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Definition: Fluctuation |
FluctuationNoun1. A wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea". 2. An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change. 3. The quality of being unsteady and subject to fluctuations; "he kept a record of price fluctuations". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fluctuation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Etymology: Fluctuation \Fluc`tu*a"tion\, noun. [Latin expression fluctuatio; compare to French fluctuation.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | With reference to a reservoir, the variation in water level, up or down, as a consequence of reservoir operation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mathematics | A movement up or down between consecutive items of a series of numbers or numerical observations. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: FluctuationSynonyms: variation (n), wavering (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Changeableness | Noun: changeableness; Adjective: mutability, inconstancy; versatility, mobility; instability, unstable equilibrium; vacillation; (irresolution); fluctuation, vicissitude; alternation; (oscillation). |
Evolution | Fluctuation; vacillation; (irresolution). |
Irresolution | Noun: irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision; indetermination, undetermination; unsettlement; uncertainty; demur, suspense; hesitating; Verb:, hesitation, hesitancy; vacillation; changeableness; fluctuation; alternation; (oscillation); caprice. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fluctuation |
| English words defined with "fluctuation": Between wind and water ♦ drift ♦ Fluctuant ♦ stable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fluctuation": belt of equatorial calms, belt of fluctuation of water table, belt of phreatic fluctuation ♦ contingency reserve ♦ doldrum belt ♦ floating of currencies, FV ♦ highest stage of the water table ♦ Interchange Instability or Rayleigh-Taylor Instability ♦ lowest stage of the water table ♦ Maunder minimum, Maunder minimum wiggle ♦ phreatic height, phreatic low, proportional module ♦ southern oscillation, stable operation ♦ WATER-QUALITY TESTER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fluctuation": Trifluctuation. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fluctuation" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (fluctuation, flux, swing, variation). |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His mind wavered a whole hour, and a long one, in fluctuation and in struggle |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It is remarkable that this fluctuation, whether periodical or not, appears thus to require many years for its accomplishment |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | At present, the main impediment is currency fluctuation. (references) | |
Despite fluctuation, Indonesia’s total production of cloth grew 2.52% per year in the past four years. (references) | ||
Ever-evolving legislation for treatment and disposal of hazardous waste has also been responsible for this fluctuation in growth rates. (references) | ||
Economic History | Pakistan | Hydropower's drawback is its seasonal fluctuation. (references) |
Japan | In the meantime, U.S. exporters should consider yen fluctuation and internal distribution costs in their product pricing, and in developing sales strategies in Japan. (references) | |
Bahrain | The Bahraini insurance sector is a realm of considerable fluctuation and change, yet one where opportunities abound for companies looking to establish a presence in the Middle East. (references) | |
Political Economy | Cyprus | Since January 1, 1999, the Cyprus Pound (CP) has been pegged to the Euro at the central CP-Euro exchange rate of CP 1.00 to 1,7086 Euros, with a fluctuation band of plus or minus 2.25 percent. (references) |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Since November 1980, the dirham, though formally pegged to the IMF's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) at the rate of 4.76190 dirhams per SDR, with a margin of fluctuation set initially at 2.25 percent and widened in August 1987 to 7.25 percent, has been kept in a fixed relationship with the U.S. dollar. (references) | |
Trade | Italy | Similarly, large U.S. banks and/or local banks located in the exporter's state can offer factoring+ADs- exchange fluctuation hedging and limited exporter's credit services. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | Besides this, such repeated changes take place, that all arrangement is set at nought, and the constant fluctuation of things, deranges every plan, as fast as adopted. |
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| "Fluctuation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fluctuation" is used about 138 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% | 138 | 27,024 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fluctuation": belt of fluctuation of water table ♦ belt of phreatic fluctuation ♦ cycle of fluctuation ♦ fluctuation of water table ♦ minimum price fluctuation ♦ phreatic fluctuation ♦ price fluctuation ♦ voltage fluctuation. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "fluctuation": fluctuation-induced. | |
| 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 "fluctuation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ngurrim (demur, dither, falter, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, reluctance, reserve, shilly shally), luhatje (jarring, oscillation, variation, wabble, wobble), lëkundje (backlash, dancing, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, jarring, jolting, nutation, oscillation, pitch, quake, reel, rolling, shake, shaking, shilly shally, shimmy, stagger, sway, swing, swinging, teeter, thrill, tossing, tremor, vacillation, vibrancy, vibration, wabble, wavering, wobble). (various references) | |
Arabic | تقلب (alteration, change, fickleness, float, fluctuate, flux, inconsistency, inconstancy, levity, oscillate, oscillation, swing, toss, tumble, turn, variation, versatility, vicissitude, welter), تذبذب (balance, gyrate, oscillate, pulsate, vacillate, vacillation, vibrate, vibration, wave, waver, weave, whiffle, wiggle, wobble), تأرجح (fluctuate, hover, overbalance, pitch, rock, rocking, seesaw, sway, swing, teeter, vacillate, vacillation), تردد (ambivalence, backwards, balance, be in two minds, boggle, crane, demur, difficulty, dither, fainting, falter, flicker, float, fluctuate, hang, haunt, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, hesitation, hover, hum and haw, indecision, irresolution, pause, perplexity, puzzle over, reticence, reverberate, scruple, shilly shally, sound, stick, stop, stumble, tergiversation, timidity, vacillate, vacillation, vibrate, vibration, waver, wobble, worry). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | колебание (demur, dubiety, falter, faltering, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, hovel, indecision, oscillation, qualm, quandary, scruple, vacillation, variation, wabble, wavering, wobble), вариране (variance), нестабилност (instability). (various references) | |
Chinese | 波动 (undulation). (various references) | |
Czech | kolísání (variation, wabble, wobble). (various references) | |
Danish | fluktuation, variation (variation), svingning (flutter, oscillation, pivoting, spin, spin effect, swivelling, turning, vibration). (various references) | |
Dutch | fluctuatie, variatie (variation, variety), schommelingen in de waterstand. (various references) | |
Finnish | vaihtelu (variation). (various references) | |
French | fluctuation (flux), variation. (various references) | |
German | fluktuation (turnover), schwankung (oscillation, rocking, shaking, swaying, vacillation, variability, variation). (various references) | |
Greek | διακύμανση (pulsation, range, variance). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תנועה (kinesis, locomotion, motion, move, movement, moving, stir, traffic), תנודה (flounce, lurch, migration, motion, movement, oscillation, quivering, vibration), התנדנדות (pitching, rocking, seesaw, shaking, swaying, swinging), גליות (undulation, waviness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ingadozás (flutter, lurch, oscillation, range, reel, shilly-shally, swag, vacillation, variation, wabble, wobbling), hullámzás (chop, undulation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | fluktuasi, goyangan (oscillation, staggering, sway), gejolak (fire, flaming, flush). (various references) | |
Italian | oscillazione (oscillation, rocking, swinging), fluttuazione (swing). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 彷徨 (rambling, roaming, variation, wandering), 変動 (change), 増減 (increase and decrease), 上がり下がり (rise and fall). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぞうげん (false report, increase and decrease, lie), ほうこう (apprenticeship, aroma, balm, course, direction, emission of light, expulsion from school, fragrance, howl, muzzle, perfume, public duty, rambling, roaming, roar, seamstress, service, tailor, variation, wandering, way, yell), あがりさがり (rise and fall), へんどう (change). (various references) | |
Korean | 동요 (shake, shaking, sway, Wabble, Wobble). (various references) | |
Manx | kirkinys (alternation, changeableness, inconstancy). (various references) | |
Norwegian | svingning. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uctuationflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | flutuação (float, floatage, floatation, waft, wavering). (various references) | |
Romanian | fluctuaţie, variabilitate (changeableness, mutability, unsteadiness, variability), schimbare (alteration, change, conversion, transformation), oscilaţie (hesitation, oscillation, pendulation, swinging, vacillation, variation, vibration, wavering). (various references) | |
Russian | колебание (hesitance, hesitancy, vacillation). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | fluktuacija. (various references) | |
Spanish | fluctuación (oscillation). (various references) | |
Swedish | variation (variation), fluktuation. (various references) | |
Thai | ความผันผวน. (various references) | |
Turkish | tereddüd (demur, doubt, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indeterminate, irresolution, oscillation, pause, perplexity, puzzle, quandary, shilly shally, suspense, uncertainty, vacillation, vibration, wobble), oynama (acting, dancing, falsification, hop, move, moving, performing, play, playing, showing), kararsızlık (changeability, dither, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, fickleness, flightiness, haziness, hesitance, hesitancy, incertitude, inconsistency, indecision, indeterminate, infirmity, infirmity of purpose, instability, irresolution, looseness, oscillation, quandary, shilly shally, suspense, uncertainty, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability), değişip durma (flux), dalgalanma (ripple, roll, ruffle, surge, surging, sway, undulation), bocalama (getting confused, stagger, vacillation, wobble). (various references) | |
Turkmen | pasyrdyr. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | флуктуація, коливання (beat, beating, oscillation, teeter, thrill, throb, vacillation, veering, wabble, wave, wobble), нерішучість (backwardness, doubtfulness, embarrassment, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, pause, shilly shally, weakness), похитування (jiggle, lurch, nutation, stagger, wamble). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thay đổi bất thường, sự lên xuống, sự dao động (vaccilation). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fluctuation": fluctuational, fluctuations. (additional references) | |
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"Fluctuation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flactuation, flucatuation, flucuation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fluctuation" (pronounced flu'kkhuwā"shun) |
| 7 | -k kh uw ā" sh u n | punctuation. |
| 6 | -kh uw ā" sh u n | infatuation, situation. |
| 5 | -uw ā" sh u n | continuation, devaluation, discontinuation, evaluation, graduation, insinuation, menstruation, overvaluation, reevaluation, revaluation, undervaluation, valuation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, 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, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, 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, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, 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, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, 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, 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, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, 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, 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, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-i-l-n-o-t-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: fluctuant, untactful. | |
-3 letters: anticult. | |
-4 letters: antiflu, auction, caution, faction, folacin, inocula, linocut, lunatic, outlain, tactful, taction. | |
-5 letters: action, alnico, atonic, canful, cation, catlin, citola, coital, confit, cutout, falcon, flacon, flaunt, fontal, incult, intact, latino, lattin, octant, oilcan, outact, outfit, talion, tincal, tinful, toluic, toucan, tufoli, tunica, uncial, uncoil. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-i-l-n-o-t-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: fluctuations. | |
+2 letters: fluctuational. | |
+4 letters: multifunctional. | |
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