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Definitions: Limitation |
LimitationNoun1. A principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements". 2. The quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations". 3. The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight". 4. (in law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought; "statute of limitations". 5. An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "limitation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: LimitationSynonyms: limit (n), restriction (n). (additional references) |
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Circumscription | Noun: circumscription, limitation, inclosure; confinement; (restraint); circumvallation; encincture; envelope. |
Property | Limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate; estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie; remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility. |
Pulverulence | Pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure; limitation; tripsis; filing .Verb:. |
Qualification | Noun: qualification, limitation, modification, coloring. |
Restraint | Limitation, restriction, protection, monopoly; prohibition. |
Transfer | Noun: transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation; demise, limitation; conveyancing; transmission; (transference); enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release; exchange; (interchange); barter; substitution. |
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 | Pershing shaking hands with his admirers [two women and child] at the Washington Conference on Limitation of Armaments.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Secty of State Hughes signing the treaties resulting from the Conference of Limitation of Armaments today. Other members of the American delegation around the table.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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George Eliot | When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. |
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John Locke | 1690 | But his offspring having another way of entrance into the world, different from him, by a natural birth, that produced them ignorant and without the use of reason, they were not presently under that law; for no body can be under a law, which is not promulgated to him; and this law being promulgated or made known by reason only, he that is not come to the use of his reason, cannot be said to be under this law; and Adam's children, being not presently as soon as born under this law of reason, were not presently free: for law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation as the direction of a free and intelligent agent to his proper interest, and prescribes no farther than is for the general good of those under that law: could they be happier without it, the law, as an useless thing, would of itself vanish; and that ill deserves the name of confinement which hedges us in only from bogs and precipices. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained? (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In order to render possible the initiation of a general limitation of the armaments of all nations, Germany undertakes strictly to observe the military, naval and air clauses which follow. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Each of these disorders involves a loss or decrease in neuromuscular function, inefficient breathing and limitation to the flow of air into the lungs. (references) | |
Although scientists do not think this is a serious limitation at present, it points out the need to continue research to identify new tools for mosquito control. (references) | ||
Death usually occurs by age 15. Symptoms of the mild form include short stature, limitation of motion, and features such as an enlarged forehead, lips, and tongue and misaligned teeth. (references) | ||
Business | Foreign ownership limitation is also being given attention by both houses. (references) | |
Price is the primary limitation on sales of energy efficiency products in Thailand. (references) | ||
Water resources equipment is imported freely into Morocco without any limitation in quantity or discrimination against origin. (references) | ||
Children | Liechtenstein | In February a revision of the Penal Code entered into force that makes the possession of child pornographic material a statutory offense and extends the statute of limitation for sexual offenses against children. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Lesotho | There is a lack of free access to government information, which often is described as a limitation on the free press; however, there are no other barriers that affect press coverage of government activities. (references) |
Canada | On June 27, the Ontario provincial legislature passed a graduated tax credit plan for parents of children attending all private schools, removing the historical limitation that provided such credits only in regard to Roman Catholic schools. (references) | |
Economic History | Portugal | Workers from other EU countries are not included in this limitation. (references) |
Costa Rica | Costa Rica has been a strong proponent of regional arms limitation agreements. (references) | |
Hungary | One limitation for new exporters is that the market is well established and trade linkages are solid. (references) | |
Human Rights | Senegal | Despite the 6-month limitation on detention, the time between the charging phase and trial averages 2 years. (references) |
Singapore | The initial detention may be for up to 2 years and may be renewed without limitation for additional periods up to 2 years at a time. (references) | |
Czech Republic | Nearly 2,000 cases have been dropped due to the death of suspects or witnesses, various presidential amnesties, or statutes of limitation. (references) | |
Political Economy | GERMANY | Germany is also subject to a constitutional limitation to hold its new net borrowing at or below the amount invested in public sector infrastructure. (references) |
BRAZIL | A telecommunications law that allows for the limitation of foreign ownership of carriers is of concern, except that it has not been used or implemented to date. (references) | |
BRAZIL | The only significant limitation on freedom of association is "unicidade" (literally "one per city"), which restricts representation for any professional category to one union in a given geographical area. (references) | |
Trade | Israel | The $200,000 limitation is not relevant for the importation of equipment. (references) |
Panama | There is no legal limitation in Panama on participation in ISO-9000 by firms doing business here. (references) | |
Georgia | Foreign businesses may convert Lari into hard currency at the market exchange rate and freely transfer them abroad without any limitation. (references) | |
Travel | Tunisia | THIS LIMITATION IS RARELY ENFORCED. (references) |
Women | Vanuatu | Women also are inhibited by tradition from owning land, and at least one women's advocate believes this limitation underpins their secondary status. (references) |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | Critics argue that the ESMA's limitation on worker rights, especially the right to quit, constitutes a form of compulsory labor. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Thirty days from the commencement of this session being the legal limitation of the employment of the militia, Congress can not be too early occupied with this subject. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The limitation suggested by the # of sea men would admit a selection of vessels best adapted to the service. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | However proper the limitation may be in relation to private citizens, it would seem that it ought not to commence running in favor of public officers until they go out of office. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Its acceptance should pave the way to greater limitation of armament, the offer of which we sincerely extend to the world. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | We have made every effort to secure agreement on effective international control of our most powerful weapon, and we have worked steadily for the limitation and control of all armaments. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | As to proposals concerning the security of nations outside this hemisphere, the United States and its allies have long taken the lead in seeking properly inspected arms limitation, on both sides. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Limitation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Limitation" is used about 924 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% | 924 | 7,795 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "limitation": aircraft approach limitation ♦ auto limitation ♦ damage limitation exercise ♦ know one's limitation ♦ Limitation Convention 1957 ♦ Limitation Convention 1976 ♦ limitation of succession ♦ package dimension limitation ♦ strategic Arms Limitation Talks ♦ strategic arms limitation treaty. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "limitation": damage-limitation, import-limitation, information-limitation, self-limitation. | |
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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 "limitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | beperking (restriction), begrensing (restriction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | periudhë parashkrimi, ngushtim (constriction, contraction, narrowing, shrinking, stricture), kufizim (cramp, narrowness, qualification, reservation, reserve, restraint, stint, stricture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نظام (arrangement, array, bylaw, cosmos, discipline, framework, measure, method, order, orderliness, organism, organization, prescript, rank, regulation, setup, shape, system), قيد (bind, bond, bridle, chain, check, confine, derestrict, enchain, entry, fetter, handcuff, hold back, impose restrictions on, item, limit, manacle, qualify, record, register, restrain, restrict, restriction, rope, set bounds to, set down, shackle, tie, tie up), قصر (abridge, become shorter, brevity, castle, chateau, contract, court, fragility, limit, mansion, mortar, narrowness, palace, reduction, restriction, shorten, shortness, smallness), حصر (enclose, incarcerate, incarceration, inclose, intercept, pin, pocket, restrict, restriction, straiten, trap), تقييد (constraint, fetters, restriction, tying), تحديد (definition, determination, fixing, locating, nicety, placement, restriction), إختصار (abridgement, curtailment, cut, pithiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | уговорка (arrangement, modification, provision, proviso, qualification, qualifier, reservation, reserve, salvo), резерва (backlog, bank, qualification, qualifier, reservation, reserve, stockpile, supply), краен срок (time limit), ограниченост (finiteness, narrow mindedness, narrowness, provincialism, tunnel vision), ограничение (abridgement, barrier, bondage, circumscription, constraint, modification, restriction), ограничаване (abridgement, immurement, qualification, repression, restraint, retrenchment, stint, stricture), пределен срок. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 限度 (limit), 局限. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | omezení (abatement, check, circumscription, constriction, curb, cut, cutback, limit, limitations, restraint, restriction, termination, trammels), ohranièení. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | London-konventionen af 19.november 1976 om begraensning af ansvaret for soeretslige krav (Convention on limitation of liability for maritime claims, signed in London on 19 November 1976), forhandlinger om begrænsning af strategiske våben (SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks), Europaeisk konvention om ophaevelse af foraeldelsesfrister for forbrydelser mod menneskeheden og krigsforbrydelser (European Convention on the non-applicability of Statutory Limitation to Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes), direktiv om begrænsning af støjemission (Directive on the limitation of noise emitted by earthmoving machinery), Den internationale konvention af 10.oktober 1957 om rederes ansvar (International Convention of 10 October 1957 relating to the limitation of the liability of owners of seagoing ships), anflyvnings højdebegrænsning (aircraft approach limitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beperking (restriction), begrenzing (restriction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | limigo (restriction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | محدودیت (Restriction), محدودسازی , تحدید (Restriction), شرط (Article, Avow, Clause, Condition, Provision, Proviso, Qualification, Reservation, Stake, Vow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rajoitus (limit, restriction), rajoittuneisuus (narrow outlook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | restriction, limitation (limit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | einschränkung (austerity, economizing, moderation, privation, qualification, reduction, reservation, restraint, restriction, restrictiveness, retrenchment), verjährung (prescription, statute of limitations), Begrenzung (boundary, demarcation, limit, limiting, margin, marking, restriction, zoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περιορισμόσ (confinement, constraint, containment, curbing, duress, restraint, restriction, stint), Περιορισμός (constraint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | הגבלה (definition, demarcation, restriction, setting bounds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | korlátozás (abridgement, abridgment, circumscription, coercion, confinement, crunch, cutback, delimination, limit, qualification, qualifier, restraint, restriction, retrenchment, squeeze, stint), határolás, elhatárolás (circumscription, delimination, delimitation, demarcation), elévülés (desuetude, lapse, prescription). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | batasan (border, cicumscription, definition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | limitazione (austerity, restraint, restriction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | リポ蛋白質 (Lima, limit, limit-cycle, limited, limiter, limousine, lipoprotein, remark, rim, rim-shot), 制限事項 (restriction), 制限 (restraint, restriction), 制約 (condition, constraints, restriction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リミテーション , せいやく (chemist, conclusion of a contract, condition, constraints, pharmacy, restriction, written vow), せいげんじこく (restriction), せいげん (attest, attestation, restraint, restriction, sine, vow or oath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 제한 (limiting, restricting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cagliagh (confine, demarcation, limit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | begrensning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imitationlay limite (abutment, border, borderland, bound, boundary, Bourne, cincture, circumscription, compasses, frontier, limit, Mark, measure, mere, mete, pale, prompt, purview, stint, terminal, termination, verge, windup), limitação (accouchement, barrier, bond, calaboose, circumscription, confinement, cramp, curb, narrowness, prison, qualification, reservation, reserve, restraint, restriction, retrenchment, stint), restrição (astriction, barrier, bridle, check, cramp, inhibition, qualification, reservation, reserve, restriction, stint), demarcação (demarcation, location), delimitação (delimitation), confinante (adjacent, adjoining, conterminal, coterminous). (various references) limite, limitare (abridgement, abridgment, confinement, finitess, narrow mindedness, restriction, stint), vecinãtate (adjacency, closeness, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity), rezerve (arrearage, backlog, purveyance, ration), restricţii, prescripţie (direction, prescript, prescription, receipt, regulation, rule), mãrginire (abutment, obtuseness, obtusity, parochialism). (various references) ограничение (abridgment, circumscription, constraint, delimitation, qualifications, restraint, restriction, smallness, soft pedal, stint, swaddling clothes). (various references) limitacija, ograničenje (circumscription, confinement, constraint, delimitation, qualification, restraint, restriction, stint, stricture). (various references) limitación (abridgement, abridgment, restriction, shortcoming, stint). (various references) inskränkning (confinement, contraction, derogation, reduction, restriction, stint, trammel), begränsning (circumscription, restriction, trammel). (various references) กฎเกณฑ์, ข้อบกพร่อง (gig), ข้อจำกัด (bound). (various references) tahdit (restraint, restriction), sınırlama (chain, circumscription, confinement, constraint, delimitation, localization, qualification, restraint, restriction, termination), sınır (border, borderland, borderline, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, butting, circumscription, compass, confine, deadline, extreme, extremity, frontier, limit, line of demarcation, March, pale, purlieu, skirting, stint, verge, watershed), kısıtlama (constriction, inhibition, qualification, restraint, restriction, straitjacket), had (boundary, extremity, limit, measure, stint). (various references) обмеженість (exclusiveness, illiberality, insularity, naivety, narrow mindedness, narrowness, shallowness, simplicity), обмеження (abridgement, abridgment, circumscription, confinement, corslet, cramp, derogation, qualification, restraint, restriction, stint, swaddling clothes). (various references) thiếu sót (defect, hole, imperfection, shortcoming), tính hạn định, sự hạn chế (check, inhibition, reservation, restriction), sự hạn định, sự giới hạn tính hạn chế, mặt hạn chế (drawback). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | restrictionem. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "limitation": limitational, limitations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "limitation": delimitation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "limitation": delimitations. (additional references) | |
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"Limitation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ligitation, limination, limitatio, limition. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "limitation" (pronounced li'mutā"shun) |
| 8 | -i' m u t ā" sh u n | imitation. |
| 6 | -u t ā" sh u n | accreditation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, decapitation, dilatation, equitation, facilitation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imputation, incapacitation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, meditation, misinterpretation, palpitation, precipitation, premeditation, recitation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, sanitation, solicitation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | adaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, 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, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, 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-i-l-m-n-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: imitation. | |
-2 letters: militant. | |
-3 letters: initial, intimal, militia. | |
-4 letters: intima, latino, lattin, limina, maloti, manito, mattin, oilman, talion, titian, titman. | |
-5 letters: aioli, aloin, amino, amnio, animi, atilt, imino, liman, limit, litai, matin, milia, notal, taint, talon, tanto, titan, tolan, toman, tonal, total. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: limitations. | |
+2 letters: delimitation, legitimation, limitational. | |
+3 letters: delimitations, legitimations. | |
+4 letters: delegitimation, dolomitization, emotionalistic, emotionalities, indomitability, legitimization, militarization, misutilization, multiplication, traditionalism. | |
+5 letters: acclimatization, antilogarithmic, antirationalism, assimilationist, delegitimations, dolomitizations, immortalization, incompatibility, legitimizations, maldistribution, materialization, microtonalities, militarizations, misutilizations, multiplications, totalitarianism, traditionalisms. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 6D 69 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. -- .. - .- - .. --- -. |
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