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Eviction

Definitions: Eviction

Eviction

Noun

1. Action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved.

2. The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law.

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

Date "eviction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Eviction

DomainDefinitions

Finance

The lawful expulsion of an occupant from real property, if necessary, by force. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Eviction

Synonyms: constructive eviction (n), dispossession (n), legal ouster (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Eviction

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

Ejection

Noun: ejection, emission, effusion, rejection, expulsion,exportation, eviction, extrusion, trajection; discharge.

Taking

Dispossession; deprivation, deprivement; bereavement; divestment; disherison; distraint, distress; sequestration, confiscation; eviction.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Eviction

English words defined with "eviction": actual evictionconstructive evictionRecoupe, retaliatory eviction, Ribbon Society. (references)
Specialty definitions using "eviction": MANAGER, PROPERTY. (references)

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Modern Usage: Eviction

DomainUsage

Screenplays

(on the eve of her eviction) (Big Brother; writing credit: Joyce Carol Oates; Joyce Eliason)

Lyrics

In my mailbox there's an eviction letter ("Maria, Maria"; performing artist: Santana/Wyclef Jean)

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

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Commercial Usage: Eviction

DomainTitle

Books

  • Eviction Book for California: A Handy Manual for Scrupulous Landlords and Landladies Who Do Their Own Evictions (Eviction Book for California, 9th Ed) (reference)

  • Eviction by Death (reference)

  • Hollow City: Gentrification and the Eviction of Urban Culture (reference)

  • The Eviction Book for California (reference)

  • Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Photo Album: Eviction

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One eviction we're hoping for.Credit: Library of Congress.

Furniture in street during race riot, probably due to eviction, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1921] / p.Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Alvin C. Krupnick Co., Tulsa, Okla..

The eviction by Hubert O'Grady.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Eviction

SubjectTopicQuote

Children

Cameroon

On September 10, several blind persons blocked the road junction in Yaounde between the Ministry of Education and the Prime Minister's office and asked to speak to the Prime Minister about the eviction of several blind persons from a building in which they were living illegally. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

The Hare Krishna face eviction from their place of worship for the construction of a new road. (references)

Turkmenistan

In April a Pentecostal pastor lost his court battle against eviction from the house in which he held religious services. (references)

Human Rights

Mexico

The eviction reportedly was the result of a 1997 land dispute. (references)

Uganda

On August 3, police arrested Constable Issa Sewatti for the killing of Annet Nakimuli on August 31 during an eviction in a Kampala suburb. (references)

Philippines

The law provides certain protections for squatters; eviction is often difficult, especially because politicians recognize squatters' voting power. (references)

Indigenous People

Thailand

Those residing in national parks or wildlife sanctuaries are subject to eviction. (references)

Paraguay

In October the Supreme Court suspended the eviction notice against members of the Yakye Axe (Enxet) indigenous group in the Chaco after the OAS's Inter-American Commission on Human Rights filed a petition on the group's behalf. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

The Roma Civic Rights Foundation visits and reports on cases of forced eviction, and works on urging local governments to provide temporary shelters. (references)

Worker Rights

Belize

On June 7, six banana workers who had been active in union organizing activities on a southern banana farm were fired and were served with eviction notices from their company-provided housing. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Eviction

"Eviction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Eviction" is used about 202 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%20221,454

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

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Expressions: Eviction

Expressions using "eviction": actual eviction constructive eviction eviction order retaliatory eviction. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "eviction": anti-eviction, non-eviction.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Eviction

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.
 
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  constructive eviction

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

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Modern Translations: Eviction

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

Albanian

  

nxjerrje jashtë (ejection, ejectment), dëbim (banishment, deportation, excision, exclusion, excommunication, exile, expulsion, proscription, relegation). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, 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), ‏إنتزاع (conquering, conquest, elicitation, exaction, extortion, grab, grabbing, pull, snatching, twitch, yank), ‏إسترداد بدعوى. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

изгонване (bounce, chuck, expulsion, extrusion). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

赶出 (Evict, Evicted, Evicting). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vypuzení (ejection, expulsion). (various references)

   

Danish

  

fraflytning af ejendommen. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ontzetting van bezit (dispossession, disseizin), ontruiming van lokalen, bezitsontzetting (dispossession, disseizin). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

خلع ید (Dispossession, Ouster), اخراج (Boot, Deport, Ejection, Exclusion, Expultion, Ouster). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hallintaoikeuden menettäminen (dispossession, disseizin). (various references)

   

French

  

expulsion, récupération, dépossession, évacuation des locaux. (various references)

   

German

  

räumung (cleaning, clearance, clearing, evacuation, moving out of tenant to elude payment of ground rent, removal, vacation), Exmission. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

έξωση (ejection, expulsion, ouster), απόδοση του μισθίου. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

'רוש (abjection, banishment, deportation, ejection, expulsion), שול (dispossession). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kilakoltatás (ejection). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pengusiran (dispersal, expulsion). (various references)

   

Italian

  

evizione (dispossession, disseizin), evacuazione dei locali, espulsione (definitive expulsion, delivery, discharge, ejection, expulsion), esproprio (compulsory acquisition, compulsory purchase, dispossession, disseizin, expropriation), spossessamento (dispossession, disseizin). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

追い立て (ejection), 立ち退き . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たちのき, おいたて (ejection). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

퇴거시킴. (various references)

   

Manx

  

scughey (budge, dislodge, dislodgement, displace, displacement, evict, move, moving, quit, removal, remove, scoot, shift, shift about, shifting). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

utkastelse. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

evictionay

   

Portuguese

  

expulsar (cast out, deport, disbelief, disloyal, eject, eliminate, expelled, extrusion, kick stand, oust, out, proscribe, repel, scavenge, scour, turn out), expulsão (delivery, deportation, discharge, ejection, ejectment, expulsion, splash), evição, esbulho (dispossession, disseizin, robbery), despejo do imóvel. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

evacuare (ejection, evacuation, exhaust), luare în posesiune (appropriation, occupancy, occupation), dare afarã din casã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

выселение (ejectment, ouster), лишение имущества. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

iseljenje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

desahucio (action of ejectment, dispossession, ejection, eviction of a tenant, ouster). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vräkning (dispossession, ejection). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tahliye (discharge, ejection, ejectment, emptying, evacuation, vacation, voidance), mahkeme kararıyla tahliye, kanunen el koyma (condemnation). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

виселення (dispossession, ejection, ejectment, ouster, ousting), позбавлення майна, доказ (argument, attest, authority, averment, clue, confirmation, document, evidence, probate, proof, substantiation, testimony, witness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Eviction

Derivations

Words beginning with "eviction": evictions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Eviction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aviction, ediction, eliction, evation, evicition, iliction. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Eviction"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "eviction" (pronounced ivi"kshun)
6-v i" k sh u nconviction.
5-i" k sh u naddiction, affliction, benediction, constriction, contradiction, crucifixion, depiction, dereliction, diction, fiction, friction, infliction, interdiction, jurisdiction, nonfiction, prediction, restriction.
4-k sh u nabduction, abstraction, action, advection, affection, attraction, auction, circumspection, collection, complexion, compunction, concoction, conduction, confection, conjunction, connection, construction, contraction, convection, correction, deconstruction, deduction, defection, destruction, detection, diffraction, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissatisfaction, dissection, distinction, distraction, dysfunction, ejection, election, erection, exaction, extinction, extraction, faction, flexion, fraction, function, imperfection, inaction, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infraction, injection, injunction, inspection, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interconnection, interjection, intersection, introduction, introspection, junction, liposuction, liquefaction, malfunction, midsection, objection, obstruction, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, perfection, predilection, preelection, production, projection, protection, reaction, recollection, reconstruction, redirection, reduction, reelection, reflection, reinspection, reintroduction, rejection, reproduction, resurrection, retraction, sanction, satisfaction, section, seduction, selection, subsection, subtraction, suction, traction, transaction, transection.
3-sh u nabbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, activation, adaptation, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attribution, attrition, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, confabulation, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraption, contribution, contrition, convention, conversation, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, dietitian, differentiation, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, discoloration, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distortion, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extortion, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, freshen, fruition, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interception, intercession, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, predisposition, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redistribution, reeducation, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reintegration, reinterpretation, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, resumption, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, secession, secretion, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, suburbanization, succession, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, tradition, transcription, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Eviction

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-n-o-t-v"

-1 letter: invoice.

-2 letters: incite, invite, noetic, notice, novice.

-3 letters: cento, civet, civie, conte, coven, covet, covin, envoi, evict, ionic, ontic, ovine, tonic, vinic, voice.

-4 letters: cent, cine, cion, cite, coin, cone, coni, cote, cove, etic, icon, inti, into, nevi, nice, nite, note, once, otic, oven, tine, tone, vein, vent, veto, vice, vine, vino, vote.

-5 letters: con.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-n-o-t-v"
 

+1 letter: cognitive, evictions.

 

+2 letters: inchoative, novelistic, voiceprint.

 

+3 letters: biconvexity, cognitively, coinventing, combinative, concavities, conflictive, convexities, inchoatives, inoculative, insectivore, nociceptive, valediction, viscounties, vivisection, voiceprints.

 

+4 letters: antiviolence, conciliative, connectivity, constitutive, constrictive, continuative, contributive, coordinative, deactivation, equivocating, equivocation, evisceration, gingivectomy, inchoatively, inconvenient, insectivores, intervocalic, nonaddictive, noncognitive, nondirective, noninductive, noninfective, outachieving, overexciting, precognitive, reactivation, reconvicting, reconviction, valedictions, verification, vesiculation, viscountcies, vivisections, vociferating, vociferation.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Eviction


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

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


  

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