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Definition: Obstruction |
ObstructionNoun1. Any structure that makes progress difficult. 2. The state or condition of being obstructed. 3. Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted: "lack of immagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan". 4. The act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice". 5. Getting in someone's way. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "obstruction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Obstruction \Ob*struc"tion\, noun. [Latin expression obstructio.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Business | His. . the advertiser. . representative then inspects the signs. . . to make sure that. . . no -- - such as growing trees or shrubbery - now block the view. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | An obstruction on the sea bed which can foul fishing. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | 1. Any object which rises far enough above the surrounding surface or above a specified height to create a hazard to aircraft in flight. 2. Any object which rises far enough above the surrounding sea bed to create a hazard to navigation. (references) |
Transportation | Something which endangers or prevents the passage of a vessel 99999INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO, 1951. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: ObstructionSynonyms: blockage (n), impediment (n), impedimenta (n), obstacle (n), obstructer (n), obstructor (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Closure | Noun: closure, occlusion, blockade; shutting up; Verb: obstruction; (hindrance); embolus; contraction; infarction; constipation, obstipation; blind alley, blind corner; keddah; cul-de-sac, caecum; imperforation, imperviousness; Adjective: impermeability; stopper. |
Hindrance | Noun: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism; infarct; interruption, interception, interclusion; hindrance, impedition; retardment, retardation; embarrassment, oppilation; coarctation, stricture, restriction; restraint; inhibition; blockade; (closure). |
Impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag; check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | So I reached in felt around and pulled out the obstruction. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Obstruction of Justice (1995) | |
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 | Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes Diphtheria that affects the upper respiratory tract, where an inflammatory exudate causes severe obstruction to the breathing airways, and sometimes suffocation. Credit: CDC. |  | Skiff dragging otterboards looking for obstruction. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Wiredrag diagram The basic principle is to drag a wire attached to two vessels If the wire encounters an obstruction it will come taut and form a "V". Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Wiredrag hung up on obstruction at buoy no. 4 Note "V" of buoy path characteristic of obstruction discovery Wiredrag party off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Chain drag operation - hung up on obstruction Launches off of PEIRCE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A bottom temperature map published in "Three Cruises of the Blake", Alexander Agassiz, 1888. p. 218. The majority of these temperatures were obtained by the CHALLENGER Expedition. The cold pool in the southwest Atlantic Ocean is indicative of no communication between the southwest and southeast Atlantic basins as the result of an obstruction - the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Reginald Fessenden and his electric oscillator, the first acoustic device to receive echoes from the bottom as well as from an obstruction in the water. The oscillator was designed as an underwater signalling, communication, and obstruction avoidance device. In "Submarine Signaling," Scientific American Supplement, No. 2071, pp. 168-170, Sept. 11, 1915. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Schematic presentation of the system DNA + salt + counterions + PEG at an equilibrium across a semipermeable membrane. The membrane is impermeable to PEG and DNA. There is however no obstruction to the motion of small ions (Picture courtesy H.H. Strey, NIH). Credit: NICHD. |
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| "Machine obstruction 2" by Patrick Nijhuis Commentary: "Papermill machine." |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | A ray of humour, now and then, would make its way through the veil of dim obstruction, and glimmer pleasantly upon our faces |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The fury of the flood was imprinted upon that misshapen obstruction. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The result is urinary obstruction. (references) | |
But when the intestines are examined, no obstruction is found. (references) | ||
The pacemaker can reduce the degree of obstruction and so relieve symptoms. (references) | ||
Business | Solar electric/PV equipment has a wide variety of end users including power supply in commercial or domestic buildings, telecoms power supply in remote areas, water pumping, refrigeration of medical supplies or food in transit, aircraft obstruction lighting and fog warning systems. (references) | |
Children | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Obstruction by politicians and government officials has slowed international efforts to remove discriminatory material from textbooks and enact other needed reforms. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Hong Kong | In November police seized Falun Gong protesters' placards and banners, again on the grounds of public obstruction. (references) |
Antigua and Barbuda | Police intervention led to the arrest and detention of several persons protesting continued operation of the quarry, on charges including obstruction, resisting arrest, and assault and battery. (references) | |
Economic History | Botswana | Investors with experience in other developing nations describe the lack of obstruction or interference by government as among the country's most important assets. (references) |
Bangladesh | REGULATORY SYSTEM: LAWS AND PROCEDURESStarting from a position of extreme over-regulation, the trend since 1989 has been a gradual decrease of governmental obstruction of private business. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | In Sarajevo delays persisted due to the large backlog of cases, but political manipulation and obstruction decreased. (references) |
Political Economy | Guatemala | Parallel investigations, the obstruction of justice, threats, and intimidation also were traced to groups related to the Government. (references) |
Guatemala | An estimated 15 percent of the violations derive from the obstruction of justice, particularly by police officers whose only punishment was to be rotated away from assignments where there were problems. (references) | |
Political Rights | Guinea | There were no charges of widespread, systematic obstruction of pollwatchers, but opposition pollwatchers often were absent from heavily pro-Conte areas, suggesting at least selective obstruction. (references) |
Worker Rights | Ethiopia | There are reports of confinement and obstruction of contacting family. (references) |
Colombia | The law forbids antiunion discrimination and the obstruction of free association. (references) | |
Colombia | However, according to union leaders, both discrimination and obstruction of free association occur frequently. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The obstruction of one avenue of trade not unfrequently opens an issue to another. |
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| "Obstruction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.40% of the time. "Obstruction" is used about 496 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) | 99.4% | 493 | 12,167 |
| Noun (common) | 0.4% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 496 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "obstruction": aerodrome obstruction chart ♦ Airway obstruction ♦ Bladder outlet obstruction ♦ Common Bile Duct Obstruction ♦ Cystic Duct Obstruction ♦ Gastric Outlet Obstruction ♦ intestinal obstruction ♦ irreversible airway obstruction ♦ Lacrimal Duct Obstruction ♦ Nasal Obstruction ♦ obstruction of justice ♦ obstruction of traffic ♦ obstruction to justice ♦ Renal Artery Obstruction ♦ significant obstruction ♦ urethral obstruction ♦ Ventricular Outflow Obstruction. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "obstruction": obstruction-of-justice. | |
Ending with "obstruction": pseudo-obstruction. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "obstruction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rëndësim i kalimit, pengim (delay, hindrance, holdback, inhibition, interruption, occlusion, preclusion, stumble), pengesë (balk, bar, barrier, baulk, block, boom, chock, clog, cramp, crash barrier, cumber, detention, difficulty, dike, disadvantage, drag, drawback, encumbrance, fetter, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hitch, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, interruption, jamming, liability, manacle, mash, obstacle, preclusion, pullback, retardation, retardment, rub, setback, stay, stoppage, stumbling block, stumbling-stone, stunt, traverse, trip up), ngatërresë (complication, confusion, embroilment, entanglement, hindrance, huddle, imbroglio, intricacy, mess, mix, moil, muddle, Mull, network, nodus, nonsense, nuisance, quarrel, Ravel, razzle, razzle-dazzle, toss), kapsllëk (constipation), bllokim (block, blockage, blocking, deadlock, hold up, holding, impediment, jam, jam up, jamming, locking, logjam, occlusion, overlap, strangulation). (various references) | |
Arabic | منع (averting, ban, banning, bar, barring, block, debar, deny, deprive, deter, estop, exclude, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forbidding, foreclose, hinder, hindering, hold back, immunize, inhibit, interdict, interdiction, keep from, obstruct, obviation, preclude, prevent, preventing, prevention, prohibit, prohibition, proscription, restrain from, stop, taboo, veto, ward off, withhold), توقف (break off, breakdown, come to a halt, cut off, demise, discontinue, end, halt, hinge, hitch, lapse, layover, let up, letup, pass by, pause, pull up, quit, rest, run down, setback, stall, stand, stay, stop, stop over, stoppage, stopping, touch), تعوق (retard, retardation), تعطيل (crippling), زحمة (press, scramble, squash, squeeze, throng), عقبة (barricade, block, blockade, bunker, difficulty, drawback, hitch, hurdle, inconvenience, interference, jam, obstacle, snag, spine, stick, stumbling block), عطل الحركة, عائق (balk, bar, barrier, clog, deterrent, difficulty, disadvantage, drag, embarrassment, encumbrance, fencing, hamper, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, interference, jam, liability, morass, obstructive, restraint, setback, shackle, stick, stumbling block, stymie, tie, trammel, traverse), إنسداد (jam, jamming, obtuseness, occlusion, stop, stoppage, stopping), إعاقة لاعب, إعاقة (handicap, hindering, hindrance, impediment, interruption, prevention, retardation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | обструкция, запушване (block, closure, occlusion, stoppage, stopping), запречване, задръстване (blockage, congestion, entanglement, foul, jam, occlusion, stoppage), преграждане (fencing, occlusion, screening), преграда (baffle, barricade, bulkhead, compartment, division, hedge, hurdle, interception, occlusion, partition, railing, screen, septum, stanchion, traverse, web), препятствие (barrier, contrariety, dike, fence, hamper, hedge, hurdle, interference, jump, obstacle, stop, stumbling block), препречване (hamper, interposal, interposition). (various references) | |
Chinese | 障礙 (barrier, hindrance, impediment), 阻碍 (Hampered, Hampering, Hamstringing, Hamstrung, Obstruct, Obstructed, Obstructing, Obstructive, Obtrusive, Obtrusively, stunted, stunting), 阻力 (hindrance, obstacle, resistance), 干擾 (interfere). (various references) | |
Czech | obstrukce, překážka (balk, bar, barrier, blockage, fence, hamper, hazard, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, jump, obstacle, resistance, restriction, roadblock, rub, snag, trig). (various references) | |
Danish | obstruktion (blocking), obstruktio, trafikstandsning (hold-up, tailback, traffic jam), trafikprop (hold-up, tailback, traffic jam), trafikophobning (hold-up, tailback, traffic jam), tilstopning (blinding, blockage of the filter, blocking, choking, clogging, fouling, loading, occlusion, plugging, sticking), hold (batch, batch of animals, fastener, shift), hindring (barrier, disincentive), forhindring (baffle, baffle wall). (various references) | |
Dutch | obstructie (impediment). (various references) | |
Esperanto | obstrukcio (impediment). (various references) | |
Farsi | منع (Deterrence, Interdict, Prohibition, Proscription, Rebuff, Restraint, Restriction, Snub, Stop, Stoppage, Veto), گرفتگی (Congestion, Eclipse, Jamming, Melancholia), جلوگیری (Blockage, Curb, Interdict, Preservation, Prevention, Restraint, Restriction, Snub, Stoppage, Suppression), انسداد (Bloc, Block, Blockade, Blockage, Choke, Let, Occlusion, Padlock, Stockade). (various references) | |
Finnish | este (check, fence, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, restraint), estäminen (prevention). (various references) | |
French | obstruction, obstacle (obstacle), embouteillage. (various references) | |
German | Obstruktion (blockage, filibuster), behinderung (curb, disability, disablement, frustration, handicap, hindrance, impediment, obstructiveness). (various references) | |
Greek | παρακώλυση (hindrance, impediment), εμπόδιο (barrier, block, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obtrusion, stumbling block, trammel, trig). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכשול (balk, bar, baulk, drawback, hindrance, hitch, impediment, obstacle, pitfall, snag, stumbling block), עכוב (delay, hindrance, hitch, hold up, interception, obstacle, prevention, retardation, setback, stoppage, suspension), עכבה (delay, hindrance, inhibition, prevention), חבלה (destruction, sabotage), אטימה (caulking, closing, obturation, stoppage), חסימה (jamming, obturation, occlusion), סתימה (blockage, closing, obturation, stop, stoppage, stopping). (various references) | |
Hungarian | obstrukció (filibuster, stonewalling), akadályozás (hindrance, incapacitation), torlódás (bottleneck, congestion, entanglement, jam, piling), feltartás (holding, tripping), eltömődés (fouling, obturating, obturation, strangulation), elakadás (entanglement, halt, jam, lock), akadály (balk, bar, barrier, blockage, check, cumber, difficulty, drag, drawback, handicap, hang fire, hindrance, hitch, hobble, hurdle, impediment, leap, let, lion in the path, lion in the way, malfunction, objection, obstacle, retardation, ring fence, snag, stumbling block, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, throw back, trammel, traverse). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penyumbatan (blockage, clogging), hambatan (hindrance). (various references) | |
Italian | ostruzione (blockage), ostacolo (balk, check, clog, difficulty, drag, drawback, fence, handicap, hindrance, hitch, holdback, hurdle, impediment, jump, obstacle, setback, snag, stumbling block, wattle). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 阻止 (check, hindrance, interdiction, prevention), 阻害 (inhibition), 妨害 (disturbance, hindrance, interference, jamming). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そがい (check, damage by rats or mice, estrangement, hindrance, impediment, inhibition, neglect, taxation, taxes), しさい (circumstances, hindrance, interference, municipal bond, particulars, poetic genius, priest, rabbi, reasons, significance, talent for poetry), そし (behavior, check, data, demeanor, element, founder of a sect, hindrance, interdiction, longstanding desire or goal, prevention), ぼうがいこうい (interference), ぼうがい (disturbance, hindrance, interference, jamming, unanticipated, unexpected), さまたげ (hindrance), ばしょふさぎ, オブストラクション . (various references) | |
Korean | 방해 (Balking, Barring, blockage, Hampering, hindering, impeding, interference, interfering, Molesting, setback). (various references) | |
Manx | lhiettalys (check, clogging, constriction, counteraction, discouragement, embargo, hindrance, hitch, impedance, inhibition, interception, let, prevention, restraint, restriction, stay, stoppage), cumrail (delay, detain, deter, encumber, encumbrance, hindrance, lag, loiter, prevent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obstructionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | obstrução (barricade, clog, cumber, obstacle, occlusion, patency, stonewalling, tie-up), obstáculo (balk, barrier, baulk, bunker, but, clog, cramp, difficulty, dike, dyke, jump, let, obstacle, plummet, preventer, prevention, rub, stop, trammels), entupimento (choke, clog). (various references) | |
Romanian | oprire (arrest, ban, block, call off, cease, cessation, containment, end, foreclosure, halt, interruption, let up, pause, prohibition, retention, stage, stall, stand, standstill, station, stay, stick, stop, stoppage, stopping), obstrucţie (block, check, hindrance, obstructiveness, stoppage, stopping), obstacol (bar, barrier, check, clog, cumber, delay, dike, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, hazard, hindrance, hitch, hold back, hurdle, impediment, interference, jog, leap, marplot, object, obstacle, rub, snag, stay), piedicã (balk, bar, brake, check, clog, cumber, delay, difficulty, drag, drawback, embargo, encumbrance, fetter, hindrance, hitch, hold back, impediment, interference, jog, lock, marplot, objection, obstacle, pull back, sear, set back, sprag, stay, stop, stopper, stopple, stumbling-bloc, trammel, traverse, trigger), constipaţie (constipation, costiveness), blocare (drag, jam, lock, occlusion, pinching), barierã (bar, barrier, border, dike, fence, fencing, gate, grating, hindrance, lifting gate, Pike, screen, stile, turnpike), astupare (occlusion, plugging, stopping), împiedicare (foreclosure, hindrance, interruption, prevention, stumble). (various references) | |
Russian | обструкция, закупорка (blockage, congestion, obturation, occlusion, stoppage), закрытие (closing, closing final, closure, obturation, occlusion, shutdown, stoppage), заграждение (barrage, entanglement, fencing, roadblock), преграда (barrage, dike, hedge), препятствие (balk, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, contrariety, countercheck, discouragement, disincentive, drawback, encumbrance, hedge, holdback, hurdle, impediment, leap, manacle, obstacle, preclusion, pull back, setback, traverse). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prepreka (ado, balk, bar, barrage, barrier, baulk, difficulty, drag, drawback, hang up, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impeachment, impediment, liability, obstacle, set back, setback, snag, static, trammel, traverse). (various references) | |
Spanish | obstrucción (bar, barrier, block, blockage, clog, dam, fence, goaf, jam, lumber, stoppage), obstáculo (balk, bar, barrier, baulk, block, blockage, cave, cramps, cumber, drag, handicap, hazard, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, let, marplot, objection, obstacle, preventer, pullback, trouble, vapor barrier). (various references) | |
Swedish | hinder (balk, bar, block, check, cumber, curb, disqualification, drag, embargo, embarrassment, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, gorge, hazard, hedge, hindrance, hitch, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, object, obstacle, restraint, stymie, trammel). (various references) | |
Turkish | tıkama (choking up, obturation, occlusion, plugging, sealing, springing, stoppage, stopping), set (bank, barrage, barrier, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, floodgate, groyne, rampart, seawall, set, setting, studio, wall, Weir), kapama (closing, closure, covering, enclosure, heaviness, inclosure, internment, obturation, sealing, shutoff, shutting, shutting down, stew, turning off), engelleme (hedge, hindrance, inhibition, interference, obstructiveness, prevention, stranglehold), engel olma (blocking, disallowance, preclusion), engel (balk, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, countercheck, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, dam, determent, difficulty, discouragement, disincentive, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hobble, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, obstacle, restraint, retardation, rub, shackles, slashing, snag, stay, stick, stop, stumbling block, supersedeas, tie, trammel), arıza (breakdown, defect, fault, hitch, trouble). (various references) | |
Turkmen | germew, bцkdenз. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | утруднення (ado, crux, cumber, discomfort, embarrassment, perplexity, pressure, puzzle, trouble), обструкція (stonewalling, talkathon), непрохідність (impenetrability, impracticability, occlusion), захаращення, закупорка (occlusion), загородження (barrage, barricade, occlusion), завада (balk, clog, disadvantage, hindrance, obstacle, pullback), запор (astriction, constipation, fast, oppilation), перешкода (back-set, baffle, balk, bar, barricade, barrier, block, bridle, check, clog, contrariety, countercheck, cramp, cumber, dike, disability, discouragement, drawback, dyke, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hold back, interference, leap, marplot, nuisance, obex, objection, obstacle, obstructive, occlusor, preclusion, pullback, stop, trammels, traverse, wall), перепона (baffle, barricade, hindrance, obstacle, obstructive, occlusor). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "obstruction": obstructionism, obstructionisms, obstructionist, obstructionistic, obstructionists, obstructions. (additional references) | |
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"Obstruction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abstruction, hobstruction, obstraction, obstructio. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "obstruction" (pronounced ubstru"kshun) |
| 8 | -s t r u" k sh u n | construction, deconstruction, destruction, instruction, reconstruction. |
| 5 | -u" k sh u n | abduction, conduction, deduction, induction, introduction, overproduction, production, reduction, reintroduction, reproduction, seduction, suction. |
| 4 | -k sh u n | faction, fiction, abstraction, action, addiction, advection, affection, affliction, attraction, auction, benediction, circumspection, collection, complexion, compunction, concoction, confection, conjunction, connection, constriction, contraction, contradiction, convection, conviction, correction, crucifixion, defection, depiction, dereliction, detection, diction, diffraction, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissatisfaction, dissection, distinction, distraction, dysfunction, ejection, election, erection, eviction, exaction, extinction, extraction, flexion, fraction, friction, function, imperfection, inaction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, injection, injunction, inspection, insurrection, interaction, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intersection, introspection, junction, jurisdiction, liposuction, liquefaction, malfunction, midsection, nonfiction, objection, overprotection, overreaction, perfection, prediction, predilection, preelection, projection, protection, reaction, recollection, redirection, reelection, reflection, reinspection, rejection, restriction, resurrection, retraction, sanction, satisfaction, section, selection, subsection, subtraction, traction, transaction, transection. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, activation, adaptation, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attribution, attrition, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, confabulation, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraption, contribution, contrition, convention, conversation, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, dietitian, differentiation, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, discoloration, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distortion, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extortion, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, freshen, fruition, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interception, intercession, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, predisposition, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redistribution, reeducation, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reintegration, reinterpretation, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, resumption, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, secession, secretion, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, suburbanization, succession, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, tradition, transcription, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-i-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: obtrusion. | |
-3 letters: biotrons, contorts, contours, cornutos, croutons, instruct, obstruct, outscorn, robotics, ructions, strontic, subtonic, tortious, tortonis. | |
-4 letters: bicrons, biotron, bistort, bonitos, boronic, boutons, broncos, brucins, burtons, buttons, cistron, citrons, citrous, cobnuts, consort, contort, contour, cornuto, cortins, cottons, crotons, crouton, inburst, incrust, intorts, intrust, niobous, nitroso, nitrous, octrois, riotous, risotto, robotic, ruction, strobic, suction. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-i-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: contributors, obstructions. | |
+2 letters: contributions. | |
+3 letters: obstructionism, obstructionist. | |
+4 letters: obstructionisms, obstructionists. | |
+5 letters: obstructionistic. | |
| 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: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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