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Sanitation

Definitions: Sanitation

Sanitation

Noun

1. The state of being clean and conducive to health.

2. Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sanitation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Sanitation

DomainDefinitions

Environment

Control of physical factors in the human environment that could harm development, health, or survival. (references)

Health

The development and establishment of environmental conditions favorable to the health of the public. (references)

Medicine

Treatment of bacteriologically polluted substance, for example, waste or sludge, in such a way that the risk of carrying disease in connection with further treatment is minimized; the treatment aims at killing vegetative forms of pathogenic microorganisms; cf. pasteurization, disinfection, sterilization. Source: European Union. (references)

Public Administration

The application of measures and techniques aimed at ensuring and improving environmental health in a community, including the collection, evacuation and disposal of rain and used liquid and solid wastes, with or without prior treatment; -DDMG. Source: European Union. (references)

Statistics

Access to sanitation refers to the share of the population with at least adequate excreta disposal facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect contact with excreta. Suitable facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with sewerage. To be effective, all facilities must be correctly constructed and properly maintained. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Sanitation

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Sanitation is a term for the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste materialss, particularly human excrement. Sanitation is an important public health measure which is essential for the prevention of disease.

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Wiktionary definition of sanitation

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sanitation."

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Synonyms: Sanitation

Synonyms: sanitisation (n), sanitization (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sanitation

English words defined with "sanitation": Insanitationsanitary condition, street cleaner, street sweepertrichuriasis. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sanitation": BUSINESS MANAGER, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITYCIVIL PREPAREDNESS TRAINING OFFICER, COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC WORKS, company doctor, correction officer, cosmetic treatmentDAIRY TECHNOLOGIST, dairy-manufacturing technologist, dairy-products technologis, DEALER-COMPLIANCE REPRESENTATIVE, dietitian, administrative, DIETITIAN, CHIEF, director, dietetics departmen, DIRECTOR, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, director, industrial nursin, DIRECTOR, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSINGegg room supervisorfield representative, FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN, POULTRY, FIRE RANGER, FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTOR, FOOD-MANAGEMENT AIDEGENERAL SUPERVISORINSPECTOR, FURNITURE AND BEDDING, INSPECTOR, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, INSPECTOR, INDUSTRIAL WASTE, INSPECTOR, PLUMBING, Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, ISSCLOGGING-OPERATIONS INSPECTORMANAGEMENT AIDE, MANAGER, CAMP, MANAGER, DAIRY FARM, MANAGER, FLIGHT KITCHEN, MANAGER, MARKET, MANAGER, SOLID-WASTE-DISPOSAL, Marine Sanitation Device, MARINE-SERVICES TECHNICIANNational Shellfish Sanitation Program, NSSP, nutrition aideoperations supervisorPARK RANGER, PASSENGER REPRESENTATIVE, physician, industria, PHYSICIAN, OCCUPATIONAL, picnic site, POLICE OFFICER II, public-works commissionerQPF status, qualified pathogen free, qualified pathogen free status, QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTORREHABILITATION CENTER MANAGERSANITATION INSPECTOR, Sanitation standard operating procedures, specific pathogen free, SSOPs, superintendent, landfill operations, supervisor, education and custody, SUPERVISOR, EGG PROCESSINGvending-enterprises supervisor, VENDING-STAND SUPERVISOR, VETERINARY VIRUS-SERUM INSPECTORWATER CONTROL SUPERVISOR. (references)

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Modern Usage: Sanitation

DomainUsage

Screenplays

All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

Movie/TV Titles

Film 3: Solutions and People Water Supply and Sanitation in Development (1985)

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Commercial Usage: Sanitation

DomainTitle

Books

  • Sanitation and Disease: Health Aspects of Excreta and Wastewater Management (reference)

  • Sanitation Strategy for a Lakefront Metropolis: The Case of Chicago (reference)

  • Essentials of Food Safety and Sanitation & PTI Test Voucher (reference)

  • Fever, Squalor and Vice: Sanitation and Social Policy in Victorian Sydney (reference)

  • Ultraviolet Light in Water and Wastewater Sanitation (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

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Image Slideshow: Sanitation

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Sanitation

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FSIS inspection of systems for sanitation. .Credit: USDA.

Systems and sanitation check. .Credit: USDA.

[View of machine shop and sanitation building].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Education of untrained midwives in modern methods of delivery, sanitation, and hygiene ... / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Dale Whitney..

Investigation of rural sanitation. / P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Anderson..

Complete Sanitation - Mandan, [North Dakota] - '36.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Wilson County Sanitation Day Parade, Fredonia, Kansas, Oct. 5, 1915].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Oil application by drip can for malaria control in WWI extra-cantonment sanitation work.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Diphtheria : Keep Out Of This House / Dept. of Public Health, Div. of Sanitation.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Carrier of Diphtheria : Keep Out Of This House / Dept. of Public Health, Div. of Sanitation.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Historic Usage: Sanitation

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

There shall be no impediment to the movement of persons or vessels other than those arising from prescriptions concerning customs, police, sanitation, emigration, and immigration, and those relating to the import and export of prohibited goods. (reference)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sanitation

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Epidemics are a marker for poverty and lack of basic sanitation. (references)

In areas of poor sanitation, everyone may be harboring the parasite. (references)

CDC is responsible for evaluating sanitation on cruise ships docking in US ports. (references)

Business

Based on international trends, there is an increased demand for UV and dry sanitation systems. (references)

Many small wastewater treatment plants will be constructed within the rural sanitation program. (references)

Here is an increasing demand for dry sanitation systems in rural areas, as used successfully for decades in many developing countries including Vietnam, China, Mexico, El Salvador and other South American countries. (references)

Children

Nepal

Poor or nonexistent sanitation in rural areas puts many children at risk from severe and fatal illnesses. (references)

Iraq

The executive director of the U.N. office in charge of the oil-for-food program confirmed the insufficient placement of orders in a January 2000 letter to the Government, in which he expressed concern about the low rate of submission of applications in the health, education, water, sanitation, and oil sectors. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

For example, sanitation, health care, shelter, and fresh water are continuing problems in the new camps. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

Clean water and sanitation is another major challenge for Indonesia. (references)

India

The figures also include estimates for basic water treatment and sanitation projects. (references)

Taiwan

Currently the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand meet Taiwan's sanitation and quarantine requirements. (references)

Human Rights

Fiji

Food and sanitation in prisons are limited. (references)

Guyana

The Brickdam lockup in Georgetown has poor sanitation and dangerous conditions. (references)

Palau

The sole prison is inspected regularly by government health and sanitation officials. (references)

Minorities

Japan

Some of the jobs considered off limits include tax collection, construction permit issuance, sanitation inspection, and firefighting. (references)

Political Economy

ITALY

In April 2000, a new law changed provisions of a 1990 measure governing strikes affecting essential public services (e.g., transport, sanitation, and health). (references)

Bhutan

In the last few years, Bhutan has improved rapidly services in education, health care, sanitation, and communications, with parallel but slower development of representative governance and decisionmaking. (references)

Political Rights

Mauritania

The elected councils are responsible for some public services, such as sanitation, and have fiscal autonomy and taxing power. (references)

Macau

Local government representatives elected by direct, universal, secret ballot have responsibility for public sanitation and cultural activities. (references)

Trade

Saudi Arabia

There are health and sanitation regulations for all imported foods. (references)

Travel

Chad

Hospital facilities are basic and sanitation is quite poor. (references)

Canada

Standards of community health and sanitation are comparable to those in the United States. (references)

Italy

Drinking water is acceptable and most pharmaceuticals are available, and sanitation is at American standards. (references)

Worker Rights

Madagascar

The Labor Code sets rules and standards for worker safety and worksite sanitation. (references)

Dominican Republic

The Secretariat of Labor has 250 inspectors who seek to improve sanitation, health care, and safety for workers. (references)

Zimbabwe

Trafficked persons in the country were denied access to food, water, and sanitation facilities while being transported. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Sanitation

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

Businesses seeking 'Stock Replenishment Executives' were actually looking for shelf stackers and successful candidates for a post as 'Technical Sanitation Assistant' would find themselves cleaning bathrooms.

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Speeches: Sanitation

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981This program is essential to the continued ability of our local governments to provide essential police, fire and sanitation services.

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Usage Frequency: Sanitation

"Sanitation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sanitation" is used about 160 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%16024,760

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Sanitation

Expressions using "sanitation": public sanitation sanitation department sanitation man. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sanitation

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sanitation

139

foundation national sanitation

53

nyc sanitation

48

sanitation department

46

department nyc sanitation

45

water sanitation

34

dept nyc sanitation

34

robertson sanitation

29

county district orange sanitation

27

angeles county district los sanitation

17
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Modern Translations: Sanitation

Language Translations for "sanitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kanalizime, instalime hidrosanitare, higjienë publike. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تطهير (cleaning, cleansing, decontamination, purgation, purge, purging, purification, sterilization), ‏النظام الصحي, ‏التصحاح تعزيز الصحة العامة, ‏الصحة عامة, ‏الأدوات الصحية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

хигиенизиране, канализация (drainage, drains, piping, sewage, sewerage), здравеопазване (health, hygiene). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

衛" (health, hygiene), 卫" (hygienic, hygienical, hygienically, Wholesome). (various references)

   

Czech

  

kanalizace (canalization, drainage, sewerage), hygienická zařízení. (various references)

   

Danish

  

sanitet, sanering (rationalization, reconstruction, reorganization), teknisk hygiejne, hygiejnisering. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

sanitaire voorzieningen (health care facilities, health facilities, sanitary equipment), sanering (clean up, cleanup, municipal sewage system, rationalization, reconstruction, redevelopment, rehabilitation, remediation, reorganization, sanitization, sanitizing, scrubbing, sewage disposal, urban renewal, urban sewerage system, wastewater disposal), hygiënisch (hygienic, sanitary), bevordering van een gezond leefmilieu, betrouwbaar maken. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مراعات اصول بهداشت , سیستم تخلیه فاضل اب , بهسازی (Improvement, Reform). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

puhtaanapito (grooming, street cleansing), puhdistus (cleaning, cleansing, fining, garbage collection, plaining, purge, purging, purification, refining, removal of digital garbage, shuffling), desinfiointi (disinfection). (various references)

   

French

  

système sanitaire, assainissement. (various references)

   

German

  

Sanierung (rationalization, reconstruction, redevelopment, rehabilitation, remediation, renewal, renovation, reorganization, re-shaping, restructuring, self-enrichment), Gesundheitspflege (health care, hygiene). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υγιεινή (hygiene). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תברוא". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

közegészségügy (health protection, public health, public sanitation), higiénia (hygiene), egészségi viszonyok (sanitary conditions), egészségügyi berendezések. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

penyehatan, kebersihan (cleanliness, cleanness, purity). (various references)

   

Italian

  

risanamento (drainage, land drying, rationalization, reconstruction, recovery, redevelopment, remediation, reorganization), igiene (health, hygiene, hygienics). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

衛" (health, hygiene, medical), 公衆衛" (public health), 保健衛" (hygiene), 保健 (health preservation, hygiene). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ほけ"えいせい (hygiene), ほけ" (guarantee, health preservation, hygiene, insurance), "うしゅうえいせい (public health), えいせい (eternal life, eternity, health, hygiene, immortality, medical, permanence, perpetuity, satellite). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

위생 (hygiene, hygienic, hygienical, sanitary). (various references)

   

Manx

  

slayntaghys (hygiene). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

anitationsay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

saneamento (drainage, land drying, purification, rationalization, reconstruction, reorganization), higienização. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

sistem sanitar, salubritate publicã, salubritate (health, salubrity), asanare (drain, inning). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

санитария. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sanitetsko-zdravstvene mere, sanitarni uređaji. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

saneamiento (drainage, exsiccation, land drainage, land drying, municipal sewage system, purification, restructuring, scaling, sewage disposal, urban sewerage system, wastewater disposal). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sanering (clearance, decontamination, degassing, municipal sewage system, refinancing, renewal, reorganisation, re-shaping, restructuring, sewage disposal, urban sewerage system, wastewater disposal), hygien (hygiene, hygienics), hälsovård (health service). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sanitasyon, sağlıklı hale getirme, sağlık önlemleri, temizlik işleri. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

санітарія, санація, оздоровлення. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự cải thiện điều kiện vệ sinh. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

iechydiaeth (hygiene). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Sanitation

Derivations

Words beginning with "sanitation": sanitations. (additional references)

Words ending with "sanitation": insanitation. (additional references)

Words containing "sanitation": insanitations. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Sanitation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Saanichton, Sailathon, sanitact, sanitaton. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Sanitation"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "sanitation" (pronounced sa'nutā"shun)
8-a' n u t ā" sh u nannotation.
7-n u t ā" sh u nconnotation.
6-u t ā" sh u naccreditation, agitation, amputation, cetacean, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, decapitation, dilatation, equitation, facilitation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, imputation, incapacitation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, meditation, misinterpretation, palpitation, precipitation, premeditation, recitation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, solicitation, vegetation, visitation.
5-t ā" sh u nadaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation.
4-ā" sh u nabbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization.
3-sh u nabduction, 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.

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Anagrams: Sanitation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-i-i-n-n-o-s-t-t"

-1 letter: natations, satiation.

-2 letters: annattos, natation, ostinati, sonatina, titanias.

-3 letters: anattos, annatto, anoints, attains, instant, nations, onanist, station, titania, titians.

-4 letters: anatto, anions, anoint, attain, inions, isatin, nasion, natant, nation, nitons, otitis, sonant, sonata, stotin, taints, tanist, titans, titian.

-5 letters: anion, annas, anoas, antas, antis, inion, intis, iotas, naans, nanas, niton, nonas, ostia, saint, santo, satin, stain, stint, stoai, stoat, tains, taint, tanto, tints, titan, titis, toast, toits.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-i-n-n-o-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: nationalist, patinations, sanitations.

 

+2 letters: antagonistic, antioxidants, antiquations, incantations, infatuations, insanitation, installation, instauration, nationalists, sanitization, transitional.

 

+3 letters: alimentations, annexationist, anticipations, antiromantics, cantillations, implantations, inactivations, ingratiations, inhabitations, insanitations, installations, instantiation, instaurations, invitationals, latinizations, manifestation, nationalistic, nationalities, noncapitalist, notarizations, quantitations, quantizations, sanitizations, tetanizations, transpiration, vaticinations.

 

+4 letters: administration, agglutinations, annexationists, antimonarchist, antineoplastic, contaminations, fantastication, fractionations, instantiations, intercalations, internationals, magnetizations, manifestations, mistranslation, multinationals, noncapitalists, nonstatistical, patronizations, ratiocinations, reinstallation, sanctification, sensationalist, substantiation, transamination, transitionally, transmigration, transpirations, triangulations.

 

+5 letters: administrations, antiabortionist, anticolonialist, antimonarchists, antinationalist, antirationalism, antirationalist, antiromanticism, antisegregation, antispeculation, authentications, centralizations, connaturalities, contraindicates, emancipationist, externalisation, fantastications, fraternizations, gelatinizations, incapacitations, initializations, interanimations, intergradations, investigational, keratinizations, latensification, mistranslations, naturalizations, neutralizations, nonantagonistic, nonaristocratic, nonparticipants, nonstationaries, nonutilitarians, postvaccination, procrastinating, procrastination, quantifications, reimplantations, reinstallations, sanctifications, sensationalists, standardization, substantiations, transaminations, transcriptional, transfiguration, transliteration, transmigrations, transpirational, transpositional.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Sanitation


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 61 6E 69 74 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    .-    -.    ..    -    .-    -    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100001 01101110 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#97 &#110 &#105 &#116 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0061 006E 0069 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53678075866786758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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