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Definition: Elimination |
EliminationNoun1. The act of removing or getting rid of something. 2. The bodily process of discharging waste matter. 3. Analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic elimination of unacceptable alternatives. 4. The act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations. 5. The murder of a competitor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "elimination" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1788. (references) |
| 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 |
| ELECTRE | English | Elimination and choice translating reality | Economics |
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Synonyms: EliminationSynonyms: evacuation (n), excreting (n), excretion (n), liquidation (n), reasoning by elimination (n), riddance (n), voiding (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Exclusion | Separation, segregation, seposition, elimination, expulsion; cofferdam. |
Extraction | Noun: extraction; extracting; Verb: removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution. |
Fewness | Reduction; weeding; Verb: elimination, sarculation, decimation; eradication. |
Simpleness | Elimination; sifting; Verb: purification; (cleanness). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Our courteous and efficient staff is on call 24 hours a day to serve all your supernatural elimination needs (Ghost Busters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) A thing happened to me that usually happens to men. You see, a man can meet two, three or four women and fall in love with all of them, and then, by a process of interesting elimination, he is able to decide which he prefers (Design for Living; writing credit: Noel Coward; Ben Hecht) Listen good Todd, it's either education or elimination. (The Fox and the Hound; writing credit: Ted Berman; Larry Clemmons) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Elimination Dance (1998) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Artwork by F. Muller, circa 1916, depicting a preliminary design for these ships, before the addition of heavier "cage" masts, enlarged superstructure and the elimination of secondary battery gun positions in the hull. The ships of this class were: Colorado (BB-45); Maryland (BB-46); Washington (BB-47) -- not completed; and West Virginia (BB-48). Credit: NAVY. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Therapy begins with the elimination of obvious risk factors, such as alcohol consumption. (references) | |
Sometimes physicians will treat the child with an antibiotic to hasten the elimination of the fluid. (references) | ||
Some of the dietary elimination strategies showed intriguing results suggesting the need for future research. (references) | ||
Business | Since January 1, 1989, a ten-year tariff elimination schedule has been implemented for flooring products. (references) | |
This agreement promotes import and export operations between member countries (intra-zone) through the elimination of import barriers and import duties. (references) | ||
The Cable Act, passed by Parliament February 1, 1999, deals with the provision of telecommunications services via cable networks, and the elimination of limits on the provision of telecommunications services. (references) | ||
Children | Cameroon | In 2000 President Biya announced the elimination of tuition fees for public elementary schools. (references) |
Mexico | The Commission also submitted a draft law to the executive on the Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination, and prepared an executive report on discrimination in Mexico. (references) | |
Argentina | The National Council for Childhood, Adolescence, and the Family has developed an Action Plan, together with the Attorney General, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, the National Council of Women, and UNICEF, on the elimination of child prostitution. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Pakistan | However, the NRB prepared electoral reforms during the year that include the elimination of the separate electorates system for religious minorities. (references) |
Iceland | Iceland became part of the Schengen free travel area on March 25, which resulted in the elimination of formal border controls on the movement of persons into Iceland from other Schengen countries. (references) | |
Discrimination | Hong Kong | An Equal Opportunities Commission has been established to work toward the elimination of discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity with specific reference to gender, disability, and family status. (references) |
Economic History | Mauritius | It also provides for the elimination of the distinction between onshore and offshore activities. (references) |
Tanzania | The administration of President Mkapa has termed the elimination of corruption as a major priority. (references) | |
Botswana | With the elimination of exchange controls, foreign investors may now participate in this bond market. (references) | |
Human Rights | Hong Kong | As part of a PRC delegation, the Government attended a July 31-August 1 Geneva hearing under the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. (references) |
Germany | The law prohibits such practices; however, in March the U.N. Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed concern about "repeated reports of racist incidents in police stations as well as ill-treatment by law enforcement officials against foreigners". (references) | |
Marshall Islands | On October 4, the Nitijela ratified the U.N. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Japan | The Ainu continue to face societal discrimination while engaging in an uphill struggle against complete assimilation, although Ainu-language newspapers, radio programs, and academic programs studying Ainu culture have increased since 1997. In March the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) noted that the country "has not taken sufficient steps to address the issue of discriminatory treatment of Koreans and Ainu living in" the country. (references) |
Minorities | United Kingdom | U.N. Committees on both the Rights of the Child and the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed similar concerns. (references) |
Argentina | In March the director of INADI informed the U.N. that some teachers had been trained on the importance of teaching the elimination of racism. (references) | |
Political Economy | PHILIPPINES | President Macapagal-Arroyo has made poverty elimination the primary goal of her administration. (references) |
BANGLADESH | In March, the Government ratified ILO Convention 182 on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor. (references) | |
POLAND | The reduction or elimination of tariff and trade barriers with other free trade partners is also continuing. (references) | |
Political Rights | Pakistan | The Musharraf Government had abandoned a plan to abolish the separate electorate system due to pressure by some Muslim political groups, but during the year prepared electoral reforms that included the elimination of the separate electorates system for religious minorities. (references) |
Trade | Botswana | The complete elimination of controls on current and capital accounts allows the free flow of money and capital. (references) |
Philippines | Philippine officials stated that they could not agree to tariff elimination for both policy and revenue reasons. (references) | |
Women | Chad | Opposition to the elimination of FGM is strong; however, some progress has been made. (references) |
Mali | It supported educational efforts to eliminate the practice through seminars and conferences and provides media access to proponents of its elimination. (references) | |
East Timor | UNTAET regulations implement the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; however, discrimination complaints were not a priority during the year, and no cases have been reported. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Turkey | The gradual elimination of child labor is a national priority. (references) |
Dominica | In April the Government ratified ILO Convention 182 on elimination of the worst forms of child labor. (references) | |
Guatemala | The ILO's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor is active in the fireworks industry. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Accountants also won the elimination of joint and severe liability, which holds any single defendant in a lawsuit liable for all the damages. |
Walter Cronkite | I know they were. But look what happened, we turned Europe into a viable organization and indeed, by so doing, fostered the European Union even now. Elimination, almost, of a danger war in that area. But we've got to do this now in the Middle East. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The elimination last autumn of overtime work for nearly all Federal employees meant a sharp cut in their incomes. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We have proposed the elimination of all arms and military bases in a fair and effective disarmament treaty. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | A major priority for our Nation is the final elimination of the barriers that restrict the opportunities available to women and also to black people and Hispanics and other minorities. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | In the case of intermediate-range nuclear forces, we have proposed the complete elimination of the entire class of land-based missiles. |
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| "Elimination" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Elimination" is used about 546 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) | 99.82% | 545 | 11,376 |
| Noun (common) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 546 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "elimination": band elimination filter ♦ Elimination Disorders ♦ elimination of data ♦ elimination of descriptors ♦ elimination reaction ♦ elimination tournament ♦ gradual elimination ♦ reasoning by elimination. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "elimination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | thjeshtim (reduction, simplification), përjashtim (disqualification, exception, exclusion, excommunication, expulsion, immunity, ouster, reserve), mënjanim (avoidance, demission, detachment, retirement, stand off, swerve), largim (alienation, avulsion, back track, backtrack, departure, deviousness, dissimilation, drain, evacuation, expulsion, getaway, leave, moving away, parting, recession, removal), heqje (abolition, clearing, collection, deduction, Defeasance, deletion, deprivation, derogation, dismissal, dismission, disposal, dispossession, ejection, evacuation, excision, extirpation, extraction, jump, omission, out, outage, privation, recall, relegation, removal, rending, resection, reserve, skip, stripping, subtraction, tripping). (various references) | |
Arabic | قضاء (decision, judgment, judicature, judiciary), حذف (cancel, cancellation, castrate, delete, edit, elide, elision, miss out, omission, omit, retrench, skip, write off), تخلص من (clear off, disembarrass, disengage, disposal, dispose of, ditch, do dispose of, doff, drown, escape, exorcise, exorcize, free, get out of, get rid of, jettison, liquidate, mop up, outgrow, polish up, put off, rid, scrap, sell up, shake, shake off, slough, turn, turn off, weed, weed out, work off), طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), إقصاء عن, إزالة (abstraction, eliminate, removal, sweep). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отстраняване (preclusion, removal, suspension), елиминация, изключване (closure, cutoff, disconnection, disconnexion, exclusion, expulsion, preclusion, release, shut off). (various references) | |
Chinese | '除 (Exclude, Excluded, Excluding, Exclusion). (various references) | |
Czech | elemenace, vylouèení (disqualification, exclusion, excommunication, expulsion, preclusion, shutout, suspension), odstranìní (ablation, clearing, removal). (various references) | |
Danish | elimination (deficiency). (various references) | |
Dutch | eliminatie (abolition, output). (various references) | |
Farsi | حذف (Deletion, Ellipse, Omission). (various references) | |
Finnish | karsinta (lopping, pruning, trimming). (various references) | |
French | élimination (eliminate). (various references) | |
German | beseitigung (clearance, deletion, disposal, redress, removal, settling), elimination, ausscheidung (excretion, qualifying contest, rejection, removal). (various references) | |
Greek | εξάλειψη (deletion, effacement, erase, erasure, extinction, obliteration, removal). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kiküszöbölés, felszámolás (disposal, liquidation, mopping-up, windup). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penyisihan (isolation), penyingkiran (evacuation, exclusion, purge), pelenyapan (disappearing, vanishing), buangan (exile, remunciation). (various references) | |
Italian | eliminazione (disposal, excrement, removal, secretion). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 削除 (cancellation, deletion, erasure). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しっかく (disqualification, incapacity), しょうきょほう, しょうきょ (dying out, erasing, melting away), さくじょ (cancellation, deletion, erasure). (various references) | |
Korean | 거 (Avoidance, removal, Removing, scrubbing). (various references) | |
Manx | scryssey (cancel, cancellation; growl, eliminate, erase, forage, grin, pare down, rub out, scrap, scrape, scrape away, scraping, scratch, shave, sneer, strike out, wipe out, write off), femblal (browse, browse among books, hand pick). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eliminationay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | eliminação (deletion, disposal, mop-up, obliteration). (various references) | |
Romanian | eliminare (discharge, liberation), înlãturare (abscission, disposal), îndepãrtare (carrying off, departure, dismissal, obliteration, removal, revulsion). (various references) | |
Russian | устранение (ablation, debounce, educoration, edulcoration, removal, resection). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | eliminacija. (various references) | |
Spanish | eliminación (obliteration, put out, removal). (various references) | |
Swedish | eliminering, utslagning (culling, shake-out, shakeout of the market), uteslutande (debarment, exclusion, exclusive, exclusively, preclusion, solely), mord (assassination, hit, homicide, killing, murder), avsöndring (discharge, excretion, secretion), avlägsnande (withdrawal). (various references) | |
Turkish | eliminasyon, eleme (sifting), yok etme (annihilation, disposal, effacement, eradication, extermination, extinction, obliteration, tabula rasa), giderme (dissipation, effacement, obviation, removal), atma (banishment, bragging, cast, chuck, ejectment, fling, heave, heaving, hurl, inset, ouster, pelt, postpone, projectile, shoot, shy, tell us another, throw, throwing, volley), çıkarma (belch, cancel, cancellation, deduction, dismantlement, ejection, ejectment, emission, exclusion, expulsion, extraction, extrusion, haulage, issuance, issue, omission, rejection, subtraction). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | усунення (abolishment, abolition, amendment, amputation, dethronement, disposal, obviation, preclusion, removal, withdrawal), очищення (abstersion, calcination, clarification, cleaning, clearance, defecation, depuration, evacuation, expurgation, filtering, purgation, purge), ліквідація (abolition, liquidation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự loại ra. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "elimination": eliminations. (additional references) | |
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"Elimination" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: delimination, elumination, limination. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "elimination" (pronounced uli'munā"shun) |
| 8 | -i' m u n ā" sh u n | antidiscrimination, discrimination, incrimination, nondiscrimination, recrimination. |
| 7 | -m u n ā" sh u n | abomination, contamination, culmination, decontamination, denomination, determination, dissemination, domination, emanation, examination, extermination, germination, illumination, insemination, nomination, 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. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-t" | |
-2 letters: lineation, melatonin. | |
-3 letters: lenition, limonite, liniment, mainline, mannitol, nominate, nonmetal. | |
-4 letters: ailment, aliment, amniote, aniline, antlion, elation, enation, initial, intimae, intimal, lineman, lomenta, mannite, melanin, mention, militia, montane, nitinol, nominal, nonmeat, omental, telamon, toenail. | |
-5 letters: amnion, anilin, anoint, anomie, entail, entoil, eolian, eonian, etalon, etamin, inmate, innate, intima, intime, intine, intone, iolite, lament, latino. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: eliminations. | |
+2 letters: longanimities. | |
+3 letters: dimensionality, emotionalizing, mineralization, tridimensional. | |
+4 letters: mineralizations, omnidirectional. | |
+5 letters: antievolutionism, demineralization, dimensionalities, internationalism, interstimulation, multidimensional, nonmaterialistic, pinealectomizing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Spoken | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Abbreviations 15. Acronyms 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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