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Definition: Illustration |
IllustrationNoun1. Artwork that helps make something clear or attractive. 2. Showing by example. 3. A single item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is a good example on page 10". 4. A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "illustration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Illustration \Il`lus*tra"tion\, noun. [Latin expression illustratio: compare to the French expression illustration.]. (references) |
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Publishing & Graphic Arts | A photograph, drawing, portrait, map, plan, plate, table, facsimile, diagram, etc. , placed in a document to elucidate the text. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Drawing is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface. These marks may represent what the artist sees when drawing, a remembered or imagined scene or abstraction, or, in the case of automatic drawing, may have much to do with the automatic motion of the artist's hand across the paper (or other surface). (In the process of entoptic graphomania, in which dots are made at the sites of impurities or shifts in colour in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots, superficially speaking the subject of the drawing is the paper itself.) The main techniques used in drawing are: line drawing, hatching, crosshatching, random hatching, scribbling, stippling, and blending.
Common drawing tools are pencils, chalk, charcoal, crayons, pastels, and pen and ink. Many drawing materials are not water or oil based and are applied dry, without any preparation. Water-based drawing media (e.g., "watercolor pencils") exist, which can be drawn with like ordinary pencils, then moistened with a wet brush to get various effects. There are also oil-based pastels and wax-based crayons. Very rarely, artists have drawn with (usually decoded) invisible ink.
One thing that differentiates drawing from painting is that in drawing, an artist uses pure colors and cannot mix them before application. (In painting, new colors are commonly created by mixing.)
The colors of drawing media can mix on the surface because of direct chemical interaction. More usually, the mixing is optical rather than chemical: colors are overlaid (also known as glazing) on previous layers so that light reflected from below the surface comes through, or color strokes are close enough that the eye "mixes" them.
Some artists have started referring to pastel and colored-pencil compositions as "paintings".
Drawing media
The medium is the means by which ink, pigment, or color are delivered onto the drawing surface. Examples include:
See also: engineering drawing
- graphite
- colored pencil
- chalk
- charcoal
- crayon
- pastel
- pen and ink
- marker
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Drawing."
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The Tower of the Winds, also called horologion (timepiece), is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower on the Roman agora in Athens. It was supposedly built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus around 50 BC, but according to other sources might have been constructed in the 2nd century BC before the rest of the forum.The 12 m tall structure has a diameter of about 8 m and was topped in antiquity by a weathervane-like Triton that indicated the wind direction. Below the frieze depicting the eight wind deities---Boreas (N), Kaikias (NE), Apeliotes (E), Euros (SE), Notos (S), Lips (SW), Zepyhros (W), and Skiron (NW)---there are nine sundials. In its interior, there was a water clock (clepsydra), driven by water coming down from the acropolis.
In early Christian times, the building was used as the bell tower of a Byzantine Church. It was partly buried in the ground until it was fully excavated in the 19th century by the Greek Archaeological Society.
The frieze of the tower showing the Greek wind gods Boreas (north wind, on the left) and Skiron (northwesterly wind, on the right).Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tower of the Winds."
Synonyms: IllustrationSynonyms: example (n), exemplification (n), instance (n), representative (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Conformity | Example, instance, specimen, sample, quotation; exemplification, illustration, case in point; object lesson; elucidation. |
Engraving | Illustration, illumination; half tone; photogravure; vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece. |
Interpretation | Exegesis; expounding, exposition; hermeneutics; comment, commentary; inference; (deduction); illustration, exemplification; gloss, annotation, scholium, note; elucidation, dilucidation; eclaircissement, mot d'enigme. |
Ornament | Illustration, illumination, vignette. |
Prediction | The following terms, expressive of different forms of divination, have been collected from various sources,The following terms, expressive of different forms of divination, have been collected from various sources, and are here given as a curious illustration of bygone superstitions:- |
Representation | Noun: representation, representment; imitation; illustration, delineation, depictment; imagery, portraiture, iconography; design, designing; art, fine arts; painting; sculpture; engraving; photography, cinematography; radiography, autoradiography, fluorography, sciagraphy. |
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Screenplays | That's not art, that's illustration. (Lillie; writing credit: James Brough; David Butler) | |
Lyrics | This particular illustration of this genre is called The Masochism Tango (The Masochism Tango; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
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 | This schematic illustration shows how a human therapeutic gene is inserted into a deactivated mouse retrovirus. The retrovirus then attaches to and empties its genetic material into a patient's cell (in the laboratory). The therapeutic human gene is integrated into the patient's DNA and replaces the "defective" gene, in the treatment for ADA. See artwork: GR-10. Credit: Jeannie Kelly (artist). |  | Illustration of a cross-section of the skin with labels indicating epidermis, dermis, sweat gland, fatty tissue, nerve follicle and oil gland. See artwork: RR-15b, WYNTK-22b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Illustration showing fuzzy mold colony (left lower) made up of branching filaments called hyphae (left upper); smooth yeast colony (right lower) made up of ovoid cells (right upper). Credit: CDC. |  | Illustration of young mold colony showing branching of hyphae. Credit: CDC. |
 | This artist's illustration shows three steps in the merger of a pair white dwarf stars. The ... Credit: NASA. |  | This image was taken by Clementine as it came over the north lunar pole at thecompletion of mapping orbit 102 on March 13, 1994. The angular separation between lunar horizon and Earth has been reduced for illustration purposes.The large crater at the bottom of the image is Plaskett (180 W longitude, 82 N latitude).(A version of this image with just the Earth in the image is available on theNSSDC Photo Gallery: Earth page.). Credit: NASA. |
 | Illustration in children's version of "The Sea Around Us" Art imitating life (see photo theb2388) Photo #1 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Illustration 2. Recovery of the triangular fish trap. Drawn by Louis Tinayre and engraved by Duplessis; taken from "The Career of a Navigator", the work of Prince Albert I of Monaco, third edition published in 1914. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | The Bronze Star Medal eligibility criteria was limited with the Fiscal 2001 National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress. The Medal will be limited to those people receiving imminent danger pay. (Photo illustration by Virginia Reyes). |  | This illustration shows the Affordable Moving Surface Target Engagement technology the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force Research Laboratory are researching. The research program's second phase is set to begin this fall at the AF. |
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Henry James | What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character? |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Illustration reprinted with permission from the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. (references) | |
This in turn would reduce the personal and financial costs associated with caring for them. A recent analysis provides a vivid illustration of the impact of delaying AD by even a few years. (references) | ||
Business | Japan's current capabilities in two sub-sectors of this field provide an illustration of the market potential for foreign firms. (references) | |
Since some cost components are fixed and unrelated to the cost of the shipment, for illustration purposes, we are assuming that the cost of the shipment is US$100,000 and is shipped via a 40-foot container. (references) | ||
In order to sell to the Hong Kong Government, a potential product must first pre-qualify with the Government Supplies Department (GSD). To register with the GSD, companies should include their annual report, a company profile, supporting documents illustration past business experience, along with two copies of their product literature. (references) | ||
Economic History | Switzerland | A prominent illustration is the company Prionics which is now Europe's main supplier of BSE tests. (references) |
Panama | For the sake of illustration, the calculation below demonstrates average costs added to a product before it reaches the consumer. (references) | |
Monaco | The foreign policy of Monaco is one illustration of this accord: France has agreed to defend the independence and sovereignty of Monaco, while the Monegasque Government has agreed to exercise its sovereign rights in conformity with French interests. (references) | |
Trade | Moldova | The following documents should be submitted along with the application form: a notarized copy of the foreign certificate; legal documentation relating to the certification; if relevant, a copy of the record of a previous certification examination; and if relevant, a graphic illustration of the product's certification sticker. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HEART, n. An automatic, muscular blood-pump. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the esat of emotions and sentiments -- a very pretty fancy which, however, is nothing but a survival of a once universal belief. It is now known that the sentiments and emotions reside in the stomach, being evolved from food by chemical action of the gastric fluid. The exact process by which a beefsteak becomes a feeling -- tender or not, according to the age of the animal from which it was cut; the successive stages of elaboration through which a caviar sandwich is transmuted to a quaint fancy and reappears as a pungent epigram; the marvelous functional methods of converting a hard-boiled egg into religious contrition, or a cream-puff into a sigh of sensibility -- these things have been patiently ascertained by M. Pasteur, and by him expounded with convincing lucidity. (See, also, my monograph, The Essential Identity of the Spiritual Affections and Certain Intestinal Gases Freed in Digestion -- 4to, 687 pp.) In a scientific work entitled, I believe, Delectatio Demonorum (John Camden Hotton, London, 1873) this view of the sentiments receives a striking illustration; and for further light consult Professor Dam's famous treatise on Love as a Product of Alimentary Maceration. |
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The first treaty of the United States with Prussia, which was negotiated by that commission, affords a signal illustration of those principles. |
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| "Illustration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.14% of the time. "Illustration" is used about 1,157 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.14% | 1,147 | 6,687 |
| Noun (common) | 0.69% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.17% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,157 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "illustration": Medical Illustration ♦ target illustration print ♦ to resize a graphic illustration ♦ to resize a graphical illustration. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "illustration": illustration-birds. | |
Ending with "illustration": Book-illustration, extra-illustration. | |
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| 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 "illustration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ilustrim (figure, illumination), sqarim (clarification, clearing-off, elucidation, enlightenment, explanation, gloss, illumination), figurë (character, figure, figure of speech, image, personage, personality, piece, step). (various references) | |
Arabic | مثل (act, adage, aphorism, appear, as, be a symbol for, be typical of, byword, case, depict, describe, example, exemplify, gnome, illustrate, instance, like, like this, maxim, perform, play, play act, portray, proverb, represent, saying, sculpt, show, stand before, stand for, such, such as, symbolize, typify), مشاهير, توضيح (clarification, elicitation, elucidation, explanation, exposition, representation), تزويد بالرسوم, تصوير (depiction, description, drawing, figuration, makings, photograph, photography, picturing, portrayal, representation, reproduction), زخرفة (adornment, blazonry, decor, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, enrichment, fussiness, garniture, ornament, ornamentation, ornateness, scenery, scroll), صورة إيضاحية تزينية, خط زخرف (illuminated manuscript), رسوم إيضاحية. (various references) | |
Basque | irudi (picture). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нагледно пояснение, пример (calendar, case, example, exemplar, instance, lead, model, paradigm, pattern, piece, sample, type), илюстрация (figure, iconography, instance), илюстриране (exemplification). (various references) | |
Chinese | 插圖 , 例证. (various references) | |
Czech | ilustrace (picture), ukázka (exhibit, exhibition, pattern, specimen, stroke), příklad (example, instance, instancy, piece, sample, specimen), obrázek (picture, still). (various references) | |
Danish | illustration (figure, picture). (various references) | |
Dutch | illustratie (figure, illustrated magazine, picture), verluchting (illumination). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ilustraĵo. (various references) | |
Finnish | illustraatio (figure, picture), valaistus (illumination, light, lighting), kuvitus, kuva (figure, image, picture), esimerkki (example, instance, problem, sum). (various references) | |
French | illustration. (various references) | |
German | abbildung (depiction, fig, figure, ill, image, map, mapping, picture, transformation), Illustration (figure, picture). (various references) | |
Greek | εικόνα (figure, icon, image, picture, poster). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עטור (adorned, coronation, crowned, crowning, embellished, embellishment, garnished, medal, ornament, ornamented), איור, אלוסטרציה, הארה (brightening, clarifying, enlightenment, illumination, lighting, luminescence), הדגמה (demo, demonstration, exemplification, representation), דוגמה (example, exemplar, instance, lead, model, norm, prototype, sample, specimen, type). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ábra (diagram, figure, graph, graphic, picture). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ilustrasi, gambaran (image, picture of, representation), gambar (drawing, effigy, figure, picture). (various references) | |
Italian | illustrazione (explanation, image, picture, vignette). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 例解 (example), 図 (drawing, figure, picture), 図示 (showing in graphic form or by diagram), 図版 (figure, plate), 図説 (diagram), 実例 (example), イメージ調査 (99.999999999 percent., bad bounce, bad hop, ear protector, ear valve, earmark, earphone, earring, eleven, eleven nines, eraser, eruption, Ile de France, illegal, Illinois, illumination, illumination control, illusion, illustrated map, illustrator, image change, image survey, in, include, income, income gain, income tax, increment, incremental, incremental business, incubate, incubation, incubator, ink, inn, Iran, Iraq, iridium, irony, Iroquois, irrational, irregular, irregular bound, yearbook, year-round fashion), 例証 (example, exemplification), 絵図 (drawing), 例話 , 挿図 , 挿し絵 , 挿画 , 挿絵 , 用例 (example), 例 (case, custom, example, experience, instance, parallel, precedent, usage). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さしえ, じつれい (example), ようれい (childhood, example, literary term for the sun), イラスト , イラストレーション , れい (actor, case, cold, command, companion, cool, custom, departed soul, dictation, example, experience, expression of gratitude, ghost, instance, nought, order, parallel, precedent, soul, spirit, usage, zero), れいわ, えず (drawing), れいしょう (derision, derisive laughter, example, exemplification, scornful laugh), ためし (case, custom, example, experience, instance, parallel, precedent, test, trial, usage), そうが (claws and tusks, devious design, right-hand man), そうず (Buddhist priest, water-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied), ず (at, cord, drawing, figure, in, on, picture, ridge, strap, tail, thong), ずし (audacity, authority, commanding presence, deaf-mute, miniature shrine in a temple, pressing down, pressure, push, showing in graphic form or by diagram, weight), ずはん (figure, plate), ずせつ (diagram), れいかい (example, regular meeting, the spiritual world). (various references) | |
Korean | 삽화 (artwork). (various references) | |
Manx | tayrneyraght, sollyssid (brightness, brilliance, clearness, gloss, lightness, luminosity, lustre, polish, radiance, resplendence, sheen, transparency), caslys (appearance, design, drawing, elevation, imitation, painting, picture, shape). (various references) | |
Norwegian | illustrasjon, belysning (illumination, light). (various references) | |
Occitan | ilustracion (picture). (various references) | |
Papiamen | ilustrashon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | illustrationay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ilustração (cut, scholarship). (various references) | |
Romanian | ilustrare (exemplification, imagery), ilustraţie (figure, picture), explicare (apology, demonstration, explanation, explication, reading). (various references) | |
Russian | иллюстрация. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ilustracija. (various references) | |
Spanish | ilustración (enlightenment, picture). (various references) | |
Swedish | illustration (figure, picture), förklaring (comment, declaration, definition, elucidation, explanation, explicable, explication, exposition, interpretation, outgiving, proclamation, pronouncement, statement), exempel (example, examples, instance, pattern, patterns, praxis). (various references) | |
Turkish | tanım (definition, description), resim (drawing, dues, effigy, figure, image, likeness, painting, photo, pictorial, picture, tablature, tableau, tax), açıklama (account, clarification, comment, commentary, declaration, definition, direction, elucidation, endorsement, explanation, explication, exposition, gloss, hearing, illumination, indorsement, instruction, paraphrase, profession, statement), örnekleme (exemplification, sampling), örnek (copy, example, exemplar, exemplary, exemplification, guide, instance, lead, model, norm, object lesson, pattern, precedent, reference, representative, sample, sampling, specimen, trial, type, type specimen, version), çizim (construction, drawing, ichno-, picture, technical drawing). (various references) | |
Turkmen | illяustrasiяa (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ілюстрація (demonstration, exemplification), приклад (club, example, instance, lead, paradigm, rifle butt, sample, witness), пояснення (apology, clarification, elucidation, explanation, explication, reason, translation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thí dụ minh hoạ, sự minh hoạ tranh minh hoạ, câu chuyện minh hoạ. (various references) | |
Welsh | eglureb. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "illustration": illustrational, illustrations. (additional references) | |
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"Illustration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: illistration, illiustration, illustation, illustratio. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "illustration" (pronounced i'lustrā"shun) |
| 8 | -u s t r ā" sh u n | administration, frustration, ministration, orchestration, registration, sequestration. |
| 7 | -s t r ā" sh u n | castration, demonstration, prostration. |
| 6 | -t r ā" sh u n | filtration, arbitration, concentration, infiltration, nitration, penetration. |
| 5 | -r ā" sh u n | calibration, celebration, conflagration, consecration, dehydration, desecration, disintegration, duration, emigration, gyration, hydration, immigration, integration, libration, migration, narration, oration, proration, rehydration, vibration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, 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, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, categorization, causation, 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, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, 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, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, 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, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, imagination, imitation, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, 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, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mineralization, miniaturization, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, 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, 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, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, regulation, rehabilitation, 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, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, simplification, simulation, situation, 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, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, 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-i-i-l-l-n-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: lustration. | |
-3 letters: illations, insulator, littorals, lunisolar, ritualist, siltation, situation, striation, tonsillar, tortillas, trillions, tuitional, tutorials. | |
-4 letters: allusion, altruist, antiriot, antiroll, antirust, illation, illusion, introits, littoral, lutanist, naturist, ostinati, rainouts, rutilant, stallion, strontia, titanous, titulars, tonsilar, tortilla, trillion, tuitions, tutorial, ultraist. | |
-5 letters: altoist, aroints, attorns, install, instill, insular, intorts, introit, intrust, intuits, ironist, latinos, lattins. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-l-l-n-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: illustrations. | |
+2 letters: illustrational. | |
+4 letters: transilluminator, ultrafiltrations, ultranationalism, ultranationalist. | |
+5 letters: opportunistically, transillumination, transilluminators, ultranationalisms, ultranationalists. | |
| 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: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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