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Definitions: Elation |
ElationNoun1. An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression. 2. A feeling of joy and pride. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "elation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Elation \E*la"tion\, noun. [Latin expression elatio. See Elate.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ElationSynonym: high spirits (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: depression (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vanity | Airs, affected manner, pretensions, mannerism; egotism; priggism, priggishness; coxcombry, gaudery, vainglory, elation; pride; ostentation; assurance. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Elation |
| English words defined with "elation": be on cloud nine ♦ Elatedly, euphoria, euphoriant, euphoric, exult ♦ happy, high, high-five ♦ jump for joy ♦ walk on air. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "elation": Affective Disorders, Psychotic. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It awakens the soul and arouses a sense of elation - rarely experienced otherwise. (Time and Space; writing credit: Rich Christiano) | |
Lyrics | Ah my my what elation ("Good Vibrations"; performing artist: The Beach Boys) | |
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| "Elation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Elation" is used about 157 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% | 157 | 25,059 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
elation therapy | 323 |
elation | 42 |
carnival elation | 41 |
elation cruise | 14 |
carnival cruise elation | 13 |
elation cruise ship | 9 |
elation lighting | 7 |
carnival cruise ship elation | 5 |
elation review | 3 |
elation ship | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "elation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ngazëllim (cheer, ecstasy, enthusiasm, exultancy, exultation, flush, gladness, jubilance, Jubilate, jubilation, kick, rapture, vibrancy, vibration). (various references) | |
Arabic | عجب (admire, appreciate, commend, enamor, enamour, fall for, marvel, overconfidence, please, pomp, strike, vainglory, weirdness, wonder, wonderment), إبتهاج بالنفس. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | главозамайване, възгордяване, повишено настроение (exuberance). (various references) | |
Chinese | 高昂 (in high spirits), 兴高采烈 (Ebullient, Exultant). (various references) | |
Czech | euforie (euphoria), radostná nálada. (various references) | |
Danish | opstemthed. (various references) | |
Dutch | elation(EN). (various references) | |
Farsi | ترفیع (Lift, Mount, Preference, Preferment, Promotion, Raise, Upgrade), سرفرازی شادی , رفعت (Height, Loom, Stature, Sublimity), بالابری (Lift). (various references) | |
French | exultation, exaltation, allégresse. (various references) | |
German | Stolz (boast, fancy, glory, haughtily, haughtiness, haughty, impressive, loftily, lofty, majestic, pride, prideful, princely, proud, proudly, proudness). (various references) | |
Greek | έξαρση (boom, exaltation, rim, upsurge, upswing). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "תרוממות רוח (exaltation, uplift). (various references) | |
Hungarian | emelkedett hangulat, fellelkesedés, áradó jókedv. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kegirangan (gaiety, gladness, happiness). (various references) | |
Italian | euforia (euphoria, exhilaration), esaltazione (exaltation, magnification), elazione, ebbrezza (drunkenness, ebriety, intoxication, thrill), orgoglio (pride). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 喜び (premature joy, short-lived elation). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぬかよろ"び (premature joy, short-lived elation). (various references) | |
Manx | yrjaghey (draw, elate, elevation, enhance, exalt, exaltation, exhilarate, exhilaration, go up, heighten, hoist, raise, retract, rise). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elationay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | elação. (various references) | |
Romanian | exaltare (exaltation, flush), euforie (euphoria), entuziasm (elan, enthusiasm, fire, fume, gusto, mettle, passion, pathos), moral ridicat, mândrie (boast, haughtiness, pride, vaingloriousness), bunã dispoziţie (amenity, amiability, buoyancy, cheerfulness, gaiety, geniality, good humor, good humour, snap, spirit). (various references) | |
Russian | приподнятое настроение (ginger, high spirits, pizzazz). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ushićenje (bubbly, delight, jubilance, jubilation, thrill). (various references) | |
Spanish | júbilo (glee, joy, jubilance, jubilation, rejoicing), elación (generosity, haughtiness). (various references) | |
Swedish | upprymdhet (elevation, exhilaration, joyfulness). (various references) | |
Thai | ความปิติยิน"ี (ecstasy, exultation, glee). (various references) | |
Turkish | sevinç (delight, exultation, gaiety, gladness, glee, joy, mirth, pleasure, rejoicing), mutluluk (bliss, blissfulness, felicity, glory, happiness, heaven, Nirvana, sense of well-being, smiles, weal, welfare, well being), haz (delight, enchantment, enjoyment, gratification, gusto, indulgence, joy, pleasure, rejoicing, relish), gurur (haughtiness, hauteur, lordliness, pride, vainness, vanity), coşku (ebullition, ecstasy, effervescence, enthusiasm, excitement, exuberance, exuberancy, furor, furore, glow, gush, rave, rhapsody, spring tide, temperament, yeast). (various references) | |
Ukranian | піднесений настрій. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự phấn khởi, sự phấn chấn, sự hoan hỉ (cheerfulness, exulation, exultancy), sự hãnh diện (pride), sự hân hoan (cheerfulness, gladness, joy, jubilance, jubilation), niềm vui sự tự h o. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "elation": elations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "elation": autocorrelation, cancelation, chelation, congelation, correlation, crenelation, delation, disrelation, gelation, intercorrelation, interrelation, miscorrelation, noncorrelation, relation, revelation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "elation": autocorrelations, cancelations, chelations, congelations, correlational, correlations, crenelations, delations, disrelations, gelations, intercorrelations, interrelations, interrelationship, interrelationships, miscorrelations, noncorrelations, relational, relationally, relations, relationship, relationships, revelations. (additional references) | |
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"Elation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aplation, eatoni, Elateia, elatine, elatio, elatior, elatius, elato, eleition, eletion, Eligio, elotion, Elrathia, eration, eulation, evation, Exatron, igation, leontinoi, olation, uation, ulation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "elation" (pronounced ulā"shun) |
| 6 | u l ā" sh u n | accumulation, adulation, annihilation, appellation, articulation, assimilation, calculation, cancellation, capitulation, coagulation, compilation, confabulation, congratulation, consolation, constellation, correlation, demodulation, depopulation, deregulation, desolation, distillation, emulation, escalation, exhalation, extrapolation, fibrillation, formulation, gastrulation, granulation, inhalation, inoculation, installation, insulation, isolation, jubilation, manipulation, miscalculation, modulation, mutilation, oscillation, overpopulation, overregulation, ovulation, population, recalculation, regulation, reregulation, revelation, simulation, speculation, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, tabulation, titillation, tribulation, vacillation, ventilation, violation. |
| 5 | -l ā" sh u n | contemplation, deflation, dilation, disinflation, ejaculation, hyperinflation, inflation, legislation, reflation, relation, stagflation, translation, triangulation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, aspiration, assassination, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calibration, cannibalization, capitalization, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolidation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, elaboration, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, information, inhabitation, initiation, innovation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overvaluation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, stabilization, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, toleration, transformation, transillumination, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: toenail. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: entail, entoil, eolian, etalon, latino, talion, tenail, tineal, tolane. | |
-2 letters: alien, aline, aloin, alone, anile, anole, atone, elain, elint, eloin, entia, inlet, laten, leant, lento, liane, notal, oaten, olein, talon, telia, teloi, tenia, tinea, toile, tolan, tonal. | |
-3 letters: aeon, alit, aloe, alto, anil, ante, anti, elan, enol, etna, ilea, into, iota, lain, lane, late, lati, lean, leno, lent, lien, line, lino, lint, lion, lite, loan, loin, lone, lota, loti, nail, naoi, neat, nite, noel, noil, nota, note, olea, tael, tail, tain, tale, tali, teal, tela, tile, tine, toea, toil, tola, tole, tone. | |
-4 letters: ail, ain, ait, ale, alt, ane, ani, ant, ate, eat, eon, eta, ion, lat, lea, lei, let, lie, lin, lit, lot, nae, net, nil, nit, not, oat, oil, ole, one, tae, tan, tao, tea, tel, ten, tie, til, tin, toe, ton. | |
-5 letters: ae, ai, al, an, at, el, en, et, in, it, la, li, lo, na, ne, no, oe, on, ta, ti, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: antipole, delation, elations, gelation, insolate, legation, oriental, relation, tailbone, toenails. | |
+2 letters: alienator, anthelion, antinovel, antipoles, chelation, coastline, cobaltine, dealation, deflation, defoliant, delations, elevation, emotional, emulation, epilation, fellation, gelations, hailstone, inoculate, insolated, insolates, inviolate, kaolinite, legations, lineation, linoleate, melanotic, melatonin, natrolite, orientals, planetoid, pollinate, potential, rationale, reflation, relations, sectional, semitonal, serotinal, tailbones, tensional, toenailed. | |
+3 letters: actinolite, actionable, actionless, alienation, alienators, allegation, alteration, anteriorly, anthelions, antilepton, antilogies, antinovels, antipolice, assoilment, chelations, chlorinate, citronella, coastlines, cobaltines, colemanite, conciliate, congenital, corelating, dealations, deflations, defoliants, delegation, delineator, depilation, desolating, desolation, devotional, elevations, eliminator, elongating, elongation, eluviation, emulations, endothelia, epilations, equational, escalation, etiolating, etiolation, evaluation, exaltation, exhalation, exultation, fellations, fluorinate, gadolinite, gelatinous, glauconite, gleization, hailstones, ideational, inchoately, inoculated, inoculates, inosculate, intaglioed, interlocal, intermodal, internodal, interzonal, intolerant, kaolinites, laceration, lactogenic, lanosities, laureation, lectionary, levigation, levitation, liberation, lineations, linoleates, literation, lithophane, melatonins, monetarily, natrolites, negational, negotiable, neoplastic, neorealist, nodalities, nonelastic, nonethical, nongenital, nonliteral, noticeable, noticeably, notifiable, novaculite, nucleation, obeisantly, obnubilate, obtainable, occidental, orientally, outleaping, peculation, pentaploid, peritoneal, planetoids, pleonastic, pollinated, pollinates, ponytailed, potentials, potentilla, pratincole, rationales, reflations, refloating, regulation, relational, relaxation, relegation, relocating, relocation, revelation, sectionals, senatorial, theologian, thiopental, toenailing, tolerating, toleration, tonalities, torrential, tourmaline, trampoline, ulceration, unifoliate, urogenital, ventilator, womanliest. | |
+4 letters: abolishment, acetylation, actinolites, affectional, alienations, allantoides, allegations, alleviation, alloantigen, alterations, altercation, alternation, amblygonite, amylopectin, anecdotical, anthologies, anthologize, anticyclone, antileprosy, antileptons, antinucleon, appellation, assoilments, atonalities, attentional, bisectional, cancelation, captionless, cartoonlike, celebration, cephalothin, chlorinated, chlorinates, citronellal, citronellas, colemanites, colinearity, conciliated, conciliates, condimental, congelation, consolidate, containable, continental, contractile, correlating, correlation, countervail, crenelation, crenulation, cupellation, deceptional, declamation, declaration, declination, decollating, decollation, defalcation, defloration, defoliating, defoliation, delectation, delegations, delineation, delineators, depilations, desalinator, desolations, devaluation, devotionals, directional, disrelation, dovetailing, educational, ejaculation, elaborating, elaboration, elicitation, elimination, eliminators, elongations, elucidation, elutriation, eluviations, emotionally, endometrial, endothelial, enteroviral, enucleation, equinoctial, escalations, etiolations, evaluations, exaltations, exceptional, exclamation, exculpation, exfoliating, exfoliation, exhalations, explanation, explication, exploration, exponential, extensional, exultations, filamentous, fluorinated, fluorinates, gadolinites, genealogist, genotypical, gestational, glauconites, gleizations, glutathione, goaltending, hematoxylin, indomitable, inoculative, inosculated, inosculates, insertional, intensional, intentional, intercostal, interpolate, intolerable, intolerably, intolerance, inventorial, inviolately, involucrate, kinetoplast, kleptomania, labiodental, lacerations, lamentation, langoustine, laureations, legislation, levigations, levitations, liberations, ligamentous, lionhearted, literations, lithophanes, malediction, malefaction, mediational, meliorating, melioration, mentionable, methylation, metonymical, molestation, momentarily, myofilament, narcoleptic, nationalise, nationalize, nematocidal, neocortical, neorealists, neurulation, nonathletic, nonintegral, nonliterary, nonliterate, nonmaterial, nonmetallic, nonmetrical, nonrelative, nonterminal, nonvolatile, normalities, normatively, novaculites, nucleations, obnubilated, obnubilates, obstinately, openability, operational, orientalism, orientalist, orientalize, outbleating, outlearning, overinflate, oversalting, overtalking, peculations, pentaploids, pentaploidy, percolating, percolation, periodontal, personalist, personality, phantomlike, phytoalexin, planetoidal, potentially, potentillas, pratincoles, prelibation, proletarian, radiolucent, rationalise, rationalize, realization, reallotting, reclamation, redactional, reductional, regionalist, regulations, reinflation, reinoculate, relaxations, relegations, relocations, reluctation, replication, retailoring, retaliation, revaluation, revelations, salinometer, seasonality, sectionally, semitonally, sensational, speculation, stenohaline, teetotaling, tenaciously, testimonial, theologians, thiopentals, tolerations, tonetically, tourmalines, trampoliner, trampolines, ulcerations, unemotional, valediction, ventilation, ventilators, ventilatory, voluntaries. | |
| 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)45 6C 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-.. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E l a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39786786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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