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Definition: Dissemination |
DisseminationNoun1. The opening of a subject to public discussion and debate. 2. The property of being diffused or dispersed. 3. The act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dissemination" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Military & Defense | The timely conveyance of intelligence, in an appropriate form and by any suitable means, to those who need it. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| DIFFERENCE | English | Dissemination and Facilitation for European Research in Selected Chains | Computing |
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Synonyms: DisseminationSynonyms: airing (n), circulation (n), diffusion (n), dispersal (n), dispersion (n), public exposure (n), spreading (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Nonassemblage Dispersion | Noun: {opp. } dispersion; disjunction; divergence; aspersion; scattering; Verb: dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution; apportionment; spread, respersion, circumfusion, interspersion, spargefaction; affusion. waifs and estrays, flotsam and jetsam, disjecta membra; waveson. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Gonorrhea, caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, if left untreated will enter the blood, thereby, spreading throughout the body. As is shown here, such full body dissemination may manifest itself as skin lesions and arthritic joints. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Airborne dissemination of Coccidioides immitis: title slide. Credit: CDC. | |
The bacterium F. tularensis is considered to be a dangerous potential biological weapon because of its extreme infectivity, ease of dissemination, and substantial capacity to cause illness and death. Credit: CDC. | |||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Without such effort, this consensus report may not receive the wide dissemination it deserves. (references) | |
Identifying factors associated with increased risk for dissemination in select racial groups to target prevention efforts. (references) | ||
The NCSDR supports research, scientist training, dissemination of health information, and other activities on sleep and sleep disorders. (references) | ||
Business | According to UDA, 83.7% of the firms that use an Intranet use it to improve the dissemination of information within the company. (references) | |
If properly implemented as stipulated in the aforementioned Action Plan, dissemination of PIPP will increase business opportunities for U.S. firms competing for work in Japan. (references) | ||
New cultural ties with the U.S. and a better dissemination of the information on U.S. products (with Internet) have weighed the trend towards American technology and expertise. (references) | ||
Children | Mozambique | Some remedial government programs continued, including programs on education, information dissemination, health care, and family reunification. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Djibouti | The law prohibits the dissemination of false information and regulates the publication of newspapers. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | A media policy statement and a national security law prohibit the dissemination of criticism of the Government. (references) | |
Economic History | Mauritius | Government plans to invest $35 million in the coming years for the promotion and dissemination of ICT. (references) |
Mauritius | In its FY 2001-02 Budget, the government announced plans to invest over $34 million in the coming five years for the promotion and dissemination of ICT. (references) | |
Japan | The GOJ has made efforts to improve the dissemination of FDI-related information and to facilitate investment opportunities through various government support services. (references) | |
Human Rights | Burundi | There were no reports that the dissemination of weapons in Bujumbura resulted in abuses. (references) |
Panama | These organizations carried out a full range of activities, including investigations and dissemination of their findings. (references) | |
Chile | A 1995 privacy law bars obtaining information by undisclosed taping, telephone intercepts, and other surreptitious means, as well as the dissemination of such information, except by judicial order in narcotics-related cases. (references) | |
Minorities | Netherlands | With the proliferation of Internet web sites, the dissemination of racial and discriminatory material on Internet also has increased. (references) |
Brazil | A 1997 amendment to this law added prohibitions against, and jail terms for, the incitement of racial discrimination or prejudice and the dissemination of racially offensive symbols and epithets. (references) | |
Czech Republic | A number of cases from previous years were ongoing, including the cases of a man charged with defamation of a nation or race and with rioting for attacking two Roma men at a disco while shouting racial slurs; three 17-year-old members of a previously unknown group, Czech Lion (Cesky Lev) charged with a racially motivated attack for a series of attacks on Roma and Romani homes in Rokycany in July 2000; and the leader of a large, well-organized skinhead movement with ties to the United Kingdom, Sweden, Hungary, and Slovenia charged with dissemination of fascist propaganda. (references) | |
Political Economy | TUNISIA | In September 2001, Tunisia committed itself to participate in the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) program that should establish more reliable figures for all sectors of the economy. (references) |
URUGUAY | Increased Argentine economic instability, an historically weak Brazilian currency, and the dissemination of foot-and-mouth disease hampered the Uruguayan economy in 2001. Future economic recovery will largely depend on the economic situation in Argentina and Brazil. (references) | |
Political Rights | Cambodia | These are the first elections the country has organized without substantial foreign assistance, and election preparations also were marked by poor dissemination of information and other logistical and administrative problems. (references) |
Trade | Pakistan | The various activities of PSQCA include preparation and implementation of standards, introduction of standards inspections systems, collaboration with international organizations such as the International Standards Organization (ISO), and dissemination of information on standardization and quality control. (references) |
Women | Mali | There has been some public dissemination of information in urban areas, but the program has developed slowly. (references) |
Afghanistan | Health care for both men and women was hampered by the Taliban's ban on images of humans, which caused the destruction of public education posters and made the provision and dissemination of health information in a society with high levels of illiteracy more difficult. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation. Plato held that those souls which in a previous state of existence (antedating Athens) had obtained the clearest glimpses of eternal truth entered into the bodies of persons who became philosophers. Plato himself was a philosopher. The souls that had least contemplated divine truth animated the bodies of usurpers and despots. Dionysius I, who had threatened to decapitate the broad- browed philosopher, was a usurper and a despot. Plato, doubtless, was not the first to construct a system of philosophy that could be quoted against his enemies; certainly he was not the last. "Concerning the nature of the soul," saith the renowned author of Diversiones Sanctorum, "there hath been hardly more argument than that of its place in the body. Mine own belief is that the soul hath her seat in the abdomen -- in which faith we may discern and interpret a truth hitherto unintelligible, namely that the glutton is of all men most devout. He is said in the Scripture to 'make a god of his belly' -- why, then, should he not be pious, having ever his Deity with him to freshen his faith? Who so well as he can know the might and majesty that he shrines? Truly and soberly, the soul and the stomach are one Divine Entity; and such was the belief of Promasius, who nevertheless erred in denying it immortality. He had observed that its visible and material substance failed and decayed with the rest of the body after death, but of its immaterial essence he knew nothing. This is what we call the Appetite, and it survives the wreck and reek of mortality, to be rewarded or punished in another world, according to what it hath demanded in the flesh. The Appetite whose coarse clamoring was for the unwholesome viands of the general market and the public refectory shall be cast into eternal famine, whilst that which firmly through civilly insisted on ortolans, caviare, terrapin, anchovies, pates de foie gras and all such Christian comestibles shall flesh its spiritual tooth in the souls of them forever and ever, and wreak its divine thirst upon the immortal parts of the rarest and richest wines ever quaffed here below. Such is my religious faith, though I grieve to confess that neither His Holiness the Pope nor His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury (whom I equally and profoundly revere) will assent to its dissemination." |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | The existence of such a government as ours for any length of time is a full proof of a general dissemination of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the people. |
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| "Dissemination" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dissemination" is used about 334 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% | 334 | 15,701 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dissemination": Development of a multimedia information transaction and dissemination tool ♦ Dissemination of solicitations for custom ♦ environmental information dissemination ♦ selective Dissemination of Information. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "dissemination": non-dissemination. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dissemination | 11 |
dissemination news | 4 |
alternaria dissemination photo | 3 |
dissemination information | 3 |
alert dissemination information library library selective | 2 |
dissemination release | 2 |
dissemination information theory | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dissemination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | propagandim, përhapje (diffusion, dilatation, dilation, distribution, divulge, expansion, extension, leakage, occurrence, permeation, pervasion, prevalence, promulgation, propagation, semination, spread, spreading, transmission, waft). (various references) | |
Arabic | النثر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разхвърляне, разпръскване (diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scattering), разпространяване (promulgation, propagation, spreading). (various references) | |
Chinese | ' (back-propagation, Disseminate, Disseminated, Disseminating, Propagation, spread, spreading, spread-out). (various references) | |
Czech | rozšíření (amplification, dilatation, effusion, enlargement, expansion, extension, spread). (various references) | |
Danish | disseminering (seed), dissemination, udbredning (distribution, spread, spreading), generalisering (generalisation, generalization), fordeling (distribution). (various references) | |
Dutch | disseminatio, disseminatie, verspreide uitkristallisatie. (various references) | |
Finnish | valikoiva seuranta (selective dissemination of information), uutuusvalvonta (selective dissemination of information), Tutkimusta sekä teknologista kehittämistä ja esittelyä koskevien toimien tulosten levittämistä ja hyödyntämistä koskeva erityisohjelma (including demonstration, INNOVATION, Specific programme for the dissemination and optimisation of the results of activities in the field of research and technological development), syövän leviäminen verenkierron mukana (hematogenous dissemination), syövän leviäminen luonnollisen ontelon välityksellä (direct dissemination in body cavities), syövän leviäminen imuteiden kautta (lymphatic dissemination), syöpäkylvö onteloon (direct dissemination in body cavities), syöpäetäpesäkkeiden leviäminen (metastatic dissemination of cancers), selektiivinen tietojenjakelu (selective dissemination of information), jatkuva seuranta (selective dissemination of information). (various references) | |
French | dissémination. (various references) | |
German | verbreitung (circulation, commonness, diffusion, diffusiveness, dispersiveness, distribution, divulgation, divulgence, propagation, radiation, shedding, spread, spreading). (various references) | |
Greek | διασκορπισμός (distribution, scattering, spread), διασπορά (diaspora, dispersion, spreading). (various references) | |
Hebrew | זרי" (scattering, sprinkling, winnowing), "פצ" (circulation, distribution, promulgation, propagation, scattering, spread). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elterjesztés (spread, spreading, universalization). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penyebaran (dispersion), penaburan (diffusion, strewing). (various references) | |
Italian | disseminazione (seed, seeding). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 散布 , 流布 (circulation), 伝送 (circulation, communication, delivery, diffusion, propagation, transmission), 伝' (circulation, diffusion, propagation, spread, transmission), 宣布 (proclamation, promulgation). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さ"ぷ (pregnant woman, program, scattering, spraying, sprinkling, the Three Urban Prefectures, woman on the point of childbirth), で"そう (circulation, communication, delivering a message to the emperor, delivery, diffusion, facsimile transmission, propagation, transmission), で"ぱ (circulation, diffusion, electro-magnetic wave, propagation, spread, transmission), せ"ぷ (day on which judgment and haste are avoided, deceased father, former husband, late husband, late wife, lucky day but not in morning, previous wife, proclamation, promulgation), るふ (circulation). (various references) | |
Korean | 보급 (Pervading, Prevalence). (various references) | |
Manx | cuirr (disseminate, grow, implant, invite, let down, plan, set, shoot, shoot as nets, sow). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isseminationday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | disseminação (promulgation, propagation, sowing). (various references) | |
Romanian | diseminare, propagare (conveyance, emission, propagation). (various references) | |
Russian | рассеивание (diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation), распространение семян, распространение (diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, disseminate, distribution, occurrence, penetration, pervasion, prevalence, proliferation, promulgation, propagation, semination, shedding, spread, spreading), разбрасывание. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | diseminacija, širenje (eradiation, propagation, sprawl, spread, spreading, widening). (various references) | |
Spanish | diseminación (disseminate). (various references) | |
Swedish | utspridanöde. (various references) | |
Turkish | yayma (circulation, communication, diffusion, dissipation, distribution, divulgation, divulgement, divulgence, emission, evolution, laying, promulgation, propagation, spreading, suffusion), saçma (absurd, applesauce, balls, baloney, blind, boloney, bunk, bunkum, chimerical, claptrap, cockeyed, eradiation, fantastic, fantastical, farcical, fatuous, fiddle, fiddle-de-dee, fiddlesticks, foolish, for the birds, froth, frothy, fudge, go on, hog-wash, hooey, impertinent, inane, incongruous, inept, irrational, jabber wocky, kibosh, laugh, malarkey, nonsense, nonsensical, outlandish, paltry, pointless, poppycock, raving, rhubarb, rot, scattering, senseless, shot, shucks, skittles, small shot, smearcase, sorry, spinach, stuff, tommyrot, tosh, trash, trifling, tripe, trivial, trumpery, unreasonable, wacky, waffle, whacky), geçme (contagion, encroachment, fitting, intervention, lapse, pass, passage, passing, permeation, slip on, splice, tenon, transit, transmigration, whirligig). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розкидання (scatter, scattering), розповсюдження (extension, outspread). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự phổ biến, sự gieo rắc. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dissemination": disseminations. (additional references) | |
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"Dissemination" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: decemination, desemination, dessemination, dieselisation, disemination, disimination, dissemenation, disseminiation, dissimination. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dissemination" (pronounced di'se'munā"shun) |
| 9 | -s e' m u n ā" sh u n | insemination. |
| 8 | -e' m u n ā" sh u n | emanation. |
| 7 | -m u n ā" sh u n | abomination, antidiscrimination, contamination, culmination, decontamination, denomination, determination, discrimination, domination, elimination, examination, extermination, germination, illumination, incrimination, nomination, nondiscrimination, recrimination, reexamination, renomination, rumination, termination, transillumination. |
| 6 | -u n ā" sh u n | fascination, alienation, assassination, combination, concatenation, coordination, coronation, decaffeination, desalination, destination, detonation, disinclination, divination, explanation, 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 n | carnation, condemnation, consternation, damnation, designation, donation, hibernation, impregnation, incarnation, indignation, nation, reincarnation, resignation, stagnation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, 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, 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 n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, 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, 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-d-e-i-i-i-m-n-n-o-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: animosities, antimonides. | |
-3 letters: antimonide, antimonies, antinomies, daintiness, dimensions, dissention, distension, insanities, mediations. | |
-4 letters: admission, aminities, antinodes, antinoise, demission, demonists, dimension, dissonant, dominants, dominates, ideations, idiotisms, inanities, indamines, insomnias, iodinates, mediation, misatoned, misatones, missioned, nominated, nominates, saintdoms, sandstone, sanitised, sedations, seditions, sensation, timidness. | |
-5 letters: adenitis, adenosis, adonises, amidines, amidones, amitoses, amitosis, amniotes, amosites, anemosis, animists. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-i-m-n-n-o-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: disseminations. | |
+3 letters: dimensionalities. | |
+4 letters: antireductionisms. | |
+5 letters: denominationalisms, disintermediations, misidentifications. | |
| 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. | |
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