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Definition: Isolation |
IsolationNoun1. A state of separation between persons or groups. 2. The act of isolating something. 3. A feeling of being disliked and alone. 4. Preference for seclusion or isolation. 5. A country's withdrawal from internal politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "isolation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1754. (references) |
Etymology: Isolation \I`so*la"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression isolation.]. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | From Eng. ice, meaning cold, and Lat. solus, alone. Alone in the cold. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Aerospace | In vibration studies, a reduction in the capacity of a system to respond to an excitation, attained by the use of a resilient support. (references) |
Computing | The containment of users and resources in an ADP system in such a way that users and processes are separate from another as well from the protection controls of the operating system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The disconnection of an installation from all possible sources of voltage by visible breaks. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The electrical separation between two circuits, or circuit elements. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A technique for electrically separating circuit elements. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | The act of giving a tree or group of trees a permanently free position by removing surrounding trees. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The operation of separating one microorganism from a mixture of microorganisms. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Medicine | Reported isolations of Salmonelle enteritidis phage type 4 [VE1]. Source: European Union. (references) |
| To separate (one with a contagious disease) from others not similarly infected. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The absence of crossing among populations because of distance or geographical barriers(geographical isolation), or of differences in flowering time(phenological isolation), or because of gene or chromosome differences preventing fertilisation or normal seed development(genetic isolation). Source: European Union. (references) | |
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In database systems, "isolation" is a property that the changes made by an operation are not visible to other simultaneous operations on the system until its completion. This is one of the ACID properties.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Isolation (computer science)."
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In poker, an isolation play is usually a raise designed to encourage one or more players to fold, specifically for the purpose of making the hand a one-on-one contest with a specific opponent. For example, if the player to your right raises and you suspect he is bluffing, you can reraise, forcing most of the other players to fold, leaving you one-on-one with that player.This is often done with "maniacs" or overly-aggressive players who frequently play inferior hands. It is also frequently done in tournaments to isolate a player who is "short stacked", that is, one who is in imminent danger of elimination, and so is likely to be playing aggressively out of desperation.
- See also : Poker
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Isolationism in general is a national foreign policy of detachment from other nations, as opposed to interventionism. Most often it refers to the foreign policy of the United States of America from the formation of the Monroe Doctrine to about World War II. During this time, U.S. policymakers refrained from actively engaging in the affairs of other major powers, particularly those in Europe, to the point that U.S. entry into both World Wars occurred long after each war began. However, because the United States had been actively interventionist in the affairs of its Latin American neighbors during this period, the term "isolationist" is somewhat misleading.
Following World War II, American policymakers took an active interest in global foreign affairs, becoming heavily interventionist in parts of the world outside of its traditional involvement in the Western Hemisphere.
The isolationist policy of the United States has been widely criticized by other countries such as France and Germany, while an interventionist policy by the United States has been criticized particularly by highly populated Muslim countries such as those in the Middle East.
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Synonyms: IsolationSynonyms: closing off (n), reclusiveness (n). (additional references) |
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Disjunction | Noun: disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement; discontinuity; abjunction; cataclasm; inconnection; abstraction, abstractedness; isolation; insularity, insulation; oasis; island; separateness; Adjective: severalty; disjecta membra; dispersion; apportionment. |
Prison | Noun: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold; round house, watch house, station house, sponging house; station; house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound; inclosure; isolation (exclusion); penal settlement, penal colony; bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod; calaboose, chauki, choky, thana; workhouse. |
Seclusion Exclusion | Noun: seclusion, privacy; retirement; reclusion, recess; snugness; Adjective: delitescence; rustication, rus in urbe; solitude; solitariness; (singleness); isolation; loneliness; Adjective: estrangement from the world, voluntary exile; aloofness. |
Unity | Noun: unity; oneness; Adjective: individuality; solitude; (seclusion); isolation; (disjunction); unification. |
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Screenplays | That's very good Jack, because, uh, for some people, solitude and isolation can, of itself become a problem (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) Ten days isolation, Hilts (The Great Escape; writing credit: James Clavell) | |
Lyrics | And share a sweet isolation (Let's Go!; performing artist: Wang Chung) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Am Rande der Isolation (1989) No More Isolation (1985) | |
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 | Purified DNA, fluorescing orange under UV light, is extracted and used for molecular biology studies. The purified DNA, in a cesium chloride gradient, binds to the ethidium bromide dye which absorbs UV light and makes the DNA fluoresce orange. This visualization of a single band of DNA aids in the isolation and extraction of the DNA for future molecular biology studies. Credit: Mike Mitchell (photographer). |  | Line graph showing isolation rate for Salmonella enteritidis by region, United States, 1974-1994.. Credit: CDC. |
 | Two Zairian nurses wear protective clothing while changing the bedding in an Ebola VHF isolation ward, Kikwit, Zaire, 1995. Credit: CDC. |  | [Demonstration on how to wear an isolation gown]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 3, Vauclaire, France. : Monks cells now isolation boards. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Isolation at last. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The small-pox troubles in Milwaukee, Wisconsin--residents of foreign birth resist the transfer of patients to the isolation hospital / drawn by Miss G.A. Davis ; from a sketch supplied by Fred. Dougherty. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Visalia, California. Farm Security Administration Tulare camp for migratory farm workers. Isolation building. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sonoma, California. Isolation building, migratory labor camp. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mr. Waldo Holmqwist, pioneer in the FSA (Farm Security Administration) certified seed isolation units with a new variety of spuds, the Sebago. New Sweden, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Franciscan Cells" by Luis Alves Commentary: "Built in the fifteenth century by Franciscan Friars, these cells was the place where the they lived in religious isolation. They are located near the Atlantic Ocean, in Mount Arrábida. --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but ple" |
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Thomas Carlyle | Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The advance of industry, whose involuntary promoter is the bourgeoisie, replaces the isolation of the labourers, due to competition, by their revolutionary combination, due to association. (reference) |
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Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | He had just had a wonderful idea about how to cope with the terrible lonely isolation, the nightmares, the failure of all his attempts at horticulture, and the sheer futurelessness and futility of his life here on prehistoric Earth, which was that he would go mad. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Hence the isolation of Monseigneur Bienvenu |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He saw clearly too his own futile isolation. |
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Health | Family members report depression, social isolation, and anger. (references) | |
Urinary incontinence leads to stigmatization and social isolation. (references) | ||
The services should not be administered in isolation, but in association with tertiary care centers. (references) | ||
Children | Papua New Guinea | Because of the geographic isolation and remoteness of many villages, malnutrition and infant mortality rates are very high. (references) |
Russia | In Moscow approximately 6,000 children per year are brought to the Center of Temporary Isolation of Minor Delinquents (COVINA). (references) | |
Bangladesh | After sustaining a physical disability, women sometimes are "replaced" within their families and have nowhere to go. The economic condition of most families limits their ability to assist with the special needs of a person with disabilities, and superstition and fear of persons with disabilities in society sometimes result in their isolation. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Australia | Their subsequent report alleged inadequate sanitary facilities and claims of alienation and isolation by detainees. (references) |
Economic History | Ireland | The excellence and isolation of these monasteries helped preserve Latin learning during the Dark Ages. (references) |
South Korea | However, the experience impelled the Yi court to choose a policy of foreign isolation, with the exception of China. (references) | |
Human Rights | Cuba | They often are placed in punishment cells and held in isolation. (references) |
Peru | To relieve some of the isolation, the ICRC funds periodic visits by families. (references) | |
Cuba | Some endured physical and sexual abuse, typically by other inmates with the acquiescence of guards, or long periods in punitive isolation cells. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Panama | Most live in extreme poverty and isolation. (references) |
Botswana | Their isolation, ignorance of civil rights, and lack of political representation have stymied their progress. (references) | |
Panama | The Ngobe also are under threat due to the isolation of their reserves, encroachment by settlers, and generalized poverty. (references) | |
Minorities | Panama | Their geographic clustering in the economically depressed province of Colon and poorer neighborhoods of Panama City heightens their isolation from mainstream society. (references) |
Political Economy | Tuvalu | The country's isolation limits economic development. (references) |
Croatia | The government has focused on ending Croatia's HDZ-era isolation and integrating into Euro-Atlantic institutions. (references) | |
Political Rights | Congo | Pygmies continued to be excluded effectively from social programs and the political process, in part due to their isolation in remote forested areas of the country. (references) |
Costa Rica | Indigenous people may participate freely in politics and government; however, in practice, they have not played significant roles in these areas, except on issues directly affecting their welfare, largely because of their relatively small numbers and physical isolation. (references) | |
Trade | Vietnam | The opening of the economy has placed new demands on a financial sector that until the early 1990s operated largely in isolation from international standards and practices. (references) |
Travel | Zimbabwe | The Zimbabwean business community is nearly fully emerged from the cocoon of 15 years of isolation caused by international sanctions during the 1965-80 "Unilateral Declaration of Independence" period and the statist socialist policies during the first decade of Zimbabwe's independence. (references) |
Worker Rights | Brazil | In addition to the threat of physical violence, perpetrators often use debt and isolation to control the victims. (references) |
France | Traffickers use methods ranging from the confiscation of the victim's identification papers to cultural isolation to physical or psychological abuse. (references) | |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We can never again stand aside, prideful in isolation. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Together, we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | But as the Cold War fades into memory, voices of isolation say America should retreat from its responsibilities. |
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| "Isolation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.84% of the time. "Isolation" is used about 1,847 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) | 99.84% | 1,844 | 4,615 |
| Noun (common) | 0.16% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,847 | N/A |
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Expressions using "isolation": analog dielectric isolation ♦ analogue dielectric isolation ♦ epitaxial isolation ♦ isolation cell ♦ isolation hospital ♦ isolation transformer ♦ isolation ward ♦ live in isolation ♦ Patient Isolation ♦ Social Isolation ♦ sound isolation between rooms ♦ standardised sound isolation between rooms ♦ standardized sound isolation between rooms. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "isolation": isolation-reared, isolation-rearing, isolation-unit. | |
Ending with "isolation": matrix-isolation, re-isolation, self-isolation, semi-isolation. | |
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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 "isolation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | isolasie (insulation), eensaamheid (separation), afsondering (separation). (various references) | |
Albanian | izolim (alienation, confinement, insularity, ostracism, seclusion, segregation, sequester, sequestration), veçorim (sequester), veçim (detachment, disjunction, dissociation, disunion, divorce, insularity, insulation, retirement, seclusion, segregation, separation, withdrawal). (various references) | |
Arabic | فصل (adjudge, adjudicate, arrive at a resolution, break, break up, cashier, cut, cut off, decide, decision, demarcation, detach, detail, determine, discharge, disconnect, disconnection, disentangle, disjoin, disjunction, dismiss, displace, displacement, dissociate, dissociate oneself from, dissociation, disunite, divide, division, elaborate, expel, fire, have a final word, isolate, itemize, judge, lay off, make a decision, part, particularize, parting, partition, remove, render a judgement, resolve, sack, seclude, seclusion, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, set apart, settle, sever, severance, sunder, wean), فرز (division, isolate, separation, sort, sorting), وحدة (collective, community, identity, loneliness, oneness, singularity, solitude, togetherness, unit, unity), عزلة (alienation, aloofness, desolation, loneliness, privacy, remoteness, retirement, seclusion, solitude), عزل (cut off, depose, deposition, disengage, displacement, excommunicate, excommunication, gaol, insulate, isolate, jail, recall, relegate, seclude, segregate, segregation, sequester, taboo), الحجز (distraint, keeping), العزلة (bleakness), إنعزال (detachment, insulation, secession, segregation, solitude). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уединяване (grass, intimity, retirement, retreat), откъснатост (detachment), отделяне (breakaway, detachment, disconnection, disconnexion, disengagement, disseverance, divorcement, emanation, emission, evolution, excretion, exudation, generation, partition, release, scission, secession, secretion, separation, severance), изолация (detachment, insulation, jacket, lagging, seclusion, segregation, separation), изолиране (insulation, lagging, seclusion, separation). (various references) | |
Chinese | 隔离 (seclude, Secluding, sequester, sequestered, Sequestering, sequestration, standoff). (various references) | |
Czech | izolace (insulation, seclusion, skin), stanovení (assessment), separace (solitary confinement). (various references) | |
Danish | isolering (fill, insulation, insulation fill, internment, isolate), isolere (isolate), isolation (insulation), udkobling (declutching, disconnecting, disengaging, tripping), udkoble (bring out of mesh, declutch, disconnect, disengage, release, to disengage the clutch, to throw out of gear, uncouple), sensorisk deprivation (sensory deprivation), fristilling, afsondring (excretion, secretion), adskillelse (partition, separation), adskille (divide, separate). (various references) | |
Dutch | isolering (insulation), isolatie (insulation), afzondering (separation). (various references) | |
Esperanto | izoliteco (separation), izoleco (separation), izolado (insulation). (various references) | |
Finnish | eristys (insulation). (various references) | |
French | isolement, isolation. (various references) | |
Frisian | iensumens (separation), ôfsûndering (separation). (various references) | |
German | absonderung (abstraction, dissociation, emission, reject, seclusion, secretion, segregation, separation, severance), isolierung (insulation, lagging), isolation (insulation, lagging, solitary confinement), Entkopplung. (various references) | |
Greek | μόνωση (insulation, lagging, proofing, solitariness), απομόνωση (clutch, insulation, quarantine, reclusion, seclusion). (various references) | |
Hebrew | התיחדות (communion, individuation, solitude), התבודדות (retirement, seclusion, segregation, solitude), הבדלות (segregation, separation), הסגר (blockade, closing, embargo), בדידות (loneliness, seclusion, solitariness, solitude), בדוד (insulation, lonely, seclusion, segration), נבדלות. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szigetelés (insulation, lagging, lining, seal), elszigeteltség, elszigetelés, elkülönítés (detachment, disassociation, disconnection, dissociation, partition, quarantine, seclusion, segregation, separation, sequester, spacing). (various references) | |
Indonesian | perasingan (alienation, estrangement, exile), penyisihan (elimination), penyendirian, pengasingan (deportation, exile, proscription). (various references) | |
Italian | isolamento (insulation, retirement, seclusion). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 孤立 (helplessness). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜつえん (insulation), ぶんり (context, crisis, detachment, literature and science, reasoning, segregation, separation), かくぜつ (separation), かくり (segregation), こどく (loneliness, solitude), こりつか, こりつ (helplessness), りかく (separation), ゆうり (advantageous, better, lucrative, profitable, red light district, separation), アイソレーション . (various references) | |
Korean | 고립. (various references) | |
Manx | unraghey, lhehlys, fadanid (remoteness), cur liorish hene (isolate). (various references) | |
Norwegian | isolasjon (insulation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isolationay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | isolação (insulation), isolamento (apartness, loneliness, retirement, seclusion, sequestration, solitude). (various references) | |
Romanian | izolare (apartness, cloister, closeness, insulation, isolating, loneliness, offishness, privacy, retiredness, retirement, retiring, seclusion, secrecy), solitudine (solitude), singurãtate (desolation, loneliness, retiredness, retirement, retiring, seclusion, secrecy, shadow, solitude), separare (cleavage, detachment, disjunction, dissociation, division, parting, partition, segregation, separation, severance). (various references) | |
Russian | изоляция (excommunication, insulation, lagging, seal, seclusion, segregation). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | izolovanost, izolacija (insulation). (various references) | |
Spanish | aislamiento (insulation, privacy, remoteness, separation), separación (abducing, abruption, break, breakup, decollation, detachment, division, hyphenation, parting, partition, secession, separation, severance), retiro (pension, retirement, retirement pension, retreat, seclusion, separation, sequestration, solitariness). (various references) | |
Swedish | isolering (insulation, seclusion). (various references) | |
Thai | การแยกออก (detachment, separation), ความโดดเดี่ยว. (various references) | |
Turkish | izolasyon (insulation), tecrit (absolute quarantine, insularity), soyutlanma, karantina (absolute quarantine, quarantine), ayrı durma, ayırma (abstraction, appropriation, assortment, combout, cull, detachment, dissociation, distinction, division, estrangement, fractionation, insularity, partition, reduction, resolution, screening, segregation, segregative, seperation, sequestration, severance, sunder, sunderance, throw out, turn off). (various references) | |
Turkmen | izolяasion (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ізоляція (excommunication, insulation), самотність (abandonment, intimity, sanctuary, seclusion). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | loginquitas, solitudo. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "isolation": isolationism, isolationisms, isolationist, isolationists, isolations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "isolation": postisolation. (additional references) | |
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"Isolation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asolectin, disolation, imolation, isolatin, ozonation, solation. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "isolation" (pronounced ī'sulā"shun) |
| 7 | -s u l ā" sh u n | cancellation, consolation, desolation, insulation, oscillation, vacillation. |
| 6 | -u l ā" sh u n | fibrillation, accumulation, adulation, annihilation, appellation, articulation, assimilation, calculation, capitulation, coagulation, compilation, confabulation, congratulation, constellation, correlation, demodulation, depopulation, deregulation, distillation, elation, emulation, escalation, exhalation, extrapolation, formulation, gastrulation, granulation, inhalation, inoculation, installation, jubilation, manipulation, miscalculation, modulation, mutilation, overpopulation, overregulation, ovulation, population, recalculation, regulation, reregulation, revelation, simulation, speculation, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, tabulation, titillation, tribulation, ventilation, violation. |
| 5 | -l ā" sh u n | contemplation, deflation, dilation, disinflation, ejaculation, hyperinflation, inflation, legislation, reflation, relation, stagflation, translation, triangulation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, aspiration, assassination, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calibration, cannibalization, capitalization, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolidation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, elaboration, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, information, inhabitation, initiation, innovation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overvaluation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, stabilization, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, toleration, transformation, transillumination, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | 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-n-o-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: inositol, solation. | |
-2 letters: latinos, liaison, lotions, soliton, talions. | |
-3 letters: aiolis, aloins, instal, instil, isatin, latino, lotion, saloon, santol, solano, solion, stolon, talion, talons, tolans, tonsil. | |
-4 letters: aioli, alist, aloin, altos, anils, antis, intis, iotas, linos, lints, lions, litai, litas, loans, loins, loons, loots, lotas, lotos, nails, noils, nolos, notal, olios, ostia, saint, salon, santo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-l-n-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: abolitions, coalitions, foliations, insolation, isolations, positional, spoliation, violations. | |
+2 letters: bilocations, bloviations, colonialist, dislocation, etiolations, floriations, immolations, insolations, malposition, mislocation, obligations, oscillation, solmization, spoliations. | |
+3 letters: abolitionism, abolitionist, appositional, coalitionist, colligations, collimations, colonialists, colonisation, compilations, conciliators, conditionals, consistorial, defoliations, depositional, despoliation, dislocations, distortional, emotionalism, emotionalist, exfoliations, expositional, iconoclastic, iconolatries, idolizations, inoculations, inosculation, isolationism, isolationist, isotonically, lionizations, malpositions, meliorations, mislocations, nonsocialist, oppositional, oscillations, pollinations, positionally, solarization, solicitation, solmizations, strobilation, vasodilation. | |
| 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. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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