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Definition: Publication |
PublicationNoun1. A printed work offered for distribution. 2. The act of issuing printed materials. 3. The business of publishing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "publication" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Publication \Pub`li*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression publicatio confiscation: compare to the French expression publication. See Publish.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: PublicationSynonyms: issue (n), publishing (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Book | Noun: booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule; tract, tractate; livret; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication; chap book. |
News | Media, news media, the press, the information industry; newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication; radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission). |
Production | Spontaneous generation; archegenesis, archebiosis; biogenesis, abiogenesis, digenesis, dysmerogenesis, eumerogenesis, heterogenesis, oogenesis, merogenesis, metogenesis, monogenesis, parthenogenesis, homogenesis, xenogenesis; authorship, publication; works, opus, oeuvre. |
Publication | Noun: publication; public announcement; promulgation, propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento; circulation, indiction, edition; hue and cry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | On the Eve of Publication (1968) Not for Publication (1951) | |
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 | A female patient is lying on a bed with a technician positioning the patient's head in preparation for radiotherapy. This photograph was used in the NCI publication "When Someone in Your Family Has Cancer". Credit: Michael Anderson (photographer). |  | Shown is the cover of the publication from Kellogg's titled "Good News". It was "A Step by Step Guide to a High Fiber Diet". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Who's Who - Cover sheet to 1931 C&GS publication Shows all former C&GS Superintendents/Directors Book includes autobiographical sketches of about 200 C&GS employees. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | An early published diagram of the principle of echo-sounding. Published in Special Publication No. 3 of the International Hydrographic Bureau, October 1924 . This is among the earliest of published diagrams of the echo-sounding principle. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 28. Pasquion sounder invented by the Frenchman August Pasquion. This device was never featured in a publication; however, it was patented on June 26, 1906, by the National Office of Industrial Property. Its first ocean tests took place in 1905 and it was used by the French cable survey ships for at least the next fifteen years. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 2. Six's thermometer devised by James Six in 1782. Six devised maximum and minimum reading thermometers and in a posthumous publication (1794) suggeste d the adaptation of the maximum/minimum reading thermometers for use in the deep sea. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Seen through the periscope of another submarine. This photograph was released for publication on 25 September 1957. Credit: NAVY. |  | Line engraving from a 19th Century publication. It depicts the river ironclad USS Choctaw (1863-1866), at right, with a mortar schooner. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Boys editing monthly publication "The Lighthouse", Camp Sanders, Mt. Hermon, La. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | American military delegation calling on Haile Selassie. His Majesty, Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia, photographed during a radio broadcast. These pictures are the first to be taken for publication since His Majesty's return to become a fighting membe. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Convention of July 5, 1890, regarding the publication of customs tariffs and the organisation of an International Union for the publication of customs tariffs. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | For publication date, select "All Years." (references) | |
A publication of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. (references) | ||
From there, results can be sorted by publication date, author, or relevance. (references) | ||
Business | Foreign companies could place ads in this publication. (references) | |
Retail Asia is a monthly publication that is the most widely read in the retail industry. (references) | ||
This publication ("Report") does not constitute legal, valuation, tax, or financial consulting advice. (references) | ||
Children | Hong Kong | A proposed bill on Prevention of Child Pornography that the Government plans to introduce before the Legislative Council in 2002 would criminalize the making, production, distribution, publication, advertising, and possession of child pornography and prohibit the procurement of children for making pornography, extend the application of certain sexual offense provisions to acts committed against children outside of Hong Kong, and prohibit any arrangement or advertising relating to commission of those acts. (references) |
Hungary | The statement followed the publication of a report by the Ombudsman's office that found that the high proportion of Romani children in "special schools" for the mentally disabled was a sign of prejudice and a failure of the public education system. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | On April 18, armed men led by Chittagong City Corporation's Ward Commissioner and Awami League member Mamunur Rashid assaulted two reporters from Chittagong's Bengali language newspaper Purbokon following the publication of a report critical of Rashid. (references) |
Economic History | Burma | This document is available as an electronic file on "The Federal Bulletin Board" the day of publication in the Federal Register. (references) |
Bahrain | The changes for such companies relate to period of subscription, return of excess subscription, period of publication, invitation for holding of general assembly meetings, regulations relating to underwriters and mechanism for dealing with payment for shares in kinds. (references) | |
Bolivia | The registration of trademarks parallels that of patents, except that the period for objections to a trademark registration is 18 months after publication. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | In October according to the Glasnost northern Caucasus publication, authorities forcibly expelled more than 100 Roma from the Krasnodar region to Voronezh, their officially registered place of residence. (references) |
Guatemala | In an April 25 publication, MINUGUA reiterated the CEH and forensic evidence findings that the killing of unarmed civilians, including small children, clearly falls outside of the acts of war covered by the Law of National Reconciliation. (references) | |
Jordan | The arrests followed the publication of the Committee's blacklist, which included the names of companies and individuals with ties to Israel or Israeli businesses. (references) | |
Minorities | Poland | The Ministry of Education fully finances their publication and uses Lithuanian minority representation in the development of the texts. (references) |
Azerbaijan | During the year, the press also accused the ICRC in Baku of supporting religious groups after the ICRC distributed a publication that some believed recognized the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh as independent. (references) | |
Political Economy | Syria | Although new amendments to the Press Law permitted government-approved private individuals and organizations to publish their own newspapers, the same amendments also stipulated imprisonment and stiff financial penalties as part of broad, vague provisions prohibiting the publication of "inaccurate" information. (references) |
Political Rights | Singapore | The bankruptcy judgment stemmed from an article in a WP publication that criticized the organizers of Tamil Week, an event that promoted the use of the Tamil language. (references) |
Central African Republic | Some provisions of the electoral code, requiring publication of voter lists at least 15 days before the election and distribution of voter identification cards at least 8 days before the election, were not respected. (references) | |
Trade | China | Once a project is initially approved by the ADB and the Chinese government, it is included in a monthly publication called "ADB Business Opportunities" which is available by subscription from the Publications Unit, Information Office, ADB, P.O. Box 789, Manila, Philippines, Fax: (632) 632-5122 or 632-5841. The Commerce Department has established a Multilateral Development Bank Operations Office (Fax: (202) 273-0927) which publishes information to assist companies in winning such contracts. (references) |
Travel | Honduras | They normally arrive the day of, or day after, publication. (references) |
Mexico | The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Journal of Commerce, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald and USA Today usually arrive the day of or the day after publication. (references) | |
Ireland | The U.S. Department of State publication "Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts: Guide for Business Representatives" is available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Tel: (202) 512-1800, Fax: (202) 512-2250. Business travelers to Ireland seeking appointments with U.S. Embassy Dublin officials should contact the U.S. Commercial Service office in advance at +353-1-667-4752 or by fax at +353-1-667-4754. It should be noted that both American and Irish public holidays are observed by the U.S. Embassy. (references) | |
Worker Rights | El Salvador | After the initial publication of the report, the maquila association criticized it as unsubstantiated and inaccurate. (references) |
South Africa | Molo Songololo has raised some awareness with the publication of its study and through programs in Western Cape schools. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | An industry trade publication noted that Federal City lost one and a half million dollars in its first three years in business. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Publication" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Publication" is used about 3,716 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% | 3,716 | 2,613 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "publication": aeronautical information publication ♦ current publication ♦ Duplicate Publication ♦ Duplicate Publication [Publication Type] ♦ failure to prevent an illegal publication ♦ heading for an index of a serial publication ♦ heading of a cumulative index for a serial publication ♦ in process of publication ♦ index of a publication ♦ not available for separate publication ♦ place of publication ♦ Publication Bias ♦ publication of a libel ♦ publication of a will ♦ registered publication ♦ Retracted Publication [Publication Type] ♦ Retraction of Publication [Publication Type] ♦ right of first publication ♦ serial publication ♦ year of publication. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "publication": publication-quality. | |
Ending with "publication": cataloguing-in-publication, non-publication, pre-publication. | |
| 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 "publication"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | publikim (divulge), botim (edition, impression, issue, printing), aktivitet botues. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كتاب (book, compilation, school, volume, work), كتب (compile, compose, draft, draw up, enter, inscribe, note down, pen, prescribe, record, register, write, write down), منشور (extended, handbill, leaflet, pamphlet, release, sawn, spread), نشرة (brochure, bulletin, insertion, leaflet, program, programme, review), نشر الكتب وغيرها, إعلام (advice, information, intimation, notice, notification), إذاعة (banewort, broadcast, broadcasting, promulgation, transmission), إشهار (proclamation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разгласяване (divulgation), обнародване (manifestation, promulgation), оповестяване (announcement, proclamation, promulgation), публикуване (issuance, issue), публикация, издаване (delation, denouncement, denunciation, disclosure, divulgation, emission, issuance, issue, publishing), издание (edition, impression, issue, print). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 出版物 (PUB), 刊物 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | publikování (divulgation), vydání (appearance, edition, expense, extradition, incurability, issue, outlay, surrender, version), uveřejnìní, spis (file, tract, writing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | publikation, udgivelse (publishing), tarifoffentliggørelse (tariff publication), offentliggørelse (date of publication), dato for offentliggørelsen (date of publication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | openbaarmaking (proclamation), afkondiging (notice, proclamation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | publikigo (proclamation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | julkaisu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | publication (publishing), parution. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ôfkundiging (notice, proclamation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Veröffentlichung (publications, publishing, release), Publikation, Herausgabe (delivery, edition, handing back, handing over, issue, publishing, return, surrender), Bekanntmachung (advice, announcement, broadcasting, bulletin, circularization, communication, disclosure, message, notice, proclamation, publicizing, report), bekanntgabe (announcement, disclosure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δημοσίευμα, έκδοση (edition, emission, issuance, issue), δημοσιοποίηση (tariff publication), δημοσίευση (advertisement, promulgation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "וצא" לאור (edition, publishing, publishing house), "בר "פוס. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | publikáció, megjelentetés, kiadás (edition, expenditure, expense, issuance, issue, outgiving, outgo, outlay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penerbitan (edition), cetakan (edition, mould, print, printing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pubblicazione (appearance, issue, notice, proclamation, release). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 書籍 (book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おくがき (postscript, verification), しゅっぱ" (departure, sailing), しょせき (book), か""う (call to surrender, completion, consider, customary practice, decisive action, encouragement of industry, examination and correction, exposure, gagging, going slowly, habit, hushing up, issue, keeping silent, kindness, largeheartedness, sensitization, sightseeing, traditional event), "うか" (around town, barter, bulky, clearing, corona, exchange, exchange of cordialities, exchange of courtesies, facing the winter, favourable impression, fine fellow, fraternization, future problems, future trouble, good feeling, good will, high official, interchange, mutual sympathy, official residence, on the street, rapport, reciprocity, steel pipe, substitution, the public, the world, voluminous), じょうし (arms, boss, castle ruins, castle site, castle town, double love suicide, fortified town, March 3rd of the lunar calendar, Ming Dynasty love story, shogun's envoy, superior authorities, the emperor's thoughts, upper limbs, wood-block printing), はっぴょう (announcement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 간행물 (PUB). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | soilshaghey (advertisement, characterize, declaration, demonstrate, describe, exhibit, explain, illuminate, illumination, illustrate, interpret, interpretation, irradiate, irradiation, light, lighten, manifest, manifestation, notify, publish, represent, show, show forth), cur magh (board out, deal, delegate, delegation, dispatch, dispensation, dispense, displace, edition, eject, ejection, emission, emit, evacuate, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, exude, issue, lay out, publish, push out, put out, run out, turn out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | publikashon (proclamation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ublicationpay publicação (appearance, edition, magazine, production, pub, review). (various references) publicare (contribution, issue, setting forth), proclamare (declaring, proclamation, setting forth), editare (publishing), anunţare (announcing, annunciation, appointment). (various references) гласность (publicity), оглашение (banns), издание (edition, issuance, issue). (various references) publikacija, objavljivanje (annunciation, publishing), izdanje (edition, issue). (various references) publicación (advice, airing, announcement, appearance, communication, insertion, message, notice, proclamation, publishing, putting forth, putting up, release, report). (various references) publikation (issue, print), skrift (scripture, writing, written document). (various references) yayınlama (emission, issuance, issue, launching, promulgation, publishing, view), yayın (air, broadcast, broadcasting, edition, publishing), neşriyat, ilan (advert, advertisement, advertising, announcement, annunciation, enunciation, insert, insertion, notice, proclamation, promulgation, show card), duyuru (ad, advert, advertisement, announcement, annunciation, bulletin, communique, notice, notification, proclamation). (various references) зap etme. (various references) твір (composition, creation, work), випуск (edition, eduction, number, output, out-turn, print, series), видання (edition, emission, issuance, issue), оголошення (advert, advertisement, announcement, annunciation, declaration, enunciation, intimation, notice, notification, poster, pronouncement, pronouncing), опублікування, публікація (card). (various references) sách báo xuất bản. (various references) cyhoeddiad (announcement, appointment, engagement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | praedicatio, praedicatione, praedicationem, praedicationes, promulgatio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "publication": publications. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "publication": prepublication, republication. (additional references) | |
Words containing "publication": prepublications, republications. (additional references) | |
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"Publication" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: polycation, Pubblicazioni, publiscation, sublication, tubeligation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "publication" (pronounced pu'blikā"shun) |
| 6 | -i k ā" sh u n | abdication, clarification, detoxication, detoxification, electrification, fabrication, gentrification, glorification, indemnification, justification, lubrication, misidentification, mummification, simplification, sophistication, specification, syndication, telecommunication. |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | acidification, adjudication, advocation, allocation, altercation, amplification, application, authentication, avocation, bifurcation, certification, classification, codification, communication, complication, confiscation, convocation, decertification, dedication, deification, demarcation, desiccation, disembarkation, dislocation, disqualification, diversification, domestication, duplication, echolocation, edification, education, embarkation, equivocation, eradication, evocation, excommunication, explication, falsification, fortification, gasification, gratification, identification, implication, indication, intensification, intoxication, invocation, location, magnification, medication, misallocation, misapplication, miscommunication, modification, multiplication, notification, nullification, obfuscation, ossification, pacification, personification, pontification, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, reallocation, recertification, reclassification, rectification, rededication, relocation, replication, reunification, revocation, sanctification, saponification, suffocation, unification, vacation, verification, vilification, vindication, vocation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-i-i-l-n-o-p-t-u" | |
-2 letters: albinotic, plication, punctilio. | |
-3 letters: ablution, abutilon, biotical, libation, optician, platinic, platonic, plutonic, publican. | |
-4 letters: abiotic, aboulic, albinic, albitic, apiculi, aplitic, auction, bailout, biontic, bioptic, botanic, botulin, butanol, capitol, caption, caution, cipolin, coalbin, coalpit, cubital, inbuilt, inocula, linocut, lunatic, nauplii, nautili, nuptial, optical, opuntia, outlain, outplan, paction, picolin, pinitol, pintail, politic, tabouli, topical, unplait. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-i-i-l-n-o-p-t-u" | |
+1 letter: publications. | |
+2 letters: republication. | |
+3 letters: prepublication, republications. | |
+4 letters: prepublications. | |
+5 letters: pronounceability. | |
| 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: Historic 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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