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Definition: Penetration |
PenetrationNoun1. An attack that penetrates into enemy territory. 2. Clear or deep perception of a situation. 3. The act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women". 4. The act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "penetration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | Part sunken in ground. Source: European Union. (references) |
Business | Part of a market reached by an advertising medium. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemical Industry | The distance from the original surface of the base plastic to that point at which fusion ceases. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | A successful unauthorized access to an ADP system(1); a deliberate attempt to gain unauthorized access to a data base(2). Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Damage to tire caused by a piercing object not going completely through casing. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The depth to which wood preservative enters the wood by impregnation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Military & Defense | In land operations, a form of offensive which seeks to break through the enemy's defence and disrupt the defensive system. Source: European Union. (references) |
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In telecommunication, the term penetration has the following meanings:1. The passage through a partition or wall of an equipment or enclosure by a wire, cable, or other conductive object.
2. [The] unauthorized act of bypassing the security mechanisms of a cryptographic system or AIS.
3. The passage of a radio frequency through a physical barrier, such as a partition, a wall, a building, or earth. Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188 and from the National Information Systems Security Glossary
Sexual penetration:
- sexual intercourse
- fellatio
- anal sex
- sexual penetration with a finger or object
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Penetration pricing is the pricing technique of setting a relatively low initial entry price, a price that is often lower than the eventual market price. The expectation is that the initial low price will secure market acceptance by breaking down existing brand loyalties. Penetration pricing is most commonly associated with a marketing objective of increasing market share or sales volume, rather than short term profit maximization.The advantages of penetration pricing to the firm are:
The main disadvantage with penetration pricing is that it establishes long term price expectations for the product, and image preconceptions for the brand and company. This makes it difficult to eventually raise prices. Some commentators claim that penetration pricing attracts only the switchers (bargain hunters), and that they will switch away from you as soon as you increase prices. There is much controversy over whether it is better to raise prices gradually of a period of years (so that consumers don’t notice), or employ a single large price increase (which is more efficient). A common solution to the price expectations problem is to set the initial price at the long term market price, but include an initial discount coupon (see sales promotion). In this way, the perceived price points remain high even though the actual selling price is low. Another potential disadvantage is the low profit margins may not be sustainable long enough for the strategy to be effective.
- It can result in fast diffusion and adoption. This can achieve high market penetration rates quickly. This can take the competition by surprise, not giving them time to react.
- It can create goodwill among the all-important early adopter segment. This can create valuable word of mouth .
- It creates cost control and cost reduction pressures from the start, leading to greater efficiency.
- It discourages the entry of competitors. Low prices act as a barrier to entry (see: porter 5 forces analysis).
- It can create high stock turnover throughout the distribution channel. This can create critically important enthusiasm and support in the channel.
- It can be based on marginal cost pricing, which is economically efficient.
Price Penetration is most appropriate when:
In interesting variant of the price penetration strategy is the bait and hook model (also called the razor and blades business model) in which an initial product is sold at a very low price but subsequently purchased products (such as refills) are sold at a higher price.
- Product demand if highly price elastic.
- Substantial economies of scale are available.
- The product is suitable for a mass market (ie.: sufficient demand).
- The product will face stiff competition soon after introduction.
- There is inadequate demand in the low elasticity market segment for price skimming.
- In industries where standardization is important. The product that achieves high market penetration often becomes the industry standard (eg.: Microsoft Windows) and other products, even very much superior products, become marginalized.
See also : pricing, marketing, microeconomics, production, costs, and pricing, business model, price skimming
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Synonyms: PenetrationSynonyms: incursion (n), insight (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discrimination | Noun: discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism; nice perception; perception of difference, appreciation of difference; estimation; nicety, refinement; taste; critique, judgment; tact; discernment; (intelligence); acuteness, penetration; nuances. |
Ingress | Noun: ingress; entrance, entry; introgression; influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption; ingression; penetration, interpenetration; illapse, import, infiltration; immigration; admission; (reception); insinuation; (interjacence); insertion. |
Intelligence Wisdom | Noun: intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding; cuteness, sabe , savvy ; intellect; nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect; acuteness; Adjective: acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity; discernment, due sense of, good judgment; discrimination; cunning; refinement; (taste). |
Opening | Apertion, perforation; piercing; Verb: terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration. |
Passage | Noun: passage, transmission; permeation; penetration, interpenetration; transudation, infiltration; endosmose exosmose; endosmosis; intercurrence; ingress; egress; path; conduit; opening; journey; voyage. |
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Screenplays | It's a man's obligation to stick his boneration in a woman's separation, this sort of penetration will increase the population of the younger generation (South Park; writing credit: Rocco Siffredi) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Penetration Angst (2003) Witness for the Penetration (1994) Adventures of D.P. Boys 6: Triple Penetration Girls (1994) Unsolved Double Penetration (1993) | |
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 | Transmission electron micrograph of herpes simplex virus. Some nucleocapsids are empty, as shown by penetration of electron-dense stain. Credit: CDC. |  | Test of V-fin thumper in water used for bottom penetration acoustics Provided continuous sub-bottom profile Off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | V-fin served as underwater kite to bring sensor close to bottom Housed bottom penetration sonar Deployed off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A green laser water penetration system devised by Sylvania Electronic Systems in the late 1970's. Although advertised for fisheries use, this technology has evolved into LIDAR, a system for measuring shallow-water bathymetry and also for into a rapid terrain mapping technique. In: Farooq Hussain, 1970, "Living Underwater, " p. 87. Library Call Number GC65 H8 1970b. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 2. H. Fol and E. Sarasin photometer, 1884 model. Left: device closed. Right: Device opened. This instrument was used in 1885 to study the penetration of light in Lake Leman and after that in the Mediterranean. It was tried off Cape Ferrat, France, in between 200 and 400 meters water depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 15. K. Grein's photometer invented and made by Klaus Green in 1912 as part of a series of photometers devised in collaboration with Wolfgang Ewald. This instrument was first tested from the EIDER in 1913 between 500 meters water depth. As a result of these tests, Grein began studies of the penetration of ultra-violet light into the sea. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 25. Bachmann penetration tubes. These instruments are not properly sounders, but an accessory for use with the instruments of the time. The bacteriologist Martin Bachman designed these tubes in order to elongate the real sounder tube and penetrate more deeply into the sediment. These tubes achieved deep penetration but little sample material. First used on VALDIVIA in 1898. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | B-52H Stratofortress during Combat Penetration mission. |
 | This new nozzleless sprayer uses one-half to two-thirds less spray to achieve superior coverage and penetration of the tree canopy. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Rob Flynn.. |  | Vernon, Tex. Feb. 1938--Land listed with "basin" lister to catch the moisture and for penetration into the soil. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Marcus Tullius Cicero | In the common people there is no wisdom, no penetration, no power of judgment. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Harriet had no penetration. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This penetration of the darkness is inexpressibly dismal for a child |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | His hands clenched convulsively and his teeth set together as he suffered the agony of its penetration. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Invasion refers to the direct migration and penetration by cancer cells into neighboring tissues. (references) | |
The degree of penetration of the primary lesion, the presence or absence of lymph node involvement, and the number of involved nodes are all significant independent risk factors. (references) | ||
The most studied mechanism of stimulation of acupuncture points employs penetration of the skin by thin, solid, metallic needles, which are manipulated manually or by electrical stimulation. (references) | ||
Business | The cellular phones penetration is 53.2 percent. (references) | |
The national market penetration level for 1999 was 48 percent. (references) | ||
IT products penetration in the SOSB user group is listed in Table 16 below. (references) | ||
Economic History | Hong Kong | For many American products and services, initial market penetration in Hong Kong does not require an investment of millions of dollars of company funds. (references) |
India | Satellite and cable television penetration is approximately 50 percent of all urban homes. (references) | |
Finland | Finland is presently the world's largest user of mobile telephones (75 percent penetration - April, 2001). In December 1998, Finland became the first country in the world where the number of mobile phones exceeded the wired phones. (references) | |
Political Economy | ITALY | Grants range from funding of travel for trade fair participation to funding of export consortia and market penetration programs. (references) |
Trade | Ghana | The project seeks to make Ghana a trade hub for penetration into the 250 million people West African regional market. (references) |
Venezuela | Foreign banks perceive Venezuela as a fairly attractive market because of the country's low banking penetration (gross loans represent only 4.5 percent of GDP) relative to other Latin economies of similar size, and the opportunities associated with the investments taking place in the oil, petrochemical, and telecommunications sectors. (references) | |
Travel | Kenya | It is not sufficient to merely label a product in conformity with national requirements to achieve successful market penetration. (references) |
Oman | Visits to Oman-generally more than one-by authorized corporate representatives and intermediaries are usually necessary for market penetration by foreign companies, even after local representation has been established. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers -- particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives. Lead is also of great service as a counterpoise to an argument of such weight that it turns the scale of debate the wrong way. An interesting fact in the chemistry of international controversy is that at the point of contact of two patriotisms lead is precipitated in great quantities. Hail, holy Lead! -- of human feuds the great And universal arbiter; endowed With penetration to pierce any cloud Fogging the field of controversial hate, And with a sift, inevitable, straight, Searching precision find the unavowed But vital point. Thy judgment, when allowed By the chirurgeon, settles the debate. O useful metal! -- were it not for thee We'd grapple one another's ears alway: But when we hear thee buzzing like a bee We, like old Muhlenberg, "care not to stay." And when the quick have run away like pellets Jack Satan smelts the dead to make new bullets. |
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| "Penetration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.83% of the time. "Penetration" is used about 577 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) | 99.83% | 576 | 10,970 |
| Noun (common) | 0.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 577 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "penetration": market penetration ♦ penetration grade asphalt ♦ penetration macadam ♦ penetration of obstacle clearance surface ♦ penetration prime coat ♦ penetration team ♦ sunlight penetration. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "penetration": inter-penetration, thought-penetration. | |
| 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 "penetration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zhbirim (rummage), thellësi depërtimi, mprehtësi (acuity, acumen, acuteness, clairvoyance, discernment, edge, insight, perspicacity, poignancy, quickness, resourcefulness, salt, sharpness, subtlety), depërtim (breakthrough, infiltrate, infiltration, insight, permeation, seepage). (various references) | |
Arabic | مدى الاختراق, هجوم مخترق, تغلغل (penetrate, permeate, permeation), ذكاء (brain, brilliance, brilliancy, cleverness, cuteness, intellect, intelligence, mentality, mind, quickness, sagacity, savvy, shrewdness, smartness, understanding, wit), إختراق (breakthrough, permeation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | острота (acridity, acrimony, acuteness, bitterness, cutting edge, edge, fineness, incision, nip, poignancy, pungency, sharpness, stridency), навлизане (encroachment, incursion), проницателност (acuity, acumen, discernment, edge, fathom, fineness, insight, perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness), проницаемост (penetrability), проникване в чужда територия, проникване (influx, insinuation, percolation, pervasion), проникновение (discernment, insight, vision, wisdom), пробив (break, breakthrough, disruption, rupture), дълбочина на проникване, дълбочина (deepness, depth, intensity, inwardness, profundity). (various references) | |
Chinese | 渗透 (Percolation). (various references) | |
Czech | proniknutí (pervasion), prùnik. (various references) | |
Danish | penetration. (various references) | |
Dutch | penetratie. (various references) | |
Finnish | tunkeuma (fusion penetration), läpäisy (intrusion, permeance, perpetration, porosity, transmission), juuren tunkeuma (penetration into the root). (various references) | |
French | pénétration (percolation, permeation, pervasiveness). (various references) | |
German | Eindringtiefe, Eindringen (enter, infiltrate, infiltration, inflow, intrude, intrusion, invade, irrupt, irruption, penetrate, permeation, to infiltrate, to intrude, to invade, to irrupt), Penetration, Eindringungsvermögen, Durchdringung (exploration, fusion, impregnation, investigation, pervasion, saturation). (various references) | |
Greek | διείσδυση (infiltration, permeation), εισχώρηση (intrusion). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חלחול (infiltration, percolation, permeability, seepage, trembling), ח"יר" (incursion, infiltration, inroad), "בקע" (assault, breakthrough). (various references) | |
Hungarian | behatolás (entering, entrance, entry, foray, incursion, influx, intruding, intrusion, invasion, permeation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penyusupan (infiltration), penetrasi, kebobolan (cought unawares, pierced). (various references) | |
Italian | penetrazione (insight). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 貫徹 (accomplishment, realization), 突 (breaking through, breakthrough), 侵入 (aggression, invasion, raid, trespass). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たくしき (clearsightedness, excellent idea, farsightedness), たっけ" (clearsightedness, excellent idea, farsightedness, insight), し"にゅう (advance radical, aggression, entry, invasion, joined, newly arrived, newly-entered, permeation of liquid or gas, raid, shinnyuu, trespass), し"とう (concussion, degree of kinship, heart, impact, mind, newly forged sword, newparty, osmosis, permeation, sacred light, Shinto, shock, sword made after the year 1615), つっ"み (rape, straight man), せ"つう, か"にゅう (collapse, dovetailing, fallingin, inlaying, insight, setting in, subsiding), か"ぱ (cold wave, fathom, reading another's thoughts, see through), か"てつ (accomplishment, realization), めいさつ (discernment, famous temple, insight, intellectual acumen), とおり (avenue, street, way), とうてつ (absolutely clear, clearness, not dirty), とっぱ (breaking through, breakthrough). (various references) | |
Korean | 침투 (Infiltrating, Permeating). (various references) | |
Manx | towl (aperture, bore, bore of gun, boring, bung hole, burrow, cavity, crater, den, den of fox, earth, eyehole, hole, hollow, leak, perforation, port, pothole, shaft, vent, vent-hole, water supply), tastid (acuteness, acuteness of mind, attention, attentiveness, discernment, intellect, perception, sagacity), geyrid inchyn, baght (clarity, cognition, contemplation, definition, explanation, illumination, notice, observation, review, view). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | enetrationpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | penetração (deepness, permeation, pervasion, piercing, point, vision). (various references) | |
Romanian | putere de pãtrundere (acumen, grasp), penetraţie, pãtrundere (acumen, acuteness, comprehensiveness, entrance, in-going, ingress, insight, intelligence, interpenetration, intromission, permeation, perspicacity, pervasion, understanding, vision), infiltrare (infiltrate, infiltration), adâncime de pãtrundere. (various references) | |
Russian | проникновение (infiltration, insight, permeation, pervasion). (various references) | |
Scottish | tulchuis (confidence). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pronicljivost (clairvoyance, discernment, perspicacity, poignancy), prodor (breach, break, breakthrough), prodiranje (permeation), proboj (breach, breakthrough), penetracija. (various references) | |
Spanish | penetración (breakthrough, diffusion, insight, permeation). (various references) | |
Swedish | genomslagskraft (penetrative power). (various references) | |
Turkish | zekâ (acuity, acumen, acuteness, brain, brains, cleverness, cuteness, deepness, gray matter, grey matter, intelligence, mental, mentality, nous, quick wit, sagacity, sapience, senses, understanding, wit), nüfuz (authority, clout, diffusion, dominance, domination, force, hold, influence, interest, moment, prestige, pull, purchase, wire), keskinlik (acridity, acuity, acuteness, bite, bitter, bitterness, edge, intension, keenness, mordacity, mordancy, piquancy, poignancy, pointedness, pungency, quickness, sharpness, tartness, trenchancy, virulence), kavrama (apperception, apprehension, bite, chuck, cinch, clasp, claw, clutch, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, conception, digestion, engaging, fathom, grasp, grip, gripping, insight, perception, prehension, seizing, understanding, uptake), içine işleme (effecting painfully, permeation, pervasion), içe girme, etki (action, bearing, clout, drag, drift, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, force, forcefulness, hold, impact, impress, impression, imprint, incidence, influence, interest, jolt, leaven, point, potency, pull, purchase, reflection, reflexion, ring, sound, stamp, sway, virtue, weight), delme (boring, drilling, fenestration, perforation, piercing, puncture). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вторгнення (depredation, encroachment, inbreak, incursion, inruption, intrusion, irruption, rejection), проникнення (incision, incursion, ingress, insinuation, permeation, pervasion, vision), проникливість (acumen, acuteness, astuteness, clairvoyance, discernment, perspicacity, perspicuity, sagacity, shrewdness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thấu suốt, sự thấm qua sự xuyên qua, sự thâm nhập, sự sâu sắc (discernment), sự lọt v o. (various references) | |
Welsh | treiddgarwch (acumen). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "penetration": penetrations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "penetration": interpenetration. (additional references) | |
Words containing "penetration": interpenetrations. (additional references) | |
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"Penetration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fenetration, penatration, penetralium, penetratio, penetrator, pennatration, renaturation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "penetration" (pronounced pe'nutrā"shun) |
| 7 | -u t r ā" sh u n | arbitration. |
| 6 | -t r ā" sh u n | filtration, administration, castration, concentration, demonstration, frustration, illustration, infiltration, ministration, nitration, orchestration, prostration, registration, sequestration. |
| 5 | -r ā" sh u n | calibration, celebration, conflagration, consecration, dehydration, desecration, disintegration, duration, emigration, gyration, hydration, immigration, integration, libration, migration, narration, oration, proration, rehydration, vibration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, categorization, causation, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, imagination, imitation, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mineralization, miniaturization, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, regulation, rehabilitation, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: entertain, orientate, panettone, panettoni, patienter, penetrant, peritonea, pertinent, repentant, retention. | |
-3 letters: anointer, antiporn, aperient, atropine, entrepot, intonate, intranet, operetta, patentor, penitent, reanoint, renitent, tenorite, triptane. | |
-4 letters: antipot, arenite, ariette, atropin, enation, enteron, entrain, entrant, entreat, interne, intoner, intrant, intreat, iterant, iterate, nattier, neonate, nettier, nitrate, operant, operate, painter, pannier, partite, patient, patriot, pattern. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: penetrations, presentation. | |
+2 letters: presentations, reappointment, septentrional. | |
+3 letters: interpellation, interpretation, nontherapeutic, pentobarbitone, predestination, presentational, pretermination, reappointments, representation. | |
+4 letters: contemporaneity, experimentation, importunateness, interpellations, interpretations, intraperitoneal, parthenogenetic, pentobarbitones, plenipotentiary, predestinations, preterminations, reapportionment, representations. | |
+5 letters: antiprofiteering, enteropathogenic, experimentations, hyperventilation, interpenetration, interpretational, nonreappointment, pithecanthropine, predetermination, reapportionments, reinterpretation, representational. | |
| 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: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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