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Definition: Mutation |
MutationNoun1. An organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration. 2. The event consisting of a change in genetic structure. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mutation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A change (damage) to the DNA, genes, or chromosomes of living organisms. National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites (National Priorities List or NPL)EPA's list of the most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the United States. The NPL is updated on a regular basis. (references) |
Medicine | A change in the character of one or more genes that is perpetuated in subsequent divisions of the cell in which it occurs; mutations of sex cells ar carried on to future generations ; A sudden, abnormal change in the chromosomes of living cells caused by mutagenic action. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | A random alteration of a position in a classifier. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This article is about the genetic phenomenon. For mutation in linguistic, see sandhi. For the 1998 indie rock album by Beck, see Mutations.Mutations (or mutagenesis, both words originating in the Latin word mutare, to change) are permanent, transmissible changes to the genetic material (usually DNA or RNA) of an organism. Mutations can be caused by copying errors in the genetic material during cell division and by exposure to radiation, chemicals, or viruses. Mutations often lead to the malfunction or death of a cell and can cause cancer in higher organisms. Mutations are considered the driving force of evolution, where less favorable mutations are removed by natural selection, but favorable ones tend to accumulate. Neutral mutations do not affect the organism and can accumulate over time, which might result in what is known as Punctuated Equilibrium; a modern variation on classic evolutionary theory.
Two classes of mutations are spontaneous mutations (often called background level) and induced mutations caused by mutagens.
basic types of mutations are:
Spontaneous mutations on the molecular level include:
- Point mutations are usually caused by chemicals or malfunction of DNA replication and exchange a single nucleotide for another. Most common is the transition that exchanges a purine for a purine or a pyrimidine for a pyrimidine (C ↔ T, A ↔ G). A transition can be caused by nitrous acid, base mispairing, or mutagenic base analogs such as bromouracil. Less common is a transversion, which exchanges a purine for a pyrimidine or a pyrimidine for a purine. A point mutation can be reversed by another point mutation, in which the nucleotide is changed back to its original state (true reversion) or by second-site reversion (a complementary mutation elsewhere that results in regained gene functionality). Point mutations are called missense or nonsense mutations, depending on whether the erroneous codon codes for an amino acid or a stop.
- Insertions add one or more extra nucleotides into the DNA. They are usually caused by transposable elements. Insertions can be reverted by deletions.
- Deletions remove one or more nucleotides from the DNA. They are irreversible.
- Insertions and deletions within a gene's coding region can cause frameshiftss if the number of inserted or deleted nucleotides is not an even multiple of three (though introns and other complicating factors can play a mitigating role even in those cases). This is because codons in a gene are read using a fixed reading frame. Frameshift mutations generally disrupt the function of whatever protein sequence is affected, since the new sequence is essentially random, but can sometimes be reversed by a second frameshift mutation that puts the sequence back in the proper reading frame.
Induced mutations on the molecular level can be caused by:
- Tautomerism
- Keto ↔ Enol
- Amino ↔ Imino
- Deamination ap-site (loss of A or G); occurs 1000 times each day in each mammal
- Deamination base analogs (C→Uracil or A→HX); occurs 100 times each day in each mammal
- Transition
- Transversion
- Frameshift (insertion or deletion on one strand), usually through a polymerase error when copying repeated sequences
- Oxidative damage caused by oxygen radicals
DNA has so-called hotspots, where mutations occur up to 100 times more frequently than the normal mutation rate. A hotspot can be at an unusual base, e.g., 5'-methylcytosine.
- Chemicals
- Base analogs
- Simple chemicals, for example, acids
- Alkylating agents
- Polycyclic hydrocarbons, for example, the benzpyrenes found in internal combustion engine exhaust
- DNA crosslinker, for example, platinum
- Oxygen radicals
- Radiation
- Ultraviolet radiation
- Ionizing radiation
See also: homeobox macromutation
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mutation."
Synonyms: MutationSynonyms: mutant (n), sport (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Change | Noun: change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution; diversion; break. |
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Screenplays | Pretty Mutation Magical Recall (Mahô shôjo Pretty Samy; writing credit: Marc Handler; Hiroki Hayashi) Mutation. It is the key to our evolution (X2; writing credit: Zak Penn; David Hayter) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1997) Alligator II: The Mutation (1991) | |
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Health | The story is different for boys who have the MECP2 mutation. (references) | |
In some cases, neither parent has the disease-causing mutation. (references) | ||
Optimal therapeutic management might in time require mutation analysis. (references) | ||
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| "Mutation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mutation" is used about 476 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% | 476 | 12,465 |
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Expressions using "mutation": back mutation ♦ frameshift mutation ♦ gene mutation ♦ germline mutation ♦ Germ-Line Mutation ♦ hereditary mutation ♦ mutation of chromosomes ♦ mutation stop ♦ mutation Testing ♦ ocher mutation ♦ point mutation ♦ somatic cell mutation ♦ somatic mutation ♦ swi mutation ♦ switch mutation ♦ transversion mutation ♦ vowel mutation. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "mutation": mutation-accumulation, mutation-rates, mutation-selection. | |
Ending with "mutation": reverse-mutation. | |
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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 "mutation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mutacion, varietet i ri, ndryshim (alteration, amendment, change, difference, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilation, dissimilitude, distinction, inflection, inflexion, innovation, manipulation, metamorphosis, modification, permutation, recast, reversal, reverse, shift, shifting, switch, transit, transition, turn, variation). (various references) | |
Arabic | تحول (chop, convert, evolution, inconstancy, juncture, metamorphosis, modification, modify, mutate, reduction, switch, transference, transform, transformation, transfusion, transition, transmutation, turn, turn into, turnover), تغير هام, تغير (alter, alteration, change, convert, metamorphose, modify, mutate, range, set of exchange, shift, shift up, swing, turn, variation, vary, vicissitude), التغير الإحيائي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | обрат (about turn, phrase, revulsion, turn, turnabout, turning point), мутация (saltation), промяна (alteration, change, chop, countermarch, innovation, permutation, reversal, sea change, shift, transition, transmutation, turn, turnover, variance, variation), преглас (modification, umlaut), превратност (perversity, vicissitude), поврат (bend, change, quirk, turn, turning point), изменение (alteration, amendment, change, change over, innovation, permutation, turn, variation). (various references) | |
Chinese | 變種 (variant, variety), 变化 (Diversities, Diversity, Transformative, Variance, Vary, Varying). (various references) | |
Czech | mutace, zmìna (alteration, amendment, break, change, changeover, relief, revision, shift, transformation, variance, variation, vicissitude). (various references) | |
Danish | mutation. (various references) | |
Dutch | mutatie (heterogenesis). (various references) | |
Esperanto | mutacio. (various references) | |
Farsi | تحول (Evolution, Solstice, Upheaval, Vicissitude), تغییرناگهانی (Quirk, Revulsion, Whim), تغییر (Change, Commutation, Conversion, Variation, Vexation, Vicissitude), طغیان (Insurgence, Insurgency, Insurrection, Outbreak, Outburst, Outflow, Overflow, Rebellion, Revolt, Tornado, Uprising), جهش (Braid, Caper, Jump, Lunge, Pounce, Spurt, Startle, Vault), انقلاب (Revolt, Revolution, Upheaval), شورش (Insurgence, Insurgency, Insurrection, Muitiny, Rebellion, Revolt, Revolution, Riot, Sedition, Uprising, Uproar), دگرگونی (Alteration, Change, Metabolism, Metamorphosis, Shakeup, Variation, Vicissitude). (various references) | |
Finnish | muutos (alteration, amendment, change, change-over, variation), mutaatio. (various references) | |
French | mutation. (various references) | |
German | veränderung (about-face, alteration, change, conversion, diversification, modification, transformation, variance, variation), mutation (mutant). (various references) | |
Greek | μεταλλαγή (alteration, permutation, transformation, transmutation), μετάλλαξη. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוטצי", ש וי (alteration, change, modification, revision, shift, studied, turnover, variation), "תחלפות (exchange), "שת ות "קול, "שת ות (alteration, change, changing, variability), "חלפ" (changing, commutation, exchange, interchange, substitution, switch, swop, taking over). (various references) | |
Hungarian | változás (about-face, alteration, change, chop, conversion, fluctuation, let-up, round, shift, transformation, variation), mutáció (break), elváltozás. (various references) | |
Indonesian | mutasi, pergeseran (reshuffle, shift, transfer). (various references) | |
Italian | mutazione (variation), mutamento (change, flux, switch), cambiamento (about-face, alteration, change, conversion, leap, reversal, shake up, shift, switch, transformation, turn). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 転変 (change, vicissitude), 突然変異 , 変転 (change, transition), 変移 (alteration, change, transmutation), 変種 (eccentric personality, exception, freak, hybrid, novelty, variety), 変化 (alteration, apparition, bugbear, change, conjugation, declension, diversity, ghost, goblin, inflection, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation, transition, variation, variety), 変り種 (eccentric personality, exception, freak, hybrid, novelty, variety), 変わり種 (eccentric personality, exception, freak, hybrid, novelty, variety). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かわり ね (eccentric personality, exception, freak, hybrid, novelty, variety), へ"しゅ (eccentric personality, exception, freak, hybrid, novelty, swindling, variety), へ"か (alteration, change, conjugation, declension, diversity, inflection, metamorphosis, ode in reply, transfiguration, transformation, transition, variation, variety), へ"い (alteration, change, change of position, rogue, transmutation, variation), へ"て" (change, transition), とつぜ"へ"い, て"ぺ" (change, natural calamity, striking phenomena in heaven and earth, vicissitude). (various references) | |
Korean | 돌연변이. (various references) | |
Manx | arraghey (adjourn, adjournment, change, change course, digress, digression, dislodge, dislodgement, displacement, manoeuvre, motion, move, removal, remove, shift, trim). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | utationmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mutação (saltation). (various references) | |
Romanian | mutaţie (alteration, change, shifting), transformare (alteration, change, chop, conversion, metamorphosis, modification, passage, recast, reclamation, transformation, transforming, turn), schimbare (about-face, alteration, change, changeableness, chop, conversion, exchange, fluctuation, modification, mutability, novelty, passage, shift, transformation, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability, variance, variation). (various references) | |
Russian | мутация. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mutacija. (various references) | |
Spanish | mutación (freak, saltation, sport). (various references) | |
Swedish | mutation. (various references) | |
Thai | สิ่งที่เปลี่ยนแปลง. (various references) | |
Turkish | mutasyon, değişim (alteration, change, changing, meta-, metamorphosis, permutation, switch, turn, variation), dönüşüm (transformation, transmutation). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сурдинка (silencer, sordine, sordino), мутація, мінливість (caprice, changeability, inconsistency, inequality, mobility, mutability, uncertainty, variability, vicissitude), зміна (alteration, alternation, casting, change, relay, revolution, shift, spell, take over, turnover, variance). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thay đổi (alteration, change, transformation), sự biến đổi sự điều động đổi lẫn nhau. (various references) | |
Welsh | treigliad (inflection). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mutation": mutational, mutationally, mutations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mutation": commutation, permutation, transmutation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "mutation": commutations, permutational, permutations, transmutations. (additional references) | |
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"Mutation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amutation, matalino, metaton, mination, Mottarone, muchacho, mulation, muration, Mutabilov, Mutamin, mutati, mutator, Muttiah. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mutation" (pronounced myuwtā"shun) |
| 8 | m y uw t ā" sh u n | permutation. |
| 7 | -y uw t ā" sh u n | disputation, refutation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | facilitation, fermentation, accreditation, adaptation, affectation, agitation, amputation, annotation, argumentation, augmentation, cetacean, citation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, confrontation, connotation, consultation, crustacean, decapitation, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, dilatation, disorientation, dissertation, documentation, equitation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, implantation, implementation, importation, imputation, incantation, incapacitation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, inhabitation, instrumentation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, lactation, levitation, limitation, manifestation, meditation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, molestation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, palpitation, pigmentation, plantation, precipitation, premeditation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, recitation, reforestation, regimentation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, representation, reputation, resuscitation, rotation, sanitation, sedimentation, segmentation, solicitation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, 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, 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 | 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. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-m-n-o-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: manitou, tinamou. | |
-2 letters: amount, manito, manitu, mattin, mutant, mutton, outman, titman. | |
-3 letters: amino, amnio, matin, miaou, mount, muton, notum, onium, taint, tanto, taunt, titan, toman. | |
-4 letters: amin, anti, atom, aunt, auto, into, iota, main, mano, matt, maun, maut, mina, mint, mitt, moan, moat, mott, muni, muon, mutt, naoi, noma, nota, omit, tain, taut, tint. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-m-n-o-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: antitumor, mutations. | |
+2 letters: amputation, automating, automation, autonomist, imputation, maturation, mutational, mutilation, natatorium. | |
+3 letters: amputations, antitumoral, automations, autonomists, commutating, commutation, computation, importunate, imputations, maturations, mountaintop, multination, mutilations, natatoriums, outmatching, outsmarting, permutation, stimulation, tautonymies, tumefaction, unimportant, unmotivated. | |
+4 letters: antimosquito, augmentation, autoimmunity, automatizing, autotomizing, commutations, computations, malnutrition, masturbation, maturational, menstruation, misquotation, mountaintops, multimegaton, mutationally, nimbostratus, noctambulist, nonautomatic, permutations, protactinium, stimulations, tumefactions. | |
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