle, pride, summit, zenith). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

顶点. (various references)

   

Czech

  

vyvrcholení (summit, zenith), kulminaèní bod. (various references)

   

Danish

  

kulmination (acme, crisis, transit), øvre kulmination. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

culminatiepunt (culminating point, point of culmination), hoogtestand. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

قله (Acme, Climax, Crest, Knoll, Pap, Peak, Point, Summit, Top, Vertex, Zenith), حداعلی (Utter, Uttermost), اوج (Acme, Apogee, Climax, Crescendo, Meridian, Noontide, Pinnacle, Pitch, Summit, Tiptop, Top, Zenith). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lakipiste, kulminaatio (transit). (various references)

   

French

  

culmination. (various references)

   

German

  

kulmination (apex), Anhäufung Kulmination. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μεσουÏάνηση, μεσουÏάνημα, απόγειο (apogee, zenith), αποκοÏÏφωμα (apex, apogee, climax, hey day, highlight, pinnacle). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

פס×'×" (apex, climax, head, peak, summit, top, zenith), צ×"יר×" (shining). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

delelés, csúcs (aces, apex, apical, crest, gable, peak, pinnacle, pitch, point, summit, tip, tiptop, to be all aces, top, vertex, vertices), betetőzés (consummation, lowest depths). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tingkat tertinggi, puncak (apex, capstone, crest, cusp, high, mount, peak, pitch, top, zenith). (various references)

   

Italian

  

culminazione. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

極致 (perfection), 極 (climax, extreme, extremity, height, nadir, pole, quite, very, zenith). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ãょãã¡ (farthest land, limited area, locality, municipal, perfection, polar regions), ãょã (affair, big frame, channel, climax, department, extreme, extremity, height, nadir, piece of music, pole, situation, tune, zenith). (various references)

   

Manx

  

mullagh (apex, capital, ceiling, ceiling of prices, crest, crest of wave, crisis, crisis of illness, eminence, peak, pinnacle, ridge, roofing, summit, top, vertex). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ulminationcay

   

Portuguese

  

culminação. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

culminare, culme (acme, apex, apogee, climax, crest, height, heyday, it, noon, noonday, noontide, paroxysm, peak, perfection, perisher, ridge, summit, top, vertex, zenith), apogeu (acme, apex, apogee, climax, crest, height, heyday, high water mark, it, noon, noonday, noontide, summit, zenith). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ÐºÑƒÐ»ÑŒÐ¼Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ñ (acme, climax, high point, high spot). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

kulminacija. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

culminación (climax). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kulmen. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zirve (acme, apex, apogee, cap, climax, crown, cusp, head, height, high, high tide, meridian, payoff, peak, Pike, pink, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex, zenith), meridyen üzerinde bulunma, doruk (acme, apex, apical, apogee, climax, crest, cusp, height, heyday, high tide, meridian, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, top, vertex, zenith). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

ÐºÑƒÐ»ÑŒÐ¼Ñ–Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ñ–Ñ (climax, solstice), найвища точка (acme, climax, high, peak, tiptop), зеніт (apex, heyday, meridian, noon, noonday, summit, vertex, zenith). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

cực điểm (paroxysm, paroxysmal, utmost, uttermost, zenith), tột độ (culminant, maximal), điểm cao nhất (apogee, high tide, top-notch). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Culmination

Derivations

Words beginning with "culmination": culminations. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Culmination" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: collmination, cullmination, Culmington. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Culmination"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "culmination" (pronounced ku'lmunā"shun)
7-m u n ā" sh u nabomination, antidiscrimination, contamination, decontamination, denomination, determination, discrimination, dissemination, domination, elimination, emanation, examination, extermination, germination, illumination, incrimination, insemination, nomination, nondiscrimination, recrimination, reexamination, renomination, rumination, termination, transillumination.
6-u n ā" sh u nalienation, assassination, combination, concatenation, coordination, coronation, decaffeination, desalination, destination, detonation, disinclination, divination, explanation, fascination, hallucination, hydrogenation, imagination, impersonation, inclination, incoordination, indoctrination, insubordination, intonation, machination, ordination, origination, pagination, pollination, predestination, procrastination, profanation, rejuvenation, subordination, vaccination.
5-n ā" sh u ncarnation, condemnation, consternation, damnation, designation, donation, hibernation, impregnation, incarnation, indignation, nation, reincarnation, resignation, stagnation.
4-ā" sh u nabbreviation, abdication, aberration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concentration, conciliation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, cultivation, dalmatian, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, disembarkation, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, documentation, domestication, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elongation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, harmonization, hesitation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hyperinflation, identification, illustration, imitation, immigration, immunization, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incorporation, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, 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, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, organisation, organization, orientation, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procreation, 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, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, titillation, toleration, transformation, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization.
3-sh u nabduction, 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.

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Anagrams: Culmination

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-t-u"

-2 letters: antinomic, clintonia, continual, culminant, incaution, inoculant.

-3 letters: aconitum, actinium, aluminic, amnionic, amniotic, comitial, continua, countian, inaction, lunation, mannitic, mannitol, minutial, mountain, munition.

-4 letters: actinon, anionic, antlion, auction, cannoli, caution, comitia, contain, inocula, intimal, limacon, linocut, lunatic, manitou, minutia, nautili, nicotin, nitinol, nominal, outlain, tinamou, uncinal, unction.

-5 letters: action, alnico, alumin, alumni, aminic, amnion, amount.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-t-u"
 

+1 letter: calumniation, columniation, culminations.

 

+2 letters: calumniations, columniations, functionalism.

 

+3 letters: functionalisms, malfunctioning, semifunctional.

 

+4 letters: communicational, counterclaiming, masculinization, multifunctional, sanctimoniously.

 

+5 letters: masculinizations, municipalization.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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