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Definition: Disruption |
DisruptionNoun1. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks". 2. A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused". 3. An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity. 4. The act of causing disorder. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disruption" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Etymology: Disruption \Dis*rup"tion\, noun. [Latin expression disruptio, diruptio.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Computing | The deliberate denial of proper access. Source: European Union. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | The whole of the phenomena accompanying the perforation of a dielectric whenthe potential difference between two conductors exceeds a certain limit(BTM). Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: DisruptionSynonyms: break (n), commotion (n), dislocation (n), disturbance (n), flutter (n), gap (n), hurly burly (n), interruption (n), perturbation (n), stir (n), to-do (n), turmoil (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Destruction | Noun: {ant. } destruction; waste, dissolution, breaking up; diruption, disruption; consumption; disorganization. |
Discord | Variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie; division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach; schism; (dissent); feud, faction. |
Disjunction | Division, subdivision, rupture; compartition ; dismemberment, dislocation; luxation; severance, disseverance; scission; rescission, abscission; laceration, dilaceration; disruption, abruption; avulsion, divulsion; section, resection, cleavage; fission; partibility, separability. |
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Crosswords: Disruption |
| English words defined with "disruption": Breach of trust, Break-up ♦ Diruption, Disrupture ♦ jet lag ♦ orderly ♦ placid ♦ quiet ♦ sabotage, sedition. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "disruption": call price, Capillary Fragility, Clotrimazole, CONTINGENCY PLANNING ♦ disruption of flow curve, disruption voltage, Disruption, or Plasma Disruption ♦ extrinsic ionisation, extrinsic ionization, Eyeglass ♦ full teeter ♦ Hornet ♦ Intangible Flood Damage ♦ Judah, Kingdom of ♦ Kink Mode ♦ Market Disruption, mélange, metamictization, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury ♦ phacker, Plasma Disruptions, popout, pop-out ♦ radiofrequency interference, roche limit ♦ shuttle-bus driver, Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm, Space Weather, Surgical Wound Dehiscence ♦ Tetanus Toxin ♦ Uniform, unraveling ♦ van driver ♦ Wounds and Injuries, Wounds, Gunshot ♦ Xerxes' Tears. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "disruption": Disrupture. (references) |
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Screenplays | Sorry about the disruption folks. (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Radical Disruption of... (1993) | |
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Health | A disruption in any of these processes may lead to epilepsy. (references) | |
The outlet may be externally reinforced to prevent disruption or dilation. (references) | ||
Gynecomastia is thought to occur due to the disruption of normal hormone balance. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Equatorial Guinea | Opposition party members complained of disruption of meetings and of roadblocks at which they were forced to bribe soldiers in order to proceed. (references) |
Hong Kong | In the first 10 months of the year, police objected to 3 out of 1,860 demonstrations (two processions, one meeting) on the grounds that they were likely to cause undue disruption to vehicular traffic in a way that would affect emergency vehicles responding to emergencies. (references) | |
Economic History | Greece | The insurgency resulted in 100,000 killed and caused catastrophic economic disruption. (references) |
Human Rights | Bangladesh | Violence caused disruption to academic activities at Rajshahi University, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet, and Jahangirnagar University. (references) |
Minorities | Croatia | OSCE monitors recorded 21 incidents of harassment or violence towards religious persons or sites during the year; 17 of these were directed against the Serb Orthodox community, including several incidents of disruption of religious services, harassment of Orthodox clergy, and damage to cemeteries. (references) |
Political Economy | Honduras | The Government brought questionable charges of public disruption against a number of human rights activists. (references) |
Political Rights | Burkina Faso | Despite some allegations of fraud, the vote was held without disruption and the CENI generally had adequate staff and personnel to perform its duties. (references) |
Niger | However, this has not always been the case; the January 1996 coup, the fraudulent 1996 presidential election, the disruption of local elections in February 1999, and the April 1999 coup effectively disenfranchised citizens in previous years. (references) | |
Guinea | The 1998 presidential election was marred by violence and disruption of opposition campaigning before the polling, by civil unrest after the polling, by widespread and diverse irregularities that tended to favor the incumbent, and by the arrest and detention of major opposition candidates during the vote-counting process. (references) | |
Travel | Uk | As a result, American citizens traveling in Northern Ireland have experienced delays and disruption. (references) |
Worker Rights | Zimbabwe | The strike caused serious disruption to the milling industry. (references) |
Macau | Unions tend to stress the importance of stability and minimum disruption of the work force. (references) | |
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Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Action along this line should not be postponed beyond March, in order to avoid uncertainty and disruption. |
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| "Disruption" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Disruption" is used about 874 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% | 874 | 8,130 |
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Expressions using "disruption": disruption of flow curve ♦ disruption voltage ♦ targeted disruption. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "disruption": impact-disruption. | |
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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. |
| Language | Translations for "disruption"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përçarje (dissension, disunity, division, faction, schism, separation, splitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قاطع (boycott, break away, categorical, chip, conclusive, decisive, definite, disturb, dogmatic, edgy, final, have no truck with, incisive, interrupt, keen, partition, peremptory, positive, sharp, unqualified), تشويش (derangement, disarrangement, disarray, dislocation, disturbance, garble, perturbation), إزعاج (annoyance, annoying, bother, botheration, discomfort, disquiet, disturbance, harassing, harassment, importunity, inconvenience, loudness, mischievousness, molestation, movement, nuisance, offence, patter, trouble), إخلال, إرتباك (awkwardness, bewilderment, confusion, constraint, distraction, embarrassment, foolishness, involvement, morass, mystification, nonplus, perplexity, pink, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, self consciousness, shame, shyness, spot, tangle, uneasiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разрушение (decay, desolation, destruction, pulverization, ravage, wreck), разрив (divorcement, interruption, rent, rift), разкол (dissent, dissidence, faction, schism, secessionism, split), разпадане (breakup, collapse, decay, disintegration, dissociation, dissolution), пробив (break, breakthrough, penetration, rupture), дезинтеграция (disintegration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 碎裂. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | roztržení (rip, tear), přerušení (adjournment, breach, break, cessation, discontinuation, intermission, interruption, let, let up, recess, stop, stoppage, suspense), narušení (dislocation, upset). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | molekylebrud, gennemslag (bleed through, bleeding, break though, breakdown, breaking, discharge failure, disruptive breakdown, disruptive discharge, electric breakdown, migration, puncture), elektrisk overslag (breakdown, disruptive discharge, electric breakdown), elektrisk gennemslag (breakdown, disruptive discharge, electric breakdown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | doorslag (bleed through, bleeding, breakdown, chimney, discharge failure, disruptive breakdown, disruptive discharge, drop-hole, electric breakdown, incline, incline shaft, mandrel, overshoot, punch, puncher, puncture, turning pin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | läpilyönti (breakdown, breakout, burn-through, disruptive discharge, electric breakdown, puncture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dissociation moléculaire, dérangement (disarrangement, disturbance), décharge disruptive (disruptive discharge), rupture moléculaire, perturbation (distemper, disturbance), interruption (discontinuance, distraction), claquage (discharge failure, disruptive discharge), amorçage (disruptive discharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zerrüttung (breakdown, breakup, destruction, shattering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναστάτωση (commotion, convulsion, disorganization, flurry, fuss, upheaval), διάσπαση (break, breakup, disintegration, fission, smash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שבוש (blunder, breakdown, confusion, dislocation, disorder, error, fault), פריצ" (breach, breakthrough, cracking, crushing), "תפוררות (cracking, crumbling, disintegration), בתר (cleft, fistula, piece), תוק (breaking off, cutting off, detachment, disconnection, dissociation, insularity, separation, severance, snap), תק (contact breaker, cut out, switch), פוץ (blowing up, circulated, common, detonation, exploding, prevalent, ripe, shattering, smash, widespread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szétszakítás (laceration, pulling apart, pulling asunder), szétszakadás (burst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kekacauan (anarchy, chaos, clutter, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganazation), gangguan (bother, derangement, disturbance, harassment, hindrance, interruption, irritation, nuisance, vexation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Disgregazione (breakdown, disaggregation, disintegration, facturing), spaccatura (crack, rift, split, splitting), scarica disruttiva (breakdown, disruptive discharge), rottura (breach, break, breakage, breakdown, breaking, burst, fractiousness, pest, rift, Rive, rupture, severance, split, split up), rifiuto di un uso autorizzato, innesco (trigger), crollo (breakdown, cave in, collapse, crash, dash, downfall, drop, fall, ruin, shock, slump, smash, smasher, tumbling down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 茶茶 , 茶々 , 四分"裂 (torn asunder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しぶ"れつ (torn asunder), しぶ""れつ (torn asunder), ちゃちゃ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 붕괴 (Collapse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | boirey (aggrieve, annoy, bother, care, confuse, confusion, disconcert, disrupt, distract, distraction, disturb, embarrass, embarrassment, heartache, madden, molestation, niggle, nuisance, perplex, perturb, perturbation, pester, preoccupy, put upon, row, strife, trouble, vex, worrier, worry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isruptionday dissociação molecular, disrupção, desmembramento (abruption, dismemberment), descarga disruptiva (breakdown, disruptive discharge), ruptura molecular, ruptura (abruption, blowout, breach, break, breakage, breaking, burst, bursting, fracture, rip, rupture, severance, snap), romper (breach, break, break off, break up, cut off, cut up, disconnect, fractured, open, part, piercer, rip, run, rupture, sever, snap, splinter, split, tear), recusa deliberada de um acesso regulamentado, rebentamento (backfire, blast, blasting, explosion, shot, splitting), rachadura (chap, cleavage, crack). (various references) dezmembrare (dismemberment), dezagregare (break up, disintegration, dissolution, weathering), rupturã (breach, break, breaking, cleavage, discontinuance, failure, hole, inrush, rag, rend, rent, rift, rip, rupture, slit, tear). (various references) раскол (cleavage, crack, dissidence, schism, secession, split), разрыв (abruption, break, breaking, breakup, bursitis, burst, disturbance, divorcement, fracture, gap, jump, laceration, rip, rupture, severance, split, tear, tearing), пробой (breakthrough, puncture, rupture). (various references) remećenje, prekid (abort, abruption, adjournment, break, cease, cessation, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, interlude, intermission, interruption, letup, pause, rupture, severance). (various references) ruptura (blowout, breach, breakaway, breakdown, breaking, breakthrough, breakup, parting, rupture, severance, split). (various references) uppsåtligt förhindrande av behörig åtkomst, upplösning (breakup, decomposition, denouement, disbandment, disintegration, disintergration, dismissal, dismission, dissociation, dissolution, fragmentation, resolution, solution, unraveling, winding up), störning (derangement, distraction, disturbance, interference, jamming, perturbation), splittring (breakup, cleavage, disunion, fragmentation), sönderfall (decomposition, fragmentation), genomslag (disruptive discharge, penetration), avbrott (break, cessation, check, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, hiatus, hitch, hold up, intermission, interrupt, interruption, interrupts, interuption, lapse, letup, lull, pause, time out), överslag (computation). (various references) parçalanma (being broken, being torn, breakup, crash, disintegration, disjunction, dismemberment, fragmentation, rent, schism, smash, smash up, split, split up), kesilme (abscission, being cut, ceasing, cessation, disconnection, disconnexion, discontinuance, laceration, stopping, surcease), karışıklığa itme, bozulma (breach, breakdown, breakup, confusion, corrosion, corruption, decay, declension, decomposition, deformation, degeneration, degradation, derogation, deterioration, devolution, disfiguration, disfigurement, dissolution, impairment, infection, pollution, putrefaction, rancidity, rancidness, rottenness, shipwreck, spoilage, taint, undoing, upset). (various references) opurylyюyk (frustration). (various references) крах (bankruptcy, burst up, collapse, come down, crash, defeat, destruction, frustration, ruin, ruination, wreckage), відпадання, підрив (dilution). (various references) sự phá vỡ (subversion), sự gẫy vỡ tình trạng xâu xé, sự đập vỗ, sự đập gãy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "disruption": disruptions. (additional references) | |
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"Disruption" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desription, dispruption, dispurtion, disrupti, distrubiton, distruption. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "disruption" (pronounced di'sru"pshun) |
| 6 | -r u" p sh u n | eruption. |
| 5 | -u" p sh u n | anticorruption, corruption, interruption. |
| 4 | -p sh u n | absorption, adoption, assumption, caption, conception, conniption, conscription, consumption, contraception, contraption, deception, description, egyptian, encryption, exception, exemption, gumption, inception, inscription, interception, misconception, misperception, nonprescription, option, overconsumption, perception, preconception, preemption, prescription, presumption, proscription, reception, redemption, resumption, subscription, transcription. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraction, contradiction, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, 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imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, 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migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-i-i-n-o-p-r-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: dinitro, disport, disrupt, diurons, durions, inpours, ironist, nitrids, nitrous, pundits, sordini, spinout, spiroid, torpids, tripods, tropins, turnips, unipods. | |
-4 letters: diuron, donuts, droits, durion, idiots, indris, inpour, inputs, intros, iodins, nitrid, nitros, nudist, orpins, outsin, pinots, pintos, piston, pitons, poinds, points, postin, pounds, prints, prions, prison, prosit, pundit, puntos, purins, purist, putons, putrid. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-i-i-n-o-p-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: disruptions. | |
+2 letters: profundities, repudiations. | |
+3 letters: nondisruptive, preinductions, serendipitous, superaddition. | |
+4 letters: polyneuritides, postindustrial, reduplications, repudiationist, superadditions, superinduction. | |
+5 letters: pulchritudinous, repudiationists, serendipitously, superinductions. | |
| 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)44 69 73 72 75 70 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)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110010 01110101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s r u p t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0072 0075 0070 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)38758584878286758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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